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Sat, Oct 31, 08:21 PM

BAYTOWN - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

Tradition!

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 2nd annual Matco Tools Supernationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  22 Larry Doggett       7.200 -0.460  Q   6 Ruben Celedon       7.970 -0.570
   B/ED   Index:  7.66                     D/A    Index:  8.54 
                  0.455  7.205 -0.455 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.523  8.475 -0.065

1:42 PM Hot on the heels of his victory at Ennis, Celedon benefits from the traditional opening red light to start eliminations.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 David Rampy         8.194 -0.576  Q  21 Maryann Austin      7.516 -0.474
   B/SR   Index:  8.77                     C/ED   Index:  7.99 
 *****WINNER***** 0.572  8.207 -0.563 E1                  0.509  7.520 -0.470

Rampy fell victim to Celedon's 0.500 light at Ennis and here he dips deep into the CIC pool to stave off Maryann's 0.509.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Keith Hall          8.924 -0.456  Q   7 Mike Johnson        7.423 -0.567
   B/SM   Index:  9.38                     C/ED   Index:  7.99 
                  0.717  8.955 -0.425 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.638  7.528 -0.462

A couple leisurely lights here...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  24 Brett Brown         8.589 -0.441  Q   8 Dave Northrop       8.395 -0.565
   F/ED   Index:  9.03                     H/A    Index:  8.96 
                  0.576  8.620 -0.410 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.533  8.461 -0.499

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Hurley Blakeney     6.909 -0.711  Q  17 Buddy Nickens       7.758 -0.492
   BB/AT  Index:  7.62                     C/A    Index:  8.25 
                  0.660  9.209  1.589 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.501  8.079 -0.171

Hurley destroyed the index in qualifying - Monday it will drop to 7.51.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Dennis Smiley       7.121 -0.539  Q  25 Bert Dawson         8.100 -0.440
   B/ED   Index:  7.66                     D/A    Index:  8.54 
 *****WINNER***** 0.664  7.101 -0.559 E1                  0.588  8.105 -0.435

Smiley takes a CIC hit to make up for a slow start.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Bo Nickens          7.723 -0.527  Q  27 Jeff Naiser         7.821 -0.429
   C/A    Index:  0.00                     C/A    Index:  0.00 
 *****WINNER***** 0.530  7.841  7.841 E1                  0.626  7.839  7.839

Heads-up! Naiser spotted Bo a tenth of a second at the tree, and that just doesn't work at all...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Doug Engels         7.524 -0.506  Q  31 Clint Neff          7.247 -0.413
   A/EA   Index:  8.03                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
                  0.438  7.536 -0.494 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.542  7.263 -0.397

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  30 Brian Self          7.546 -0.414  Q  14 Donald Manichia     8.633 -0.507
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     E/ED   Index:  9.14 
 *****WINNER***** 0.530  7.432 -0.528 E1                  0.000 (Broke)

Manichia never got staged, just rolled on through and continued down the track.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Larry Mayes         8.294 -0.496  Q  32 Al Bresch           9.219 -0.411
   D/SM   Index:  8.79                     C/SM   Index:  9.63 
 *****WINNER***** 0.536  8.421 -0.369 E1                  0.535  9.468 -0.162

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  33 Gary Wise           8.637 -0.403  Q   4 Joey Tanksley       7.076 -0.584
   D/EA   Index:  9.04                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
 *****WINNER***** 0.517 12.131  3.091 E1                  0.448  8.674  1.014

Wise, the first alternate, was in for Pete Barbery, and was lucky Tanksley redlighted because Wise got out near the wall and had to lift.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Bill Kent           7.096 -0.604  Q  18 Arthur Sauceda      7.209 -0.491
   C/D    Index:  0.00                     C/D    Index:  0.00 
                  0.579  7.400  7.400 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.534  7.197  7.197

Heads-up!

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Rob Slavinski       7.446 -0.514  Q  28 Steve Benoit        8.436 -0.424
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     F/D    Index:  8.86 
 *****WINNER***** 0.529  7.566 -0.394 E1                  0.660  8.478 -0.382

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 John Linton         7.555 -0.595  Q  19 Mike Trumble        8.306 -0.484
   D/ED   Index:  8.15                     D/SM   Index:  8.79 
 *****WINNER***** 0.606  7.636 -0.514 E1                  0.534  8.426 -0.364

Linton is running the dragster normally campaigned by Bo Nickens, but with the airscoop off Linton's car.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Mike Saye           8.952 -0.528  Q  26 Greg Williams       8.353 -0.437
   G/A    Index:  9.48                     D/SM   Index:  8.79 
 *****WINNER***** 0.551  8.984 -0.496 E1                  0.666 11.181  2.391

Williams abandoned this run very early.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Allen Stanfield     9.282 -0.508  Q  29 Russ Kelly          6.951 -0.419
   F/SM   Index:  9.79                     A/ED   Index:  7.37 
 *****WINNER***** 0.513  9.302 -0.488 E1                  0.657  6.948 -0.422

Last pair, and Kelly's late light made the 2.4-second handicap seem even longer.

In the second round, now scheduled for later this evening, Buddy Nickens faces Smiley, Rampy races Stanfield, Linton meets Bo Nickens, Johnson tests Neff, Sauceda tries Saye, Celedon takes on Self, Wise gets Slavinski, and Northrop will square off against Mayes.