Sat, 2 Oct 1999, 06:25 PM TOPEKA - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Ed Dykes |
TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 11th annual Advance Auto Parts Nationals:
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
11 Arnie Martel 7.192 -0.418 Q 24 Mike Artmann 7.152 -0.188
B/ED Index: 7.61 A/A Index: 7.34
*****WINNER***** 0.637 7.239 -0.371 E1 0.484 10.556 3.216
4:43 PM... And we start with our traditional first-pair, first-round
redlight.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
8 Larry Doggett 7.161 -0.449 Q 21 Jeff Perrella 7.697 -0.333
B/ED Index: 7.61 A/EA Index: 8.03
*****WINNER***** 0.521 9.461 1.851 E1 0.492 7.648 -0.382
Doggett dodges a bullet here, he absolutely smoked the tires off the
line.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
2 Pete Carbery 7.353 -0.517 Q 15 Bryan Morrison 8.993 -0.377
B/A Index: 7.87 B/SM Index: 9.37
0.836 7.234 -0.636 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.559 8.865 -0.505
Carbery wouldn't have wanted to win this one, anyway... look at how much
he ran under.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
13 Al Bresch 9.216 -0.414 Q 26 Don Vincent 9.427 0.097
C/SM Index: 9.63 C/SR Index: 9.33
*****WINNER***** 0.686 9.329 -0.301 E1 0.458 9.230 -0.100
Where are all these redlights coming from??
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
20 Duane Robison 7.893 -0.337 Q 7 Tom Snyder 6.884 -0.456
C/A Index: 8.23 A/A Index: 7.34
0.557 10.390 2.160 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.510 7.013 -0.327
Robison got way out of shape at 300', and had to lift to stay off the
wall.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
4 Doug Engels 7.633 -0.487 Q 99 Monty Jones No Data
D/ED Index: 8.12 B/SM Index: 9.37
No Data E1 No Data
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
4 Doug Engels 7.633 -0.487 Q 17 Bill Harris 8.772 -0.368
D/ED Index: 8.12 F/A Index: 9.14
*****WINNER***** 0.526 7.817 -0.303 E1 No Time
Harris either breaks before the burnout or won't start, either way the
crew towed him away while Engles drives right down the race track. OK, now I
see the starting line crew cleaning up some oil in the water box, that's the
answer.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
5 Mike Johnson 7.528 -0.462 Q 18 Russ Kelly 7.018 -0.352
C/ED Index: 7.99 A/ED Index: 7.37
0.626 7.495 -0.495 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.528 6.972 -0.398
This was a great race, just 0.001 second separated these two at the
end.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
14 Maryann Austin 7.607 -0.383 Q 27 Mike Foster 13.958 6.348
C/ED Index: 7.99 B/ED Index: 7.61
*****WINNER***** 0.542 7.557 -0.433 E1 0.585 7.229 -0.381
Foster lost more than the race, here, his dragster getting crossed up on
the top end and crashing. He was over close to the wall at 1200', and when
he tried to move back into the center of the lane the rear end broke loose
and came around, then he was sideways and did a 360 degree spin then started
rolling over, twice or three times before it finally slid to a stop over
against the left wall. The Safety Safari was right there and Foster climbed
out of the car quickly, with no apparent injuries. The South Dakota driver
will earn a trip to the hospital for a checkout, but the early indications
are that the safety equipment did its job and he's OK. The car did a lot of
spinning and sliding, but there was never a truly hard impact and likely made
the difference.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
25 David Harrington 7.829 -0.041 Q 12 John Linton 7.705 -0.415
B/A Index: 7.87 D/ED Index: 8.12
0.584 10.658 2.788 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.657 7.684 -0.436
There's a big yellow ball in the sky for the first time today... maybe
that's what caused Harrington to coast thru at only 83mph.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
6 Clint Sallee 7.231 -0.459 Q 19 John Fairleigh 7.523 -0.347
C/D Index: 7.69 B/A Index: 7.87
*****WINNER***** 0.560 7.171 -0.519 E1 0.575 7.347 -0.523
The #1 and #2 cars in Division 5 meet up here in round one, and Sallee
takes a 0.011 second (about 3') win.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
9 Rob Slavinski 7.427 -0.443 Q 22 David Kramer 7.061 -0.309
B/A Index: 7.87 A/ED Index: 7.37
*****WINNER***** 0.610 7.367 -0.503 E1 0.593 8.473 1.103
Kramer smoked the tires and Slavinski very nearly earns a CIC even though
he was over 100 feet ahead at the end.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
3 David Rampy 7.113 -0.497 Q 16 Tom Schmidt 8.436 -0.374
B/ED Index: 7.61 C/EA Index: 8.81
0.510 8.390 0.780 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.531 8.309 -0.501
Yet another dragster falls to tire smoke, as the Stout's RV machine gets
the holeshot only to watch it evaporate as his tires spun, hard.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
Bye Q 1 Larry Pritchett 8.219 -0.541
D/SM Index: 8.76
E1 *****WINNER***** 0.616 8.584 -0.176
Pritchett earns the bye, and clicks it early, only running
125.10mph.
Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
23 Jason Tinberg 8.786 -0.204 Q 10 Ben Coates 7.188 -0.422
D/EA Index: 8.99 B/ED Index: 7.61
No Time E1 *****WINNER***** 0.582 7.136 -0.474
Tinburg doesn't make the call, so Coates gets a freebie to end the
round.
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