Sun, 24 Oct 1999, 05:54 PM DALLAS - Comp Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 14th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 David Rampy         7.015 -0.555 Q   20 Joey Tanksley       7.104 -0.466
      B/ED Index: 0.00                        B/ED Index: 0.00
   (D Kilheffer ) 0.552  7.173 -0.397 E1   (R Braun     ) 0.567  7.289 -0.281
   (J Linton    ) 0.571  7.023 -0.547 E2   (L Mayes     ) 0.557  7.253 -0.317
   (R Kelly     ) 0.513  7.024 -0.506 E3   (B Nickens   ) 0.545  7.295 -0.275
 *****WINNER***** 0.559  7.025  7.025 E4                  0.559  7.128  7.128

4:46 PM Heads-up! The margin of victory = 0.103 seconds (approximately 24 feet).

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Larry Pritchett     8.205 -0.545 Q    7 Doug Engels         7.560 -0.540
      D/SM Index: 8.68                        D/ED Index: 8.03
   (M Austin    ) 0.507  8.883  0.133 E1   (C Stewart   ) 0.615  8.246  0.146
   (G Treadwell ) 0.543  8.178 -0.572 E2   (J McClintic ) 0.558  7.522 -0.578
   (A Swindoll  ) 0.597  8.174 -0.506 E3   (D Stewart   ) 0.533  7.524 -0.506
                  0.591  8.126 -0.554 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.540  7.503 -0.527

Both these drivers took 0.07 CIC hits earlier, so it was an even playing field. Engels take another 0.02 hit to get the win here, by a margin of victory = 0.024 seconds (approximately 6 feet).