Sun, 14 Nov 1999, 06:35 PM POMONA - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 35th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Rick Braun          7.958 -0.562 Q   14 Clint Sallee        7.199 -0.491
      B/EA Index: 8.51                         C/D Index: 7.69
   (R Howell    ) 0.650  8.005 -0.515 E1   (G Hogue     ) 0.566  7.351 -0.339
   (R Slavinski ) 0.629  8.040 -0.470 E2   (J Lion      ) 0.521  7.228 -0.462
                  0.494  7.943 -0.567 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.529  7.387 -0.303

3:03 PM Braun lost 0.01 seconds to the CIC in round one. He went way under here, but it doesn't matter since he was 0.006 seconds early on the launch.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Tom Snyder          6.747 -0.593 Q   27 Clint Neff          7.347 -0.343
       A/A Index: 7.34                         C/D Index: 7.69
   (E Sigmon    ) 0.269  6.984 -0.356 E1   (D Stewart   ) 0.617  7.252 -0.438
                  0.566  6.977 -0.363 E2   (T Brown     ) 0.556  7.371 -0.319
 *****WINNER***** 0.606  6.871 -0.469 E3                  0.622  7.525 -0.165

"Wild Willy" Borsch would have been proud of Snyder on this run, his T-bucket altered tacking all over the lane and Snyder never lifting until the win was assured.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Andy Manna          8.734 -0.576 Q    6 Fred Gross          7.987 -0.543
      C/SR Index: 9.31                         D/A Index: 8.53
   (J Kennedy   ) 0.552  8.815 -0.495 E1   (R Robinson  ) 0.613  8.039 -0.491
   (D Myers     ) 0.555  8.814 -0.496 E2   (M Smith     ) 0.555  8.314 -0.216
 *****WINNER***** 0.516  8.828 -0.482 E3                  0.582  8.107 -0.423

margin of victory = 0.125 seconds (approximately 30 feet)

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Pete Carbery        7.340 -0.490 Q    4 Jeff Gillette       6.993 -0.547
       B/A Index: 7.83                        B/ED Index: 7.54
   (D Cook      ) 0.548  7.436 -0.394 E1   (A Freese    ) 0.551  7.107 -0.433
   (B Morrison  ) 0.578  7.336 -0.494 E2   (A Bresch    ) 0.563  7.100 -0.440
                  0.504  9.223  1.393 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.545  7.169 -0.371

Carbery's car slowed and trailed fluid from half track on.