Sun, 4 Jun 2000, 11:36 AM GRAND BEND - Annihilator Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Annihilator Top Sportsman at the Inaugural Mopar Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  38 John Weima          7.695  7.695 Q   44 Sandy Wilkins       7.879  7.879
        TS  Dial: 7.71                          TS  Dial: 7.88
 *****WINNER***** 0.500  7.731  0.021 E3                  0.496  7.932  0.052

11:00 AM

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  41 Larry Niebrzydowsk  7.741  7.741 Q   23 Frank Teague        7.543  7.543
        TS  Dial: 7.76                          TS  Dial: 7.65
                  0.524  7.809  0.049 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.538  7.654  0.004

Margin of victory = 0.031 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  27 Mike Badia          7.563  7.563 Q   33 Elijah Morton       7.627  7.627
        TS  Dial: 7.57                          TS  Dial: 7.64
                  0.496 10.916  3.346 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.515  7.651  0.011

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Ken Langlois        7.204  7.204 Q    4 Jim Detrick         6.684  6.684
        TS  Dial: 7.27                          TS  Dial: 6.74
 *****WINNER***** 0.533  7.381  0.111 E3                  0.849 No Time

Detrick had a nitrous explosion on the starting line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  37 Jeff Dobbins        7.686  7.686 Q   19 Terry Frever        7.456  7.456
        TS  Dial: 7.74                          TS  Dial: 7.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  7.743  0.003 E3                  0.505  7.575  0.025

Margin of victory = 0.016 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  42 Donald Hardesty     7.784  7.784 Q   24 Gene Buckles        7.545  7.545
        TS  Dial: 7.78                          TS  Dial: 7.55
                  0.510 14.307  6.527 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.517  7.948  0.398

Hardesty broke on the launch.