Mon, 5 Nov 2001, 01:58 AM FMDRS 7-6 - Comp Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the Division Seven FMDRS Final:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Brian Olson         7.319 -0.691 Q    3 Jeff Taylor         7.615 -0.695
      A/ND Index: 7.93                         C/A Index: 8.30
   (T Brown     ) 0.562  7.892 -0.118 E1   (J Gillette  ) 0.527  7.829 -0.481
   (P Cocuzza   ) 0.787  8.139  0.129 E2   (J Lion      ) 0.557  7.794 -0.516
   (S Tidwell   ) 0.606  7.972 -0.038 E3   (F Gross     ) 0.532  8.017 -0.283
   (A Manna Jr. ) 0.528  7.423 -0.587 E4   (B Butner    ) 0.629  7.957 -0.343
                  0.507  7.424 -0.506 E5 *****WINNER***** 0.586  7.707 -0.593

9:12 PM This is Olson's first real outing since his wreck - the car is as beautiful as ever and he has figured out how to get it off the line cleanly - but this time the car was out of the groove and moving around, negating his great light. Taylor came close to a permanent CIC, but missed it by a few thousandths of a second to get the victory in a very close drag race. Margin of victory = 0.008 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink