Sun, 13 Oct 2002, 04:35 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Mike Saye           8.654 -0.536 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         8.215 -0.685
       G/A Index: 9.14                       B/SMA Index: 8.74
   (R Goodman   ) 0.594  8.785 -0.405 E1   (B Kent      ) 0.532  8.503 -0.397
   (R Brogdon   ) 0.528  8.637 -0.553 E2   (R Slavinski ) 0.575  8.235 -0.665
   (C Watson Jr ) 0.526  8.797 -0.343 E3   (G Williams  ) 0.517  8.413 -0.327
                  0.513  8.609 -0.531 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.549  8.156 -0.584

3:28 PM Saye gets the jump off the line but Taylor runs him down just before they cross the finish line. MOV: 0.0174 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Bill Gibbs          9.347 -0.533 Q    5 Mike Trumble        8.164 -0.586
       L/A Index: 9.83                       A/SMA Index: 8.75
   (R Freeman   ) 0.565  9.360 -0.520 E1   (D Howerton  ) 0.591  9.689  0.939
   (E Shalkowski) 0.757 10.975  1.115 E2   (D Manichia  ) 0.563  8.947  0.197
   (D Rampy     ) 0.671  9.322 -0.538 E3   (B Self      ) 0.553  8.644 -0.106
                  0.490 12.984  3.154 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.567  8.743 -0.007