Sun, 13 Oct 2002, 11:47 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 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---(+/-)
  19 Bill Gibbs          9.347 -0.533 Q   11 Joe Shalkowski      8.428 -0.562
       L/A Index: 9.86                        F/ED Index: 8.98
   (R Freeman   ) 0.565  9.360 -0.520 E1   (C Mc Gaha   ) 0.701  8.473 -0.517
 *****WINNER***** 0.757 10.975  1.115 E2                  0.000 No Data

10:26 AM It's 59 degrees, 61 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.40 and steady, under overcast skies. The track temperature is 74 degrees.

Shalkowski was a no-show this morning, apparently he broke the little dragster yesterday.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Rodger Brogdon      7.986 -0.574 Q   16 Mike Saye           8.654 -0.536
      A/SM Index: 8.56                         G/A Index: 9.19
   (T Huggins   ) 0.530  8.051 -0.509 E1   (R Goodman   ) 0.594  8.785 -0.405
                  0.532  9.466  0.906 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.528  8.637 -0.553

Saye's championship hopes stay alive, but he took too much win stripe and loses 0.05 to CIC for the rest of the event. The "air" (adjusted altitude) today is about 100 feet above sea level, almost 3,000 feet better than yesterday, so a lot of drivers will bust their indexes if they aren't careful.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Greg Williams       8.584 -0.546 Q    6 Sean Dodd           7.821 -0.579
     C/SMA Index: 9.13                        D/AA Index: 8.40
   (D Stewart   ) 0.541  9.099 -0.031 E1   (C Stewart   ) 0.640  7.920 -0.480
 *****WINNER***** 0.552  8.510 -0.620 E2                  0.612  7.899 -0.501

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Al Weiss            8.395 -0.695 Q    9 Brian Self          7.531 -0.569
      E/EA Index: 9.09                         PST Index: 8.10
   (K Mawhee    ) 0.529 10.116  1.026 E1   (B Morse     ) 0.557  7.844 -0.256
                  0.650  8.579 -0.511 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.526  7.571 -0.529

Self took a 0.02 CIC "hit" for the win here.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Charlie Watson      8.942 -0.558 Q    4 Buddy Nickens       8.558 -0.592
       H/A Index: 9.50                        B/TA Index: 9.11
   (M Johnson   ) 0.520  9.019 -0.481 E1   (B Haynes    ) 0.548  8.610 -0.540
 *****WINNER***** 0.525  8.877 -0.623 E2                  0.594  8.540 -0.570

Wow, is the good air ever messing them up! Watson takes a -0.12 temporary and a 0.02 permanent index adjustment for the win. MOV: 0.1222 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Donald Manichia     7.237 -0.553 Q    5 Mike Trumble        8.164 -0.586
      A/ND Index: 7.79                       A/SMA Index: 8.75
   (J Tanksley  ) 0.552  9.466  1.676 E1   (D Howerton  ) 0.591  9.689  0.939
                  0.586 11.774  3.984 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.563  8.947  0.197

Manichia shook and slowed.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Jeff Taylor         8.215 -0.685 Q   26 Rob Slavinski       7.318 -0.492
     B/SMA Index: 8.90                        B/AA Index: 7.81
   (B Kent      ) 0.532  8.503 -0.397 E1   (D Engels    ) 0.602  7.315 -0.495
 *****WINNER***** 0.575  8.235 -0.665 E2                  0.528  7.234 -0.576

Slavinski forced Taylor to kill his index, -0.16 temporarily and -.05 permanently. MOV: 0.0423 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Scott Tidwell       7.529 -0.541 Q    7 David Rampy         7.233 -0.577
       C/A Index: 8.07                        B/AA Index: 7.81
   (T Schmidt   ) 0.537  7.789 -0.281 E1   (A Bresch    ) 0.533  7.445 -0.365
                  0.489  7.547 -0.523 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.556  7.577 -0.233

There will be a moment of silence for the indexes slaughtered this round... In the quarterfinals it's Self vs Trumble, Gibbs vs Rampy, Taylor vs Williams, and Watson vs saye.