Sat, 4 Nov 2000, 07:34 PM DALLAS-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 15th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Arnie Martel        9.376 -0.724 Q    8 Doug Engels         7.568 -0.542
       GSM Index: 10.10                       D/ED Index: 8.11
   (J Shook     ) 0.542  9.777 -0.323 E1   (C Stewart   ) 0.534  7.880 -0.230
   (C Watson    ) 0.548 10.731  0.631 E2   (S Tidwell   ) 0.465  9.492  1.382
                  0.509 12.807  2.707 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.584  8.110  0.000

4:03 PM Martelk got out of shape on the launch, appeared to have it saved, then almost lost it, getting very sideways.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Keith Mawhee        9.071 -0.469 Q   20 Alan Swindoll       7.399 -0.471
       G/A Index: 9.54                         B/A Index: 7.87
   (B Haynes    ) 0.553  9.109 -0.431 E1   (R Brogdon   ) 0.484  7.608 -0.262
   (G Wise      ) 0.548  9.113 -0.427 E2   (J Taylor    ) 0.509  7.912  0.042
 *****WINNER***** 0.510  9.116 -0.424 E3                  0.602 10.245  2.375

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Pete Carbery        7.349 -0.521 Q    3 Mike Saye           8.915 -0.625
       B/A Index: 7.87                         G/A Index: 9.54
   (D Manichia  ) 0.529  7.659 -0.211 E1   (R Wise      ) 0.529  9.501 -0.039
   (B Morse     ) 0.572  7.374 -0.496 E2                  0.474  9.264 -0.276
                  0.479  7.412 -0.458 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.527  9.286 -0.254

There's a crosswind giving the cars a tough time when the chutes come out.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Joe Shalkowski      8.476 -0.544 Q    2 David Rampy         7.421 -0.639
      F/ED Index: 9.02                        A/EA Index: 8.06
   (M Trumble   ) 0.555  8.552 -0.468 E1   (J McClintic ) 0.638  7.732 -0.328
   (J Linton    ) 0.582  8.625 -0.395 E2   (D Smiley    ) 0.517  7.764 -0.296
 *****WINNER***** 0.563  8.543 -0.477 E3                  0.592  7.598 -0.462

Margin of victory = 0.044 seconds (approximately 11 feet).