Sat, 4 Nov 2000, 11:06 AM DALLAS-2 - Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex We're Underway!!!

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock 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---(+/-)
 108 Toby Lang          12.311  0.011 Q   47 Tim Woods          11.750 -0.850
      G/SA  Dial: 12.04                       I/SA  Dial: 11.79
   (A Corda     ) 0.518 11.960 -0.040 E3   (C Peterson  ) 0.545 11.763  0.023
 *****WINNER***** 0.518 12.055  0.015 E4                  0.469 11.842  0.052

9:46 AM Many thought we'd never see race cars on the track this weekend, but thanks to the weather angels and NHRA safety safari we're finally underway here in Ennis.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Ben Line           10.660 -1.040 Q   91 Billy Leber        12.523 -0.477
      C/SA  Dial: 10.75                       L/SA  Dial: 12.47
   (L Nash      ) 0.512 10.964  0.224 E3   (J Cimarolli ) 0.533 12.440 -0.010
                  0.505 10.990  0.240 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.535 12.621  0.151

Margin of victory = 0.059 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  29 Gene Mosbek        10.311 -0.989 Q   98 Lane Weber         15.468 -0.332
      A/SA  Dial: 10.62                       V/SA  Dial: 15.62
   (S Couch     ) 0.527 10.612  0.152 E3   (J Paul      ) 0.551 15.585  0.015
                  0.615 10.586 -0.034 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.580 15.617 -0.003

Between each pair the safety safari is having to mop up a few wet spots, as the cars are leaving "spots" at the start. Both drivers were dead late on those runs.....

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Verne Buchanan     11.497 -1.253 Q   40 Eric Waldo         10.762 -0.888
      J/SA  Dial: 11.60                        C/S  Dial: 10.87
   (F Acosta    ) 0.525 11.551  0.001 E3   (B Bogues    ) 0.532 10.847  0.047
                  0.512 11.594 -0.006 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.508 10.908  0.038

Waldo marches on, taking out the gold mustang of Buchanan.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Kent LaPorte       12.072 -1.078 Q   83 Tony Wood          10.690 -0.610
      M/SA  Dial: 12.13                       A/SA  Dial: 10.85
   (D Mercer    ) 0.507 12.112  0.022 E3   (B Howell    ) 0.529 10.733  0.033
                  0.546 12.322  0.192 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.533 11.040  0.190

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  25 Jeff Hefler        11.128 -1.022 Q   11 Martin Burke       10.609 -1.091
      F/SA  Dial: 11.25                       C/SA  Dial: 10.65
   (B Warren    ) 0.565 11.282 -0.058 E3   (S Hilton    ) 0.455 10.643 -0.027
 *****WINNER***** 0.539 11.326  0.076 E4                  0.494 10.948  0.298

Ouch!

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
 107 Lee Bannister      11.875 -0.125 Q   93 Jerry Emmons       12.170 -0.430
      E/SA  Dial: 11.75                       I/SA  Dial: 12.27
   (J Waldo     ) 0.537 11.726 -0.004 E3   (M Bush      ) 0.535 12.253  0.023
 *****WINNER***** 0.557 11.750  0.000 E4                  0.535 12.326  0.056

Bannister deep-staged - a mistake that cost him against the always-tough Jerry Emmons. 9:57 AM