Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 01:24 PM HOUSTON-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 4th annual Matco Tools SuperNationals presented by Racing Champions:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Arthur Sauceda      7.157 -0.513 Q    5 Doug Engels         7.511 -0.599
       C/D Index: 7.67                        D/ED Index: 8.08
   (M Austin    ) 0.572  7.220 -0.450 E1   (M Johnson   ) 0.538  7.613 -0.497
   (M Saye      ) 0.292  8.090  0.420 E2   (A Swindoll  ) 0.529  7.580 -0.530
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  7.076 -0.594 E3                  0.564  7.490 -0.590

1:06 PM Engels comes in carrying a cumulative 0.03 in CIC. Sauceda wins by a Margin of victory = 0.057 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 David Rampy         7.405 -0.655 Q   10 Scott Tidwell       7.645 -0.565
      A/EA Index: 8.01                         C/A Index: 8.15
   (J Kimbrough ) 0.514  7.615 -0.445 E1   (J Linton    ) 0.525  7.773 -0.437
   (C Watson    ) 0.640  7.510 -0.550 E2   (B Coates    ) 0.527  7.642 -0.568
 *****WINNER***** 0.541  7.572 -0.438 E3                  0.522  7.844 -0.306

Rampy lost 0.05 to the CIC gods, Tidwell 0.06. Rampy wins easily.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Pete Carbery        7.307 -0.563 Q    3 Jeff Taylor         7.901 -0.649
       B/A Index: 7.81                         D/A Index: 8.52
   (D Smiley    ) 0.511  7.342 -0.528 E1   (G Williams  ) 0.546  8.014 -0.536
   (K Mawhee    ) 0.571  7.305 -0.545 E2   (A Ackerman  ) 0.557  8.460 -0.060
                  0.632  7.301 -0.509 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.529  8.014 -0.506

Carbery gave Taylor a tenth at the tree and you just can't do that and win. Margin of victory = 0.100 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Fred Allen          7.484 -0.576 Q    1 Arnie Martel        9.366 -0.734
      A/EA Index: 8.06                         GSM Index: 9.97
   (G Treadwell ) 0.553  7.688 -0.372 E1   (D Manichia  ) 0.524  9.464 -0.636
   (R Bourke    ) 0.608  7.610 -0.450 E2   (R Jones     ) 0.540  9.731 -0.239
 *****WINNER***** 0.548  7.467 -0.593 E3                  0.564  9.414 -0.556

Martel gave up 0.13 in CIC in round one and backed out of it here to prevent losing any more, his speed down to 142 mph and the margin of victory = 0.053 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Allen took a 0.09 hit on this run, so he'll pay for the rest of the event, but not on Monday.