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Sat, 28 Oct 2000, 12:26 PM

HOUSTON-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 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---(+/-)
  11 Pete Carbery        7.307 -0.563 Q   22 Dennis Smiley       7.039 -0.511
       B/A Index: 7.87                        B/ED Index: 7.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  7.342 -0.528 E1                  0.594  7.496 -0.054

10:45 AM Carbery takes a 0.02 CIC penalty on an easy win.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  18 Charlie Watson      8.652 -0.518 Q   33 Terry Smith         6.925 -0.435
       F/A Index: 9.17                         A/A Index: 7.36
 *****WINNER***** 0.695  8.802 -0.368 E1                  0.023  7.229 -0.131

Watson was tardy and Smith couldn't wait...


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Alan Swindoll       7.358 -0.512 Q   12 Joe Shalkowski      8.472 -0.548
       B/A Index: 7.87                        F/ED Index: 9.02
 *****WINNER***** 0.540  7.405 -0.465 E1                  0.667  8.521 -0.499

Margin of victory = 0.093 seconds (approximately 21 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Arthur Sauceda      7.157 -0.513 Q   13 Maryann Austin      7.468 -0.542
       C/D Index: 7.67                        C/ED Index: 8.01
 *****WINNER***** 0.572  7.220 -0.450 E1                  0.711  7.456 -0.554

Margin of victory = 0.035 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Joey Tanksley       7.037 -0.513 Q   14 Al Ackerman         8.350 -0.530
      B/ED Index: 7.55                         F/D Index: 8.88
                  0.579  6.965 -0.585 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.554  8.311 -0.569

Margin of victory = 0.009 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Nobody wanted to lift here in a close drag race, Ackerman taking a 0.05 CIC penalty to get the win.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 John Linton         7.506 -0.504 Q   10 Scott Tidwell       7.645 -0.565
      C/ED Index: 8.01                         C/A Index: 8.21
                  0.586  7.551 -0.459 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.525  7.773 -0.437

Margin of victory = 0.039 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Fred Allen          7.484 -0.576 Q   24 Glen Treadwell      8.592 -0.488
      A/EA Index: 8.06                        E/EA Index: 9.08
 *****WINNER***** 0.553  7.688 -0.372 E1                  0.708  8.615 -0.465

Margin of victory = 0.062 seconds (approximately 14 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  30 Greg Williams       8.209 -0.461 Q    3 Jeff Taylor         7.901 -0.649
      D/SM Index: 8.67                         D/A Index: 8.55
                  0.533  8.171 -0.499 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.546  8.014 -0.536

Margin of victory = 0.024 seconds (approximately 6 feet), Taylor taking a 0.03 CIC "hit" for the victory.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 David Cook          6.616 -0.584 Q   26 Ben Coates          7.079 -0.471
       A/D Index: 7.20                        B/ED Index: 7.55
                  0.686  6.679 -0.521 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.563  7.067 -0.483

Cook shook and had to short-shift to get through it. Margin of victory = 0.085 seconds (approximately 25 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Jim Kimbrough       7.605 -0.455 Q    2 David Rampy         7.405 -0.655
      A/EA Index: 8.06                        A/EA Index: 8.06
                  0.473  7.644 -0.416 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.514  7.615 -0.445

Heads-up!


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  28 Mike Johnson        7.085 -0.465 Q    5 Doug Engels         7.511 -0.599
      B/ED Index: 7.55                        D/ED Index: 8.11
                  0.593  7.075 -0.475 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.538  7.613 -0.497

Margin of victory = 0.077 seconds (approximately 21 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Mike Saye           8.930 -0.610 Q   29 Rodger Brogdon      7.716 -0.464
       G/A Index: 9.54                          AT Index: 8.18
 *****WINNER***** 0.552  9.043 -0.497 E1                  0.559  7.700 -0.480

Margin of victory = 0.024 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Arnie Martel        9.366 -0.734 Q   32 Donald Manichia     8.688 -0.452
       GSM Index: 10.10                       E/ED Index: 9.14
 *****WINNER***** 0.524  9.464 -0.636 E1                  0.639  8.668 -0.472

Margin of victory = 0.279 seconds and Martel takes a huge CIC hit here, .13 seconds next round and .03 Monday.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Ruben Celedon       7.959 -0.591 Q   27 Keith Mawhee        9.072 -0.468
       D/A Index: 8.55                         G/A Index: 9.54
                  0.615  8.103 -0.447 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.584  9.044 -0.496

Margin of victory = 0.080 seconds (approximately 20 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Randy Jones         7.689 -0.521 Q   17 Doug Stewart        7.031 -0.519
       C/A Index: 8.21                        B/ED Index: 7.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.552  7.659 -0.551 E1                  0.506  7.077 -0.473

Jones takes a 0.05 CIC hit to win by a margin of victory = 0.032 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Richard Bourke      6.617 -0.583 Q   25 Mike Trumble        8.193 -0.477
       A/D Index: 7.20                        D/SM Index: 8.67
 *****WINNER***** 0.599  6.752 -0.448 E1                  0.537 13.252  4.582

Trumble broke after the launch and coasted through.