Sun, 8 Oct 2000, 06:16 PM MEMPHIS - Comp Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 13th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Frank Aragona       8.283 -0.817 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         7.824 -0.726
      G/ED Index: 8.96                         D/A Index: 8.49
   (J Tanksley  ) 0.584  8.841 -0.259 E1   (M Trumble   ) 0.516  8.162 -0.388
                  0.597 10.909  1.809 E2   (D Billingsle) 0.510  7.984 -0.566
   (M Austin    ) 0.610  8.458 -0.642 E3                  1.009 14.278  5.788
   (D Rampy     ) 0.533  8.451 -0.509 E4   (D Stratton  ) 0.512  8.629  0.139
 *****WINNER***** 0.572  8.512 -0.448 E5                  0.529 11.188  2.698

5:10 PM Aragona comes in with 0.14 seconds worth of accumulated CIC, Taylor just 0.06. But when your car gets very sideways on the launch it's very hard to get to the finish line first against an opponent who goes right down the groove. That's what happened to Taylor, his D Altered Camaro fishtailing and almost crossing the centerline. Aragona was clean and straight all the way through.