Sat, 7 Oct 2000, 04:36 PM MEMPHIS - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 2 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---(+/-)
  15 Doug Stewart        6.985 -0.565 Q   24 George Gallimore    7.042 -0.348
      B/ED Index: 7.45                         A/A Index: 7.39
   (B Browell   ) 0.616  6.943 -0.607 E1   (L Pritchett ) 0.659  7.070 -0.320
                  0.703  7.369 -0.081 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.625  7.065 -0.325

3:07 PM Margin of victory = 0.322 seconds (approximately 89 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Mike Johnson        7.169 -0.381 Q   11 Terry Smith         8.465 -0.615
      B/ED Index: 7.55                        D/EA Index: 8.96
   (D Dupps     ) 0.517  7.051 -0.499 E1   (A Swindoll  ) 0.597  8.456 -0.624
 *****WINNER***** 0.531  7.621  0.071 E2                  0.000 No Time

Smith does his burnout and springs a leak. He trails oil from about 100 feet out back to the tree. Johnson veered toward the centerline, tried to steer it back in the groove and finally backs off the throttle.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Don Baskin          8.689 -0.481 Q    7 Maryann Austin      7.383 -0.627
       F/A Index: 9.10                        C/ED Index: 8.01
   (D Myers     ) 0.547  8.600 -0.570 E1   (D Howerton  ) 0.599  8.071  0.061
                  0.104 10.025  0.925 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.607  8.822  0.812

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Jeff Taylor         7.824 -0.726 Q   14 David Billingsley   7.626 -0.584
       D/A Index: 8.55                         C/A Index: 8.21
   (M Trumble   ) 0.516  8.162 -0.388 E1   (R Book      ) 0.540  7.811 -0.399
 *****WINNER***** 0.510  7.984 -0.566 E2                  0.582  7.606 -0.604

Margin of victory = 0.034 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Don Stratton        8.092 -0.648 Q    9 Mike Farrell        7.453 -0.617
      B/SR Index: 8.74                        A/EA Index: 8.07
   (D Holt      ) 0.515  8.383 -0.357 E1   (M Corvo     ) 0.606  8.813  0.743
 *****WINNER***** 0.585  8.446 -0.294 E2                  0.494  8.970  0.900

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Rodger Brogdon      8.197 -0.533 Q    5 David Rampy         7.395 -0.675
      D/SM Index: 8.73                        A/EA Index: 8.07
   (B Kent      ) 0.507  8.240 -0.490 E1   (J Kimbrough ) 0.514  7.951 -0.119
                  0.628 No Time       E2 *****WINNER***** 0.553  7.975 -0.095

Brogdon broke on the launch.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Frank Aragona       8.283 -0.817 Q        Bye
      G/ED Index: 9.10
   (J Tanksley  ) 0.584  8.841 -0.259 E1
 *****WINNER***** 0.597 10.909  1.809 E2