Sat, 7 Oct 2000, 11:50 AM MEMPHIS - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 1 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---(+/-)
  20 Dean Howerton       7.204 -0.466 Q    7 Maryann Austin      7.383 -0.627
       C/D Index: 7.67                        C/ED Index: 8.01
                  0.809  9.794  2.124 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.599  8.071  0.061

10:26 AM We open without the traditional first-pair red light, in fact just the opposite...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  25 Mike Trumble        9.562  0.832 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         7.824 -0.726
      D/SM Index: 8.73                         D/A Index: 8.55
                  0.552  8.578 -0.152 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.516  8.162 -0.388

Margin of victory = 0.272 seconds (approximately 50 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 David Myers         7.588 -0.622 Q   19 Don Baskin          8.689 -0.481
       C/A Index: 8.21                         F/A Index: 9.17
                  0.554  7.753 -0.457 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.547  8.600 -0.570

Margin of victory = 0.120 seconds (approximately 31 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Alan Swindoll       7.330 -0.540 Q   11 Terry Smith         8.465 -0.615
       B/A Index: 7.87                        D/EA Index: 9.08
                  0.459  7.292 -0.578 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.597  8.456 -0.624

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 David Dupps         7.892 -0.698 Q   23 Mike Johnson        7.169 -0.381
       J/A Index: 8.59                        B/ED Index: 7.55
                  0.568  9.310  0.720 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.517  7.051 -0.499

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Mike Farrell        7.453 -0.617 Q   18 Mike Corvo          7.712 -0.498
      A/EA Index: 8.07                         C/A Index: 8.21
 *****WINNER***** 0.606  8.813  0.743 E1                  0.498 12.316  4.106

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  22 Jim Kimbrough       7.612 -0.458 Q    5 David Rampy         7.395 -0.675
      A/EA Index: 8.07                        A/EA Index: 8.07
                  0.452  7.716 -0.354 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.514  7.951 -0.119

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Larry Pritchett     8.011 -0.719 Q   24 George Gallimore    7.042 -0.348
      D/SM Index: 8.73                         A/A Index: 7.39
                  0.608  8.584 -0.146 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.659  7.070 -0.320

Margin of victory = 0.123 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Brian Browell       7.376 -0.604 Q   15 Doug Stewart        6.985 -0.565
       D/D Index: 7.98                        B/ED Index: 7.55
                  0.619  7.401 -0.579 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.616  6.943 -0.607

Margin of victory = 0.031 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Robert Book         6.612 -0.588 Q   14 David Billingsley   7.626 -0.584
       A/D Index: 7.20                         C/A Index: 8.21
                  0.595  7.141 -0.059 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.540  7.811 -0.399

Book got the front wheels way up on the launch and the dragster turned hard right, forcing him to backpedal a bit. Margin of victory = 0.395 seconds (approximately 95 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Frank Aragona       8.283 -0.817 Q   26 Joey Tanksley       8.552  1.002
      G/ED Index: 9.10                        B/ED Index: 7.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.584  8.841 -0.259 E1                  0.568  9.933  2.383

Tanksley's dragster smoked the tires on the launch, then veered to the right, toward the wall.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Rodger Brogdon      8.197 -0.533 Q   10 Bill Kent           7.054 -0.616
      D/SM Index: 8.73                         C/D Index: 7.67
 *****WINNER***** 0.507  8.240 -0.490 E1                  0.915  7.206 -0.464

Kent's reaction time wasn't as bad as it looks on the clock - his dragster spun and chattered the tires before it moved the first foot.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Danny Holt          8.431 -0.459 Q    6 Don Stratton        8.092 -0.648
      C/EA Index: 8.89                        B/SR Index: 8.74
                  0.000 No Time       E1 *****WINNER***** 0.515  8.383 -0.357

Holt was a no-show for the first round. Stratton spun the tires and went toward the wall, lucky to have a single.