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Friday
Order for Qualifying Round 1ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one round of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Al Weiss E/EA 9.09 8.395 -0.695 2. Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.90 8.215 -0.685 3. Robert Freeman C/A 8.07 7.465 -0.605 4. Sean Dodd D/AA 8.40 7.821 -0.579 5. Brian Self PST 8.10 7.531 -0.569 6. David Rampy B/AA 7.81 7.243 -0.567 7. Doug Engels D/ED 8.01 7.448 -0.562 8. Charlie Watson H/A 9.50 8.942 -0.558 9. Joe Shalkowski F/ED 8.99 8.438 -0.552 10. Buddy Nickens B/TA 9.15 8.600 -0.550 11. Scott Tidwell C/A 8.07 7.529 -0.541 12. Greg Williams C/SMA 9.13 8.590 -0.540 13. Keith Mawhee F/AA 8.88 8.346 -0.534 14. Bill Kent C/D 7.61 7.077 -0.533 15. Bob Haynes C/ED 8.01 7.478 -0.532 16. Dean Howerton C/D 7.61 7.079 -0.531 17. Dennis Mitchell F/A 8.87 8.345 -0.525 18. Al Bresch F/SM 9.55 9.028 -0.522 19. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 8.230 -0.520 20. Mike Saye G/A 9.19 8.673 -0.517 21. Rodger Brogdon A/SM 8.56 8.044 -0.516 22. Tom Huggins B/A 7.80 7.289 -0.511 23. Scott Benham C/EA 8.88 8.388 -0.492 24. Rob Slavinski B/AA 7.81 7.318 -0.492 25. Chris McGaha PST 8.10 7.609 -0.491 26. Mike Johnson C/ED 8.01 7.549 -0.461 27. Jimmy Stewart PSTA 8.30 7.842 -0.458 28. Ray Goodman A/EA 8.03 7.594 -0.436 29. Douglas Stewart B/ED 7.51 7.102 -0.408 30. Joey Tanksley B/ED 7.51 7.106 -0.404 31. Charlie Stewart A/ED 7.30 6.898 -0.402 32. Bill Morse C/EA 8.88 8.507 -0.373 --------- Not Qualified --------- 33. Donald Manichia A/ND 7.79 7.440 -0.350 34. Greg Porter D/SM 9.26 8.922 -0.338 35. Johnny Shook C/EA 8.88 8.594 -0.286 36. Bill Devine F/ED 8.99 8.715 -0.275 37. Bill Gibbs L/A 9.88 9.630 -0.250 38. Tom Schmidt C/EA 8.88 8.631 -0.249 39. Ray Wise H/SM 9.78 9.556 -0.224 40. Gary Wise D/EA 9.02 8.810 -0.210 41. Ernest Watson Sr. H/AA 9.59 9.424 -0.166 42. Chuck Rearick A/ND 7.79 8.261 0.471 43. Dennis Smiley B/ED 7.51 8.148 0.638 44. Russell Joly B/SR 8.65 9.974 1.324 45. Daniel Leibham C/AA 8.05 9.616 1.566
Friday
Order for Qualifying Round 2ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Al Weiss E/EA 9.09 8.395 -0.695 2. Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.90 8.215 -0.685 3. Robert Freeman C/A 8.07 7.465 -0.605 4. Buddy Nickens B/TA 9.15 8.558 -0.592 5. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 8.164 -0.586 6. Sean Dodd D/AA 8.40 7.821 -0.579 7. David Rampy B/AA 7.81 7.233 -0.577 8. Rodger Brogdon A/SM 8.56 7.986 -0.574 9. Brian Self PST 8.10 7.531 -0.569 10. Doug Engels D/ED 8.01 7.448 -0.562 11. Joe Shalkowski F/ED 8.99 8.428 -0.562 12. Charlie Watson H/A 9.50 8.942 -0.558 13. Donald Manichia A/ND 7.79 7.237 -0.553 14. Greg Williams C/SMA 9.13 8.584 -0.546 15. Scott Tidwell C/A 8.07 7.529 -0.541 16. Mike Saye G/A 9.19 8.654 -0.536 17. Keith Mawhee F/AA 8.88 8.346 -0.534 18. Bill Kent C/D 7.61 7.077 -0.533 19. Bill Gibbs L/A 9.88 9.347 -0.533 20. Bob Haynes C/ED 8.01 7.478 -0.532 21. Dean Howerton C/D 7.61 7.079 -0.531 22. Dennis Mitchell F/A 8.87 8.345 -0.525 23. Al Bresch F/SM 9.55 9.028 -0.522 24. Tom Huggins B/A 7.80 7.289 -0.511 25. Scott Benham C/EA 8.88 8.388 -0.492 26. Rob Slavinski B/AA 7.81 7.318 -0.492 27. Chris McGaha PST 8.10 7.609 -0.491 28. Mike Johnson C/ED 8.01 7.521 -0.489 29. Joey Tanksley B/ED 7.51 7.036 -0.474 30. Jimmy Stewart PSTA 8.30 7.842 -0.458 31. Tom Schmidt C/EA 8.88 8.432 -0.448 32. Ray Goodman A/EA 8.03 7.594 -0.436 --------- Not Qualified --------- 33. Douglas Stewart B/ED 7.51 7.102 -0.408 34. Bill Morse C/EA 8.88 8.477 -0.403 35. Charlie Stewart A/ED 7.30 6.898 -0.402 36. Russell Joly B/SR 8.65 8.291 -0.359 37. Greg Porter D/SM 9.26 8.922 -0.338 38. Johnny Shook C/EA 8.88 8.580 -0.300 39. Bill Devine F/ED 8.99 8.715 -0.275 40. Dennis Smiley B/ED 7.51 7.275 -0.235 41. Ray Wise H/SM 9.78 9.556 -0.224 42. Gary Wise D/EA 9.02 8.810 -0.210 43. Ernest Watson Sr. H/AA 9.59 9.424 -0.166 44. Daniel Leibham C/AA 8.05 7.889 -0.161 45. Chuck Rearick A/ND 7.79 8.261 0.471 46. Rhett Fulton B/ED 7.51 15.132 7.622
Saturday
Results for Elimination Round 1ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Scott Tidwell C/A 8.07 0.537 7.789 -0.281 (L) Tom Schmidt C/EA 8.88 0.692 8.454 -0.42610:21 AM Once again the forecasters were a bit off on the forecast. It's 60 degrees, 95 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.12 and climbing, under gray skies once again. The track temperature is 79 degrees.
These two made their burnouts, pulled up to the line, and were signaled to shut their engines off because a light mist was falling.
11:24 AM Okay, let's try again. After an hour delay, Schmidt was tardy...MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet).(W) Mike Saye G/A 9.19 0.594 8.785 -0.405 (L) Ray Goodman A/EA 8.03 0.613 7.660 -0.370Saye is still in contention for the 2002 championship. MOV: 0.0541 seconds (approximately 14 feet).(W) Sean Dodd D/AA 8.40 0.640 7.920 -0.480 (L) Charlie Stewart A/ED 7.30 0.525 6.938 -0.362In as an alternate, Stewart had a great light, Dodd was late, and Dodd won anyway. MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 12 inches).(W) Greg Williams C/SMA 9.13 0.541 9.099 -0.031 (L) Douglas Stewart B/ED 7.51 0.445(R) 8.738 1.228First-alternate Stewart was a bit early...(W) Rodger Brogdon A/SM 8.56 0.530 8.051 -0.509 (L) Tom Huggins B/A 7.80 0.592 7.332 -0.468(W) Donald Manichia A/ND 7.79 0.552 9.466 1.676 (L) Joey Tanksley B/ED 7.51 0.543 13.192 5.682manichia smoked the tires, but Tanksley was broken, possibly the throttle linkage because the car did not respond at all, and could not take advantage of the opportunity.(W) Al Weiss E/EA 9.09 0.529 10.116 1.026 (L) Keith Mawhee F/AA 8.88 0.463(R) 8.984 0.104Still no upsets this round...(W) Charlie Watson H/A 9.50 0.520 9.019 -0.481 (L) Mike Johnson C/ED 8.01 0.591 7.528 -0.482Still no upset, Watson winning on a big holeshot. MOV: 0.0708 seconds (approximately 18 feet).(W) Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.90 0.532 8.503 -0.397 (L) Bill Kent C/D 7.61 0.525 23.246 15.636Two "heavy hitters" matched up in the first round...and Kent's dragster shook violently on the launch, then started coasting. Still no upset.(W) Brian Self PST 8.10 0.557 7.844 -0.256 (L) Bill Morse C/EA 8.88 0.483(R) 8.561 -0.319Morse was in as second-alternate.(W) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 0.591 9.689 0.939 (L) Dean Howerton C/D 7.61 0.483(R) 7.585 -0.025Trumble saw what happened to Howerton's teammate, Kent, and made a last-minute lane swap to put Howerton in the same lane where Kent shook so hard. Howerton didn't shake, but went red and we still haven't had an upset.(W) Buddy Nickens B/TA 9.15 0.548 8.610 -0.540 (L) Bob Haynes C/ED 8.01 0.557 7.556 -0.454Nickens has been having some driving problems lately, but he did a pretty good job here, taking a bit too much win stripe, however, for a 0.04 CIC.(W) Joe Shalkowski F/ED 8.99 0.701 8.473 -0.517 (L) Chris McGaha PST 8.10 0.606 7.691 -0.409Shalkowski took the left lane, not usually the lane of choice. He made it work, despite a late launch. MOV: 0.0131 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Shalkowski earned a 0.01 CIC for being tardy. McGaha's truck left a bunch of fuel on the launch pad. Still no upsets...(W) David Rampy B/AA 7.81 0.533 7.445 -0.365 (L) Al Bresch F/SM 9.55 0.655 9.076 -0.474Rampy took the left lane after seeing the fuel spill. He had an easy time of it...MOV: 0.0131 seconds (approximately 3 feet).(W) Bill Gibbs L/A 9.88 0.565 9.360 -0.520 (L) Robert Freeman C/A 8.07 0.337(R) 8.512 0.442Our first upset - Freeman also made a last-minute lane swap, but wasted it.(W) Rob Slavinski B/AA 7.81 0.602 7.315 -0.495 (L) Doug Engels D/ED 8.01 0.550 7.908 -0.102Slavinski pulls off an upset despite a late launch, Engels spinning the tires and getting out of the groove.
Next round it's Weiss vs Self, Trumble vs Manichia, Gibbs vs Shalkowski, Rampy vs Tidwell, Taylor vs Slavinski, Dodd vs Williams, Nickens vs Watson, and Brogdon vs Saye.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 2ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Bill Gibbs L/A 9.86 0.757 10.975 1.115 (L) Joe Shalkowski F/ED 8.98 0.000(R) (Broke)10:26 AM It's 59 degrees, 61 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.40 and steady, under overcast skies. The track temperature is 74 degrees.
Shalkowski was a no-show this morning, apparently he broke the little dragster yesterday.(W) Mike Saye G/A 9.19 0.528 8.637 -0.553 (L) Rodger Brogdon A/SM 8.56 0.532 9.466 0.906Saye's championship hopes stay alive, but he took too much win stripe and loses 0.05 to CIC for the rest of the event. The "air" (adjusted altitude) today is about 100 feet above sea level, almost 3,000 feet better than yesterday, so a lot of drivers will bust their indexes if they aren't careful.(W) Greg Williams C/SMA 9.13 0.552 8.510 -0.620 (L) Sean Dodd D/AA 8.40 0.612 7.899 -0.501(W) Brian Self PST 8.10 0.526 7.571 -0.529 (L) Al Weiss E/EA 9.09 0.650 8.579 -0.511Self took a 0.02 CIC "hit" for the win here.(W) Charlie Watson H/A 9.50 0.525 8.877 -0.623 (L) Buddy Nickens B/TA 9.11 0.594 8.540 -0.570Wow, is the good air ever messing them up! Watson takes a -0.12 temporary and a 0.02 permanent index adjustment for the win. MOV: 0.1222 seconds (approximately 26 feet).(W) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 0.563 8.947 0.197 (L) Donald Manichia A/ND 7.79 0.586 11.774 3.984Manichia shook and slowed.(W) Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.90 0.575 8.235 -0.665 (L) Rob Slavinski B/AA 7.81 0.528 7.234 -0.576Slavinski forced Taylor to kill his index, -0.16 temporarily and -.05 permanently. MOV: 0.0423 seconds (approximately 12 feet).(W) David Rampy B/AA 7.81 0.556 7.577 -0.233 (L) Scott Tidwell C/A 8.07 0.489(R) 7.547 -0.523There will be a moment of silence for the indexes slaughtered this round... In the quarterfinals it's Self vs Trumble, Gibbs vs Rampy, Taylor vs Williams, and Watson vs saye.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 3ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Mike Saye G/A 9.14 0.526 8.797 -0.343 (L) Charlie Watson H/A 9.38 0.614 9.425 0.0452:19 PM The temperature is 63 degrees, the humidity is 61 percent, the barometer 30.37 and the track temp is 77 degrees. Watson was CIC'd .12 seconds in this round and gives up almost another tenth on the tree.(W) Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.74 0.517 8.413 -0.327 (L) Greg Williams C/SMA 9.01 0.599 8.986 -0.024Taylor had a .16 CIC in the second round, Williams had a .12. Taylor gets a big hole-shot and drives around for the win.(W) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 0.553 8.644 -0.106 (L) Brian Self PST 8.08 0.495(R) 7.984 -0.096Self leaves a little too early giving Trumble the easy win.(W) Bill Gibbs L/A 9.86 0.671 9.322 -0.538 (L) David Rampy B/AA 7.81 0.591 8.380 0.570
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 4ENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 4 eliminations Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.74 0.549 8.156 -0.584 (L) Mike Saye G/A 9.14 0.513 8.609 -0.5313:28 PM Saye gets the jump off the line but Taylor runs him down just before they cross the finish line. MOV: 0.0174 seconds (approximately 4 feet).(W) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 0.567 8.743 -0.007 (L) Bill Gibbs L/A 9.83 0.490(R) 12.984 3.154
Sunday
Results for Final RoundENNIS, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.75 0.524 8.572 -0.178 (L) Jeff Taylor B/SMA 8.66 0.538 10.321 1.6614:25 PM Taylor comes in with 0.24 in CIC penalties, Trumble had none. Taylor launched, the car carried the wheels and headed for the centerline, and he had to lift. Congratulations to Trumble on his win against a tough Comp field under tough racing conditions.