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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed this round, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time, speed & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 6.068/225.71/-1.062, Now #1; AA/AM Index: 7.13, Prior Best: 6.127/223.65/-1.003, Was #1 Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.948/169.51/-0.632, Now #7; A/SM Index: 8.58, Prior Best: 7.959/169.78/-0.621, Was #9 Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,188 feet, track temperature 86 degrees. Kaplan is #1 and Lou Ficco Jr. is on the bump spot at -0.493. He nailed that Puppy! Straight as a string from start to finish. Jirka Kaplan's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.592, 660ft-3.920/184.70 mph, 1,000ft-5.077 Hedlund quietly ran 0.011 quicker and moved two spots up the ladder to the new #7
position. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.808/200.00/-0.582, Now #13; A/AP Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.801/199.05/-0.589, Was #13 Right Lane: Pat Byron Runs 7.036/189.52/-0.594, Now #12; C/D Index: 7.63, Prior Best: 7.032/190.11/-0.598, Was #12 Both cars slow by a couple of thousands. Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.251/187.55/-0.519, Now #28; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.269/188.04/-0.501, Was #30 Right Lane: Pete Adams Runs 7.596/179.97/-0.524, Now #25; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.721/178.42/-0.399, Was #36 Adams get enough ET to slide into the bottom half of the field. Marshall moves further away from the bump spot. Left Lane: Darin West Runs 8.686/155.76/-0.374, Now #35; G/AA Index: 9.06, Prior Best: 8.623/155.65/-0.437, Was #35 Right Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.524/180.16/-0.596, Now #13; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.601/179.18/-0.519, Was #27 Ed Sigmon is on the bump spot at -0.500. Nice pass for Huhtala and he moves into the
top half of the field. No joy for West. Left Lane: Mark Stewart Runs 9.075/148.84/-0.445, Now #34; G/SMA Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 9.031/148.82/-0.489, Was #34 Right Lane: Mark Wolfe Runs 6.581/205.47/-0.569, Now #2; AA/AT Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.463/220.51/-0.687, Was #2 Much better pass for Wolfe. A little soft off the line but a full pass. Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.111/184.98/-0.589, Now #15; C/DA Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.138/184.55/-0.562, Was #24 Right Lane: Charles Watson Jr. Runs 8.867/150.98/-0.573, Now #19; F/SM Index: 9.44, Prior Best: 8.857/152.19/-0.583, Was #18 Wheels up for Watson and picking up two in ET gives him a top half of the field position. Left Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.294/187.11/-0.476, Now #31; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.267/186.82/-0.503, Was #31 Right Lane: Craig Cochran No Time, Now #36; C/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.581/155.42/-0.419, Was #36 Cochran is told to shut off, as the engine is leaking on the track after the burnout. No improvement for Dunn. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.597/177.84/-0.523, Now #27; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.597/178.17/-0.523, Was #27 Right Lane: Gil Anderson Runs 6.912/194.60/-0.608, Now #11; B/DA Index: 7.52, Prior Best: 6.945/194.27/-0.575, Was #20 4:16 p.m. Took a while for the clean up. Graham plays bracket racer and repeats his earlier best ET. Nice pass for Anderson with a big move into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.406/159.99/-0.594, Now #3; C/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.335/161.04/-0.665, Was #3 Right Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.268/161.34/-0.232, Now #39; E/A Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 8.249/161.07/-0.251, Was #39 Both cars slow a little. Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.166/147.67/-0.564, Now #19; H/SM Index: 9.73, Prior Best: 9.146/148.41/-0.584, Was #19 Right Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.710/204.20/-0.550, Now #24; A/DA Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 6.695/202.55/-0.565, Was #24 Whoa! Big wheelstand for Gebhardt and she stays with it with a little more MPH. Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.602/151.22/-0.558, Now #8; C/AA Index: 8.16, Prior Best: 7.533/177.72/-0.627, Was #8 Right Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.604/156.14/-0.536, Now #23; E/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 8.574/157.47/-0.566, Was #23 Left Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 9.298/100.31/2.008, Now #29; A/AA Index: 7.29, Prior Best: 6.775/206.92/-0.515, Was #29 Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.962/189.23/-0.628, Now #8; A/ND Index: 7.59, Prior Best: 7.024/186.79/-0.566, Was #22 Holloway red lights and then slows. Darcy finds some power and make a big move up to the current #8 spot. Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 10.876/84.80/1.936, Now #4; I/AA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.286/153.02/-0.654, Was #4 Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.189/165.70/-0.581, Now #6; F/AA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.137/166.11/-0.633, Was #6 Broken run for Cowan after a good leave. Patterson doesn't improve. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.582/177.53/-0.568, Now #22; PST Index: 8.15, Prior Best: 7.575/177.74/-0.575, Was #22 Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 9.308/143.35/-0.582, Now #18; I/SMA Index: 9.89, Prior Best: 9.303/142.87/-0.587, Was #18 Left Lane: Maureen Jondahl Runs 8.482/160.33/-0.328, Now #37; H/AA Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.557/160.14/-0.253, Was #38 Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.652/155.83/-0.488, Now #30; D/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 8.635/155.76/-0.505, Was #30 Jondahl improves a little, but will not make the show. Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.261/141.91/-0.509, Now #10; F/AA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.148/165.31/-0.622, Was #10 Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.803/146.23/-0.477, Now #32; C/SR Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.780/147.79/-0.500, Was #32 Ed Sigmon is still on the bump spot at -0.500. Both car slow. Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.562/155.44/-0.598, Now #15; D/SMA Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.574/155.31/-0.586, Was #19 Nice improvement and he moves into the top half of the field on his second pass. Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.617/140.28/-0.543, Now #5; D/SMA Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.517/157.30/-0.643, Was #5 ...another single. Lamb has a good leave and them clicks it down track. Right Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 8.997/147.04/-0.523, Now #25; D/SMA Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 8.977/148.18/-0.543, Was #25 Last car of the session and Freeman runs close to his prior best 4:31 p.m. Jirka
Kaplan improved his #1 to a great -1.062 under his index and Ed Sigmon end up on the bump spot at
-0.500.
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