Thu, 14 Mar 2013, 17:06 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Michael L. Jex

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

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Left Lane: Chris Wentzel Runs 7.571/180.33/-0.269, Now #2 A/EA Index: 7.84
Right Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.277/186.54/-0.633, Now #1 C/AA Index: 7.91

4:43 p.m. It's a beautiful day here in Sunny Gainesville. Greenheck's Camaro lays down a silky smooth and straight blast.

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Left Lane: Tony Pontillo Runs 6.821/193.46/-0.569, Now #3 B/DA Index: 7.39
Right Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.159/164.25/-0.691, Now #1 G/AA Index: 8.85

Pontillo left on Puckett's green, but it's all good in qualifying. Puckett vaults to the top of the heap. Van Puckett's incremental times: 60ft-1.146 sec., 330ft-3.330, 660ft-5.187/132.35 mph, 1,000ft-6.793.

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Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.771/163.49/-0.619, Now #4 B/SR Index: 8.39
Right Lane: Kevin Robb Runs 8.038/165.23/-0.782, Now #1 D/EA Index: 8.82

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Left Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.300/178.07/-0.620, Now #4 D/DA Index: 7.92
Right Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.712/157.95/-0.328, Now #7 C/SR Index: 9.04

Allen's engine was not happy at the top end, he had some kind of misfire going on.

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Left Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 8.394/161.09/-0.596, Now #7 E/SMA Index: 8.99
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.723/167.28/-0.667, Now #3 J/AA Index: 8.39

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Left Lane: Rodney Rosenstiel Runs 6.196/223.65/-0.814, Now #1 AA/AM Index: 7.01
Right Lane: Pat Williams Runs 6.908/204.08/-0.312, Now #11 A/AP Index: 7.22

Side-by-side six second passes in comp, Rosenstiel low ET of the round by a bunch. Rodney Rosenstiel's incremental times: 60ft-1.042 sec., 330ft-2.657, 660ft-4.015/181.32 mph, 1,000ft-5.193.
Pat Williams' incremental times: 60ft-1.037 sec., 330ft-2.941, 660ft-4.488/160.19 mph, 1,000ft-5.804.

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Left Lane: Rob Carpenter Runs 8.670/154.17/-0.510, Now #11 F/SMA Index: 9.18
Right Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.714/138.37/-0.586, Now #9 H/A Index: 9.30

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Left Lane: David Eaton Runs 11.368/90.21/4.148, Now #16 A/AP Index: 7.22
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 6.698/178.28/-0.572, Now #10 I/D Index: 7.27

Sounded like Massel may have clicked it a little early...

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Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.272/161.40/-0.678, Now #5 D/SMA Index: 8.95
Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 6.831/182.90/-0.689, Now #4 B/ED Index: 7.52

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.559/177.11/-0.771, Now #3 B/EA Index: 8.33
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 7.401/143.87/0.191, Now #19 A/ED Index: 7.21

Nice pass for Martel, right down the groove. Bailey lifted early, the reason not clear from this vantage point.

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Left Lane: Art Hodges Runs 7.563/170.06/-0.367, Now #16 C/A Index: 7.93
Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 8.706/154.55/0.236, Now #21 F/EA Index: 8.47

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Left Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 6.908/193.02/-0.692, Now #4 C/DA Index: 7.60
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 9.650/113.94/2.080, Now #23 B/AA Index: 7.57

Johnson hooked hard toward the tree on the launch, and had to pedal to get back over in the groove. The Neon didn't settle down, so he wisely lifted.

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Left Lane: Tony Terry Runs 8.306/163.53/-0.544, Now #17 G/AA Index: 8.85
Right Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.187/142.84/-0.753, Now #4 G/ED Index: 8.94

Treadwell ran under the current class record in EEA, but it's only good enough for the 4th spot... He holds the current class record btw...

Glen Treadwell's incremental times: 60ft-1.136 sec., 330ft-3.266, 660ft-5.096/133.08 mph, 1,000ft-6.713.

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.199/182.48/-0.641, Now #11 A/EA Index: 7.84
Right Lane: Michael Hardee Runs 8.345/162.39/-0.645, Now #10 D/SM Index: 8.99

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Left Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 7.944/147.89/-0.526, Now #21 F/ED Index: 8.47
Right Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.108/159.06/-0.652, Now #10 G/EA Index: 8.76

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Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 8.013/157.50/-0.647, Now #11 F/ED Index: 8.66
Right Lane: Jeff Adkinson Runs 8.371/161.59/-0.579, Now #19 D/SMA Index: 8.95

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Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 8.354/149.45/-0.636, Now #14 E/SMA Index: 8.99

Butner cut a .004 light - Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-1.193 sec., 330ft-3.421, 660ft-5.296/131.48 mph, 1,000ft-6.931.

So round one of Comp ends with Rodney Rosenstiel's AA/A on top - and with low ET and top speed in the class to boot. 5:13 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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