Fri, 14 Jul 2006, 05:59 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals 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:

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Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.811/158.45/-0.409, Now #20; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.782/171.55/-0.438, Was #20
Right Lane: Dean Howerton Runs 7.578/179.44/-0.502, Now #17; C/D Index: 8.08, Prior Best: 7.558/179.28/-0.522, Was #17

Weather conditions: air temperature 96 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 24.87 inches,adjusted altitude 8,119 feet, track temperature 136 degrees.

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Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 7.076/192.00/-0.674, Now #1; B/D Index: 7.75, Prior Best: 7.116/190.62/-0.634, Was #2
Right Lane: David Eaton Runs 7.531/187.21/-0.429, Now #21; A/AP Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 9.459/101.11/1.499, Was #32

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Left Lane: Wade Oman Runs 7.155/190.22/-0.555, Now #9; A/ED Index: 7.71, Prior Best: 7.169/189.92/-0.541, Was #10
Right Lane: Danny Gruninger Runs 24.956/30.24/16.766, Now #15; B/A Index: 8.19, Prior Best: 7.664/180.14/-0.526, Was #15

Gruninger with problems right off the starting line and coasted on through the 1320.

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Left Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.628/182.30/-0.592, Now #5; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.610/181.96/-0.610, Was #5
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 7.255/186.92/-0.455, Now #20; A/ED Index: 7.71, Prior Best: 7.290/186.36/-0.420, Was #23

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Left Lane: Butch Nash Jr Runs 7.822/172.14/-0.128, Now #26; B/ED Index: 7.95, Prior Best: 7.843/172.01/-0.107, Was #26
Right Lane: Ricky Schadle Runs 8.079/180.79/0.429, Now #29; A/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.736/183.87/0.086, Was #29

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Left Lane: Mark Forbes Runs 8.268/164.05/-0.162, Now #26; C/ED Index: 8.43, Prior Best: 8.220/163.31/-0.210, Was #25
Right Lane: Joe Shalkowski Runs 9.261/142.76/-0.269, Now #25; F/ED Index: 9.53, Prior Best: 9.592/142.49/0.062, Was #28

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Left Lane: Gery Lockman Runs 7.738/178.85/-0.482, Now #18; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.714/180.31/-0.506, Was #18
Right Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 8.879/154.51/-0.381, Now #24; F/A Index: 9.26, Prior Best: 10.694/91.50/1.434, Was #32

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Left Lane: Kevin Smith Runs 7.760/178.85/-0.460, Now #19; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.741/178.57/-0.479, Was #19
Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 9.706/141.88/-0.344, Now #26; F/SM Index: 10.05, Prior Best: 21.538/35.35/11.488, Was #34

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Left Lane: Shane Heckel Runs 7.176/190.51/-0.574, Now #8; B/D Index: 7.75, Prior Best: 7.169/191.76/-0.581, Was #7
Right Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.406/180.26/-0.614, Now #5; A/ND Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 17.566/71.38/9.546, Was #34

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Left Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 7.594/144.80/-0.116, Now #24; A/ED Index: 7.71, Prior Best: 7.290/0.00/-0.420, Was #24
Right Lane: Richard Freeman Runs 7.598/181.47/-0.622, Now #5; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.682/180.98/-0.538, Was #13

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Left Lane: B.J. Verkler Runs 9.438/97.46/2.378, Now #35; AA/PM Index: 7.06, No Prior Run
Right Lane: David Beckley Runs 7.252/193.85/-0.598, Now #8; A/AA Index: 7.85, Prior Best: 7.259/193.99/-0.591, Was #8

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Left Lane: David From Runs 8.586/154.00/-0.584, Now #9; K/A Index: 9.17, Prior Best: 8.636/153.96/-0.534, Was #14
Right Lane: Don Winget Runs 8.928/151.66/-0.572, Now #11; C/SMA Index: 9.50, Prior Best: 8.971/151.70/-0.529, Was #15

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Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.975/199.52/-0.675, Now #1; A/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.004/199.14/-0.646, Was #2
Right Lane: Bub Miller Runs 9.263/147.33/-0.297, Now #26; D/EA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.209/148.07/-0.351, Was #26

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Left Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.611/179.68/-0.609, Now #4; B/AA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.592/180.33/-0.628, Was #4
Right Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 7.618/179.71/-0.572, Now #12; B/A Index: 8.19, Prior Best: 7.634/179.90/-0.556, Was #12

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Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 9.761/145.50/0.091, Now #33; D/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 10.667/144.61/0.997, Was #34
Right Lane: Daniel Wardlow Runs 7.982/167.72/-0.038, Now #31; A/ND Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.980/168.58/-0.040, Was #31

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Left Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.186/189.92/-0.524, Now #18; A/ED Index: 7.71, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.413/162.61/-0.527, Now #16; E/A Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.415/162.65/-0.525, Was #17

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Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 7.496/180.81/-0.584, Now #10; C/D Index: 8.08, Prior Best: 7.532/180.12/-0.548, Was #14

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Left Lane: David Cook Jr Runs 6.951/197.42/-0.599, Now #3; A/D Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 6.918/198.67/-0.632, Was #3

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