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SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: Dustin Lee Runs 9.535/94.79/2.055, Now #2 B/ED Index: 7.48 Right Lane: Wayne Ramay Runs 7.161/187.65/-0.379, Now #1 A/ND Index: 7.54 10:57 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.47 inches, adjusted altitude 2,804 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.
Lee gets loose at the hit and has to pedal a couple of times before coasting on out. Ramay with
a middle of the pack run. Left Lane: Ken Justice Sr. Runs 7.186/188.60/-0.544, Now #1 B/AA Index: 7.73 Right Lane: Kurt Hugger Runs 7.646/178.02/-0.424, Now #2 PST Index: 8.07 Justice and Hugger are an early #1 and #2. Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 7.802/202.21/0.422, Now #5 A/AA Index: 7.38 Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.991/144.29/-0.249, Now #4 E/SM Index: 9.24 Beckley appeared to two step the big AA/AA at the hit as he left hard then fell on his nose. Jones was off his pace a bit in the right lane. Left Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald Runs 7.854/170.51/-0.556, Now #2 E/AA Index: 8.41 Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.056/193.79/-0.644, Now #1 B/A Index: 7.70 No doubt about this one as Huggins goes .64 under and is a temp #1. Fitzgerald is an early #2 as well. Left Lane: David Sumek Runs 7.011/195.00/-0.159, Now #8 AA/AM Index: 7.17 Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.566/212.23/-0.624, Now #2 A/A Index: 7.19 Deceglie just misses the top spot, but look at that 212.23 speed! Sumek was no slouch and cards a nice pass in the real altered. Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 11.303/77.16/2.953, Now #12 C/AA Index: 8.35 Right Lane: Jim Warter Runs 8.875/150.93/-0.575, Now #3 F/SM Index: 9.45 Freese had problems and shut it down early. Warter to #3. Left Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.433/157.89/-0.617, Now #3 G/A Index: 9.05 Right Lane: Bruce Perkin Runs 8.713/152.57/-0.527, Now #7 E/SM Index: 9.24 More than .60 under for Barcelon, but still only good for #3. Perkin with a nice pass. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.928/194.55/-0.452, Now #9 A/AA Index: 7.38 Right Lane: Jeff Gracia Runs 8.688/153.56/-0.552, Now #6 E/SM Index: 9.24 Ellis marched right away from Gracia and that made his run look better than it actually was. Gracia was a tenth better based on indexes. Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.508/186.25/-0.222, Now #14 B/AA Index: 7.73 Right Lane: Jeff Lion Runs 8.181/164.61/-0.529, Now #8 F/A Index: 8.71 Lion with a pretty fair hit but Marshall needs a tenth or two. Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.067/160.40/-0.523, Now #10 B/SR Index: 8.59 Right Lane: Al Bresch Runs 9.075/148.17/-0.445, Now #12 G/SM Index: 9.52 Lane with another .52 under. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.522/179.88/-0.548, Now #7 PST Index: 8.07 Right Lane: J.D. Zink Runs 7.061/174.80/-0.479, Now #12 A/ND Index: 7.54 Zink with a nice pass but the speed is way down for an A/ND. Mettler is in solid. Left Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 8.845/106.00/1.195, Now #22 BB/AM Index: 7.65 Right Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.199/136.14/-0.581, Now #4 F/EA Index: 8.78 Kaplan fell silent in the Roadster after half track. Treadwell with a nice hit to go #4. Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.422/159.16/-0.558, Now #7 D/EA Index: 8.98 Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.531/155.90/-0.559, Now #6 D/SMA Index: 9.09 A pair of .55 unders and Lambeck and Cowan are side by side on the ladder. Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 9.781/126.05/2.241, Now #27 A/ND Index: 7.54 Right Lane: Rob Harrison Runs 7.861/169.91/-0.629, Now #2 J/A Index: 8.49 Carter leaves hard with a stout 1.059 60 foot number but something went bad wrong shortly after that. He slowed as Harrison crossed the stripe to take over the #2 post as the last pair down the track in the first session.
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