Fri, 28 Jul 2006, 04:37 PM Hemi Super Stock Challenge Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in MOPAR Hemi Super Stock Challenge at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals 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: Bucky Hess Runs 8.818/150.56/-0.982, Now #1; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.030/149.45/-0.770, Was #3
Right Lane: Fred Henson Runs 8.947/148.04/-0.853, Now #4; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.575/114.09/-0.225, Was #9

4:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 2,692 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Right now the Sun is out, but it's been another wet day and the humidity is high.

Nice run by Hess to go to the top of the list - for now.

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Left Lane: Wendell Howes Runs 9.217/144.03/-0.583, Now #9; SS/AA Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 30.213/30.04/20.413, Was #12
Right Lane: Bob Wolkwitz Runs 9.441/144.88/-0.359, Now #10; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.225/145.44/-0.575, Was #9

Howes had major problems on the launch yesterday, looked much better today, but is still way off the pace.

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Left Lane: John Baughman Runs 9.197/144.97/-0.603, Now #8; SS/AA Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.173/145.44/-0.627, Was #8
Right Lane: Jim Pancake Runs 8.911/149.17/-0.889, Now #2; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 8.869/149.68/-0.931, Was #2

Pancake just saw Hess take away the top spot and was unable to take it back on what looked like another good run.

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Left Lane: John Gifford Runs 9.122/144.40/-0.678, Now #8; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.138/144.63/-0.662, Was #7
Right Lane: Mark Howes Runs 9.101/144.67/-0.699, Now #6; SS/AH Index: 9.80, No Prior Run

Howes made good run on his first pass of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Matt Hensley Runs 9.056/148.20/-0.744, Now #5; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.095/147.97/-0.705, Was #5
Right Lane: James Keyes Runs 9.062/145.96/-0.738, Now #6; SS/AH Index: 9.80, No Prior Run

Keyes made a middle-of-the-pack run on his first pass.

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Left Lane: Charlie Westcott Jr. Runs 8.834/149.88/-0.966, Now #2; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 10.882/89.74/1.082, Was #13
Right Lane: Joe Teuton Jr Runs 8.986/147.55/-0.814, Now #6; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 12.845/69.90/3.045, Was #14

Teuton had big problems on the launch yesterday. He made up for it today.

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Left Lane: Randy Warford Runs 9.053/147.20/-0.747, Now #7; SS/AA Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 9.115/147.15/-0.685, Was #10
Right Lane: Joey Wilkes Runs 8.944/149.88/-0.856, Now #4; SS/AH Index: 9.80, Prior Best: 8.931/150.01/-0.869, Was #4

That makes the total car count 14 for eliminations. Two good runs, but Hess stays atop the list going into eliminations.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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