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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout 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: Mark Stewart Runs 9.043/146.62/-0.527, Now #19; G/SMA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 9.021/146.65/-0.549, Was #19 Right Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.331/187.91/-0.529, Now #23; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.460/188.17/-0.400, Was #26 Left Lane: Ginger Welfringer Runs 8.965/171.34/1.105, Now #30; B/AA Index: 7.86, No Prior Run Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.540/179.66/-0.670, Now #3; PST Index: 8.21, Prior Best: 7.553/179.40/-0.657, Was #4 Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.379/159.85/-0.541, Now #21; C/SMA Index: 8.92, Prior Best: 8.394/156.84/-0.526, Was #24 Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.211/160.16/-0.529, Now #25; B/SR Index: 8.74, No Prior Run Looks like we have plenty of track though it's considerably warmer than last night. No one seems to be having any problems with the starting line. Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.094/190.38/-0.606, Now #10; C/D Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.077/189.84/-0.623, Was #10 Right Lane: John Mihovetz Runs 6.708/207.27/-0.532, Now #17; BB/AT Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.679/206.48/-0.561, Was #17 Milhovetz is in a very cool car, it makes me remember Hurley Blakeny's Probe. Lots of clattering and banging as the wastegate tries to control the boost on the starting line, but the yellow Ford leaves HARD and strolls right down the track. Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.179/191.10/-0.641, Now #6; B/A Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.177/190.65/-0.643, Was #6 Right Lane: Pete Adams Runs 7.857/173.52/-0.263, Now #28; C/A Index: 8.12, No Prior Run Huggins' car stands up and moves a tire track to the left of the groove. He brings it back in and has no other problems. Left Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.293/156.73/-0.207, Now #30; E/A Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 8.309/155.81/-0.191, Was #29 Right Lane: Brad Plourd Runs 7.619/173.49/-0.451, Now #28; C/ED Index: 8.07, Prior Best: 19.137/66.30/11.067, Was #37 Goff in an unusual ride, an ex-Pro Stock truck running in an Altered class. Blaylock is now on the bump at only -.017 Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.287/163.00/-0.603, Now #13; B/SM Index: 8.89, Prior Best: 8.337/161.02/-0.553, Was #18 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.883/198.88/-0.607, Now #12; A/AA Index: 7.49, No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,756 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.
Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.600/179.28/-0.590, Now #14; C/AA Index: 8.19, Prior Best: 7.603/177.65/-0.587, Was #14 Right Lane: Colt Mikel Runs 8.947/150.43/-0.133, Now #17; B/TA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.500/157.87/-0.580, Was #17 Smooth runs on both sides. Left Lane: Fred Gross Runs 8.773/155.81/-0.437, Now #15; G/A Index: 9.21, Prior Best: 8.624/156.41/-0.586, Was #15 Right Lane: Clarence Thomas Runs 7.651/182.11/-0.209, Now #31; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.817/169.72/-0.043, Was #32 Thomas is on the bump spot right now and you can be sure he's wanting to improve. He only moves up one position. Gross is 15th. Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.633/209.39/-0.647, Now #5; A/A Index: 7.28, Prior Best: 6.638/209.07/-0.642, Was #7 Right Lane: J. Allen Sherman Runs 8.524/158.46/-0.556, Now #16; B/TA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.499/158.13/-0.581, Was #16 Should be fun in the left lane as the car is known for big power and big numbers. We have excellent conditions, the kinds that crew chiefs dream about. Deceglie almost matches last night's run. Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.094/183.37/-0.556, Now #20; A/ND Index: 7.65, No Prior Run Right Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 8.325/159.91/-0.535, Now #26; G/AA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.349/159.68/-0.511, Was #27 Ex champ pulls to the line and leaves hard, laser straight to the finish line. Randy Goff is on the bump spot at -0.207. Left Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.607/156.46/-0.603, Now #15; G/A Index: 9.21, Prior Best: 8.664/155.40/-0.546, Was #22 Right Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.015/187.68/-0.635, Now #8; A/ND Index: 7.65, No Prior Run Barcelon bumps up to 15th. Left Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.736/179.02/-0.084, Now #35; B/A Index: 7.82, No Prior Run Right Lane: David Beckley Runs 6.836/203.03/-0.654, Now #2; A/AA Index: 7.49, Prior Best: 6.787/204.88/-0.703, Was #2 Lots of horsepower in both lanes and two good runs. Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.019/148.05/-0.561, Now #22; F/SM Index: 9.58, Prior Best: 9.041/147.31/-0.539, Was #25 Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.424/156.95/-0.656, Now #1; D/EA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.368/158.17/-0.712, Was #1 Cowan's buzzing V6 finishes the burnout, pulls the line and carefully stages. The heat slows him down from last night's pace. Nice pass for Bowdish. Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.627/154.35/-0.623, Now #12; D/SMA Index: 9.25, No Prior Run Right Lane: Danny Gruninger Runs 7.653/180.31/-0.167, Now #13; B/A Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.205/189.84/-0.615, Was #12 Lambeck missed yesterday's session due to business commitments. The day off did him good as he hits a .008 to begin his pass. He vaults into the 12th position. Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.794/177.88/-0.066, Now #37; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 13.664/91.09/5.804, Was #41 Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.700/155.27/-0.550, Now #4; D/SMA Index: 9.25, Prior Best: 8.584/155.88/-0.666, Was #4 Mozeris chatters the tires hard at the hit and dances all over the starting line. Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.924/171.99/-0.576, Now #9; E/A Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.873/171.86/-0.627, Was #9 Right Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald Runs 9.457/102.81/0.957, Now #31; E/AA Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 8.004/167.36/-0.496, Was #31 Tim Freeman is here in a Sharp Contracting uniform. He watches as Patterson stages the new Cobalt. Todd Patterson's incremental times: 60ft-1.122 sec., 330ft-3.259, 660ft-5.060/136.34mph, 1,000ft-6.615 I was watching Patterson and didn't see what happened to Fitzgerald but he was off the power by half track. Left Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.219/163.75/-0.621, Now #10; F/A Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.214/162.90/-0.626, Was #10 Right Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 8.690/154.85/-0.680, Now #3; E/SM Index: 9.37, Prior Best: 8.724/149.35/-0.646, Was #6 Taylor picks up .03 and moves up the the #3 position. DePalma in 10th. Brad Plourd is on the bump spot at -0.451. Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.900/150.18/-0.680, Now #4; F/SM Index: 9.58, Prior Best: 9.008/149.40/-0.572, Was #21 Right Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 7.098/199.73/-0.262, Now #34; A/ED Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 10.612/74.30/3.252, Was #41 Gebhardt still doesn't make it in. It looked like lots of wheelspin going to 330. Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 7.080/187.86/-0.700, Now #3; AA/SM Index: 7.78, Prior Best: 9.395/109.62/1.615, Was #41 Bob Frey predicts a 7.09 for Butner and it would be hard to find anyone who bet against him getting in the field. Hey, not bad for an announcer, huh? Bo runs 7.080 and goes right to the top. There's some drama at the top end as there seemed to be an orange flash from the car right after it crossed the finish line. Butner stopped the car NOW! and quickly exited. The safety crew was on the scene immediately. I'm still not sure exactly what happened but Butner is out and walking around. We don't have the luxury of a trackside big screen so it's hard to tell what the crowd in the shutdown area is looking at. We're down for a cleanup. I'm sure the car didn't hit anything so it looks like we need a oil cleanup. Left Lane: Dave Raybourn Runs 8.902/149.65/-0.388, Now #34; E/SMA Index: 9.29, Prior Best: 16.084/65.36/6.794, Was #42 Raybourn hit the wheelie bars hard and the car drove to the centerline. He managed to ease it back into the groove, but evidently lost a bunch of ET. After a good session, Bryan Fitzgerald is on the bump spot at -0.496. 1:14 p.m.
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