Fri, 21 Sep 2007, 07:28 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22st annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec 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: Greg Porter Runs 9.038/151.39/-0.322, Now #41; G/SMA Index: 9.36, Prior Best: 9.044/150.15/-0.316, Was #41
Right Lane: Steve Benoit Runs 7.552/152.64/0.482, Now #44; F/ED Index: 7.07, Prior Best: 6.914/203.12/-0.156, Was #44

5:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 2,616 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

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Left Lane: Danny Gruninger Runs 7.066/195.11/-0.624, Now #1; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 7.095/193.90/-0.595, Was #1
Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.606/179.90/-0.374, Now #30; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.585/179.47/-0.395, Was #30

Gruninger makes another great run to distance himself from the field.

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Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 8.746/127.69/0.066, Now #36; B/SM Index: 8.68, Prior Best: 8.327/164.61/-0.353, Was #36
Right Lane: Gery Lockman Runs 19.418/41.42/11.728, Now #27; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 7.250/193.13/-0.440, Was #27

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Left Lane: Dick Maris Runs 7.016/185.59/-0.524, Now #12; C/D Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.058/187.63/-0.482, Was #19
Right Lane: Douglas Stewart Runs 8.270/163.45/-0.500, Now #10; B/SMA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.230/164.01/-0.540, Was #10

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Left Lane: Scott Cashio Runs 8.992/153.26/-0.368, Now #34; G/SMA Index: 9.36, Prior Best: 9.005/151.51/-0.355, Was #35
Right Lane: Kevin Self Runs 8.247/160.12/-0.443, Now #24; F/EA Index: 8.69, Prior Best: 8.236/160.88/-0.454, Was #24

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Left Lane: Joe Swindoll Runs 7.330/187.83/-0.320, Now #40; B/AA Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.327/189.18/-0.323, Was #40
Right Lane: Patrick Stewart Runs 7.463/176.19/-0.407, Now #30; C/ED Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.477/176.44/-0.393, Was #31

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Left Lane: Bruno Massel No Time, Now #13; DD/AT Index: 8.05, Prior Best: 7.528/181.89/-0.522, Was #13
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.793/173.81/-0.507, Now #16; D/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.793/174.10/-0.507, Was #16

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Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 7.041/191.00/-0.499, Now #19; C/D Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.085/190.51/-0.455, Was #23
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.164/192.25/-0.526, Now #7; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 7.139/190.27/-0.551, Was #7

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Left Lane: Adam White Runs 8.196/106.96/0.696, Now #28; A/ND Index: 7.50, Prior Best: 7.062/189.98/-0.438, Was #28
Right Lane: Charles Watson Runs 9.453/112.19/0.293, Now #25; E/SM Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.707/156.64/-0.453, Was #25

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Left Lane: Dean Howerton Runs 7.615/138.86/0.075, Now #45; C/D Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.497/146.48/-0.043, Was #45
Right Lane: Richard Freeman Runs 7.485/181.57/-0.555, Now #7; C/AA Index: 8.04, Prior Best: 7.494/181.89/-0.546, Was #8

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Left Lane: Jason Richey Runs 8.216/160.21/-0.474, Now #24; F/EA Index: 8.69, Prior Best: 9.014/117.61/0.324, Was #46
Right Lane: Royce Freeman Runs 8.379/161.71/-0.391, Now #30; B/SMA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.338/162.82/-0.432, Was #29

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.427/153.14/-0.483, Now #2; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.318/180.74/-0.592, Was #2
Right Lane: Keith Mawhee Runs 8.038/167.16/-0.262, Now #43; D/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 8.063/167.22/-0.237, Was #43

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Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 6.883/198.35/-0.507, Now #17; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.901/198.35/-0.489, Was #20
Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 8.420/160.31/-0.380, Now #34; B/SM Index: 8.80, Prior Best: 8.455/161.65/-0.345, Was #38

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Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.979/192.14/-0.561, Now #5; C/D Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.038/192.52/-0.502, Was #18
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 10.793/77.05/3.573, Now #35; A/ED Index: 7.22, Prior Best: 6.845/197.02/-0.375, Was #35

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Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 16.104/46.22/7.574, Now #3; B/SR Index: 8.53, Prior Best: 7.940/166.74/-0.590, Was #3
Right Lane: Bill Morse Runs 8.970/151.46/-0.460, Now #19; G/SM Index: 9.43, Prior Best: 8.930/153.40/-0.500, Was #19

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Left Lane: Adam Hickey Runs 8.408/160.29/-0.462, Now #16; C/SMA Index: 8.87, Prior Best: 8.350/162.16/-0.520, Was #16
Right Lane: Ray Goodman Runs 7.583/172.47/-0.327, Now #39; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.576/173.03/-0.334, Was #39

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Left Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 8.821/154.39/-0.459, Now #25; F/SMA Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.835/152.14/-0.445, Was #27
Right Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.129/194.16/-0.521, Now #12; B/AA Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.126/194.46/-0.524, Was #12

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Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.927/186.10/-0.573, Now #5; A/ND Index: 7.50, Prior Best: 6.955/189.55/-0.545, Was #10
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.447/159.95/-0.483, Now #21; B/TA Index: 8.93, Prior Best: 8.566/158.32/-0.364, Was #37

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Left Lane: Brad Klein Runs 11.592/78.00/3.612, Now #24; B/AP Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.502/177.37/-0.478, Was #24
Right Lane: David Eaton Runs 9.657/89.96/2.297, Now #7; A/AP Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.802/200.02/-0.558, Was #7

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Left Lane: Shane Heckel Runs 6.737/199.79/-0.523, Now #14; B/D Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 6.739/199.61/-0.521, Was #15
Right Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 8.813/152.55/-0.467, Now #22; F/SMA Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.798/152.54/-0.482, Was #22

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Left Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.417/140.55/-0.133, Now #46; L/AA Index: 9.55, Prior Best: 11.898/138.33/2.348, Was #47
Right Lane: Brian Self Runs 11.218/82.89/2.058, Now #4; E/SM Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.573/158.19/-0.587, Was #4

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Left Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 8.457/162.49/-0.553, Now #8; D/SM Index: 9.01, Prior Best: 8.455/161.85/-0.555, Was #8
Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.208/167.84/-0.512, Now #18; C/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.239/169.74/-0.481, Was #23

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