Fri, 5 Oct 2007, 09:12 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Darryl Jackman

FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific 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: Brian Moscini Runs 7.665/174.77/-0.375, Now #16; C/AA Index: 8.04, Prior Best: 7.643/175.30/-0.397, Was #16
Right Lane: Patrick Byron Runs 9.840/94.52/2.580, Now #24; B/D Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 11.510/69.87/4.250, Was #24

5:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 3 percent, barometer 29.87 inches.

Best conditions of the day, other than a pretty good cross wind. Byron has his hands full and calls it off early. Moscini is about the same as his first hit.

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Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 7.465/180.72/-0.575, Now #4; C/AA Index: 8.04, Prior Best: 7.512/179.83/-0.528, Was #8
Right Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.171/190.27/-0.479, Now #12; B/AA Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.179/189.95/-0.471, Was #12

Freese was goosy at the hit but gathered it back up to make a nice hit. Dunn is another that duplicates their first.

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Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.725/175.39/-0.255, Now #21; PST Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 13.061/71.08/5.081, Was #25
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 9.114/92.43/1.474, Now #11; C/DA Index: 7.64, Prior Best: 7.149/183.82/-0.491, Was #11

Graham improved but but neither driver will be pleased.

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Left Lane: J.D. Zink Runs 6.950/183.92/-0.550, Now #7; A/ND Index: 7.50, Prior Best: 7.035/183.19/-0.465, Was #13
Right Lane: Jeff Gracia Runs 8.188/164.43/-0.532, Now #9; C/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.213/163.91/-0.507, Was #9

Zink has the car go straight this time and he make a trip into the sixes. Gracia improves but remains #9.

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Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.146/185.36/-0.574, Now #5; B/ND Index: 7.72, Prior Best: 7.267/152.30/-0.453, Was #15
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 11.626/85.51/4.276, Now #6; A/AP Index: 7.35, Prior Best: 6.784/198.90/-0.566, Was #5

Ellis shook hard. Those three words can't begin to describe the blur that his altered became when he left! Carter to #5.

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Left Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 14.283/53.00/5.643, Now #15; G/AA Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.187/163.49/-0.453, Was #15
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.423/182.77/-0.587, Now #3; PST Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.451/181.62/-0.559, Was #7

Morrison has the car step out on him big time at about half track. That was after taking the scenic route to half track. Mettler picks it up.

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Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 10.032/94.84/1.162, Now #24; C/SMA Index: 8.87, Prior Best: 9.997/95.52/1.127, Was #24
Right Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald Runs 8.254/167.47/-0.386, Now #17; F/AA Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.254/165.05/-0.386, Was #17

Wilson gets loose as well in the left lane. Fitzgerald does duplicate round 1.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.474/158.26/-0.546, Now #9; D/SMA Index: 9.02, Prior Best: 8.491/157.87/-0.529, Was #11
Right Lane: Clarence Thomas Runs 14.305/44.72/6.655, Now #22; B/AA Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.507/188.91/-0.143, Was #22

Lambeck picks off a couple of spots but Thomas is way off the pace.

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Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.451/182.48/-0.589, Now #3; C/AA Index: 8.04, Prior Best: 7.505/180.43/-0.535, Was #10
Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.513/157.71/-0.337, Now #19; F/ED Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 8.569/142.29/-0.281, Was #19

Edwards gets into single qualifying digits at #3. Brown finds a nickel.

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Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.071/193.46/-0.599, Now #1; B/A Index: 7.67, Prior Best: 7.085/193.27/-0.585, Was #5
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.857/151.75/-0.483, Now #12; G/SM Index: 9.34, Prior Best: 8.839/154.76/-0.501, Was #12

Huggins with a beautiful hit. He parlayed a 1.002 60ft number into another 7.0. Jones loses the handle just a tad.

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Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 6.559/210.18/-0.631, Now #1; A/AA Index: 7.19, Prior Best: 6.599/209.65/-0.591, Was #3
Right Lane: Fred Gross Runs 8.560/158.48/-0.470, Now #15; G/A Index: 9.03, Prior Best: 8.928/124.78/-0.102, Was #23

Beckley goes to #1 in Vinnie's old dead Vette. Still has some life left in it I suppose. Gross makes a pretty nice move in the other lane.

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Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.505/213.10/-0.605, Now #2; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.517/213.13/-0.593, Was #3
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.597/152.71/-0.523, Now #12; C/SR Index: 9.12, Prior Best: 8.747/128.31/-0.373, Was #19

Vinnie can't catch the old car, even after a slight improvement. Sigmon will breathe a sigh of relief.

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