Fri, 2 May 2008, 07:00 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol 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: Justin Lamb Runs 8.463/158.95/-0.557, Now #5; D/SMA Index: 9.02, Prior Best: 8.446/157.76/-0.574, Was #5
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 12.248/90.34/4.598, Now #22; B/A Index: 7.65, No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,399 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

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Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.592/174.71/-0.388, Now #16; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 17.029/49.93/9.049, Was #23
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.405/183.59/-0.645, Now #1; DD/AT Index: 8.05, Prior Best: 7.391/183.84/-0.659, Was #1

Massel with another good looking pass....Bruno Massel's incremental times: 60ft-1.081 sec., 330ft-3.070, 660ft-4.739/147.13mph, 1,000ft-6.181

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Left Lane: Mike Graves Runs 8.407/157.26/0.047, Now #13; D/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.899/171.90/-0.461, Was #12
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.649/214.45/-0.721, Now #1; BB/AT Index: 7.37, Prior Best: 6.960/207.11/-0.410, Was #14

Matusek gets the car to hook and go straight, and he goes to number one...Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-1.041 sec., 330ft-2.840, 660ft-4.331/165.23mph, 1,000ft-5.596

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Left Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.250/143.92/-0.300, Now #18; L/AA Index: 9.55, Prior Best: 9.277/144.07/-0.273, Was #18
Right Lane: Bill Riemenapp Runs 8.224/163.61/-0.496, Now #12; B/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.317/162.39/-0.403, Was #15

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Left Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.668/203.37/-0.512, Now #9; A/DA Index: 7.18, Prior Best: 6.638/203.61/-0.542, Was #9
Right Lane: Jim Winje Runs 9.104/148.14/-0.056, Now #20; E/SM Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 9.135/147.10/-0.025, Was #20

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Left Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 8.727/153.13/-0.543, Now #9; A/EA Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 12.918/88.77/3.648, Was #22
Right Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 9.071/147.37/-0.489, Now #14; H/SMA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.086/147.88/-0.474, Was #13

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Left Lane: Royce Freeman Runs 8.163/165.94/-0.537, Now #11; B/SMA Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.765/156.01/0.065, Was #22
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.640/202.15/-0.580, Now #6; A/ED Index: 7.22, Prior Best: 6.668/203.12/-0.552, Was #8

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Left Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.236/156.15/-0.664, Now #2; G/EA Index: 8.90, Prior Best: 8.261/157.03/-0.639, Was #3
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.783/175.32/-0.557, Now #4; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.741/175.48/-0.599, Was #4

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Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.354/179.09/-0.516, Now #14; C/ED Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.435/176.28/-0.435, Was #17
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 7.357/182.08/-0.543, Now #10; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.369/183.97/-0.531, Was #12

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.499/180.60/-0.521, Now #13; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.492/181.23/-0.528, Was #13
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.328/177.65/-0.572, Now #8; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.344/174.28/-0.556, Was #8

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Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 20.097/34.70/11.567, Now #5; B/SR Index: 8.53, Prior Best: 7.934/164.19/-0.596, Was #5

Patterson with problems early and coast on through the 1320.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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