Fri, 30 May 2008, 03:48 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX 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: Bradley Waddle Runs 6.775/204.17/-0.335, Now #20; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.780/204.14/-0.330, Was #21
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.497/157.98/-0.433, Now #13; B/TA Index: 8.93, Prior Best: 8.519/157.61/-0.411, Was #13

2:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 4,117 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

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Left Lane: Brian Antony Runs 7.553/182.97/-0.427, Now #5; B/AP Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.526/182.50/-0.454, Was #5
Right Lane: Gery Lockman Runs 7.338/189.31/-0.312, Now #24; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.419/186.69/-0.231, Was #27

Lockman had a hard time keeping his car in the groove for the first half of this pass.

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Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.759/153.63/-0.381, Now #17; E/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 16.713/49.45/7.573, Was #33
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.788/203.68/-0.582, Now #1; BB/AT Index: 7.37, Prior Best: 6.682/205.41/-0.688, Was #1

More moving around his lane early for Matusek. He was a 10th off of his first pass, but it was still better than the rest of the field.

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Left Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.245/188.31/-0.395, Now #14; B/AA Index: 7.64, Prior Best: 7.233/189.34/-0.407, Was #14
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.349/180.14/-0.471, Now #3; D/D Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.385/179.14/-0.435, Was #11

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Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.699/177.11/-0.281, Now #28; C/A Index: 7.98, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 8.434/163.65/-0.246, Now #20; B/SM Index: 8.68, Prior Best: 8.337/163.41/-0.343, Was #20

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Left Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 6.793/199.94/-0.357, Now #19; A/DA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.835/199.23/-0.315, Was #23
Right Lane: Royce Freeman Runs 8.168/167.24/-0.392, Now #15; A/SMA Index: 8.56, Prior Best: 8.170/165.42/-0.390, Was #15

Freeman was a little to the left of the groove for most of this pass.

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Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 7.018/192.03/-0.372, Now #19; B/DA Index: 7.39, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.140/170.08/-0.200, Now #11; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.901/171.55/-0.439, Was #11

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Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.819/150.10/-0.351, Now #22; C/TA Index: 9.17, Prior Best: 8.836/149.75/-0.334, Was #24
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.494/166.64/-0.556, Now #2; DD/AT Index: 8.05, Prior Best: 7.592/179.54/-0.458, Was #4

A good looking pass for Massel. He was trailing smoke at the finish, but that seems to be standard for this car.

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Left Lane: Russ Kelly Runs 18.552/40.20/11.232, Now #32; A/AP Index: 7.32, Prior Best: 7.330/190.54/0.010, Was #32
Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.974/169.81/-0.386, Now #16; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.976/169.64/-0.384, Was #16

Kelly launched, then his car kind of stuttered just past the tree and he lifted.

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Left Lane: Steven Kent Runs 8.518/137.85/0.158, Now #28; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 8.070/168.85/-0.290, Was #28
Right Lane: Ray Goodman Runs 7.612/171.34/-0.288, Now #29; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.670/170.56/-0.230, Was #31

Kent was wiggling around on the launch.

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Left Lane: Bub Miller Runs 9.501/141.80/-0.239, Now #32; I/SMA Index: 9.74, Prior Best: 11.448/82.20/1.708, Was #34
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 6.793/196.93/-0.357, Now #18; A/DA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.777/196.67/-0.373, Was #18

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 8.081/163.87/-0.439, Now #12; B/SR Index: 8.52, Prior Best: 10.698/78.22/2.178, Was #35
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.065/190.03/-0.445, Now #5; C/D Index: 7.51, Prior Best: 7.054/190.30/-0.456, Was #5

Martel made a move to the right, right after the hit.

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Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.677/155.90/-0.343, Now #13; B/EA Index: 9.02, Prior Best: 8.585/155.35/-0.435, Was #13
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 8.173/168.03/-0.257, Now #26; G/A Index: 8.43, Prior Best: 8.117/167.22/-0.313, Was #26

Brogdon had a hard time backing the car up after the burnout. It looked like the tranny didn't want to go into reverse.

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Left Lane: Pete Carbery No Time, Now #7; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.200/190.59/-0.450, Was #7
Right Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 9.324/144.57/-0.236, Now #28; H/SMA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.268/144.43/-0.292, Was #28

Carbery broke after the burnout.

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Left Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 7.192/190.67/-0.458, Now #5; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.206/189.87/-0.444, Was #10
Right Lane: Randy Beyer No Time, Now #36; C/EA Index: 8.72, No Prior Run

It looked like Beyer timed out.

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Left Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 7.600/173.76/-0.300, Now #22; F/SMA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.547/175.16/-0.353, Was #22
Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 8.022/168.68/-0.338, Now #25; D/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 8.110/164.11/-0.250, Was #32

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Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.117/184.32/-0.553, Now #3; B/ND Index: 7.67, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.637/161.54/-0.343, Now #4; B/AP Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.504/182.33/-0.476, Was #3

Bourgeois' first pass of the day is a good one!

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Left Lane: Greg Porter Runs 9.408/142.75/0.188, Now #36; F/SMA Index: 9.22, Prior Best: 9.274/145.96/0.054, Was #36
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.399/177.98/-0.501, Now #4; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.453/177.79/-0.447, Was #11

No visible problems for Porter. Rampy moves closer to the top of the ladder.

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Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.376/145.17/-0.344, Now #11; C/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.272/162.39/-0.448, Was #11

Fletcher ends this qualifying round with a solo pass.

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