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Sat, 31 May 2008, 11:20 AM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Bob Orme





TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from final, round 3 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:
Left Lane: Russ Kelly No Time, Now #35; A/AP Index: 7.32, Prior Best: 7.330/190.54/0.010, Was #35
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.926/170.62/-0.414, Now #12; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.901/171.55/-0.439, Was #12

9:39 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,046 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Kelly broke something on the hit and coasted to a stop just past the finish line.


Left Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 7.122/191.08/-0.528, Now #4; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.192/190.67/-0.458, Was #7
Right Lane: Randy Beyer Runs 8.827/154.09/0.107, Now #37; C/EA Index: 8.72, No Prior Run

A good run for Kalkowski.

Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 9.016/92.31/1.626, Now #21; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 7.018/192.03/-0.372, Was #21
Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.875/171.66/-0.485, Now #6; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.974/169.81/-0.386, Was #18

Sallee was off the throttle very early, the reason not apparent from here.

Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.666/177.81/-0.314, Now #29; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.699/177.11/-0.281, Was #33
Right Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 9.190/146.30/-0.370, Now #22; H/SMA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.268/144.43/-0.292, Was #30

Robison bumps his way into the show for now.

Left Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 7.525/174.59/-0.375, Now #20; F/SMA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.547/175.16/-0.353, Was #24
Right Lane: Ray Goodman Runs 7.544/173.45/-0.356, Now #25; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.612/171.34/-0.288, Was #33



Left Lane: Bradley Waddle Runs 6.899/185.77/-0.211, Now #29; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.775/204.17/-0.335, Was #29
Right Lane: Gery Lockman Runs 16.019/52.08/8.369, Now #32; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.338/189.31/-0.312, Was #32

Gery Lockman is on the bump spot at -0.312. Lockman had problems right after the hit and he coasted down the track.

Left Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.098/193.13/-0.542, Now #4; B/AA Index: 7.64, Prior Best: 7.233/189.34/-0.407, Was #17
Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.211/163.39/-0.509, Now #6; C/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.272/162.39/-0.448, Was #12

A big jump up the ladder for both drivers.

Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.503/156.99/-0.517, Now #6; B/EA Index: 9.02, Prior Best: 8.585/155.35/-0.435, Was #16
Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 8.262/167.16/-0.418, Now #18; B/SM Index: 8.68, Prior Best: 8.337/163.41/-0.343, Was #27

No problems for either driver.

Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.925/166.27/-0.595, Now #2; B/SR Index: 8.52, Prior Best: 8.081/163.87/-0.439, Was #16
Right Lane: Royce Freeman Runs 8.183/167.74/-0.377, Now #19; A/SMA Index: 8.56, Prior Best: 8.168/167.24/-0.392, Was #19

A huge move up the ladder for Martel.

Left Lane: Greg Porter Runs 9.067/147.09/-0.153, Now #35; F/SMA Index: 9.22, Prior Best: 9.274/145.96/0.054, Was #36
Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 8.020/168.75/-0.340, Now #28; D/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 8.022/168.68/-0.338, Was #28



Left Lane: Brian Antony Runs 7.443/184.83/-0.537, Now #6; B/AP Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.526/182.50/-0.454, Was #14
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 6.734/198.35/-0.416, Now #19; A/DA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.777/196.67/-0.373, Was #22

The cars are liking the air a lot better today.

Left Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.150/191.67/-0.500, Now #11; B/A Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.200/190.59/-0.450, Was #15
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 7.502/148.04/0.132, Now #1; BB/AT Index: 7.37, Prior Best: 6.682/205.41/-0.688, Was #1

Matusek is well off the pace he set in the first round.

Left Lane: Bub Miller Runs 9.424/140.46/-0.316, Now #31; I/SMA Index: 9.74, Prior Best: 9.501/141.80/-0.239, Was #34
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 8.097/169.64/-0.333, Now #30; A/SM Index: 8.43, Prior Best: 8.117/167.22/-0.313, Was #31

Lockman is bumped out, Robison is on the bump.

Left Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 14.837/73.04/7.687, Now #25; A/DA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.793/199.94/-0.357, Was #25
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.407/184.17/-0.573, Now #3; B/AP Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.504/182.33/-0.476, Was #13

Hatcher's front end headed for the sky on the hit and he lifted.

Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.640/155.42/-0.500, Now #14; E/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 8.759/153.63/-0.381, Was #21
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.336/158.95/-0.594, Now #3; B/TA Index: 8.93, Prior Best: 8.497/157.98/-0.433, Was #17



Left Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.300/142.90/0.110, Now #38; A/AA Index: 7.19, No Prior Run
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.324/179.35/-0.576, Now #4; A/EA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.399/177.98/-0.501, Was #12

Holloway was wiggling around for the first 250 feet.

Left Lane: Steven Kent Runs 7.993/170.00/-0.367, Now #25; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 8.070/168.85/-0.290, Was #34
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.004/191.84/-0.506, Now #13; C/D Index: 7.51, Prior Best: 7.054/190.30/-0.456, Was #17

Robison is out and Miller is on the bump.

Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.810/135.63/-0.360, Now #26; C/TA Index: 9.17, Prior Best: 8.819/150.10/-0.351, Was #28
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.260/180.84/-0.560, Now #6; D/D Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.349/180.14/-0.471, Was #17



Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.201/157.39/-0.469, Now #8; B/ND Index: 7.67, Prior Best: 7.117/184.32/-0.553, Was #8

Bourgeois was off the throttle early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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