Sat, 4 Oct 2008, 03:18 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Third 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: Mike Maggio Runs 6.757/204.14/-0.093, Now #17; AA/PM Index: 6.85, Prior Best: 6.834/206.10/-0.016, Was #17
Right Lane: Jon Rowley Runs 7.323/180.62/-0.137, Now #9; A/ND Index: 7.46, Prior Best: 6.991/189.47/-0.469, Was #9

11:43 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,249 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.It's a cool and dreary day at the races. Lots of cloud cover and a chilling breeze.

The AA/PM class has a tough index and even though Maggio makes a 204 plus pass he stays #17. Rowley has problems near the top end and slows.

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Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 7.539/178.73/-0.481, Now #9; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.594/178.59/-0.426, Was #11
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.311/162.04/-0.549, Now #1; C/SMA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.344/162.51/-0.516, Was #4

Both cars like the cooler conditions and move together up the ladder. Wilson is the new #1 qualifier for now.

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Left Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 7.929/169.40/-0.501, Now #8; A/SM Index: 8.43, Prior Best: 7.929/169.40/-0.501, Was #1
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.873/150.72/-0.267, Now #13; E/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 8.725/153.89/-0.415, Was #13

DePalma makes his first pass of the weekend to go into the top half of the field. Jones slows on the top end.

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Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 8.027/174.14/0.007, Now #15; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.642/176.95/-0.378, Was #15
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.426/181.79/-0.594, Now #1; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.487/180.43/-0.533, Was #2

Moscini leaves hard and then slows down track. Edwards shows his power and retakes the top qualifying spot.

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Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 8.330/121.31/0.350, Now #12; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.522/180.40/-0.458, Was #12
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.461/180.04/-0.549, Now #3; PST Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.487/181.08/-0.523, Was #4

Another broken pass. Graham slows, but Mettler moves up a spot.

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Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.825/194.97/-0.465, Now #12; A/AP Index: 7.29, Prior Best: 6.886/198.12/-0.404, Was #14
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.894/119.98/-0.226, Now #17; C/SR Index: 9.12, Prior Best: 8.909/119.92/-0.211, Was #17

Both cars improve a little, but only Ellis moves up the ladder.

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Left Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.323/159.08/-0.507, Now #6; F/ED Index: 8.83, Prior Best: 8.319/159.93/-0.511, Was #6
Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.185/163.63/-0.605, Now #1; I/AA Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.275/150.23/-0.515, Was #5

Say "Hello" to your new #1 qualifier. Cowan finds his missing tune up and rockets up to the top spot. Brown runs close to his prior times.

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Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.117/166.07/-0.543, Now #5; C/EA Index: 8.66, Prior Best: 8.131/166.03/-0.529, Was #5
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.468/159.32/-0.532, Now #6; D/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.506/156.48/-0.494, Was #9

Again, both cars improve on their ET's, but only Lambeck will move up the ladder three spots.

11:55 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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