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DINWIDDIE, Va. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.409/175.91/-0.581, Now #1 D/ED Index: 7.99 Right Lane: Tony Mangrum Runs 7.114/175.89/0.004, Now #2 A/A Index: 7.11 3:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,739 feet, track temperature 91 degrees. Between rain delays and other on-track delays, the Competition Eliminator racers were shuffled down on the schedule and will run their second session right after the second Porfessional session today. Nice opening pass by Smith in his dragster. Mangrum's car was slow off the mark and didn't even get under the
index. Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 9.552/114.50/-0.118, Now #3 I/SM Index: 9.67 Right Lane: Ray Bamond Runs 8.394/162.25/-0.456, Now #2 C/SMA Index: 8.85 Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.735/175.73/-0.575, Now #2 E/A Index: 8.31 Right Lane: Morris Johnson Jr. No Time, Now #6 B/AA Index: 7.11 "MoJo" appeared to break something on the launch, the car shuddering, then coasting, stopping before the finish line. Nice pass by Affronti to get his weekend off to a good start. Left Lane: Mark Linebarrier Runs 7.598/178.90/-0.382, Now #5 C/A Index: 7.98 Right Lane: Bill Scott Runs 6.889/193.29/-0.501, Now #3 B/DA Index: 7.39 Left Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.080/191.76/-0.560, Now #4 B/AA Index: 7.64 Right Lane: Stephen Szupka Runs 8.209/160.84/-0.621, Now #1 F/ED Index: 8.83 Nice runs in both lanes. Left Lane: Stewart Edwards Runs 9.166/146.97/0.256, Now #11 G/A Index: 8.91 Right Lane: Erich Bollman Runs 7.840/172.54/-0.520, Now #5 E/A Index: 8.36 Left Lane: Bob Book Runs 6.343/211.56/-0.697, Now #1 A/D Index: 7.04 Right Lane: Don Nase Jr. Runs 6.995/157.54/-0.305, Now #10 I/D Index: 7.30 Nase's car is a high-tech effort, a turbocharged Ecotech engine. He smoked it in the lights. Meanwhile, Book made an astounding run, unofficially the quickest A/Dragster run ever. Bob Book's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.636, 660ft-4.051/172.14mph, 1,000ft-5.288. Left Lane: Russell Joly Runs 8.091/164.69/-0.549, Now #7 F/AA Index: 8.64 Right Lane: Pam Miskovsky Runs 7.030/188.15/-0.600, Now #3 C/DA Index: 7.63 Nice runs in both lanes. Left Lane: Pete Hanratty No Time, Now #18 A/DA Index: 7.14 Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 7.635/175.98/-0.645, Now #2 E/AA Index: 8.28 Hanratty's engine went silent after the burnout and he was pushed to the return road. Huge run by to move into the second spot. Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.056/167.18/-0.624, Now #3 F/A Index: 8.68 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 6.936/197.71/-0.354, Now #14 A/AP Index: 7.29 Ross jumps right into the thick of things with a nice first pass. Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.969/152.62/-0.651, Now #3 F/EA Index: 8.62 Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 8.292/166.93/-0.688, Now #2 D/SM Index: 8.98 Looks like Brogdon hasn't given up on "his day job" just because he's also running in Pro Stock here...and Treadwell also makes a strong opening "statement." Left Lane: Peter Biondo Runs 16.715/73.49/6.975, Now #22 I/SMA Index: 9.74 Right Lane: Tony Terry Runs 7.993/169.55/-0.647, Now #4 F/AA Index: 8.64 Biondo had problems early and coasted through. Terry joined the growing group making very strong first runs. Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.741/170.04/-0.689, Now #2 B/SR Index: 8.43 Right Lane: Ray Vierheller III Runs 7.368/177.00/-0.622, Now #8 D/DA Index: 7.99 It's getting crowded at the top, Martel taking the second spot away from Brogdon by a thousandth. Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.573/174.14/0.583, Now #25 D/DA Index: 7.99 Right Lane: Gary Wisecarver Runs 8.997/148.99/-0.563, Now #13 H/SM Index: 9.56 It sounded like Biondo's dragster almost stalled on the launch. Wisecarver made a good run, ended up near the middle of the field. Left Lane: Allen Stanfield Runs 8.728/154.12/-0.652, Now #5 H/SM Index: 9.38 Right Lane: Michael Hardee Runs 8.461/158.65/-0.679, Now #4 E/SM Index: 9.14 Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.059/163.97/-0.591, Now #13 F/D Index: 8.65 Right Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.087/193.79/-0.553, Now #18 C/DA Index: 7.64 Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.230/181.03/-0.640, Now #10 A/EA Index: 7.87 Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.229/188.57/-0.671, Now #5 DD/AT Index: 7.90 Two more nice runs - this has been an amazing first qualifying session! Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.802/172.89/-0.628, Now #11 B/SR Index: 8.43 Right Lane: Doug Doll Jr. Runs 8.217/158.32/-0.613, Now #15 F/ED Index: 8.83 600-under is now the middle of the field, Pam Miskovsky now 16th. And now Left Lane: Michele Costa Runs 9.025/142.87/-0.615, Now #16 G/D Index: 9.64 Right Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 8.191/163.00/-0.629, Now #11 I/A Index: 8.82 Left Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.209/157.82/-0.671, Now #6 G/EA Index: 8.88 Right Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 9.086/149.10/-0.474, Now #29 F/SM Index: 9.56 Now 600-under is only good for 19th! Right Lane: Gerry Russo Runs 8.241/163.28/-0.609, Now #19 C/SMA Index: 8.85 Last car. Good run, but only good enough for 19th - there are 20 cars at -.600 or better.
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