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Fri, 31 Oct 2008, 02:28 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Bob Orme





LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals 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: Lonnie Kuenzli Runs 7.524/175.52/-0.486, Now #24; A/EA Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 8.363/161.44/0.353, Was #38
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.729/147.39/-0.551, Now #11; C/SR Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.789/149.56/-0.491, Was #21

10:44 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 28.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,708 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Left Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 7.160/191.51/-0.610, Now #3; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.181/191.43/-0.589, Was #3
Right Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.632/204.08/-0.628, Now #2; A/DA Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 6.708/203.83/-0.552, Was #10



Left Lane: Peter Biondo Runs 8.144/166.29/-0.626, Now #3; F/AA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.199/165.27/-0.571, Was #8
Right Lane: Mark Stewart Runs 9.158/130.28/-0.362, Now #25; G/SMA Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 9.038/148.94/-0.482, Was #25



Left Lane: Ernest Watson Runs 8.651/154.60/-0.349, Now #33; B/SM Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.709/154.78/-0.291, Was #35
Right Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.193/183.19/-0.507, Now #13; C/DA Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.180/184.80/-0.520, Was #13



Left Lane: Brad Waddle Runs 6.728/205.79/-0.502, Now #20; A/A Index: 7.23, Prior Best: 6.775/204.26/-0.455, Was #29
Right Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.205/143.90/-0.525, Now #13; H/SM Index: 9.73, Prior Best: 9.229/146.05/-0.501, Was #19



Left Lane: Clarence Thomas Runs 7.464/186.90/-0.306, Now #35; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.552/185.33/-0.218, Was #36
Right Lane: Bob Hass Runs 7.405/186.38/-0.615, Now #4; B/AP Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.511/184.12/-0.509, Was #18



Left Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.203/191.46/-0.567, Now #10; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.201/191.48/-0.569, Was #10
Right Lane: Kyle Rizzoli Runs 7.042/193.16/-0.478, Now #27; B/DA Index: 7.52, Prior Best: 7.228/165.25/-0.292, Was #36



Left Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.327/185.69/-0.443, Now #33; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.355/185.54/-0.415, Was #32
Right Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.237/187.99/-0.533, Now #13; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.863/181.50/0.093, Was #38



Left Lane: Shane Gray Runs 7.146/191.46/-0.624, Now #4; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.193/191.78/-0.577, Was #8
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.438/157.93/-0.562, Now #11; C/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.493/162.41/-0.507, Was #20



Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 9.234/95.10/1.714, Now #29; B/D Index: 7.52, Prior Best: 7.044/189.73/-0.476, Was #29
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 9.101/148.04/-0.039, Now #39; D/SM Index: 9.14, No Prior Run



Left Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.107/193.16/-0.663, Now #1; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.214/192.49/-0.556, Was #12
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.652/176.60/-0.468, Now #31; C/A Index: 8.12, No Prior Run



Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 7.629/177.70/-0.491, Now #24; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 11.730/89.75/3.610, Was #42
Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 6.980/197.68/-0.310, Now #38; A/AA Index: 7.29, Prior Best: 6.956/202.21/-0.334, Was #37



Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.289/185.82/-0.321, Now #20; B/ED Index: 7.61, Prior Best: 7.099/187.31/-0.511, Was #20
Right Lane: Paul Gladden Runs 7.990/188.10/0.730, Now #42; A/DA Index: 7.26, No Prior Run

Gladden's launch looked like a Super Comp launch.

Left Lane: Pat Byron Runs 16.768/63.24/9.138, Now #44; C/D Index: 7.63, Prior Best: 14.788/83.08/7.158, Was #44
Right Lane: Alan Freese Runs 7.597/178.14/-0.563, Now #12; C/AA Index: 8.16, Prior Best: 7.661/177.11/-0.499, Was #22

Byron left soft and he never got up to full power.

Left Lane: Charles Watson Jr. Runs 8.889/152.09/-0.551, Now #15; F/SM Index: 9.44, Prior Best: 8.952/151.26/-0.488, Was #25
Right Lane: Maureen Jondahl Runs 8.640/157.72/-0.170, Now #41; H/AA Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 21.061/30.00/12.251, Was #45



Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.525/157.10/-0.635, Now #2; D/SMA Index: 9.16, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.621/176.53/-0.529, Now #18; PST Index: 8.15, Prior Best: 7.682/174.44/-0.468, Was #31



Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.502/180.12/-0.618, Now #7; D/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.662/162.61/-0.458, Was #34
Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 7.106/185.95/-0.484, Now #31; A/ND Index: 7.59, Prior Best: 7.144/186.38/-0.446, Was #35



Left Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.355/185.21/-0.665, Now #1; B/AP Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.438/184.37/-0.582, Was #11
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.754/144.57/-0.406, Now #4; C/AA Index: 8.16, Prior Best: 7.530/180.43/-0.630, Was #3



Left Lane: Mark Wolfe Runs 6.651/217.11/-0.499, Now #28; AA/AT Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.958/212.59/-0.192, Was #41
Right Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.089/185.03/-0.611, Now #10; A/ND Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.207/186.00/-0.493, Was #27



Left Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 9.204/143.93/-0.526, Now #22; H/SMA Index: 9.73, Prior Best: 9.214/140.21/-0.516, Was #24
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 7.324/155.10/-0.066, Now #30; A/AP Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.904/195.53/-0.486, Was #30

Ellis was skating around early.

Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.212/164.43/-0.558, Now #17; C/EA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.243/163.29/-0.527, Was #21
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.873/157.03/-0.577, Now #12; D/A Index: 8.45, Prior Best: 7.849/166.23/-0.601, Was #12



Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 9.333/142.67/-0.557, Now #18; I/SMA Index: 9.89, Prior Best: 9.376/142.43/-0.514, Was #25



Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.630/155.35/-0.530, Now #13; D/SMA Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.587/155.88/-0.573, Was #13


Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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