Thu, 2 Apr 2009, 09:56 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

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Left Lane: Wade Oman Runs 7.867/136.55/0.607, Now #2 B/DA Index: 7.26
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.339/162.82/-0.371, Now #1 A/SMA Index: 8.71

3:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 27.47 inches, adjusted altitude 4,704 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

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Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.260/144.60/-0.470, Now #2 H/SM Index: 9.73
Right Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 6.890/200.74/-0.500, Now #1 B/D Index: 7.39

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Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.834/149.60/-0.446, Now #4 C/SR Index: 9.28
Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.016/168.62/-0.544, Now #1 A/SM Index: 8.56

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Left Lane: Dean Carter No Time, Now #7 B/ND Index: 7.68
Right Lane: Peter Adams No Time, Now #8 C/A Index: 8.12

Adams broke before staging. Carter was pushed back and his car is sitting in front of the tower.

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Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.659/177.39/-0.111, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.77
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.352/148.85/-0.508, Now #2 I/A Index: 8.86

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Left Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.377/184.62/-0.393, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.77
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.480/156.83/-0.500, Now #4 C/SMA Index: 8.98

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Left Lane: Todd Hoerner Runs 13.756/68.73/6.466, Now #12 A/AA Index: 7.29
Right Lane: Dale Giroux Runs 7.351/187.34/-0.419, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.77

Hoerner made a move to the right just after the launch and he lifted.

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Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.975/197.62/-0.415, Now #9 A/AP Index: 7.39
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.569/174.50/-0.561, Now #1 C/AA Index: 8.13

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Left Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 6.727/97.36/-0.563, Now #1 A/AA Index: 7.29
Right Lane: Tom Brown No Time, Now #16 F/ED Index: 8.98

Brown broke on the launch and he rolled to a stop at about 300 feet.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.691/154.28/-0.439, Now #9 D/SMA Index: 9.13
Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 9.183/124.02/-0.337, Now #14 G/SMA Index: 9.52

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Left Lane: Lou Ficco Runs 7.447/183.15/-0.573, Now #1 B/AP Index: 8.02

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Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.915/115.07/0.125, Now #17 C/EA Index: 8.79

Fletcher spun the tires on the hit and he was off the throttle well before the finish.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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