Thu, 16 Apr 2009, 04:42 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern 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: Jason Coan Runs 8.332/155.02/-0.548, Now #2 G/EA Index: 8.88
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.248/162.96/-0.612, Now #1 B/TA Index: 8.86

3:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 1,928 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Two solid runs to open Comp qualifying for the weekend.

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Left Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.571/206.35/-0.629, Now #1 A/ED Index: 7.20
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.859/159.02/-0.541, Now #4 J/AA Index: 8.40

Two more...

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Left Lane: Mike Saye Runs 8.786/153.02/-0.444, Now #5 H/A Index: 9.23
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 7.553/139.88/0.293, Now #6 A/AP Index: 7.26

Alexander slowed on the top end, could not see why.

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Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.214/182.80/-0.606, Now #3 D/D Index: 7.82
Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 6.619/215.07/-0.451, Now #6 A/PM Index: 7.07

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Left Lane: Ray Vierheller III Runs 7.370/177.88/-0.620, Now #2 D/ED Index: 7.99
Right Lane: Don Eberly Runs 7.562/154.72/-0.428, Now #9 C/AA Index: 7.99

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Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.365/161.75/-0.605, Now #5 D/SMA Index: 8.97
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.215/192.96/-0.425, Now #11 B/AA Index: 7.64

So far, all of the better runs have been in the left lane...

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Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.980/154.09/-0.580, Now #7 G/ED Index: 8.56
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.813/196.16/-0.677, Now #1 C/D Index: 7.49

We have a new #1 qualifier...

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.949/170.06/-0.611, Now #5 F/AA Index: 8.56
Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.252/159.08/-0.598, Now #8 E/ED Index: 8.85

Good conditions and good runs...

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Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 7.821/169.89/-0.579, Now #10 B/SR Index: 8.40
Right Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.396/160.29/-0.514, Now #13 G/AA Index: 8.91

For some reason, Connolly just sat there when the green came on, then launched ten seconds later.

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Left Lane: Dennis Mitchell Runs 7.966/139.69/-0.394, Now #18 E/A Index: 8.36
Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 9.037/102.35/0.757, Now #20 D/A Index: 8.28

Butner slowed around half track.

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Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.676/177.65/-0.684, Now #1 E/A Index: 8.36
Right Lane: Allen Stanfield Runs 8.978/150.35/-0.582, Now #10 H/SM Index: 9.56

Patterson takes the top spot away from Tanksley on a nice pass.

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Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.034/187.16/-0.536, Now #15 C/ED Index: 7.57
Right Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.484/149.76/-0.506, Now #17 D/ED Index: 7.99

Good runs, but there have been a lot of better runs this session.

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Left Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 7.374/176.65/-0.496, Now #19 C/DA Index: 7.87
Right Lane: Stephen Szupka Runs 8.216/146.40/-0.614, Now #5 F/ED Index: 8.83

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.271/167.99/-0.599, Now #11 A/EA Index: 7.87
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.231/148.95/-0.649, Now #3 G/EA Index: 8.88

It looks like these two are the final pair of the day. Two nice runs...

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Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.012/168.24/-0.608, Now #9 F/A Index: 8.62

That was the final pair, but there are a couple singles left to finish things up.

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Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.207/163.57/-0.583, Now #14 I/AA Index: 8.79

Biondo wraps things up for the day.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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