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COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 2 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 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: Dennis Mitchell Runs 8.294/116.20/-0.066, Now #29; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.966/139.69/-0.394, Was #28 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 7.587/177.67/-0.693, Now #1; D/AA Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 9.037/102.35/0.757, Was #30 1:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.55 inches, adjusted altitude 1,751 feet, track temperature 107 degrees. Butner had problems yesterday, but not today - nice run! Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.145/165.13/-0.645, Now #5; I/AA Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.207/163.57/-0.583, Was #15 Right Lane: Stephen Szupka Runs 8.650/119.69/-0.180, Now #8; F/ED Index: 8.83, Prior Best: 8.216/146.40/-0.614, Was #7 zupka slowed on the top end. Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.457/171.21/-0.363, Now #13; D/D Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.214/182.80/-0.606, Was #12 Right Lane: Allen Stanfield Runs 8.890/151.53/-0.670, Now #4; H/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 8.978/150.35/-0.582, Was #16 Browell fell off the pace on the top end. Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 7.998/168.60/-0.622, Now #8; F/A Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.012/168.24/-0.608, Was #12 Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.158/194.55/-0.482, Now #25; B/AA Index: 7.64, Prior Best: 7.215/192.96/-0.425, Was #28 Left Lane: Ray Vierheller III Runs 7.348/178.83/-0.642, Now #7; D/ED Index: 7.99, Prior Best: 7.370/177.88/-0.620, Was #9 Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.337/157.25/-0.513, Now #16; E/ED Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 8.252/159.08/-0.598, Was #16 Left Lane: Mike Saye Runs 8.784/137.46/-0.446, Now #27; H/AA Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 8.786/153.02/-0.444, Was #27 Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.750/167.61/-0.650, Now #5; J/AA Index: 8.40, Prior Best: 7.859/159.02/-0.541, Was #20 Ambrose made a very nice run to step up a tenth from yesterday. Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.383/162.41/-0.587, Now #15; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.365/161.75/-0.605, Was #15 Right Lane: Don Eberly Runs 8.240/125.56/0.250, Now #28; C/AA Index: 7.99, Prior Best: 7.562/154.72/-0.428, Was #28 Eberly slowed around half track. Left Lane: Glen Treadwell No Time, Now #18; G/ED Index: 8.56, Prior Best: 7.980/154.09/-0.580, Was #18 Right Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.541/135.09/-0.369, Now #22; G/AA Index: 8.91, Prior Best: 8.396/160.29/-0.514, Was #22 Treadwell's car was pushed away from the starting line. Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 7.753/170.23/-0.647, Now #7; B/SR Index: 8.40, Prior Best: 7.821/169.89/-0.579, Was #19 Right Lane: Blake Alexander No Time, Now #30; A/AP Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 7.553/139.88/0.293, Was #30 Alexander was also pushed away before staging the car. Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.944/170.19/-0.616, Now #12; F/AA Index: 8.56, Prior Best: 7.949/170.06/-0.611, Was #14 Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.352/141.43/-0.138, Now #3; C/D Index: 7.49, Prior Best: 6.813/196.16/-0.677, Was #3 Tanksley had a lot of tire spin on the launch. Left Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.584/205.79/-0.616, Now #11; A/ED Index: 7.20, Prior Best: 6.571/206.35/-0.629, Was #10 Right Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.354/178.12/-0.636, Now #10; D/ED Index: 7.99, Prior Best: 7.484/149.76/-0.506, Was #23 Two nice runs, but that only puts them in the middle of the top half. Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.019/187.11/-0.551, Now #21; C/ED Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.034/187.16/-0.536, Was #22 Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.208/163.53/-0.652, Now #5; B/TA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.248/162.96/-0.612, Was #15 Nice run by Brown to move ten spots up the ladder. Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.605/178.71/-0.755, Now #1; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.676/177.65/-0.684, Was #2 Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 6.711/210.44/-0.359, Now #26; A/PM Index: 7.07, Prior Best: 6.619/215.07/-0.451, Was #26 Patterson made a monster run to claim to #1 spot. Todd Patterson's incremental times: 60ft-1.061 sec., 330ft-3.116, 660ft-4.850/142.18 mph, 1,000ft-6.345. Left Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 7.365/176.21/-0.505, Now #25; C/DA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.374/176.65/-0.496, Was #24 Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 8.942/148.56/-0.618, Now #14; H/SMA Index: 9.56, No Prior Run Lewis' first run was a good one, but it's just barely in the top half. Left Lane: Jason Coan No Time, Now #23; G/EA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.332/155.02/-0.548, Was #23 Right Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.202/157.89/-0.678, Now #3; G/EA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.231/148.95/-0.649, Was #7 Coan's car went silent on the launch, stopping about 100 feet down the track. Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.207/182.38/-0.663, Now #6; A/EA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.271/167.99/-0.599, Was #19 Nice pass by Rampy to move thirteen rungs up the ladder and close the session. With 31 cars present, there is no bump spot and it is likely Patterson's -.755 will get him a first-round bye tomorrow. There is another qualifying session left, but that number will be very hard to beat.
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