Fri, 17 Apr 2009, 04:56 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Darryl Jackman

FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals 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: Steve Graham Runs 7.546/179.92/-0.434, Now #1 C/A Index: 7.98
Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 9.599/96.49/0.239, Now #2 G/SMA Index: 9.36

12:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 6 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,641 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

We open up the first round of Comp. Same as all the recent events the Comp field seems pretty small. Lamb was out of power early and Graham becomes the first #1 qualifier of the session.

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Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.326/162.53/-0.504, Now #1 C/SMA Index: 8.83
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.634/151.83/-0.486, Now #2 C/SR Index: 9.12

Wilson goes fifty under and Sigmon is right on his heels.

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Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.479/181.72/-0.531, Now #2 PST Index: 8.01
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.147/164.23/-0.553, Now #1 I/A Index: 8.70

Another set of good looking runs and now DePalma has the top spot.

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Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.439/182.30/-0.551, Now #2 C/AA Index: 7.99
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.790/198.79/-0.470, Now #6 A/AP Index: 7.26

Nice straight run for Ellis but just a shade off the best pace. Edwards is actually closer to his index but falls just short of #1.

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Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.200/158.19/-0.590, Now #1 I/AA Index: 8.79

Cowan saves the best for last as he takes over the top spot and pushes DePalma to #2.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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