Sat, 18 Apr 2009, 02:50 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Darryl Jackman

FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals 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:

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Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.009/179.49/-0.541, Now #2; B/ND Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 6.956/189.60/-0.594, Was #2
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.802/197.59/-0.458, Now #8; A/AP Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 6.790/198.79/-0.470, Was #8

11:40 a.m. Carter loses a nickel from his one hit on Friday. Ellis almost duplicated his first pass from yesterday. They remain #2 and #8 respectively.

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Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.495/181.35/-0.515, Now #4; PST Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.449/181.67/-0.561, Was #4
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 10.481/84.48/1.361, Now #7; C/SR Index: 9.12, Prior Best: 8.634/151.83/-0.486, Was #7

It's pretty warm out and not a lot of air. Sigmon has problems and slows and Mettler loses a nickel in the truck.

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Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.386/182.40/-0.604, Now #1; C/AA Index: 7.99, Prior Best: 7.396/183.42/-0.594, Was #1
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.162/164.75/-0.538, Now #5; I/A Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.147/164.23/-0.553, Was #5

Edwards improves .01 to break the #1 tie with Carter. No help for DePalma.

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Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.284/165.62/-0.546, Now #6; C/SMA Index: 8.83, Prior Best: 8.294/162.78/-0.536, Was #6
Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.868/171.99/-0.492, Now #7; A/SM Index: 8.36, No Prior Run

Hedlund makes his first pass of the weekend and goes to #7. Wilson picks up .01, same as Edwards.

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Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.602/162.00/-0.378, Now #10; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.546/179.92/-0.434, Was #10

Graham singles and remains #10 in the eleven car field.

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Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 9.085/122.73/-0.275, Now #11; G/SMA Index: 9.36, Prior Best: 9.599/96.49/0.239, Was #11

Lamb picks up about a half a second but still remains #11. That closes out Comp for round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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