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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals 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: Marty Ladwig Runs 8.007/174.26/0.087, Now #25; AA/AF Index: 7.92, No Prior Run Right Lane: Craig Johnson No Time, Now #27; AA/A Index: 7.07, Prior Best: 7.599/160.14/0.529, Was #26 3:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 28.66 inches, adjusted altitude 2,738 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Johnson car
never stops after the burnout and slowly coasted down the track. Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.361/123.88/-0.399, Now #9; I/AA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.207/150.92/-0.553, Was #9 Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.558/146.54/-0.002, Now #18; B/A Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.095/194.02/-0.465, Was #18 Ouch! Cowan misses the green and then runs well until after the 1000 foot lights. The car makes a hard move into the guardrail, knocking the front end body pieces into the air and back down on to the track. The car continues backwards across the track to strike the right wall. He finally coasts to a stop in the middle of the track.[4:37 p.m. Cowan was transported as a precaution for observation to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. He exited the car under his own power and was complaining of lower back pain, after being checked out by the NHRA Emergency Services officials. Huggins slows down track and doesn't improve. 3:50 p.m. That was ugly and the safety crew is out cleaning up the many pieces. Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.400/177.42/-0.470, Now #14; C/ED Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.351/179.25/-0.519, Was #14 Right Lane: Gary Tackett Runs 8.602/148.07/-0.088, Now #24; B/SMA Index: 8.69, No Prior Run 4:07 p.m. ...and we are back. Wheels up leave for Tackett and he gets a qualifying time to move into the field. McClay slows a little from his earlier pass. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 9.471/88.43/2.671, Now #32; AA/PM Index: 6.80, Prior Best: 9.443/94.18/2.643, Was #32 Right Lane: Brian Fitzpatrick Runs 7.240/151.31/0.240, Now #27; H/D Index: 7.00, Prior Best: 7.879/208.17/0.879, Was #29 Payne's car left well and then darted hard towards the center line. He had to lift to safe the reflector's life. Fitzpatrick is still struggling and can only move up two spots on the ladder. The dragster was drifting around on the top end too. Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.933/122.83/-0.157, Now #24; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 10.118/142.22/1.028, Was #30 Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.392/145.52/-0.398, Now #17; F/ED Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.310/160.42/-0.480, Was #17 Brown slows and Sigmon moves the V6 further away from the bump. Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Now #14; F/A Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 23.949/36.89/15.329, Was #34 Right Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Now #26; A/AA Index: 7.15, No Prior Run Two better passes and both cars move into the field for now. Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Now #14; F/A Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Was #14 Right Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Now #26; A/AA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Was #26 No joy here. Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 13.779/55.58/6.209, Now #25; C/DA Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.265/183.10/-0.305, Was #24 Right Lane: Chris Rado Runs 7.381/199.32/-0.539, Now #12; AA/AF Index: 7.92, No Prior Run Hogan's car went left and Rado's car went right! Rado runs into the new #12 spot. Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.705/132.75/-0.055, Now #29; C/SMA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 9.075/125.73/0.315, Was #32 Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.047/195.39/-0.573, Now #5; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.037/195.99/-0.583, Was #5 Wilson's car starts well and then moves hard towards the tree. He man handles it back into the groove and still moves up off the bump by 3 positions. Holloway runs close to his prior run to stay #5. Left Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still Runs 6.766/197.48/-0.434, Now #22; A/ED Index: 7.20, Prior Best: 9.317/91.85/2.117, Was #34 Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 9.548/107.86/1.588, Now #11; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.418/182.87/-0.542, Was #11 Brian Fitzpatrick is on the bump spot at 0.240. Moscini slows and Gebhardt tunes up the big dragster into the #22 position. Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 8.464/123.80/0.494, Now #21; C/A Index: 7.97, Prior Best: 7.520/182.50/-0.450, Was #21 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 6.890/198.67/-0.330, Now #25; A/AP Index: 7.22, Prior Best: 6.873/199.73/-0.347, Was #25 Marty Ladwig is on the bump spot at 0.087. Alexander's altered darts around his lane for the first hundred feet or so and still finishes close to his prior pass, No joy for Beckley, as the car slows down track. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.423/182.75/-0.567, Now #2; PST Index: 7.99, Prior Best: 7.396/183.72/-0.594, Was #2 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.739/200.20/-0.481, Now #18; A/AP Index: 7.22, Prior Best: 6.735/200.29/-0.485, Was #18 Clean passes, but neither car can improve. Left Lane: Nicole Lyons Runs 7.832/128.25/0.682, Now #31; A/AA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 7.110/193.82/-0.040, Was #31 Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.304/160.82/-0.456, Now #21; C/SMA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.341/160.40/-0.419, Was #23 Lane picks up a little to move two spots on the ladder. Lyons's blower car leaves hard and then slows down track to stay #31. Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.753/114.83/0.393, Now #14; A/SM Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.834/172.39/-0.526, Was #14 Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 7.866/128.03/0.816, Now #1; A/PM Index: 7.05, Prior Best: 6.443/215.86/-0.607, Was #1 Nice wheels up leave for Hedlund and then the engine zings up way down track. Hodges has his own problems after mid-track and slows too. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.514/181.62/-0.456, Now #22; C/A Index: 7.97, Prior Best: 10.997/82.89/3.027, Was #36 Right Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 9.005/149.07/-0.525, Now #10; H/SMA Index: 9.53, Prior Best: 8.978/149.15/-0.552, Was #10 Taylor slows a little and Graham picks up a bunch. A clean and straight pass into the new #22 position. Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.541/142.97/-0.429, Now #25; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.582/148.87/-0.388, Was #25 Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.831/150.65/-0.499, Now #13; G/SMA Index: 9.33, Prior Best: 8.801/151.10/-0.529, Was #13 Nicole Lyons is on the bump spot at -0.040. Two wheels up cars at the green. Lambeck picks up a little ET, but stays #25. Lamb slows a little. Left Lane: Paul Pittman Runs 7.129/193.29/-0.491, Now #17; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.131/186.67/-0.489, Was #17 Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.322/141.22/-0.508, Now #4; C/T Index: 8.83, Prior Best: 8.242/148.89/-0.588, Was #4 Like before, left lane picks up and right lane slows. They both stay in their prior positions on the ladder. Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.405/184.14/-0.555, Now #7; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.382/180.77/-0.578, Was #7 Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.645/176.81/-0.585, Now #3; D/AA Index: 8.23, Prior Best: 7.642/177.35/-0.588, Was #3 Both cars slow a little from their first pass. Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.185/134.93/-0.155, Now #6; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.761/174.71/-0.579, Was #6 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 8.111/127.04/0.561, Now #8; CC/A Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 6.992/201.10/-0.558, Was #8 Fletcher comes to the line, so it must be the last pair of the session. No joy for either team, as they both run hard to after mid-track and then slow. Butner's car was moving towards the center line and I didn't see why Fletcher slowed. 4:33 p.m. Art Hodges is #1 at -0.607 and Nicole Lyons is on the bump spot at -0.040.
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