Fri, 9 Apr 2010, 12:42 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Jody Holland Runs 8.880/148.92/-0.670, Now #1 L/AA Index: 9.55
Right Lane: Doug Warren Runs 9.214/142.93/2.084, Now #2 A/DA Index: 7.13

10:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 876 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Warren's dragster rolled the beams...Nice run by Holland in the Opel GT.

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Left Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.750/185.10/-0.220, Now #3 C/A Index: 7.97
Right Lane: Brad Klein Runs 7.298/187.86/-0.582, Now #2 B/AP Index: 7.88

Smiley had problems staging the car...and did not get a clean launch.

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Left Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 12.044/97.41/4.914, Now #6 A/DA Index: 7.13
Right Lane: Don Thomas Runs 7.306/181.96/-0.564, Now #3 C/ED Index: 7.87

Hatcher spun the tires hard and lifted.

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Left Lane: Greg Porter Runs 8.774/154.74/-0.556, Now #4 G/SMA Index: 9.33
Right Lane: Darin West Runs 9.050/98.41/0.560, Now #6 F/AA Index: 8.49

West slowed on the top end of his run and the track crew shut the next pair off...but the cleanup is in Porter's lane, from the finish line to the turnoff.

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Left Lane: Del Segura Runs 8.139/164.15/-0.461, Now #5 F/D Index: 8.60
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 10.415/92.33/3.245, Now #9 A/AP Index: 7.17

Ellis left hard, then chattered the tires and lifted.

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Left Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 8.809/152.69/-0.521, Now #6 G/SMA Index: 9.33
Right Lane: Rhett Fulton Runs 7.303/178.50/-0.567, Now #3 C/ED Index: 7.87

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Left Lane: Ernest Watson Runs 7.945/172.04/-0.615, Now #3 A/SMA Index: 8.56
Right Lane: Charles Watson Runs 8.338/159.63/-0.642, Now #2 D/SM Index: 8.98

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Left Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 6.920/200.50/-0.640, Now #3 B/A Index: 7.56
Right Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 8.966/90.87/1.106, Now #13 A/EA Index: 7.86

Johnson launched into tire shake and slowed.

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Left Lane: Adam White Runs 6.832/194.49/-0.588, Now #6 A/ND Index: 7.42
Right Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.279/164.53/-0.701, Now #1 D/SM Index: 8.98

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Left Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 6.588/204.48/-0.542, Now #11 A/DA Index: 7.13
Right Lane: Raymond Martin Runs 10.297/125.83/1.987, Now #17 K/AA Index: 8.31

Martin rolled the beams

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Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 15.288/55.55/7.318, Now #22 D/A Index: 7.97
Right Lane: Ray Goodman Runs 7.507/174.28/-0.353, Now #14 A/EA Index: 7.86

McGaha slowed immediately and coasted through. Goodman's Bantam is unpainted, looks new...

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Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.749/197.80/-0.691, Now #2 C/D Index: 7.44
Right Lane: Chase Williams Runs 7.439/182.50/-0.531, Now #13 C/A Index: 7.97

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Left Lane: Grant Lewis No Time, Now #26 H/AA Index: 9.20
Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.709/181.84/-0.261, Now #17 C/A Index: 7.97

Lewis slowed immediately and slowly rolled down the track, the timing system reset before he reached the stripe.

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Left Lane: Adam Hickey Runs 8.062/166.95/-0.648, Now #4 C/SMA Index: 8.71
Right Lane: Keith Mawhee Runs 8.057/167.72/-0.433, Now #17 F/AA Index: 8.49

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Left Lane: Stephen Rosen Runs 7.868/166.93/-0.592, Now #9 G/ED Index: 8.46
Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 6.987/198.38/-0.633, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.62

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.228/175.05/-0.632, Now #9 A/EA Index: 7.86
Right Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 7.888/171.66/-0.672, Now #3 A/SMA Index: 8.56

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Left Lane: Scott Cashio Runs 18.484/41.18/9.794, Now #32 B/SMA Index: 8.69

Sounded like something went wrong with the drivetrain, Cashio's RPMs spiking before he slowed.

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Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois No Time, Now #34 B/DA Index: 7.39

Bourgeois made his burnout, then shut it off and was pushed to the return road.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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