Fri, 4 Jun 2010, 12:00 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders 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: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.673/153.25/-0.457, Now #21; C/TA Index: 9.13, Prior Best: 8.623/153.44/-0.507, Was #21
Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.013/189.12/-0.547, Now #17; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.016/188.86/-0.544, Was #17

10:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,738 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Mixed results for the first pair out today, no help for Vincent, small improvement for Kamplain, stays put on the ladder.

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Left Lane: Kevin Robb Runs 7.381/178.87/-0.559, Now #12; D/ED Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.368/179.06/-0.572, Was #12
Right Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.535/208.49/-0.595, Now #8; A/DA Index: 7.13, Prior Best: 6.558/208.10/-0.572, Was #11

Same deal here, but Warren moved three spots up on the ladder.

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Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.056/167.41/-0.564, Now #11; F/A Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.043/168.24/-0.577, Was #11
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.603/197.33/-0.597, Now #4; A/ED Index: 7.20, Prior Best: 6.580/204.76/-0.620, Was #4

No help here...

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Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.226/162.41/-0.534, Now #18; I/AA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.227/158.91/-0.533, Was #18
Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.730/175.23/-0.630, Now #2; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.738/175.05/-0.622, Was #3

Biondo improved over his first apss yesterday...by a thousandth. Harris improved slightly, moved back into the second spot.

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Left Lane: James Caro Runs 8.203/163.24/-0.467, Now #25; B/SMA Index: 8.67, Prior Best: 8.201/161.38/-0.469, Was #25
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.238/161.87/-0.582, Now #10; C/T Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.243/162.04/-0.577, Was #10

These two have three consistent runs each this weekend.

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Left Lane: Chad Voges Runs 7.975/164.59/-0.515, Now #19; K/A Index: 8.49, Prior Best: 7.970/164.11/-0.520, Was #19
Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.771/170.19/-0.629, Now #1; A/SR Index: 8.40, Prior Best: 7.725/170.69/-0.675, Was #1

It looked like Barone ran it all the way through, his speed off just half a mph. Voges failed to improve, his three runs within 0.008 seconds of each other.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.505/180.04/-0.455, Now #26; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.492/180.43/-0.468, Was #26
Right Lane: Jay Billingsley Runs 8.351/157.91/-0.439, Now #28; F/ED Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.406/155.58/-0.384, Was #31

No help for Greenheck, but Billingsley moved a couple spots away from the bump spot.

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Left Lane: Mike Graves Runs 12.845/67.90/4.585, Now #31; D/A Index: 8.26, Prior Best: 7.867/171.84/-0.393, Was #31
Right Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 13.620/57.53/6.590, Now #23; A/D Index: 7.03, Prior Best: 6.540/206.76/-0.490, Was #23

Chamness had a big wheelstand and lifted. Sounded like Graves' car did not shift.

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Left Lane: Nick Panagiotaros Runs 7.078/194.41/-0.542, Now #16; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.071/195.25/-0.549, Was #16
Right Lane: Russ Kelly Runs 8.513/116.23/1.343, Now #35; A/AP Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 10.325/88.44/3.155, Was #35

Bill Riemenapp was on the bump spot at -0.304. Kelly went into a wheelstand, got out of the throttle, and slowed around half track. Panagiotaros ran within a few thousandths of his only run yesterday.

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Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.245/188.75/-0.545, Now #18; DD/AT Index: 7.79, Prior Best: 7.382/171.01/-0.408, Was #29
Right Lane: Jim Winje Runs 9.055/149.02/-0.015, Now #33; E/SM Index: 9.07, Prior Best: 8.903/151.83/-0.167, Was #33

Massel came closer to a full-power pass here, still needs to turn the screws a little tighter. Winje was slow from the start and stays outside the field.

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Left Lane: Justin Jenkins Runs 9.484/142.39/-0.186, Now #33; I/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 9.603/142.91/-0.067, Was #34
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 15.156/90.10/6.756, Now #7; J/AA Index: 8.40, Prior Best: 7.804/166.99/-0.596, Was #7

Jenkins was the last car with a chance to bump into the field. Ambrose's car slowly left the line and idled down the track. Jenkins made his best run of the event, still came up short of the field.

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Left Lane: Bill Riemenapp Runs 8.704/149.98/-0.386, Now #32; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.786/149.15/-0.304, Was #32
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.325/160.21/-0.475, Now #25; B/TA Index: 8.80, Prior Best: 8.310/161.54/-0.490, Was #25

Riemenapp improved a few hundredths, stayed on the last rung of the ladder. No improvement for Nrown.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.607/135.31/-0.363, Now #28; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.527/157.76/-0.443, Was #28
Right Lane: Jerry Arnold Runs 7.884/167.03/-0.576, Now #12; G/ED Index: 8.46, Prior Best: 7.908/165.48/-0.552, Was #15

Arnold improved slightly, moved up a few spots. No help for Lambeck.

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Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.239/181.81/-0.551, Now #9; D/D Index: 7.79, Prior Best: 7.203/182.38/-0.587, Was #9
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.612/205.01/-0.538, Now #19; A/AP Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.650/204.98/-0.500, Was #23

Best pass of the event for Ellis, moved him up several spots. No improvement for Browell.

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Left Lane: Adam Hickey Runs 8.641/124.73/-0.069, Now #14; C/SMA Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 8.138/164.75/-0.572, Was #14
Right Lane: Brian Antony Runs 7.469/183.44/-0.411, Now #30; B/AP Index: 7.88, Prior Best: 7.483/184.07/-0.397, Was #30

Hickey lifted at 1,000 feet. Antony made his best run of the event, stayed 30th.

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.387/150.97/-0.473, Now #5; A/EA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.260/174.68/-0.600, Was #5
Right Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.646/150.75/-0.444, Now #22; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.571/152.40/-0.519, Was #22

Rampy lifted at 1,000 feet. Allen appeared to make a full pass, no improvement.

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Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.783/115.40/-0.037, Now #15; G/EA Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.261/155.58/-0.559, Was #15
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.340/138.30/-0.450, Now #3; F/ED Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.161/160.67/-0.629, Was #3

Identidcal engines in the Aragona team cars...both lifted around 1,000 feet.

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.622/176.07/-0.578, Now #6; D/AA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.601/177.58/-0.599, Was #6

Martel ran it all the way through, no improvement. That concludes Competition Eliminator qualifying.

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