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SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 10.924/105.14/2.164, Now #1 I/AA Index: 8.76 Right Lane: J.D. Zink Runs 24.086/20.99/16.666, Now #2 A/ND Index: 7.42 12:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,037 feet. Two broken passes. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.421/183.07/-0.539, Now #1 C/A Index: 7.96 Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.453/181.84/-0.507, Now #2 C/AA Index: 7.96 12:58 p.m. Fuel evaporates quickly, so only a small delay. That's better. Both cars make full passes and both cars run more than a half a second under their indexes. Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.717/204.48/-0.413, Now #4 A/DA Index: 7.13 Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.458/183.05/-0.512, Now #2 PST Index: 7.97 Hartford has calmed the car down off the line, but can only muster a forty under on a clean pass. Kettler moves into the new #2 spot. Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.570/152.12/-0.520, Now #2 C/SR Index: 9.09 Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.337/157.63/-0.453, Now #5 F/ED Index: 8.79 Not a lot of cylinders between these two. Sigmon is now #2. Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 9.812/87.19/1.292, Now #8 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.152/162.94/-0.668, Now #1 C/T Index: 8.82 Both racers leave with the wheels up and then Jones slows. DePalma runs under the National Record to take over the new top spot with our first sixty under the index time. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 8.642/119.72/1.492, Now #10 A/AA Index: 7.15 Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.114/166.87/-0.556, Now #2 C/SMA Index: 8.67 Ellis has a 1.031 sixtyfoot time and then has the altered move out of the groove and towards the guardrail. He gives it up early. Nice pass for Wilson to take over the every popular #2 spot. Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.336/180.98/-0.224, Now #10 C/DA Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.966/151.12/-0.564, Now #2 F/EA Index: 8.53 Looks like #2 is where most these guys want to be. This time its Treadwell with a clean straight pass. Hogan gets to the finish line without any drama on the tough C/DA index. Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 6.999/186.38/-0.531, Now #5 B/ND Index: 7.53 Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.458/182.60/-0.502, Now #9 C/AA Index: 7.96 Two more fifty under passes, Carter getting the better of it. Nice six second pass. Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 9.120/100.34/0.450, Now #14 B/SMA Index: 8.67 Right Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.395/172.89/-0.565, Now #2 C/A Index: 7.96 Huhtala has a great looking pass with a mid-fifty under his C/A index pass. Lane was on a good run until after mid-track where he slows for no apparent reason. Left Lane: Phil Cocuzza Runs 7.994/172.78/-0.526, Now #7 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Right Lane: Casey Plaizier Runs 8.330/163.83/-0.340, Now #14 B/SMA Index: 8.67 Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.867/151.56/-0.473, Now #13 B/EA Index: 8.34 Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.442/159.02/-0.528, Now #7 D/SMA Index: 8.97 Number Two and Number Seven in 2009 to the line. Clean passes, but Lambeck has the index advantage. Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 9.128/109.72/-0.202, Now #18 G/SMA Index: 9.33 Single for Lamb. 1:12 p.m. Mike DePalma is the number one qualifier at -0.668 under his index. Field not filled, no bump spot.
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