Fri, 13 Aug 2010, 03:38 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals 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: Clint Neff Runs 8.322/137.08/-0.148, Now #18; K/A Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 11.442/84.62/2.972, Was #20
Right Lane: Bill Riemenapp Runs 8.673/150.41/-0.417, Now #4; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.751/148.64/-0.339, Was #10

2:19 p.m. Clint Neff's incremental times: 60ft-1.164 sec., 330ft-3.319, 660ft-5.159/133.30 mph, 1,000ft-6.776.
Bill Riemenapp's incremental times: 60ft-1.194 sec., 330ft-3.483, 660ft-5.456/126.85 mph, 1,000ft-7.186.

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Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.721/151.46/-0.369, Now #8; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.977/149.31/-0.113, Was #19
Right Lane: Santo Volpe Runs 15.937/88.43/6.387, Now #6; L/AA Index: 9.55, Prior Best: 9.149/144.94/-0.401, Was #6

Volpe almost came to a stop at 100 feet, then he cruised down the track.

Fred Allen's incremental times: 60ft-1.225 sec., 330ft-3.542, 660ft-5.518/127.04 mph, 1,000ft-7.243.

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Left Lane: Justin Jenkins Runs 9.328/144.10/-0.342, Now #11; I/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 9.317/146.19/-0.353, Was #11
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 7.203/190.70/0.033, Now #17; A/AP Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 6.985/193.99/-0.185, Was #17

Justin Jenkins' incremental times: 60ft-1.277 sec., 330ft-3.810, 660ft-5.926/115.97 mph, 1,000ft-7.768.
Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-1.104 sec., 330ft-3.042, 660ft-4.639/153.42 mph, 1,000ft-6.025.

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Left Lane: Bruce Schmiedl Runs 7.607/175.57/-0.233, Now #15; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.552/175.52/-0.288, Was #15
Right Lane: Brian Antony Runs 7.533/183.32/-0.347, Now #12; B/AP Index: 7.88, Prior Best: 7.564/181.62/-0.316, Was #13

Antony spun off the line and he was to the right of the groove early into the run.

Bruce Schmiedl's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-3.098, 660ft-4.831/141.73 mph, 1,000ft-6.330.
Brian Antony's incremental times: 60ft-1.122 sec., 330ft-3.151, 660ft-4.846/145.14 mph, 1,000ft-6.304.

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Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 6.977/201.73/-0.263, Now #16; B/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 7.136/198.29/-0.104, Was #20
Right Lane: Joseph Wilczek Runs 7.061/190.35/-0.209, Now #14; BB/AT Index: 7.27, Prior Best: 6.979/200.41/-0.291, Was #14

Clint Sallee's incremental times: 60ft-1.166 sec., 330ft-3.036, 660ft-4.554/162.45 mph, 1,000ft-5.863.
Joseph Wilczek's incremental times: 60ft-1.067 sec., 330ft-2.975, 660ft-4.540/157.54 mph, 1,000ft-5.886.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.836/175.05/-0.124, Now #17; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.718/161.71/-0.242, Was #17
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.457/183.34/-0.423, Now #2; B/AP Index: 7.88, Prior Best: 7.377/183.89/-0.503, Was #2

Jim Greenheck's incremental times: 60ft-1.101 sec., 330ft-3.215, 660ft-5.012/137.41 mph, 1,000ft-6.547.
Lou Ficco Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.079 sec., 330ft-3.083, 660ft-4.772/145.55 mph, 1,000ft-6.230.

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Left Lane: Douglas Kjono Runs 8.409/157.23/-0.191, Now #18; F/D Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.445/154.65/-0.155, Was #19
Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 8.428/161.30/0.068, Now #1; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.855/171.69/-0.505, Was #1

Not sure what happened to Harris but his performance was way off his normal pace.

Douglas Kjono's incremental times: 60ft-1.232 sec., 330ft-3.442, 660ft-5.334/129.38 mph, 1,000ft-6.989.
Matt Harris' incremental times: 60ft-1.210 sec., 330ft-3.467, 660ft-5.379/128.59 mph, 1,000ft-7.031.

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Left Lane: Pat Nahan Runs 7.609/172.78/-0.451, Now #3; E/D Index: 8.06, Prior Best: 7.686/171.14/-0.374, Was #7
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.205/167.61/-0.315, Now #13; A/SMA Index: 8.52, Prior Best: 8.187/166.95/-0.333, Was #13

Pat Nahan's incremental times: 60ft-1.081 sec., 330ft-3.087, 660ft-4.811/142.26 mph, 1,000ft-6.318.
Todd Patterson's incremental times: 60ft-1.191 sec., 330ft-3.423, 660ft-5.272/133.13 mph, 1,000ft-6.862.

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 8.275/163.45/0.095, Now #7; D/AA Index: 8.18, Prior Best: 7.768/172.94/-0.412, Was #6
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.129/162.86/-0.471, Now #3; F/D Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.234/156.73/-0.366, Was #9

Arnie Martel's incremental times: 60ft-1.114 sec., 330ft-3.362, 660ft-5.257/129.65 mph, 1,000ft-6.896.
Al Ackerman's incremental times: 60ft-1.201 sec., 330ft-3.337, 660ft-5.167/133.95 mph, 1,000ft-6.763.

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Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.340/167.14/-0.450, Now #5; DD/AT Index: 7.79, Prior Best: 7.367/156.88/-0.423, Was #5
Right Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.758/152.97/-0.372, Now #9; C/TA Index: 9.13, Prior Best: 8.771/151.49/-0.359, Was #10

Bruno Massel's incremental times: 60ft-1.048 sec., 330ft-3.007, 660ft-4.647/150.10 mph, 1,000ft-6.061.
Shaun Vincent's incremental times: 60ft-1.212 sec., 330ft-3.559, 660ft-5.555/122.79 mph, 1,000ft-7.289.

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Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 8.236/103.58/0.396, Now #21; A/EA Index: 7.84, No Prior Run

Rampy was off the throttle just past half track.

David Rampy's incremental times: 60ft-1.043 sec., 330ft-2.985, 660ft-4.652/147.10 mph, 1,000ft-6.326.

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