Thu, 23 Jun 2011, 06:24 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals 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: Stu Sandhaus Runs 7.376/186.00/-0.044, Now #1 A/ND Index: 7.42
Right Lane: John Frech Runs 11.692/74.44/3.092, Now #2 F/D Index: 8.60

Sandhaus spun the tires right off the starting line.

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Left Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 8.016/168.39/-0.304, Now #1 B/EA Index: 8.32
Right Lane: Steve Gardner Runs 9.021/154.35/0.421, Now #3 F/D Index: 8.60

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.498/180.96/-0.462, Now #1 C/AA Index: 7.96
Right Lane: Terry Smith Runs 8.109/125.85/0.189, Now #4 D/DA Index: 7.92

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Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.254/181.81/-0.536, Now #1 D/D Index: 7.79
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.737/207.37/-0.333, Now #3 A/A Index: 7.07

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Left Lane: Steve Messina Runs 7.721/179.18/-0.209, Now #6 C/A Index: 7.93
Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.937/169.68/-0.383, Now #3 B/EA Index: 8.32

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Left Lane: Mike Graves Runs 8.081/168.41/-0.149, Now #8 D/A Index: 8.23
Right Lane: Fred Allen Runs 7.951/167.24/-0.389, Now #3 C/SR Index: 8.34

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Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.757/152.33/-0.333, Now #7 C/TA Index: 9.09
Right Lane: Ray Vierheller Runs 7.404/177.25/-0.516, Now #2 D/ED Index: 7.92

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Left Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.137/166.87/-0.533, Now #2 B/SM Index: 8.67
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 8.510/109.61/1.340, Now #15 A/AP Index: 7.17

Alexander with problems on the burnout and then used up all of his lane before he clicked it off.

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Left Lane: John Peto Runs 7.873/165.60/-0.517, Now #4 J/AA Index: 8.39
Right Lane: Chuck Haubiel Runs 8.196/162.84/-0.564, Now #1 C/SM Index: 8.76

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Left Lane: Kevin Robb Runs 7.343/178.17/-0.577, Now #1 D/ED Index: 7.92
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.878/164.69/-0.512, Now #7 J/AA Index: 8.39

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Left Lane: Ed Bennett Runs 6.824/208.49/-0.206, Now #16 A/D Index: 7.03
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 9.246/131.10/-0.214, Now #14 L/AA Index: 9.46

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Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 9.690/103.17/1.090, Now #22 F/D Index: 8.60
Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.151/133.18/-0.529, Now #5 H/EA Index: 9.68

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.667/175.25/-0.503, Now #10 D/AA Index: 8.17
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.242/162.59/-0.558, Now #3 B/TA Index: 8.80

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Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.235/166.03/-0.345, Now #15 F/A Index: 8.58
Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.910/139.14/-0.550, Now #4 L/AA Index: 9.46

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Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.091/168.64/-0.389, Now #15 B/ED Index: 7.48
Right Lane: David Yediny Runs 8.860/142.21/-0.540, Now #5 L/A Index: 9.40

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Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.213/154.83/-0.517, Now #10 I/AA Index: 8.73
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.675/203.09/-0.485, Now #14 A/ED Index: 7.16

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Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.267/159.14/-0.443, Now #16 DD/AT Index: 7.71
Right Lane: Jeremy Bailey Runs 7.264/178.90/-0.296, Now #24 C/DA Index: 7.56

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Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.836/167.66/-0.504, Now #14 B/SR Index: 8.34
Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 8.510/154.83/-0.520, Now #9 E/SMA Index: 9.03

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Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.359/170.62/-0.481, Now #17 A/EA Index: 7.84

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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