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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: John Mihovetz Runs 6.083/236.84/-1.187, Now #1 BB/AT Index: 7.27 Right Lane: Gary Ross Runs 7.142/207.24/0.032, Now #2 A/AA Index: 7.11 11:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,231 feet, track temperature 83 degrees. Lots of high clouds with no direct sun light on the track. Left Lane: Chip Rumis Runs 14.720/109.89/7.610, Now #4 A/AA Index: 7.11 Right Lane: Paul Gladden Runs 7.145/193.74/0.035, Now #3 A/DA Index: 7.11 Rumis is crossing over from T/S. He strikes the tires at the green Gladden makes a full pull on the tough index. Left Lane: Joe Roubicek Runs 20.633/87.44/13.523, Now #6 A/AA Index: 7.11 Right Lane: Tom Rhoda Runs 9.773/133.67/0.153, Now #4 H/EA Index: 9.62 Roubicek is crossing over and roll through the lights. Left Lane: Brian Fitzpatrick Runs 6.383/218.27/-0.587, Now #3 H/D Index: 6.97 Right Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.279/187.91/-0.651, Now #2 C/A Index: 7.93 11:10 a.m. I couldn't see what the issue was, but Roubicek's car set on the track at the top end for a long time. Fitzpatrick's little turbo shakes and spins like the big dogs! Huhtala goes to #2 without any drama. Nice clean pass. Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.036/167.55/-0.584, Now #5 B/SMA Index: 8.62 Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 7.338/175.11/-0.622, Now #3 C/AA Index: 7.96 Biondo's car flies off the line and right up to the New #3 spot. Lane isn't far behind and takes over #5. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.619/177.35/-0.601, Now #4 PSTA Index: 8.22 Right Lane: Not on File Runs 9.096/144.13/9.096, Now #11 F/EA Index: 0.00 No name on the little altered in the right lane. Wheels up leave for Mettler and into the top four. Clean pass for the altered. Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.101/194.77/-0.469, Now #8 B/AA Index: 7.57 Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.283/180.96/-0.577, Now #7 C/ED Index: 7.86 Marshall's GXP makes a hard move towards the wall at the green and he stays with it without any apparent lift. He runs right along the wall until after half track and jerks it back into the center of the lane for #8 Wild! McClay makes a clean, strong pass into the top eighths. Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.062/167.70/-0.558, Now #8 B/SMA Index: 8.62 Right Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.856/166.87/-0.504, Now #9 K/A Index: 8.36 Two more good runs and Neff just misses the top eight. Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.325/161.34/-0.645, Now #3 D/SMA Index: 8.97 Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.728/166.01/-0.592, Now #6 B/EA Index: 8.32 Two good leaves and two good passes. Lambeck gets the best of it with an almost sixty-five under pass to #3. Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.153/185.36/-0.637, Now #4 D/D Index: 7.79 Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.061/169.15/-0.579, Now #10 B/SM Index: 8.64 Both cars run straight and true and Browell moves to the top four. Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.698/176.72/-0.662, Now #2 A/SM Index: 8.36 Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.434/157.32/-0.606, Now #7 C/SR Index: 9.04 ...and the hits keep coming. Hedlund makes a terrific pass into the new #2 spot with ease. Sigmon pushes the roadster into the top eight. Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.081/186.69/-0.479, Now #16 C/DA Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Peter Adams Runs 7.496/185.18/-0.434, Now #18 C/A Index: 7.93 Hogan had a good weekend at Vegas, but doesn't pick up here. Left Lane: Ron Weems Runs 6.671/205.41/-0.389, Now #19 A/A Index: 7.06 Right Lane: Chuck Moore Runs 7.589/138.23/0.579, Now #23 AA/AM Index: 7.01 Moore leaves hard with a 1.010 sixtyfoot, but the Corvette pulls steadily towards the centerline. Sounded like a quick pedal slap and he slows after that. Left Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.115/190.54/-0.625, Now #6 B/AP Index: 7.74 Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.331/185.03/-0.599, Now #10 C/A Index: 7.93 Two great leaves and Ficco gets into the top eight in #6 for now. Left Lane: Kurt Hugger Runs 7.474/181.11/-0.476, Now #20 PST Index: 7.95 Right Lane: Terry A. Smith Runs 7.309/179.88/-0.611, Now #8 D/DA Index: 7.92 Great pass for Smith and he moves into the new top eight. Left Lane: Scott Parks Runs 6.776/197.59/-0.644, Now #5 A/ND Index: 7.42 Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 18.168/67.60/9.098, Now #31 C/TA Index: 9.07 Problems for Jones getting started and Parks has to wait for his burnout. Jones's S-10 just rolls off the line and down the track. Great looking pass and terrific performance for the little Chevy, as Parks runs all the way up the ladder to the new #5 position. Nice. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.514/207.18/-0.596, Now #14 A/AA Index: 7.11 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 8.360/161.34/-0.620, Now #9 E/SMA Index: 8.98 Wheels up leave for Butner and he just misses the top eight.]] Ellis leaves hard with a 0.981 and makes a strong pass. Left Lane: Ray Vierheller Runs 7.346/177.79/-0.574, Now #21 D/DA Index: 7.92 Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.582/157.06/-0.588, Now #16 H/AA Index: 9.17 Last pair... 11:38 a.m. John Mihovetz is number one at -1.187 [Maybe!] and Chuck Moore is on the bump spot at 0.579.
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