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BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway 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: Left Lane: Vince Roberts Runs 7.834/154.99/-0.476, Now #10; K/AA Index: 8.31, Prior Best: 7.834/154.99/-0.476, Was #11 Right Lane: Charlie Stewart Runs 8.583/109.86/0.333, Now #16; J/D Index: 8.25, Prior Best: 8.583/109.86/0.333, Was #1 2:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,290 feet, track temperature 90 degrees. This was Stewart's first run down the track this weekend. Roberts is now in the
computer, in the correct category and class, not sure what class Stewart is in yet. Left Lane: Rhett Fulton Runs 15.174/81.99/7.314, Now #4; C/ED Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.322/178.61/-0.538, Was #4 Right Lane: Chase Williams No Time, Now #3; E/A Index: 8.31, Prior Best: 7.722/175.55/-0.588, Was #3 Williams' was pushed away before the run. Fulton launched, then slowed. Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.868/165.50/-0.592, Now #1; F/EA Index: 8.46, Prior Best: 7.835/167.95/-0.625, Was #1 Right Lane: Raymond Martin Runs 7.890/147.62/-0.420, Now #12; K/AA Index: 8.31, Prior Best: 7.985/137.81/-0.325, Was #14 Self made another good run, but did not improve. Martin picked up almost a tenth of a second, moved up a couple spots, but he stopped on the end of the track. Left Lane: Adam White Runs 19.963/32.26/12.543, Now #7; A/ND Index: 7.42, Prior Best: 6.901/196.07/-0.519, Was #6 Right Lane: Charles Watson Runs 8.361/162.18/-0.619, Now #2; D/SM Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.461/162.37/-0.519, Was #7 White's nostalgia digger made a hard right turn on the launch and he slowed immediately. Watson made a very nice run to move into the second spot. Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.873/145.77/-0.057, Now #8; C/A Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.429/184.90/-0.501, Was #8 Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.084/172.65/-0.156, Now #11; C/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.788/197.51/-0.452, Was #11 Both drivers were off the throttle way before the stripe. Left Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.487/160.84/-0.493, Now #9; C/SM Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.505/0.00/-0.475, Was #15 Right Lane: Dick Maris Runs 8.383/110.33/0.823, Now #17; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 8.249/111.42/0.689, Was #17 Hall improved slightly, Maris lifted early. Left Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 18.313/34.95/10.473, Now #18; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 17.909/53.38/10.069, Was #18 Right Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 8.439/158.73/-0.541, Now #5; B/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.634/157.03/-0.346, Was #14 Johnson had two huge wheelstands yesterday and the car did not want to go into reverse after the burnout. Another hard-on-the-wheelie-bar launch today, the car stopping well short of the turnoff. Trumble had problems on both runs yesterday, looked much better today. Left Lane: Scott Cashio Runs 15.730/60.80/6.760, Now #3; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.380/159.93/-0.590, Was #3 Right Lane: Cody Johnson Runs 7.321/179.95/-0.539, Now #6; C/ED Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.530/151.36/-0.330, Was #15 Cashio launched and slowed almost immediately. Nice run by Johnson to move way up the ladder. Left Lane: William West Runs 7.644/177.25/-0.526, Now #9; D/AA Index: 8.17, Prior Best: 7.686/175.43/-0.484, Was #12 Right Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 6.760/200.80/-0.630, Now #1; J/D Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.858/199.85/-0.532, Was #8 This is the final pair of a slow-paced qualifying session, with lots of delays. Two good runs, Hatcher going to the
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