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Sat, 24 Mar 2012, 15:43 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 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: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.911/171.88/-0.569, Now #3; A/SM Index: 8.48, Prior Best: 7.902/171.84/-0.578, Was #2
Right Lane: Brian Fitzpatrick Runs 6.347/217.60/-0.603, Now #2; H/D Index: 6.95, Prior Best: 6.486/215.51/-0.464, Was #15

12:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.38 inches, adjusted altitude 4,353 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Joshua Lee is number one at -0.659 under his index and there won't be a bump spot.

Fitzpatrick finally gets all his little Toyota ducks in a row and charges all the way up to the new #2 spot and a sixty under ET.

That bumps Hedlund down a spot on a good pass.

Brian Fitzpatrick's incremental times: 60ft-1.035 sec., 330ft-2.734, 660ft-4.117/177.84 mph, 1,000ft-5.319.

Left Lane: Joshua Lee Runs 9.100/142.99/-0.680, Now #1; H/EA Index: 9.78, Prior Best: 9.121/143.64/-0.659, Was #1
Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.544/179.80/-0.466, Now #16; C/AA Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.565/179.44/-0.445, Was #16

Lee pushes the top spot even further away from the rest of the field on a clean pass.

Moscini makes a slightly better pass to stay #16.

Joshua Lee's incremental times: 60ft-1.242 sec., 330ft-3.634, 660ft-5.711/117.41 mph, 1,000ft-7.534.

Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.506/181.54/-0.504, Now #11; C/AA Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.499/181.96/-0.511, Was #11
Right Lane: Bruce Perkin Runs 8.212/166.44/-0.208, Now #20; E/A Index: 8.42, Prior Best: 8.273/165.46/-0.147, Was #20

Perkins picks up a little to stay #20 and Edwards slows a little.

Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.103/186.79/-0.497, Now #9; B/ND Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 7.058/188.07/-0.542, Was #9
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.335/163.22/-0.435, Now #17; B/SM Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 9.205/115.92/0.435, Was #23

Carter slows from yesterday, but still runs under the B/ND record.

Nice improvement for Wilson up into the #17 position.

Left Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.480/156.46/-0.350, Now #20; B/T Index: 8.83, Prior Best: 8.495/156.86/-0.335, Was #20
Right Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 8.938/109.48/1.308, Now #14; B/AA Index: 7.63, Prior Best: 7.142/193.54/-0.488, Was #14

A little improvement in ET to stay #20.

Marshall slows.

Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 6.693/202.67/-0.627, Now #2; B/D Index: 7.32, Prior Best: 11.342/74.11/4.022, Was #24
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.649/151.65/-0.531, Now #11; C/SR Index: 9.18, Prior Best: 9.387/107.67/0.207, Was #22

Sallee finally gets a full pass into the new number two position on a great looking pass.

Sigmon finds the power too and moves eleven positions up to #11.

Clint Sallee's incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-2.807, 660ft-4.291/164.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.588.
Ed Sigmon's incremental times: 60ft-1.194 sec., 330ft-3.491, 660ft-5.454/124.30 mph, 1,000ft-7.174.

Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.637/153.56/-0.573, Now #5; C/TA Index: 9.21, Prior Best: 8.652/153.14/-0.558, Was #7
Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.461/178.19/-0.499, Now #16; C/ED Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.473/177.60/-0.487, Was #17

...and the hits keep coming.

A little ET improvement gets Jones a two position improvement.

McClay fixed his problems from yesterday and picks up a spot on the ladder.

Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.877/195.25/-0.563, Now #8; B/DA Index: 7.44, Prior Best: 6.894/195.65/-0.546, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.517/181.15/-0.513, Now #13; C/A Index: 8.03, Prior Best: 7.531/180.96/-0.499, Was #15

Two more good passes and both cars move up the ladder.

Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.202/183.47/-0.368, Now #20; B/ED Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.207/183.00/-0.363, Was #20
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.671/199.20/-0.509, Now #9; A/AA Index: 7.18, Prior Best: 6.628/204.51/-0.552, Was #9

Ellis has a strong leave and runs well, but clicks it early to stay #9.

Mozeris runs close to his prior best.

Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.159/164.19/-0.581, Now #5; B/SMA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.176/164.29/-0.564, Was #7
Right Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.428/183.39/-0.602, Now #4; C/A Index: 8.03, Prior Best: 7.465/183.77/-0.565, Was #6

Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 15.447/26.12/6.337, Now #25; D/SMA Index: 9.11, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Ray Vierheller Runs 7.564/174.59/-0.456, Now #12; D/DA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.499/175.43/-0.521, Was #12

First pass for Lambeck and he clicks it way early to get into the field in the bottom rung.

Vierheller can't improve.

Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.926/150.23/-0.384, Now #15; F/SMA Index: 9.31, Prior Best: 8.801/153.16/-0.509, Was #15
Right Lane: Dale Giroux Runs 7.956/129.58/0.326, Now #21; B/AA Index: 7.63, Prior Best: 7.279/168.81/-0.351, Was #21

Neither car can improve, so that set the field in Comp. Eliminator. Round One will be late this afternoon.

12:26 p.m.

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