Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 18:54 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High 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: Torris Keilers Runs 7.601/176.67/-0.219, Now #2 B/DA Index: 7.82
Right Lane: Ricky Schadle Runs 7.191/186.02/-0.319, Now #1 A/A Index: 7.51

4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 24.31 inches, adjusted altitude 9,085 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Keilers was a little sluggish on the launch.

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Left Lane: Butch Nash Runs 8.126/164.99/0.096, Now #3 B/ED Index: 8.03
Right Lane: Wade Oman Runs 8.723/107.62/0.903, Now #4 B/DA Index: 7.82

Oman was off the throttle well before the finish.

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Left Lane: Tom Snyder Runs 7.354/148.09/-0.156, Now #4 A/A Index: 7.51
Right Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 9.159/146.94/-0.321, Now #1 E/A Index: 9.48

Tom Snyder was skating around at the 330-foot mark.

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Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 7.113/190.43/-0.577, Now #1 B/D Index: 7.69
Right Lane: Shaun Vincent No Time, Now #8 C/TA Index: 9.63

Vincent broke before pulling into the water box.

Bill Kent's incremental times: 60ft-1.088 sec., 330ft-2.968, 660ft-4.553/154.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.935.

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Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.656/157.50/-0.424, Now #2 A/SMA Index: 9.08
Right Lane: Clint Sallee No Time, Now #9 B/D Index: 7.69

Sallee didn't do a burnout, then he had to be pushed back after staging.

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Left Lane: Clint Neff Runs 8.406/154.35/-0.404, Now #4 K/A Index: 8.81
Right Lane: Will Hatcher Runs 7.012/193.79/-0.498, Now #2 A/DA Index: 7.51

Clint Neff's incremental times: 60ft-1.146 sec., 330ft-3.352, 660ft-5.275/127.34 mph, 1,000ft-6.957.
Will Hatcher's incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-2.902, 660ft-4.481/155.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.851.

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Left Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 14.491/67.66/6.471, Now #12 B/AA Index: 8.02
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.472/181.40/-0.548, Now #2 B/AA Index: 8.02

Carbery crept off the line and he never got up to full power.

Lou Ficco Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.048 sec., 330ft-3.062, 660ft-4.766/144.84 mph, 1,000ft-6.233.

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Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.985/192.44/-0.565, Now #2 A/AA Index: 7.55

Ellis was to the right of the groove for most of this pass. Alan Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.021 sec., 330ft-2.882, 660ft-4.452/156.57 mph, 1,000ft-5.825.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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