Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 14:33 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, NHRA Texas Sportsman Shootout 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: Clint Neff Runs 7.896/165.36/-0.384, Now #2 K/A Index: 8.28
Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.491/182.16/-0.399, Now #1 C/A Index: 7.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 95 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,312 feet, track temperature 139 degrees.

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Left Lane: Del Segura Runs 8.320/156.73/-0.270, Now #4 F/D Index: 8.59
Right Lane: Keith Mawhee Runs 7.975/172.01/-0.305, Now #3 D/A Index: 8.28

Not much to say, it's HOT!!

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Left Lane: Justin Rosen Runs 8.167/127.63/-0.083, Now #5 J/D Index: 8.25
Right Lane: Adam White Runs 7.568/137.36/0.138, Now #6 A/ND Index: 7.43

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Left Lane: Charlie Stewart Runs 8.513/116.68/0.263, Now #8 J/D Index: 8.25
Right Lane: Donald Thomas Runs 7.313/180.36/-0.517, Now #1 C/ED Index: 7.83

Thomas is the first to break the .500 barrier, pretty good lap in this heat.

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Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 14.487/54.34/7.237, Now #10 B/D Index: 7.25
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 8.161/175.16/0.761, Now #9 BB/AM Index: 7.40

Kent spun and lifted. Sounded like Smilet's Corvette was also spinning, finally hooked up.

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Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.869/167.26/-0.601, Now #1 F/EA Index: 8.47
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.247/193.35/-0.323, Now #5 B/AA Index: 7.57

And Self is the first to break the .600 barrier.

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Left Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.561/154.30/-0.439, Now #4 E/SM Index: 9.00
Right Lane: Dick Maris Runs 7.083/189.76/-0.497, Now #3 C/DA Index: 7.58

Two decent runs for the conditions.

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Left Lane: Adam Hickey Runs 9.500/99.97/0.770, Now #15 C/SMA Index: 8.73
Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.372/186.74/-0.618, Now #1 BB/A Index: 7.99

Smiley's GXP is nor atop the ladder.

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Left Lane: Scott Cashio Runs 8.617/158.41/-0.363, Now #8 D/SMA Index: 8.98

Cashio wraps up a hot qualifying session, ends up in the middle of the field.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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