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Sat, 28 Sep 2013, 13:28 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By David Gerard

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Night of Fire at Rocky Mountain Raceway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

Left Lane: Tom Kirkman Runs 9.177/142.04/-0.133, Now #1 E/EA Index: 9.31
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 21.246/37.29/11.276, Now #2 AA/AT Index: 9.97

11:08 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 25.87 inches, adjusted altitude 5,384 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.

DePalma has issues after the launch and slows.

Kirkman makes a clean pass.

Left Lane: Randy Goff Runs 16.996/74.47/8.716, Now #3 A/SMA Index: 8.28
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 9.408/141.24/-0.682, Now #1 I/SMA Index: 10.09

Goff's Cavalier lumbers off the line and coasts on down.

Jones has the power and likes the altitude to run a strong pass almost seventy under. That will set a mark for the rest of the field.

Left Lane: Scott Parks Runs 7.190/183.97/-0.540, Now #3 A/ND Index: 7.73
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.316/186.45/-0.574, Now #2 B/AA Index: 7.89

Neil and Parks originally got their start here in the Salt Lake valley. They are now in Burlingame, Kansas.

Two strong leaves and two good passes move them to near the top of the field in the current #2 and #3 positions.

Left Lane: Dale Giroux Runs 7.423/165.62/-0.467, Now #5 B/AA Index: 7.89
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.816/201.25/-0.594, Now #2 A/AA Index: 7.41

Two very different kinds of Alters come to the line.

Lots of shake off the line and Ellis still cards a strong almost sixty under pass for the new number two spot.

Giroux makes a strong pass to tune to.

Left Lane: Matthew Leonard No Time, Now #10 AA/AM Index: 6.97
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.523/157.01/-0.037, Now #7 C/SMA Index: 8.56

Leonard's blower goes bang big time in the burnout and he quickly clicks it off.

Lane makes a good leave and then slows.

Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.670/153.79/-0.690, Now #1 D/SMA Index: 9.36
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.726/170.51/-0.454, Now #7 A/EA Index: 8.18

Lambeck has the power and marches down the track and into the new top spot.

Van Paepeghem leaves well and runs strong to after mid-track. There is a lot of smoke from the engine at that point. Doesn't look like any oil on the track.

11:20 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink