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Fri, 04 Oct 2013, 13:19 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals 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: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.827/150.18/-0.463, Now #25; L/A Index: 9.29, Prior Best: 8.875/150.65/-0.415, Was #28
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.542/213.00/-0.568, Now #1; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.510/213.50/-0.600, Was #1

12:39 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.48 inches, adjusted altitude 2,886 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Left Lane: Richard Schonberger No Time, Now #30; I/SM Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 9.141/143.89/-0.369, Was #30
Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 7.570/179.90/-0.320, Now #32; C/A Index: 7.89, Prior Best: 7.559/177.53/-0.331, Was #32

Schonberger's car lost power right after he left the starting line. He coasted for a bit and crawled the rest of the way down the track.

Left Lane: Michael Kaufman Runs 8.484/159.04/-0.456, Now #23; D/SMA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.465/159.40/-0.475, Was #23
Right Lane: Darrin Bauder Runs 8.256/119.13/0.366, Now #21; C/A Index: 7.89, Prior Best: 7.402/183.47/-0.488, Was #21

Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.826/173.14/-0.394, Now #30; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 11.777/74.79/3.557, Was #37
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.116/193.85/-0.454, Now #9; B/AA Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.019/195.34/-0.551, Was #9

Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.677/117.88/-0.063, Now #10; G/EA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.190/158.48/-0.550, Was #10
Right Lane: Erich Bollman Runs 7.728/174.75/-0.552, Now #5; D/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.708/175.09/-0.572, Was #5

Left Lane: Gary Guarriello Runs 7.378/178.54/-0.452, Now #20; C/ED Index: 7.83, Prior Best: 7.321/180.38/-0.509, Was #20
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 8.125/161.96/-0.505, Now #18; F/ED Index: 8.63, Prior Best: 8.103/162.20/-0.527, Was #18

Left Lane: Anthony Niemczyk Runs 8.806/97.04/1.566, Now #8; I/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.688/202.52/-0.552, Was #8
Right Lane: Michele Costa Runs 8.369/154.28/-0.371, Now #28; G/EA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.325/154.40/-0.415, Was #28

Neimczyk's car drifted out of the groove and he backed off the throttle at mid track.

Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.300/139.29/-0.500, Now #17; D/EA Index: 8.80, Prior Best: 8.266/140.18/-0.534, Was #17
Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.830/193.96/-0.600, Now #2; J/D Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 6.862/193.49/-0.568, Was #6

Darecy had a good run to move up four spots.

Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 7.760/174.14/-0.520, Now #12; E/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.730/174.41/-0.550, Was #11
Right Lane: Tom Stalba Runs 8.755/151.92/-0.555, Now #8; L/AA Index: 9.31, Prior Best: 8.771/148.14/-0.539, Was #14

Left Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.262/149.76/-0.538, Now #15; D/EA Index: 8.80, Prior Best: 8.265/147.15/-0.535, Was #15
Right Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.133/188.04/-0.427, Now #24; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.091/187.81/-0.469, Was #24

Eckel's car sat at the starting line for 21 seconds before he started and made this run.

Left Lane: Ronnie Boyd No Time, Now #35; A/ED Index: 7.21, Prior Best: 6.975/194.32/-0.235, Was #35
Right Lane: Chris Wentzel Runs 7.424/177.93/-0.416, Now #26; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.384/177.81/-0.456, Was #26

Boyd was staged when his car lurched forward and shut off. His crew pushed the car back and out of the way.

Left Lane: Kevin Robb Runs 7.847/152.83/-0.533, Now #4; B/SR Index: 8.38, Prior Best: 7.795/167.22/-0.585, Was #4
Right Lane: Russell Joly Runs 7.371/184.95/-0.539, Now #14; C/AA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.369/184.50/-0.541, Was #14

Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.755/173.34/-0.525, Now #17; B/EA Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.746/173.27/-0.534, Was #16
Right Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 9.029/148.66/-0.591, Now #4; I/SMA Index: 9.62, Prior Best: 9.096/147.78/-0.524, Was #19

Left Lane: Sean Gaffney Runs 8.578/153.46/-0.362, Now #29; D/SMA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.542/154.47/-0.398, Was #29
Right Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 8.358/160.52/-0.292, Now #34; B/EA Index: 8.65, Prior Best: 8.329/159.99/-0.321, Was #34

Left Lane: Donny Algieri Runs 8.272/158.06/-0.358, Now #32; F/ED Index: 8.63, Prior Best: 8.286/159.97/-0.344, Was #32
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.171/139.54/-0.419, Now #6; F/D Index: 8.59, Prior Best: 8.014/166.58/-0.576, Was #6

Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.876/172.63/-0.404, Now #27; D/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.856/173.36/-0.424, Was #27
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.141/175.50/-0.429, Now #22; B/AA Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.093/193.96/-0.477, Was #22

Left Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.072/143.75/-0.538, Now #14; H/EA Index: 9.61, Prior Best: 9.063/137.86/-0.547, Was #14
Right Lane: Ed Alessi Jr. Runs 6.921/193.38/-0.189, Now #36; A/DA Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.909/192.28/-0.201, Was #36

Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 7.797/169.32/-0.583, Now #6; B/SR Index: 8.38, Prior Best: 7.816/168.98/-0.564, Was #8
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.709/174.66/-0.571, Now #3; B/EA Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.681/173.18/-0.599, Was #3

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink