Thu, 02 Oct 2014, 16:30 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus 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: Ray Bamond Runs 7.739/174.84/-0.481, Now #1 D/AA Index: 8.22
Right Lane: Stu Sandhaus Runs 7.036/184.19/-0.394, Now #2 A/ND Index: 7.43

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 1,989 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

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Left Lane: Mark Moreland Runs 9.167/146.53/-0.393, Now #3 F/SM Index: 9.56
Right Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.382/146.45/-0.338, Now #4 D/EA Index: 8.72

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Left Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.639/156.72/-0.591, Now #1 H/A Index: 9.23
Right Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.757/151.53/-0.513, Now #2 L/A Index: 9.27

A couple good looking passes here to go to the top of the list.

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Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.250/162.41/-0.670, Now #1 D/SMA Index: 8.92
Right Lane: Ken Voight Runs 8.768/153.93/-0.462, Now #5 G/SM Index: 9.23

Sharp with a great pass to go to the number one spot.

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Left Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.840/194.04/-0.590, Now #3 A/ND Index: 7.43
Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.688/174.39/-0.532, Now #4 D/A Index: 8.22

Darcy with real nice pass to go to the number three spot and Affronti was right there with him.

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Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.677/175.02/-0.523, Now #5 PSTA Index: 8.20
Right Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 9.237/144.33/-0.243, Now #12 I/SM Index: 9.48

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Left Lane: Michael Wentzel Runs 7.330/179.97/-0.510, Now #8 A/EA Index: 7.84
Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.628/153.60/-0.612, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.24

Greco launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.234/163.83/-0.306, Now #15 F/A Index: 8.54
Right Lane: Michael Hanratty Runs 7.570/173.54/-0.640, Now #2 K/A Index: 8.21

Hanratty was straight down the groove to go to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Jay Schonberger Runs 22.864/31.99/14.154, Now #18 I/A Index: 8.71
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.512/213.77/-0.598, Now #4 A/A Index: 7.11

Schonberger with problems early and clicked it off. Hughes with a real nice pass...

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Left Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.021/190.14/-0.519, Now #10 C/DA Index: 7.54
Right Lane: Thomas Miller Runs 7.602/176.49/-0.598, Now #5 PSTA Index: 8.20

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Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 10.939/82.90/2.689, Now #21 D/A Index: 8.25
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.029/194.69/-0.491, Now #13 B/AA Index: 7.52

Hopkins clicks it of early.

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Left Lane: John Frech Runs 8.068/161.21/-0.502, Now #14 F/D Index: 8.57
Right Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.172/157.58/-0.558, Now #8 G/EA Index: 8.73

Both cars into the top half of the show.

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Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale No Time, Now #26 I/SMA Index: 9.51
Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.037/133.80/-0.533, Now #9 H/EA Index: 9.57

Carnasciale was leaking fluids when he backed up from the burnout.

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Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 7.900/168.64/-0.670, Now #2 F/D Index: 8.57
Right Lane: Scotty Richardson Runs 8.223/158.39/-0.497, Now #17 D/EA Index: 8.72

Ackerman launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 10.305/71.26/0.735, Now #27 H/EA Index: 9.57
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.588/177.25/-0.712, Now #1 E/AA Index: 8.30

Aragona with problems and clicked it off early...Martel with a great pass to go to the number one spot...

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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