Thu, 02 Oct 2014, 17:50 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 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 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:

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Left Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.490/214.08/-0.620, Now #5; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.512/213.77/-0.598, Was #6
Right Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.756/174.91/-0.494, Now #18; D/A Index: 8.25, Prior Best: 10.939/82.90/2.689, Was #28

Hughes improves and move up the ladder one spot. Hopkins makes a full pass and makes a big jump.

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Left Lane: Frank Affronti No Time, Now #12; B/EA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.688/174.39/-0.532, Was #12
Right Lane: Jay Schonberger Runs 8.356/160.54/-0.354, Now #25; I/A Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 22.864/31.99/14.154, Was #29

Schonberger improves...

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Left Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 9.280/145.14/-0.200, Now #28; I/SM Index: 9.48, Prior Best: 9.237/144.33/-0.243, Was #28

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Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.648/139.73/-0.592, Now #6; L/AA Index: 9.24, Prior Best: 8.628/153.60/-0.612, Was #6
Right Lane: John Frech Runs 8.213/159.48/-0.357, Now #16; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 8.068/161.21/-0.502, Was #16

Greco with another good pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.750/151.26/-0.520, Now #14; L/A Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 8.757/151.53/-0.513, Was #15
Right Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.247/163.79/-0.293, Now #27; F/A Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.234/163.83/-0.306, Was #27

Armstrong moves up the ladder one spot.

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Left Lane: Thomas Miller Runs 7.587/176.53/-0.613, Now #6; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.602/176.49/-0.598, Was #7
Right Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.692/174.80/-0.508, Now #13; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.677/175.02/-0.523, Was #13

Miller improves and moves up one spot.

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Left Lane: Ken Voight Runs 8.665/154.09/-0.565, Now #11; F/SM Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 8.768/153.93/-0.462, Was #22
Right Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 8.866/150.90/-0.644, Now #4; I/SMA Index: 9.51, No Prior Run

Voight with a nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Carnasciale with a great pass to go to the number four spot.

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Left Lane: Stu Sandhaus Runs 7.030/184.14/-0.400, Now #24; A/ND Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 7.036/184.19/-0.394, Was #24
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.255/162.45/-0.665, Now #2; D/SMA Index: 8.92, Prior Best: 8.250/162.41/-0.670, Was #2

Sandhaus improves, but stays in the number 24 spot. Sharp with another great pass, but will stay in the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.242/163.18/-0.478, Now #24; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.382/146.45/-0.338, Was #27
Right Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.050/189.63/-0.490, Now #17; C/DA Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.021/190.14/-0.519, Was #17

Hill moves up the ladder three spots. A good pass for Eckel, but he will not improve.

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Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.144/157.71/-0.586, Now #11; G/EA Index: 8.73, Prior Best: 8.172/157.58/-0.558, Was #12
Right Lane: Ray Bamond Runs 7.683/175.55/-0.537, Now #13; B/EA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.739/174.84/-0.481, Was #23

Szupka improves by one spot. Bamond makes the big move into the top half of the show.

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Left Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.001/194.04/-0.519, Now #19; B/AA Index: 7.52, Prior Best: 7.029/194.69/-0.491, Was #22
Right Lane: Mark Moreland Runs 9.171/146.27/-0.389, Now #26; H/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.167/146.53/-0.393, Was #26

Mannino moves in the right direction, up the ladder three spots.

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Left Lane: Scotty Richardson Runs 8.184/159.59/-0.536, Now #14; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.223/158.39/-0.497, Was #21
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.007/147.05/-0.563, Now #3; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 7.900/168.64/-0.670, Was #3

Richardson launches with the front end in the air and improves into the top half of the show. Ackerman with another good pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 8.962/144.81/-0.608, Now #9; H/EA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 9.037/133.80/-0.533, Was #15
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 10.284/84.84/0.714, Now #30; H/EA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 10.305/71.26/0.735, Was #30

Cultrera with a great pass to move up the ladder six spots. Aragona continues to struggle...

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Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.580/177.09/-0.720, Now #1; E/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.588/177.25/-0.712, Was #1
Right Lane: Chris Wentzel No Time, Now #23; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.330/179.97/-0.490, Was #23

Martel with another great pass to improve on his number one qualifying E.T. Wentzel broke on the burnout...

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Right Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.607/157.28/-0.623, Now #6; F/SM Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 8.639/156.72/-0.591, Was #10

Houghtaling with a real nice pass to move up the ladder four spots.

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