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Fri, 03 Oct 2014, 10:50 AM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 3 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:
Left Lane: Chris Wentzel Runs 13.512/56.10/5.692, Now #22; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.330/179.97/-0.490, Was #22

Wentzel with problems around half track and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.300/163.65/-0.240, Now #28; F/A Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.234/163.83/-0.306, Was #28
Right Lane: Ken Voight Runs 8.662/154.33/-0.568, Now #13; F/SM Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 8.665/154.09/-0.565, Was #13

No help here for Miller. voight with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not improve on the ladder.

Left Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.019/189.23/-0.521, Now #17; C/DA Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 7.021/190.14/-0.519, Was #18
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.749/172.92/-0.551, Now #1; E/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.580/177.09/-0.720, Was #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,980 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Eckel with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. No help here for Martel, but he holds o to the number one spot.


Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.736/173.65/-0.464, Now #16; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.677/175.02/-0.523, Was #16
Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.640/146.38/-0.600, Now #9; L/AA Index: 9.24, Prior Best: 8.628/153.60/-0.612, Was #9



Left Lane: Ray Bamond Runs 7.697/175.14/-0.523, Now #17; B/EA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.739/174.84/-0.481, Was #23
Right Lane: Stu Sandhaus Runs 7.081/182.06/-0.349, Now #25; A/ND Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 7.030/184.14/-0.400, Was #25

Bamond with a nice move to jump up the ladder six spots.

Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.800/173.85/-0.450, Now #22; D/A Index: 8.25, Prior Best: 7.756/174.91/-0.494, Was #22
Right Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.294/162.31/-0.426, Now #24; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.242/163.18/-0.478, Was #24



Left Lane: Mark Moreland Runs 9.178/146.23/-0.382, Now #26; H/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.167/146.53/-0.393, Was #26
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.545/213.03/-0.565, Now #7; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.490/214.08/-0.620, Was #7



Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 8.903/150.41/-0.607, Now #4; I/SMA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 8.866/150.90/-0.644, Was #4
Right Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.783/150.77/-0.487, Now #19; L/A Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 8.750/151.26/-0.520, Was #19



Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.498/132.06/-0.422, Now #2; D/SMA Index: 8.92, Prior Best: 8.250/162.41/-0.670, Was #2
Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.700/174.96/-0.520, Now #15; B/EA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.688/174.39/-0.532, Was #15



Left Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.722/136.04/-0.508, Now #6; F/SM Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 8.607/157.28/-0.623, Was #6
Right Lane: Michael Hanratty Runs 7.804/144.12/-0.406, Now #5; K/A Index: 8.21, Prior Best: 7.570/173.54/-0.640, Was #5



Left Lane: Jay Schonberger Runs 8.364/160.23/-0.346, Now #27; I/A Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 8.356/160.54/-0.354, Was #27
Right Lane: Thomas Miller Runs 7.596/175.89/-0.604, Now #8; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.587/176.53/-0.613, Was #8



Left Lane: John Frech Runs 8.165/146.46/-0.405, Now #21; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 8.068/161.21/-0.502, Was #21
Right Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 12.037/78.20/2.557, Now #29; I/SM Index: 9.48, Prior Best: 9.237/144.33/-0.243, Was #29

Schonberger with problems early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 7.904/167.82/-0.666, Now #3; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 7.900/168.64/-0.670, Was #3
Right Lane: Scotty Richardson Runs 8.207/158.78/-0.513, Now #14; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.184/159.59/-0.536, Was #14



Left Lane: Frank Aragona No Time, Now #30; H/EA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 10.284/84.84/0.714, Was #30
Right Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.730/114.03/0.000, Now #12; G/EA Index: 8.73, Prior Best: 8.144/157.71/-0.586, Was #12

Aragona was leaking fluids on the burnout and was shut off. Szupka with problems and he clicks it off.

Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 8.948/144.64/-0.622, Now #7; H/EA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 8.962/144.81/-0.608, Was #10

Cultra with a great pass, his quickest of the weekend to move up the ladder three spots. that wrap up qualifying with Martel holding on to the number one spot.

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