Thu, 12 Nov 2015, 15:37 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals 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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Right Lane: Brad Brewer Runs 7.229/191.81/-0.331, Now #1 B/A Index: 7.56

12:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,199 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Strong leave for Brewer to start the session, but he is a little off the pace on the top end.

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Left Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 13.897/63.75/5.357, Now #2 F/A Index: 8.54
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 17.818/50.47/9.468, Now #3 I/SMA Index: 8.35

Two strong leaves and Jones is quickly off the throttle right after that. Snyder gets a little further and lifts too.

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Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.243/181.81/-0.587, Now #1 C/ED Index: 7.83
Right Lane: Raymond Martin Runs 7.633/169.70/-0.567, Now #2 K/AA Index: 8.20

Much better! Two great looking passes up near the sixty under mark.

Scott McClay's incremental times: 60ft-1.030 sec., 330ft-2.938, 660ft-4.580/149.10 mph, 1,000ft-6.013.
Raymond Martin's incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-3.104, 660ft-4.824/142.29 mph, 1,000ft-6.330.

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Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.081/188.91/-0.419, Now #4 C/DA Index: 7.50
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 7.958/169.04/-0.542, Now #3 B/SMA Index: 8.50

Hogan test the lights and misses by just -0.009.

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Left Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 7.569/176.56/-0.601, Now #1 B/EA Index: 8.17
Right Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.371/178.87/-0.539, Now #5 D/ED Index: 7.91

Skillman makes another great pass and gives us our first sixty under number to shot for. Lelchook bounces the front wheels off the starting line and makes a good pass too.

Ray Skillman's incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-3.069, 660ft-4.804/141.80 mph, 1,000ft-6.298.

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Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.997/109.16/0.047, Now #9 C/SR Index: 8.95
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.336/167.30/-0.524, Now #6 C/A Index: 7.86

Sigmon was on a good pass until after the 330 lights and then slowed.

Clean pass for Graham.

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Left Lane: Joshua Lee Runs 8.922/124.88/-0.588, Now #2 H/EA Index: 9.51
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.198/166.91/-0.552, Now #5 C/SM Index: 8.75

Lee is off the throttle early and still cards a great time.

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Left Lane: Tony Mandella Runs 8.384/158.37/-0.556, Now #6 C/TA Index: 8.94
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.248/181.57/-0.572, Now #4 A/EA Index: 7.82

Clean passes a pair.

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Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.257/188.86/-0.603, Now #2 C/A Index: 7.86
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.210/170.51/-0.610, Now #1 A/EA Index: 7.82

Say "Hello" to the new top spots on the ladder.

They run side by side down the track and finish #1 and #2.

Brandon Huhtala's incremental times: 60ft-1.042 sec., 330ft-2.998, 660ft-4.643/149.80 mph, 1,000ft-6.062.
David Rampy's incremental times: 60ft-1.018 sec., 330ft-2.914, 660ft-4.543/150.18 mph, 1,000ft-5.965.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.211/186.95/-0.649, Now #1 C/AA Index: 7.86
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.673/155.35/-0.597, Now #5 L/A Index: 9.27

That didn't take long to change. Greenheck takes his Camaro to the new top spot wit ease.

Billingsley just misses the six second party for the current #5.

Jim Greenheck's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.943, 660ft-4.590/149.50 mph, 1,000ft-6.009.
David Billingsley's incremental times: 60ft-1.194 sec., 330ft-3.528, 660ft-5.508/124.26 mph, 1,000ft-7.222.

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Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 7.917/159.08/-0.583, Now #8 B/SMA Index: 8.50
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.334/160.33/-0.546, Now #13 D/SMA Index: 8.88

Wheels up leave for Lamb and the new #8 spot. Clean pass for Lambeck.

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Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.034/151.10/-0.566, Now #11 C/EA Index: 8.60

Fletcher is last [of course] and puts a representative number on the boards.

12:31 p.m. Green heck is number one at -0.649 under his index. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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