Fri, 13 Nov 2015, 14:52 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 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 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: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.974/168.28/-0.626, Now #3; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 7.996/168.24/-0.604, Was #6
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.977/170.08/0.117, Now #23; C/AA Index: 7.86, No Prior Run

11:29 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,529 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

JoshuaLee is number one at -0.657 under his index. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Edwards is out of the groove and clicks it early.

Nice clean pass for Fletcher to move him up three spots to #3 for now.

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Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.542/132.52/0.042, Now #19; C/DA Index: 7.50, Prior Best: 7.081/188.91/-0.419, Was #19
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 11.901/76.73/4.041, Now #18; C/A Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.336/167.30/-0.524, Was #18

Graham lifts early.

Hogan gets a lot further down the track and then he is coasting too.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.222/186.98/-0.638, Now #2; C/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.211/186.95/-0.649, Was #2
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.493/179.88/-0.327, Now #8; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.226/180.69/-0.594, Was #8

Lots of shake off the line for Van Paepeghem.

Greenheck makes a strong pass, close to his prior best.

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Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.424/188.25/-0.436, Now #6; C/A Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.256/188.89/-0.604, Was #6
Right Lane: Raymond Martin No Time, Now #12; K/AA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.633/169.70/-0.567, Was #12

Martin's engine goes silent and he is pushed away.

Huhtala' engine bogs off the line and he won't improve.

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Left Lane: Joshua Lee Runs 8.887/135.20/-0.623, Now #1; H/EA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 8.853/136.14/-0.657, Was #1
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.710/155.67/-0.560, Now #4; L/A Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 8.648/155.63/-0.622, Was #4

Lee slows a little and Billingsley slows a lot.

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Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.268/181.08/-0.562, Now #10; C/ED Index: 7.83, Prior Best: 7.243/181.81/-0.587, Was #10
Right Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.523/144.38/-0.387, Now #16; D/DA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.371/178.87/-0.539, Was #16

McClay runs close to his prior best, but Lelchook slows down track.

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Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.418/153.79/-0.532, Now #17; C/SR Index: 8.95, Prior Best: 8.411/154.79/-0.539, Was #17
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.937/120.46/0.187, Now #13; C/SM Index: 8.75, Prior Best: 8.198/166.91/-0.552, Was #13

Sigmon runs 0.007 from his prior best.

Wilson slows down track.

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Left Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 8.222/167.45/-0.318, Now #20; F/A Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.190/168.30/-0.350, Was #20
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.345/160.21/-0.535, Now #14; D/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.334/160.33/-0.546, Was #14

Two strong passes and they will not improve.

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Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.150/135.88/-0.350, Now #9; B/SMA Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.907/170.02/-0.593, Was #9
Right Lane: Brad Brewer Runs 7.194/191.97/-0.366, Now #20; B/A Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.229/191.81/-0.331, Was #21

Lamb is off the throttle early.

Nice clean pass for Brewer and he moves one spot up the ladder,

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Left Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 7.537/176.60/-0.633, Now #3; B/EA Index: 8.17, Prior Best: 7.569/176.56/-0.601, Was #7
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.000/168.56/-0.500, Now #15; B/SMA Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.958/169.04/-0.542, Was #15

11:40 a.m. Lamb's car stopped on the track after the finish line and had to be towed off. 11:43 a.m. Back to qualifying.

Wheels up leave for Lane and a good pass.

Skillman's crew did their homework overnight and he has the power to move four spots up the ladder to the new #3 spot.

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Left Lane: Tony Mandella Runs 8.434/136.25/-0.506, Now #11; C/TA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.357/158.45/-0.583, Was #11
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.155/172.10/-0.195, Now #22; A/SM Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 8.278/173.65/-0.072, Was #22

Wheels up leave for both cars, but neither improves.

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Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.341/147.83/-0.479, Now #6; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.210/170.51/-0.610, Was #6

Rampy clicks it early.

11:46 a.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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