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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Don Alexander No Time, Now #16; C/ED Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.600/171.99/-0.330, Was #15 Right Lane: Russell Joly Runs 7.423/183.57/-0.517, Now #12; C/AA Index: 7.94, No Prior Run 10:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 2,315 feet, track temperature 91 degrees. Not
sure what happened with Alexander, the tree came down and he went nowhere. Joly made a decent pass
to get in the field in the 12th spot for now. Left Lane: Ray Goodman Runs 7.491/176.86/-0.419, Now #15; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.494/176.37/-0.416, Was #15 Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 8.424/136.86/-0.276, Now #18; B/EA Index: 8.70, No Prior Run Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 6.636/203.89/-0.634, Now #4; B/D Index: 7.27, Prior Best: 6.613/203.55/-0.657, Was #4 Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 7.341/168.60/-0.209, Now #17; B/ED Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 7.254/182.75/-0.296, Was #17 Left Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.528/208.30/-0.642, Now #8; A/DA Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 6.595/205.79/-0.575, Was #11 Right Lane: Raymond Martin Runs 7.673/169.66/-0.627, Now #11; K/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 10.606/116.18/2.306, Was #21 Warren improves and moves up to the eighth spot for now. martin makes a full pass this time and moves up to the 11th spot. Left Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.440/190.16/-0.520, Now #5; BB/A Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.308/190.70/-0.652, Was #5 Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.265/162.88/-0.615, Now #13; B/TA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 10.416/112.26/1.536, Was #21 Brown improves and moves up to the 13th spot. No improvement for Smiley. Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.106/187.65/-0.454, Now #17; B/ND Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 12.701/73.68/5.141, Was #22 Right Lane: Kenneth Hawkins Runs 7.090/187.00/-0.470, Now #15; B/ND Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.139/182.60/-0.421, Was #16 Bourgeois moves to the right, then back to the left, gets it back in the groove and he improves to the 17th spot. Hawkins improves and moves up a spot in the order. Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 7.576/175.27/0.306, Now #23; B/D Index: 7.27, Prior Best: 17.079/47.24/9.809, Was #23 Right Lane: Leslie Carson Runs 7.945/187.50/0.285, Now #22; B/A Index: 7.66, No Prior Run Carson's car stumbled a couple of times early in the run and he gets in the field in the 22nd spot for now. Sallee makes a full pull this run, he improves by almost ten seconds, but he stays in the 23rd spot. Left Lane: Dick Maris Runs 7.017/191.21/-0.583, Now #12; C/DA Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 6.984/191.65/-0.616, Was #12 Right Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.384/162.61/-0.656, Now #1; D/SM Index: 9.04, Prior Best: 8.319/162.70/-0.721, Was #1 Hall slows from his earlier attempt but he is already the top qualifier. maris slows and stays in the 12th spot. Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.192/185.10/-0.668, Now #4; D/D Index: 7.86, No Prior Run Right Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.910/167.47/-0.570, Now #3; F/EA Index: 8.48, Prior Best: 7.808/167.24/-0.672, Was #3 Browell broke on his first attempt so this will be his first run down the track. He makes a good pass and gets in the show in the fourth spot for now. Self slows and stays in the third spot. Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.231/174.91/-0.679, Now #3; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.273/163.08/-0.637, Was #10 Right Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.154/165.01/-0.646, Now #10; B/T Index: 8.80, Prior Best: 8.170/165.19/-0.630, Was #11 Rampy improves and moves up to the third spot. Benham makes a small improvement and moves up a spot in the order. Left Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.617/172.67/-0.683, Now #3; K/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.845/139.54/-0.455, Was #17 Right Lane: Keith Mawhee Runs 7.751/175.87/-0.599, Now #10; D/A Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 7.702/175.96/-0.648, Was #9 Neff makes a good run and moves up to the third spot. Mawhee slows from his earlier attempt. Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.291/185.97/-0.649, Now #2; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.257/186.20/-0.683, Was #2 Right Lane: Charlie Stewart Runs 9.657/90.93/1.297, Now #25; J/DA Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 9.286/80.10/0.926, Was #25 No help for either driver. Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.842/172.85/-0.698, Now #2; A/SMA Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 7.889/155.81/-0.651, Was #9 Patterson improves and moves all the way to the second spot.
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