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Fri, 13 Sep 2019, 11:39 AM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Jim Samuel





MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Pat Ross Runs 7.983/169.42/-0.657, Now #3; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.124/167.22/-0.516, Was #11
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 6.937/197.08/-0.683, Now #2; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.028/197.28/-0.592, Was #3

11:21 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,285 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.



Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.328/185.82/-0.612, Now #4; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.400/183.44/-0.540, Was #10
Right Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.788/151.61/-0.562, Now #9; L/A Index: 9.35, Prior Best: 8.900/150.21/-0.450, Was #15

Two more runs doe

Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 7.983/169.42/-0.657, Now #3; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.124/167.22/-0.516, Was #11
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 6.937/197.08/-0.683, Now #2; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.028/197.28/-0.592, Was #3

11:25 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,285 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Two runs down the groove.


Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.328/185.82/-0.612, Now #4; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.400/183.44/-0.540, Was #10
Right Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.788/151.61/-0.562, Now #9; L/A Index: 9.35, Prior Best: 8.900/150.21/-0.450, Was #15

Both drivers went down the groove.

Left Lane: Thomas Miller Runs 7.385/186.41/-0.515, Now #8; C/AA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.332/185.97/-0.568, Was #8
Right Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.616/177.46/-0.684, Now #2; D/A Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.699/176.40/-0.601, Was #5

two clean runs. Hopkins moved up in the order.

Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 8.138/165.25/-0.712, Now #2; H/A Index: 8.85, No Prior Run
Right Lane: David Kramer Runs 8.770/169.10/0.300, Now #21; FS/SM Index: 8.47, No Prior Run

Both drivers made their first first runs of the weekend.

Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.673/178.28/-0.527, Now #14; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.861/175.41/-0.339, Was #19
Right Lane: Jesse Alexandra Runs 8.006/155.56/-0.464, Now #18; FS/SM Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 8.039/168.30/-0.431, Was #17

Two clean runs down the groove.

Left Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.216/162.55/-0.594, Now #7; I/A Index: 8.81, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 7.623/175.50/-0.557, Now #1; J/AA Index: 8.18, Prior Best: 7.440/178.78/-0.740, Was #1

Two clean runs.

Left Lane: Christopher Piston Runs 8.536/122.13/-0.204, Now #21; F/DA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.782/116.66/0.042, Was #21
Right Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 8.952/151.94/-0.608, Now #7; I/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.006/149.50/-0.554, Was #12

Both drivers made clean runs.

Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 9.979/103.51/0.459, Now #10; I/SM Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 8.944/152.09/-0.576, Was #9
Right Lane: Todd Logan Runs 7.321/180.00/-0.589, Now #9; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.438/179.85/-0.472, Was #18

Logan moved up in the order with this run.

Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 8.404/160.08/-0.676, Now #5; E/SM Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.509/161.00/-0.571, Was #11
Right Lane: Jay Schonberger Runs 8.211/163.93/-0.549, Now #14; I/A Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.214/164.11/-0.546, Was #14

Daniels moved up six spots in the order.

Right Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.304/162.10/-0.336, Now #20; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.275/163.93/-0.365, Was #20


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