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Fri, 13 Sep 2019, 13:46 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Jim Samuel





MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 3 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: Jay Schonberger Runs 8.139/164.85/-0.621, Now #8; I/A Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.211/163.93/-0.549, Was #14
Right Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 8.855/152.37/-0.665, Now #6; I/SM Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 8.944/152.09/-0.576, Was #11

1:28 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,351 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

A pair of good runs that moved Schonberger up six spots in the order and Carnasciale up five spots.


Left Lane: Todd Logan Runs 7.374/178.64/-0.536, Now #13; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.321/180.00/-0.589, Was #12
Right Lane: Christopher Piston Runs 8.041/162.59/-0.699, Now #3; F/DA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.536/122.13/-0.204, Was #20

Piston had his best run of the weekend and moved up 17 spots in the order. That pushed Logan down one spot.

Left Lane: Doug Doll Runs 11.585/94.53/3.675, Now #17; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.379/180.40/-0.531, Was #16
Right Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.599/176.86/-0.601, Now #12; PSTA Index: 8.20, Prior Best: 7.673/178.28/-0.527, Was #17

Doll launched and was slow on the track. Ippolito jumped up five spots in the order with a clean run down the groove.

Left Lane: David Kramer Runs 7.907/170.84/-0.563, Now #16; FS/SM Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 8.770/169.10/0.300, Was #21
Right Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.210/163.41/-0.600, Now #13; I/A Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.216/162.55/-0.594, Was #13

A pair of clean runs that left Hill where he was in the order and moved Kramer up five spots.

Left Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 10.974/76.28/3.354, Now #5; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 6.937/197.08/-0.683, Was #5
Right Lane: Pat Ross Runs 7.980/169.13/-0.660, Now #8; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 7.983/169.42/-0.657, Was #8

Mannino slowed on the track.

Left Lane: Jesse Alexandra Runs 7.955/170.04/-0.515, Now #19; FS/SM Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 8.006/155.56/-0.464, Was #20
Right Lane: Tom Martino Runs 8.134/165.36/-0.716, Now #2; C/SM Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 8.138/165.25/-0.712, Was #2

A pair of good runs down the track that had only a small effect on the qualifying order.

Left Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.906/150.75/-0.444, Now #17; L/A Index: 9.35, Prior Best: 8.788/151.61/-0.562, Was #17
Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 8.441/160.82/-0.639, Now #6; E/SM Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.404/160.08/-0.676, Was #6

Both drivers stayed where they were in the qualifying order.

Left Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 8.948/149.65/-0.612, Now #11; I/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 8.952/151.94/-0.608, Was #11
Right Lane: Thomas Miller Runs 7.291/187.08/-0.609, Now #12; C/AA Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.332/185.97/-0.568, Was #15

Miller moved up three spots in the order.

Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.630/176.79/-0.670, Now #4; D/A Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.616/177.46/-0.684, Was #4

Hopkins went down the groove and will stay where he was in the order.

Left Lane: Kevin Houghtaling Runs 8.141/165.80/-0.499, Now #20; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.275/163.93/-0.365, Was #21

Houghtaling moved up one spot with a good run.

Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 7.581/176.03/-0.599, Now #1; J/AA Index: 8.18, Prior Best: 7.440/178.78/-0.740, Was #1

Aragona stays in the top spot in the qualifying order.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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