Fri, 27 Sep 2019, 13:07 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals 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: Terry Ticel Runs 8.258/164.49/-0.602, Now #2; G/AA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.188/165.72/-0.672, Was #2
Right Lane: Ashton Hudson Runs 8.579/159.64/-0.401, Now #18; E/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 9.185/123.02/0.205, Was #18

11:40 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 3,442 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Ticel makes a decent pass but slows from his earlier attempt. Hudson improves but stays in the 18th spot.

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Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 7.801/174.64/-0.549, Now #14; D/A Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 7.810/174.41/-0.540, Was #13
Right Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.450/165.52/-0.550, Now #13; G/A Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.492/159.83/-0.508, Was #15

Benham improves a little but not enough to move up in the order. Hall improves and moves up a couple of spots.

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Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.374/186.28/-0.576, Now #11; C/A Index: 7.95, Prior Best: 7.383/184.04/-0.567, Was #12
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 13.150/70.64/5.870, Now #3; I/D Index: 7.28, Prior Best: 6.630/203.71/-0.650, Was #3

Robison improves and moves up a spot in the order. Massel has problems and is off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Joseph Arrowsmith Runs 8.209/164.67/-0.631, Now #6; G/AA Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.208/165.25/-0.632, Was #6
Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 26.907/43.53/18.037, Now #16; G/AA Index: 8.87, Prior Best: 8.363/160.54/-0.507, Was #16

Moscini has problems and is off the throttle early. Arrowsmith almost equals his first attempt.

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Left Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 40.420/27.18/31.440, Now #12; G/A Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.410/161.21/-0.570, Was #12
Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.021/179.42/-0.539, Now #10; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 6.979/188.62/-0.581, Was #10

Gusso has problems right off the line. Kamplain slows from his first attempt.

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Left Lane: Gary Coccaro Runs 8.732/152.14/-0.488, Now #9; H/AA Index: 9.22, Prior Best: 8.636/158.91/-0.584, Was #9
Right Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 8.175/165.38/-0.445, Now #17; C/EA Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.146/163.18/-0.474, Was #17

No improvement for either driver.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.545/178.99/-0.585, Now #7; D/AA Index: 8.13, Prior Best: 7.521/179.04/-0.609, Was #7
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.321/155.54/-0.499, Now #5; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.172/175.73/-0.648, Was #5

Greenheck slows from his earlier run. Rampy is off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 7.369/124.68/0.069, Now #19; B/DA Index: 7.30, Prior Best: 7.533/116.61/0.233, Was #19
Right Lane: Doug Engels Runs 7.339/180.36/-0.671, Now #1; D/DA Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.324/0.00/-0.686, Was #1

Galbraith improves but stays in the 19th spot. Engels slows from his earlier pass.

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Left Lane: Chad Voges Runs 7.610/152.18/-0.570, Now #4; K/AA Index: 8.18, Prior Best: 7.531/162.33/-0.649, Was #4
Right Lane: Chase Williams Runs 6.784/198.00/-0.576, Now #12; B/DA Index: 7.36, No Prior Run

Williams makes his first pass of the weekend and he gets in the 12th spot. Voges slows from his earlier attempt.

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Left Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 8.173/165.76/-0.527, Now #16; C/EA Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.184/150.85/-0.516, Was #16
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.129/165.54/-0.531, Now #8; I/AA Index: 8.66, Prior Best: 8.069/165.66/-0.591, Was #8

Dodd improves a little but stays in the 16th spot. Billingsley slows from his earlier attempt.

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Left Lane: Greg Schenck Runs 9.137/144.44/-0.423, Now #20; H/EA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 18.918/71.29/9.358, Was #22
Right Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.841/189.71/-0.579, Now #11; A/ND Index: 7.42, No Prior Run

Bourgeois makes a decent pass and gets in the 11th spot. Schenck makes a full pass and moves up a couple of spots in the order.

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