Thu, 14 Nov 2019, 19:01 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, 55th 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: Randy Jones No Time, Now #22; C/T Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.385/161.56/-0.425, Was #22
Right Lane: Josh Lee Runs 8.893/131.13/-0.597, Now #2; H/EA Index: 9.49, Prior Best: 8.839/147.88/-0.651, Was #2

3:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,703 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Kurt Hugger is number one at -0.672 under. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Jones' S-10 pulled through the lights, as the RPM's went up and then the engine went silent. He gets pushed away.

Looked like Lee may have been testing his CIC dump spot, as he slows lust a little from earlier.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 9.010/115.07/0.080, Now #5; D/SMA Index: 8.93, Prior Best: 8.306/161.38/-0.624, Was #5
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 6.957/189.82/-0.523, Now #14; B/ED Index: 7.48, Prior Best: 6.935/186.25/-0.545, Was #14

Mozeris gets a straight pass this time and will stay #14.

Lambeck is coasting early.

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Left Lane: Ryan Priddy Runs 12.682/81.22/4.212, Now #17; FS/SM Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 7.961/172.14/-0.509, Was #17
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.212/183.02/-0.608, Now #4; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.189/183.27/-0.631, Was #4

Priddy kicks the tires loose at the green and lifts.

Rampy is close to his prior best to stay #4.

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Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.301/170.11/-0.519, Now #11; C/ED Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.257/181.98/-0.563, Was #11
Right Lane: Jesse Alexandra Runs 11.497/92.49/3.027, Now #23; FS/SM Index: 8.47, Prior Best: 8.147/171.62/-0.323, Was #23

Alexander is loose in the right lane and McClay is off the pedal early and coasting.

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Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.516/179.78/-0.564, Now #10; D/AA Index: 8.08, Prior Best: 7.513/179.71/-0.567, Was #10
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.687/152.02/-0.123, Now #18; A/EA Index: 7.81, Prior Best: 7.314/180.36/-0.496, Was #18

Van Paepeghem's altered starts to drift towards the centerline down track and he lifts early.

Greenheck runs just 0.003 to his prior best to stay #10.

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Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 8.318/157.19/-0.532, Now #6; C/SM Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 8.236/166.50/-0.614, Was #6
Right Lane: Paul Mitsos Runs 6.725/204.60/-0.425, Now #21; A/AA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.721/205.04/-0.429, Was #21

Graham is coasting after the 1000 foot lights and Mitsos runs on through the finish line to slow a tad.

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Left Lane: Kurt Hugger Runs 7.499/182.03/-0.531, Now #1; PST Index: 8.03, Prior Best: 7.358/183.77/-0.672, Was #1
Right Lane: Cody Lane Runs 8.042/160.90/-0.558, Now #13; B/SMA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.166/151.58/-0.434, Was #20

Big wheels up leave for Lane and makes his best run of the day to move up to the #13 spot.

Hugger's S-10 is squirrely off the line and he doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 8.272/165.40/-0.368, Now #20; F/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.180/165.15/-0.460, Was #20
Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 7.631/178.71/-0.609, Now #8; D/A Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.680/178.59/-0.560, Was #12

Snyder finds a little speed, but loses a little ET to stay #20.

Hodges uses a little more tune up and moves four spots up the ladder to the number eight spot.

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Left Lane: Jason Grima Runs 7.088/181.62/-0.572, Now #7; B/A Index: 7.66, Prior Best: 7.049/179.95/-0.611, Was #7
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 7.450/177.21/-0.590, Now #3; J/AA Index: 8.04, Prior Best: 7.390/168.01/-0.650, Was #3

Grima's Mustang is a little tail happy off the line and he runs out of the groove to the finish line. He runs faster, but doesn't improve his ET.

Big jump in speed for Aragona, but his worse ET of the day.

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Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.423/183.54/-0.547, Now #9; PST Index: 7.97, Prior Best: 7.385/184.14/-0.585, Was #9

Clean and straight for Mettler to stay #9.

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Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.501/153.95/-0.529, Now #16; C/SR Index: 9.03, Prior Best: 8.512/154.81/-0.518, Was #17

This is just Sigmon's second attempt today. He picks up just a little and one spot to #16.

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Right Lane: Tony Mandella Runs 7.838/179.54/-0.622, Now #6; A/SMA Index: 8.46, Prior Best: 7.906/162.55/-0.554, Was #14

Strong pass for Mandella to wrap up qualifying. He runs from #14 to #6!

3:55 p.m. Kurt Hugger stayed #1 at -0.672 under his index. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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