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Fri, 02 Oct 2020, 16:20 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest 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: Sean Dodd Runs 7.972/168.83/-0.728, Now #2; C/EA Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.519/123.18/-0.181, Was #13
Right Lane: Pete Pawlak Runs 9.426/94.80/1.506, Now #13; C/AA Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.431/186.28/-0.489, Was #12

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.19 inches, track temperature 79 degrees.

Dodd kept it hooked up and goes to the number two spot with a nice pass.

Pawlak is drifting out of the groove and over by the centerline before he clicks it off.

Left Lane: John Frech Runs 7.907/165.99/-0.683, Now #4; F/D Index: 8.59, Prior Best: 7.944/165.25/-0.646, Was #7
Right Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.164/188.02/-0.656, Now #7; C/AA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.161/187.83/-0.659, Was #6

Frech with a good looking pass to move up the ladder three spots.

Greenheck with another good pass just a few ticks off his earlier time.

Left Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 6.653/204.29/-0.617, Now #10; B/D Index: 7.27, Prior Best: 7.147/144.41/-0.123, Was #14
Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.023/166.42/-0.647, Now #3; D/EA Index: 8.67, Prior Best: 7.980/167.76/-0.690, Was #3

Chamness gets it to hook up on this pass and goes to the 10th spot.

Billingsley with another good pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Chase Williams Runs 18.153/68.09/10.813, Now #6; B/DA Index: 7.34, Prior Best: 6.680/198.61/-0.660, Was #6
Right Lane: Doug Engels Runs 10.408/104.52/2.408, Now #11; D/DA Index: 8.00, Prior Best: 7.444/150.26/-0.556, Was #11

Williams with problems right at the hit and clicked it off.

Engels also with problems and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Terry Smith Runs 6.484/207.53/-0.466, Now #15; A/DA Index: 6.95, Prior Best: 14.488/87.17/7.538, Was #16
Right Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.977/155.87/-0.443, Now #8; A/ND Index: 7.42, Prior Best: 6.791/190.14/-0.629, Was #8

Smith hiked the front end, but gets it too hook up and makes a good pass.

Bourgeois with a great pass, but clicked it off early.

Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.072/194.21/-0.758, Now #1; CC/AT Index: 7.83, Prior Best: 7.277/168.45/-0.553, Was #12
Right Lane: Greg Schenck Runs 9.902/103.61/0.342, Now #16; H/EA Index: 9.56, No Prior Run

Massel launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot.

Schenck is drifting out of the groove over by the centerline before he clicks it off.

Left Lane: Chad Voges Runs 7.539/170.54/-0.631, Now #9; K/AA Index: 8.17, Prior Best: 7.542/170.92/-0.628, Was #10
Right Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.241/163.79/-0.699, Now #4; G/A Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.259/164.13/-0.681, Was #6

Voges with a good looking pass to move up the ladder one spot.

Gusso also improves and goes to the number four spot.

Left Lane: Brian Stufflebeam Runs 12.236/80.48/2.976, Now #13; F/SMA Index: 9.26, Prior Best: 8.720/153.16/-0.540, Was #13
Right Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.478/173.76/-0.662, Now #2; K/AA Index: 8.14, Prior Best: 7.403/175.21/-0.737, Was #2

Stufflebeam with tire shake and clicked it off.

Neff launched hard and kept it hooked up, but will not improve.

Right Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 31.640/119.92/24.340, Now #19; B/DA Index: 7.30, Prior Best: 24.041/54.07/16.741, Was #19

Galbraith with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off, again.

Right Lane: Todd Frantz Runs 7.251/182.08/-0.639, Now #9; A/EA Index: 7.89, Prior Best: 21.447/51.23/13.557, Was #18

Frantz with good looking pass to wrap up qualifying.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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