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Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2
Fri, 25 Feb 2005, 05:05 PM
Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 21st annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA 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:
Left Lane: Wade Oman Runs 7.136/186.61/-0.374, Now #29; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.129/186.90/-0.381, Was #29
Right Lane: Tony Jackson Runs 8.453/158.50/-0.537, Now #10; D/EA Index: 8.99, Prior
Best: 8.499/157.72/-0.491, Was #19
2:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 41
percent, barometer 28.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,623 feet, track temperature 104
degrees.
The air and track are warming up quite smartly over the last few hours. The first pair out
yields a mixed bag as Oman doesn't improve but Jackson does.
Left Lane: Dean Howerton Runs 7.099/189.98/-0.511, Now #16; C/D Index: 7.61, Prior
Best: 7.160/189.20/-0.450, Was #24
Right Lane: Bill Kent Runs 7.818/131.79/0.208, Now #18; C/D Index: 7.61, Prior
Best: 7.102/189.15/-0.508, Was #17
Kent has problems and lifts before the finish. Howerton picks up about
.06.
Left Lane: Mike Graves Runs 8.869/111.34/0.509, Now #38; C/A Index: 8.36, Prior
Best: 9.022/106.59/0.662, Was #38
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 10.898/104.21/3.388, Now #20; B/ED Index: 7.51,
Prior Best: 7.009/190.73/-0.501, Was #20
Tanksley shook hard and had to lift a couple of times. He accelerated enough to
make the turnout and was coasting at the finish. Graves still with problems of his
own.
Left Lane: Joe Shalkowski Runs 8.555/151.00/-0.435, Now #25; F/ED Index: 8.99,
Prior Best: 8.637/150.31/-0.353, Was #31
Right Lane: Alan Freese Runs 8.062/168.49/-0.358, Now #32; E/AA Index: 8.42, Prior
Best: 11.129/82.12/2.709, Was #42
Both drivers improve, but maybe not enough. With 42 cars those times may not stick
in the show.
Left Lane: Tom Tucker Runs 8.232/163.20/-0.548, Now #3; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior
Best: 8.192/163.69/-0.588, Was #3
Right Lane: Brian Seward Runs 7.123/186.72/-0.387, Now #27; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.123/186.36/-0.387, Was #27
No help for either driver.
Left Lane: Daniel Mikel Runs 8.452/159.38/-0.528, Now #14; B/TA Index: 8.98, Prior
Best: 11.118/83.51/2.138, Was #41
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.781/147.04/-0.479, Now #18; C/SR Index: 9.26, Prior
Best: 8.750/149.45/-0.510, Was #17
Mikel makes a big move and makes the top half of the field from the #41 spot.
Sigmon slows slightly.
Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.650/155.56/-0.550, Now #4; D/SM Index: 9.20, Prior
Best: 8.612/155.96/-0.588, Was #4
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 10.452/97.86/3.042, Now #39; A/AA Index: 7.41, Prior
Best: 7.555/149.36/0.145, Was #39
Ellis gets the altered bouncing and he has to lift. Bowdish remains #4.
Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.629/209.92/-0.561, Now #9; A/A Index: 7.19,
Prior Best: 8.113/210.73/0.923, Was #41
Right Lane: Joe Angelo Runs 7.898/121.23/0.388, Now #35; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.183/185.41/-0.327, Was #34
Another big blast for the altered Vette of Deceglie. Angelo slows.
Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.073/188.23/-0.437, Now #27; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.102/188.25/-0.408, Was #28
Right Lane: Mike Depalma Runs 7.217/189.84/-0.523, Now #7; B/A Index: 7.74, Prior
Best: 7.172/190.27/-0.568, Was #7
Mozeris picks up but DePalma slows.
Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.216/190.43/-0.524, Now #17; B/A Index: 7.74, Prior
Best: 7.237/190.59/-0.503, Was #21
Right Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.132/186.51/-0.458, Now #14; A/ND Index: 7.59, Prior
Best: 7.061/187.99/-0.529, Was #14
Carter got the A/ND bouncing in the right lane and lifted to settle the car.
Huggins picks up but just misses the top half of the field.
Left Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.343/163.67/-0.437, Now #28; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior
Best: 8.396/164.01/-0.384, Was #30
Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.285/164.01/-0.485, Now #16; B/SM Index: 8.77,
Prior Best: 8.243/164.23/-0.527, Was #16
Barcelon improves but Hedlund slows by .04.
Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 7.958/169.13/-0.572, Now #8; B/EA Index: 8.53, Prior
Best: 7.996/168.91/-0.534, Was #12
Right Lane: Rob Harrison Runs 7.972/165.78/-0.588, Now #5; J/A Index: 8.56, Prior
Best: 8.108/167.26/-0.452, Was #26
Big moves for both drivers. Harrison goes from well down in the field to #5 and
Cowan also picks up for spots.
Left Lane: Colt Mikel Runs 8.354/161.11/-0.626, Now #1; B/TA Index: 8.98, Prior
Best: 8.406/160.02/-0.574, Was #7
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.891/126.41/-0.349, Now #24; E/SMA Index: 9.24,
Prior Best: 8.766/152.50/-0.474, Was #24
Colt Mikel knocks Brogdon out of the top spot with a real burner in the S-10.
Lambeck loses more than a tenth so there may be problems in that camp.
Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.557/179.42/-0.523, Now #11; PST Index: 8.08, Prior
Best: 7.517/179.73/-0.563, Was #10
Right Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 8.662/149.86/-0.598, Now #3; C/SR Index: 9.26, Prior
Best: 8.737/139.53/-0.523, Was #19
Schmidt has the V6 humming here on the second hit and goes from the bottom half to
#3. Mettler slows just a touch from his first.
Left Lane: Jeff Lion No Time, Now #26; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior Best:
8.324/163.97/-0.456, Was #26
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.451/177.35/-0.529, Now #13; A/EA Index: 7.98, Prior
Best: 7.433/176.51/-0.547, Was #13
Lion breaks right at the hit and rolls to a stop before the 330 cone. Rampy slows
just a little from the morning session.
Left Lane: Robert Baldwin Runs 8.800/152.90/-0.520, Now #15; D/SM Index: 9.32,
Prior Best: 8.790/153.63/-0.530, Was #15
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 8.045/169.72/-0.555, Now #2; A/SMA Index: 8.60,
Prior Best: 7.977/170.34/-0.623, Was #2
Colt Mikel bumped Brogdon out of the top spot a couple of pairs earlier and he
tried and failed to get it back. Brogdon lost a nickel and Baldwin lost .01.
Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.697/154.14/-0.453, Now #25; D/SMA Index: 9.15, Prior
Best: 8.682/154.23/-0.468, Was #25
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.248/188.99/-0.552, Now #8; B/AA Index: 7.80, Prior
Best: 7.217/190.27/-0.583, Was #8
Both drivers slow from round one.
Left Lane: Todd Stewart Runs 7.863/171.66/-0.357, Now #36; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior
Best: 7.940/171.49/-0.280, Was #37
Right Lane: Steve Wilmoth Runs 8.839/148.56/-0.421, Now #30; C/SR Index: 9.26,
Prior Best: 11.924/97.34/2.664, Was #42
Wilmoth picks up a ton from his first session numbers but still only musters the
#30 slot. Stewart goes a little quicker but can't crack the quick 32.
Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.263/143.00/-0.267, Now #32; B/EA Index: 8.53, Prior
Best: 8.146/140.02/-0.384, Was #32
Right Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 9.499/142.37/-0.281, Now #39; G/SMA Index: 9.78,
Prior Best: 9.549/142.25/-0.231, Was #40
Biondo remains on the bump after two runs and really needs to pick it up. Morrison
remains unqualified.
Right Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 6.791/199.23/-0.599, Now #3; B/D Index: 7.39, Prior
Best: 7.029/199.97/-0.361, Was #34
Sallee knocked this one out of the park. 'B' Dragster is tough to run and Sallee's
run came in a right lane that's been giving a lot of the Comp guys fits. Nice pass.
Right Lane: Joe Kohorst Runs 9.537/141.36/0.387, Now #40; D/SMA Index: 9.15, Prior
Best: 8.917/149.07/-0.233, Was #40
Kohorst closes out the session with a few problems in his new sunfire. He remains
well outside the show with one shot left on Saturday.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
By Dave Gerard
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