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Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session
Fri, 25 Feb 2005, 08:27 PM
Notes from final, round 3 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: Joe Kohorst Runs 9.493/141.76/0.343, Now #40; D/SMA Index: 9.15, Prior
Best: 8.917/149.07/-0.233, Was #40
Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 7.980/169.15/-0.550, Now #10; B/EA Index: 8.53, Prior
Best: 7.958/169.13/-0.572, Was #10
5:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 46
percent, barometer 28.73 inches, adjusted altitude 2,457 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.
This is the final qualifying session for Comp as the first round is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on
Saturday. Kohorst will be in the box for the first round for the second event in a row. Cowan
will make his start from the top half.
Left Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.022/124.63/0.282, Now #11; B/A Index: 7.74, Prior
Best: 7.172/190.27/-0.568, Was #11
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 7.945/169.61/-0.585, Now #5; B/EA Index: 8.53, Prior
Best: 7.938/170.04/-0.592, Was #5
DePalma was really herding the car around after half track and finally he had to
shut it down. Lane fails to improve but both drivers were already well qualified.
Left Lane: Joe Angelo Runs 11.895/60.02/4.385, Now #37; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.183/185.41/-0.327, Was #37
Right Lane: Joe Shalkowski Runs 8.544/151.43/-0.446, Now #28; F/ED Index: 8.99,
Prior Best: 8.555/151.00/-0.435, Was #30
Angelo shook but he drove through it. he slowed after half track and I couldn't see
why. Shalkowski picks up two spots and gets away from the bump.
Left Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 11.421/77.58/2.161, Now #4; C/SR Index: 9.26, Prior
Best: 8.662/149.86/-0.598, Was #4
Right Lane: Dean Howerton Runs 8.635/108.82/1.025, Now #21; C/D Index: 7.61, Prior
Best: 7.099/189.98/-0.511, Was #21
Both cars got loose and both drivers played it safe. They were well in the show so
better safe than....
Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.311/164.25/-0.459, Now #20; B/SM Index: 8.77,
Prior Best: 8.243/164.23/-0.527, Was #19
Right Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.197/165.05/-0.583, Now #10; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior
Best: 8.343/163.67/-0.437, Was #30
Hedlund doesn't improve but Barcelon makes a huge move in the field. He finds a
tenth and a half and goes from near the bump to #10.
Left Lane: Brian Seward Runs 7.096/186.30/-0.414, Now #32; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.123/186.72/-0.387, Was #32
Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.282/187.11/-0.458, Now #21; B/A Index: 7.74, Prior
Best: 7.216/190.43/-0.524, Was #21
Seward comes into the final run on the bump and after...he's still on the bump.
Huggins gets no help and remains #21.
Left Lane: Clint Sallee Runs 7.819/124.38/0.429, Now #3; B/D Index: 7.39, Prior
Best: 6.791/199.23/-0.599, Was #3
Right Lane: Mike Graves Runs 8.125/166.29/-0.235, Now #40; C/A Index: 8.36, Prior
Best: 8.869/111.34/0.509, Was #42
Sallee shakes and slows but remains #3. Graves can't muster anything better
than -.235 so he'll be watching on Saturday.
Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 7.020/189.31/-0.390, Now #33; A/AA Index: 7.41, Prior
Best: 7.555/149.36/0.145, Was #42
Right Lane: Jeff Lion Runs 8.433/160.54/-0.347, Now #28; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior
Best: 8.324/163.97/-0.456, Was #28
Ellis picks up a ton but still misses the field. For the moment he's the first
alternate. Lion has been fighting the car all weekend and he remains #28. Tough start.
Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.049/186.33/-0.541, Now #16; A/ND Index: 7.59, Prior
Best: 7.061/187.99/-0.529, Was #18
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.564/156.48/-0.366, Now #36; C/SMA Index: 8.93, Prior
Best: 8.635/156.10/-0.295, Was #39
Carter finds about .02 and moves to the 16th spot, the one that gets to race the
#32 qualifier. Wilson is not in the field.
Left Lane: Tony Jackson Runs 8.449/158.20/-0.541, Now #17; D/EA Index: 8.99, Prior
Best: 8.453/158.50/-0.537, Was #17
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.720/152.55/-0.430, Now #27; D/SMA Index: 9.15, Prior
Best: 8.682/154.23/-0.468, Was #27
Jackson misses by .001 of knocking Carter down to the #17 spot, the spot that has
to race the top qualifier in round 1.
Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 11.728/95.88/4.218, Now #25; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.009/190.73/-0.501, Was #24
Right Lane: Tom Tucker Runs 8.220/158.78/-0.560, Now #6; F/A Index: 8.78, Prior
Best: 8.192/163.69/-0.588, Was #6
No help.
Left Lane: Rob Harrison Runs 7.948/167.61/-0.612, Now #3; J/A Index: 8.56, Prior
Best: 7.972/165.78/-0.588, Was #8
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 10.704/84.32/2.624, Now #13; PST Index: 8.08, Prior
Best: 7.517/179.73/-0.563, Was #13
Harrison makes a big move to #3. Mettler remains #13.
Left Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.225/190.00/-0.575, Now #9; B/AA Index: 7.80, Prior
Best: 7.217/190.27/-0.583, Was #9
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.623/210.50/-0.567, Now #13; A/A Index: 7.19,
Prior Best: 6.629/209.92/-0.561, Was #13
Another huge speed for Deceglie. Both drivers will start round one in the top
half.
Left Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 7.939/171.01/-0.661, Now #1; A/SMA Index: 8.60,
Prior Best: 7.977/170.34/-0.623, Was #2
Right Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.611/155.29/-0.589, Now #7; D/SM Index: 9.20, Prior
Best: 8.612/155.96/-0.588, Was #8
Brogdon takes the top spot away from Colt Mikel and Bowdish picks up a spot as
well.
Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 7.980/169.04/-0.440, Now #31; E/AA Index: 8.42, Prior
Best: 8.062/168.49/-0.358, Was #37
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.046/188.31/-0.464, Now #28; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.073/188.23/-0.437, Was #30
Freese bumps in and puts Seward out of the program. Mozeris picks up a
couple.
Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.732/149.48/-0.528, Now #21; C/SR Index: 9.26, Prior
Best: 8.750/149.45/-0.510, Was #24
Right Lane: Robert Baldwin Runs 8.793/153.20/-0.527, Now #19; E/SM Index: 9.32,
Prior Best: 8.790/153.63/-0.530, Was #19
Sigmon and Baldwin remain in the bottom half.
Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.405/176.33/-0.575, Now #11; A/EA Index: 7.98, Prior
Best: 7.433/176.51/-0.547, Was #15
Right Lane: Colt Mikel Runs 8.338/161.46/-0.642, Now #2; B/TA Index: 8.98, Prior
Best: 8.354/161.11/-0.626, Was #2
Mikel gets close but can't take #1 back from Brogdon. Rampy picks up a few
spots.
Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.853/125.12/-0.387, Now #26; E/SMA Index: 9.24,
Prior Best: 8.766/152.50/-0.474, Was #26
Right Lane: Daniel Mikel Runs 8.402/160.61/-0.578, Now #11; B/TA Index: 8.98, Prior
Best: 8.452/159.38/-0.528, Was #20
Daniel Mikel moves into the top of the field. Lambeck remains in the bottom
half.
Left Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 9.583/141.92/-0.197, Now #40; G/SMA Index: 9.78,
Prior Best: 9.499/142.37/-0.281, Was #40
Right Lane: Wade Oman Runs 7.074/186.85/-0.436, Now #32; B/ED Index: 7.51, Prior
Best: 7.129/186.90/-0.381, Was #36
Morrison hurt parts at Pomona and has yet to regain his form. Oman bumps in on the
bubble but Morrison goes home.
Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.029/167.78/-0.501, Now #26; B/EA Index: 8.53, Prior
Best: 8.146/140.02/-0.384, Was #36
Huge move up for Biondo! He picks up .11 and ten spots.
Left Lane: Steve Wilmoth Runs 9.584/101.45/0.324, Now #34; C/SR Index: 9.26, Prior
Best: 8.839/148.56/-0.421, Was #34
Wilmoth closes the session with a failure to qualify. He remains the second
alternate and will only make the show if two qualified cars can't come back.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
By Dave Gerard
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