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Fri, 3 Nov 2006, 10:01 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dan Bennett

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 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: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.850/146.13/-0.530, Now #28; C/SR Index: 9.38, Prior Best: 8.842/139.72/-0.538, Was #28
Right Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.267/157.69/-0.233, Now #37; E/A Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 8.293/156.73/-0.207, Was #38

Left Lane: Colt Mikel Runs 8.495/158.06/-0.585, Now #21; B/TA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.500/157.87/-0.580, Was #22
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 7.085/189.42/-0.615, Now #13; C/D Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.077/189.84/-0.623, Was #13

Left Lane: J. Allen Sherman Runs 8.481/158.54/-0.599, Now #19; B/TA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.499/158.13/-0.581, Was #22
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 14.459/87.06/6.639, Now #39; B/A Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.736/179.02/-0.084, Was #39

Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.041/187.16/-0.609, Now #10; A/ND Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.015/187.68/-0.635, Was #10
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 8.954/167.22/1.094, Now #40; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.794/177.88/-0.066, Was #40

Mozeris blows the tires off and actually creates smoke. He keeps the car straight after the hopping around it did.

Craig made a straight pass.

Left Lane: Clarence Thomas Runs 7.519/182.55/-0.341, Now #35; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.651/182.11/-0.209, Was #38
Right Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.180/182.85/-0.470, Now #25; A/ND Index: 7.65, Prior Best: 7.094/183.37/-0.556, Was #25

Thomas is staging for his last chance to bump into a very fast field.

He doesn't make it.

Left Lane: Kevin Smith Runs 7.283/188.33/-0.577, Now #23; B/AA Index: 7.86, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.595/156.53/-0.615, Now #16; G/A Index: 9.21, Prior Best: 8.607/156.46/-0.603, Was #18

Smith has not made a pass yet, so he's got a one shot deal going on here.

Hey, that's pretty impressive. He jams his way deep into the field.

Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 6.809/203.40/-0.681, Now #2; A/AA Index: 7.49, Prior Best: 6.787/204.88/-0.703, Was #2
Right Lane: Fred Gross Runs 9.054/128.07/-0.156, Now #21; G/A Index: 9.21, Prior Best: 8.624/156.41/-0.586, Was #21

No help for Beckley in getting the top spot, but he's gaining some valuable tuning info as it was a strong, straight pass.

Left Lane: John Mihovetz Runs 6.672/208.36/-0.568, Now #24; BB/AT Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.679/206.48/-0.561, Was #24
Right Lane: Mark Stewart Runs 9.010/147.65/-0.560, Now #26; G/SMA Index: 9.57, Prior Best: 9.021/146.65/-0.549, Was #27

Lots of interest in this turbo car. It has the capability of going to the top also.

Wow, that is a very fast bracket car. It also runs 208.

Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.363/188.25/-0.497, Now #31; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.331/187.91/-0.529, Was #31
Right Lane: Pete Adams Runs 7.836/173.47/-0.284, Now #37; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.857/173.52/-0.263, Was #37

Good runs on both sides of the track, but neither moves up.

Left Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald Runs 8.008/166.93/-0.492, Now #33; E/AA Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 8.004/167.36/-0.496, Was #33
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.630/209.14/-0.650, Now #8; A/A Index: 7.28, Prior Best: 6.633/209.39/-0.647, Was #8

Not many cars improving all that much, but more or less matching their previous good air runs.

Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.631/163.16/-0.579, Now #6; PST Index: 8.21, Prior Best: 7.540/179.66/-0.670, Was #6
Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.273/162.90/-0.617, Now #15; B/SM Index: 8.89, Prior Best: 8.287/163.00/-0.603, Was #18

Left Lane: Bryan Morrison No Time, Now #30; G/AA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.325/159.91/-0.535, Was #30
Right Lane: Dave Raybourn Runs 8.921/149.43/-0.369, Now #35; E/SMA Index: 9.29, Prior Best: 8.902/149.65/-0.388, Was #35

Jeff Lane is on the bump spot at -0.529.

With the way this session is shaping up, he may be save but hitters like Raybourn still are not in.

Morrison headed for the centerline and clicked it off Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 28.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,503 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.820/199.82/-0.670, Now #7; A/AA Index: 7.49, Prior Best: 6.883/198.88/-0.607, Was #18
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.738/176.35/-0.452, Now #20; C/AA Index: 8.19, Prior Best: 7.600/179.28/-0.590, Was #20

Ellis vaults from 18 to 7th on a great pass.

Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.350/159.12/-0.730, Now #1; D/EA Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.368/158.17/-0.712, Was #1
Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.359/159.83/-0.561, Now #26; C/SMA Index: 8.92, Prior Best: 8.379/159.85/-0.541, Was #28

Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.573/155.69/-0.677, Now #6; D/SMA Index: 9.25, Prior Best: 8.584/155.88/-0.666, Was #8
Right Lane: Ginger Welfringer Runs 8.257/169.89/0.397, Now #43; B/AA Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 8.965/171.34/1.105, Was #43

Left Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 8.686/149.90/-0.684, Now #4; E/SM Index: 9.37, Prior Best: 8.690/154.85/-0.680, Was #4
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 9.797/106.31/0.217, Now #5; F/SM Index: 9.58, Prior Best: 8.900/150.18/-0.680, Was #5

Both these cars are -.680 going in to the run.

Jones leaves a huge cloud of smoke as he crosses the line. We're lucky tonight as the track crew tells us there's no oil

Left Lane: Brad Plourd Runs 15.799/71.41/7.729, Now #34; C/ED Index: 8.07, Prior Best: 7.619/173.49/-0.451, Was #34
Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.476/171.71/-0.344, Now #10; B/A Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.177/190.65/-0.643, Was #10

Plourd having problems this weekend, legend Bob Lambeck putting him on the line.

The problems continue as Plourd annihilated the tires once more and will not make it in the field.

Huggins has his own problems as he towed the parachute from about high gear on.

Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.079/161.96/-0.661, Now #9; B/SR Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.211/160.16/-0.529, Was #32
Right Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.064/137.00/-0.516, Now #26; F/SM Index: 9.58, Prior Best: 9.019/148.05/-0.561, Was #25

Lane would really like to get off the bump spot.

He does just that. He finally gets a decent run and breaks deep into the field.

Bowdish slows a bit from his previous.

Bob Marshall is on the bump spot at -0.529.

Left Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.661/200.77/-0.699, Now #4; A/ED Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 7.098/199.73/-0.262, Was #38
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.854/172.83/-0.646, Now #12; E/A Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.873/171.86/-0.627, Was #13

Gebhardt makes a statement and goes into the top 5.

Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.200/163.53/-0.640, Now #14; F/A Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.214/162.90/-0.626, Was #15

Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.788/126.02/-0.462, Now #17; D/SMA Index: 9.25, Prior Best: 8.627/154.35/-0.623, Was #17

Another right lane single brings Lambeck back to the line.

This is only his second pass this weekend. He lifted long before the finish line.

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