Thu, 9 Nov 2006, 07:45 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Darryl Jackman |
POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California 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:
Left Lane: Pete Adams Runs 7.751/175.18/-0.229, Now #34; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.755/176.93/-0.225, Was #33
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.908/151.37/-0.302, Now #31; F/SM Index: 9.21, No Prior Run
4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 2,506 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.
Second session of Comp is on the line. Jones broke before the first his hit and this is not a sterling effort for him. He gets in at
#31 but there are cars to bump him. Adams gets no help either.
Left Lane: Tom Snyder Runs 7.482/184.57/0.322, Now #38; A/A Index: 7.16, Prior Best: 12.073/84.71/4.913, Was #39
Right Lane: John Mihovetz Runs 7.078/158.67/-0.312, Now #31; BB/AT Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 9.073/110.28/1.683, Was #37
Mihovetz gets the BBAT into the field but awfully close to the bump. Snyder is out the show in Pappy's Pride.
Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 8.926/113.26/1.196, Now #36; B/AA Index: 7.73, Prior Best: 7.679/174.96/-0.051, Was #36
Right Lane: David Sumek Runs 6.666/201.19/-0.504, Now #1; AA/AM Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 6.535/206.32/-0.635, Was #1
Sumek is all over the right lane, even more than his first hit earlier. Mozeris was coasting well before the stripe.
Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.978/135.43/-0.442, Now #27; F/SM Index: 9.42, Prior Best: 8.965/135.04/-0.455, Was #27
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.014/164.29/-0.576, Now #6; B/SR Index: 8.59, Prior Best: 8.000/164.09/-0.590, Was #6
No improvement for either driver.
Left Lane: Kevin Smith Runs 7.836/128.01/0.106, Now #25; B/AA Index: 7.73, Prior Best: 7.266/190.22/-0.464, Was #25
Right Lane: Dave Raybourn Runs 9.804/101.54/0.674, Now #34; E/SMA Index: 9.13, Prior Best: 8.873/151.34/-0.257, Was #34
Smith just about crosses the center stripe at about half track but pulls it back at the last instant. Raybourn remains #34.
Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.470/181.08/-0.600, Now #3; PST Index: 8.07, Prior Best: 7.479/182.08/-0.591, Was #5
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.140/166.58/-0.550, Now #14; F/A Index: 8.69, Prior Best: 8.194/166.17/-0.496, Was #19
This time both drivers improve their positions.
Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.870/201.04/-0.490, Now #21; A/AA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 10.790/110.51/3.430, Was #39
Right Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.204/190.97/-0.526, Now #15; B/AA Index: 7.73, No Prior Run
Another case of both drivers getting it right and making the show.
Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 15.454/61.89/7.524, Now #41; C/ED Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 17.889/51.16/9.959, Was #41
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.551/179.85/-0.499, Now #17; C/AA Index: 8.05, Prior Best: 7.539/180.57/-0.511, Was #17
McClay has problems again and shuts off. Edwards slows slightly.
Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.713/149.35/-0.507, Now #18; C/SR Index: 9.22, Prior Best: 8.732/145.03/-0.488, Was #22
Right Lane: Dave Barcelon Runs 8.537/158.95/-0.513, Now #12; G/A Index: 9.05, Prior Best: 8.485/159.55/-0.565, Was #12
Barcelon slows but Sigmon improves a few spots.
Left Lane: Fred Gross Runs 8.544/157.63/-0.506, Now #20; G/A Index: 9.05, Prior Best: 8.650/157.61/-0.400, Was #32
Right Lane: Lucky Snyder Runs 8.311/147.33/-0.379, Now #29; F/A Index: 8.69, Prior Best: 8.231/164.49/-0.459, Was #28
Gross gets off the bump but Snyder has his problems in the Alpine.
Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.176/165.40/-0.564, Now #10; B/SM Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.159/165.82/-0.581, Was #10
Right Lane: David Beckley Runs 6.894/185.26/-0.466, Now #21; A/AA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.855/186.23/-0.505, Was #21
Another pair that slows slightly.
Left Lane: Al Bresch Runs 9.114/149.33/-0.376, Now #24; G/SM Index: 9.49, Prior Best: 9.015/150.58/-0.475, Was #24
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.547/211.79/-0.613, Now #3; A/A Index: 7.16, Prior Best: 6.566/211.66/-0.594, Was #5
Deceglie gets a little more power to the track at goes to #3. No help for Bresch.
Left Lane: Brad Plourd Runs 16.792/66.01/8.862, Now #42; C/ED Index: 7.93, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mark Stewart Runs 8.907/150.60/-0.503, Now #22; G/SMA Index: 9.41, Prior Best: 8.938/150.78/-0.472, Was #25
Plourd has the car break right the hit and he coasts on out. He remains #42. Stewart improves slightly.
Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 7.214/191.19/-0.496, Now #24; AA/SM Index: 7.71, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.847/124.21/-0.063, Now #39; F/ED Index: 8.91, Prior Best: 20.657/26.38/11.747, Was #43
Butner gets his car in after having problems in the first session. Brown misses the cut and leaves Carbery on the bump.
Left Lane: Michael Stone Runs 7.452/178.54/-0.478, Now #23; C/ED Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.428/179.61/-0.502, Was #23
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 14.680/72.78/6.990, Now #32; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 7.268/185.03/-0.422, Was #32
Carbery has the car shake and do a dance at the hit. He was coasting by 100 feet. Stone gets no help.
Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.411/145.89/-0.519, Now #13; D/EA Index: 8.93, Prior Best: 8.372/143.05/-0.558, Was #13
Right Lane: Jim Warter Runs 8.813/153.20/-0.607, Now #4; F/SM Index: 9.42, Prior Best: 8.847/153.21/-0.573, Was #11
Warter reaches the magic sixty under and picks up seven spots. Cowan slows from his first.
Left Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald No Time, Now #33; E/AA Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.941/169.47/-0.419, Was #33
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.590/158.86/-0.500, Now #19; D/SMA Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.584/158.04/-0.506, Was #19
Fitzgerald is pushed away after the burnout and the starting line crew is cleaning up some stuff. Sharp fails to improve.
Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.770/174.93/-0.590, Now #10; E/A Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.776/175.52/-0.584, Was #10
Right Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 8.243/162.06/-0.467, Now #16; F/AA Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 8.188/163.75/-0.522, Was #16
Patterson just about duplicates his first run and Morrison loses about a nickel.
Left Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.650/202.12/-0.580, Now #2; A/ED Index: 7.23, Prior Best: 6.615/203.00/-0.615, Was #2
Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.111/193.27/-0.579, Now #8; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 7.100/193.07/-0.590, Was #8
Again both drivers slow from the morning session.
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.683/133.94/-0.407, Now #9; D/SMA Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.500/157.32/-0.590, Was #9
Lambeck lifted early and slowed from his first hit.
Right Lane: Max Tafoya Jr Runs 7.798/165.56/-0.132, Now #36; C/ED Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.664/172.81/-0.266, Was #36
Tafoya fails to improve or crack the field.
Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 7.896/170.54/-0.464, Now #27; E/AA Index: 8.36, Prior Best: 7.893/170.75/-0.467, Was #27
Again...no help. Biondo closes out round two of Comp Qualifying.
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