Fri, 5 Oct 2007, 05:30 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Darryl Jackman |
FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:
Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 9.997/95.52/1.127, Now #2 C/SMA Index: 8.87
Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.569/142.29/-0.281, Now #1 F/ED Index: 8.85
1:43 p.m. Out comes the first round of Comp here at the National Open. Wilson gets loose and clicks it off. Brown is at least under.
Left Lane: Bryan Morrison Runs 8.187/163.49/-0.453, Now #2 G/AA Index: 8.64
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.149/183.82/-0.491, Now #1 C/DA Index: 7.64
Mozeris has switched to C/DA in his little dragster. Middle of the pack runs for both.
Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 13.061/71.07/5.081, Now #6 PST Index: 7.98
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.747/128.31/-0.373, Now #3 C/SR Index: 9.12
Graham has problems and is coasting most of the way. Sigmon is slower than I expected. Weather was about 67 degrees and 40 percent humidity. It's around 2400 feet indicated.
Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.643/175.30/-0.397, Now #3 C/AA Index: 8.04
Right Lane: Dave Raybourn Runs 8.756/152.78/-0.264, Now #6 D/SMA Index: 9.02
Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.267/152.30/-0.453, Now #4 B/ND Index: 7.72
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.839/154.76/-0.501, Now #1 G/SM Index: 9.34
Everyone's slower than normal!
Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 6.599/209.65/-0.591, Now #1 A/AA Index: 7.19
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.784/198.90/-0.566, Now #2 A/AP Index: 7.35
Now that's more like it!
Left Lane: J.D. Zink Runs 7.035/183.19/-0.465, Now #5 A/ND Index: 7.50
Right Lane: Fred Gross Runs 8.928/124.78/-0.102, Now #12 G/A Index: 9.03
Zink went about 1600 feet on that run. He used up a bunch of track. Gross was a bit on the slow side.
Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.505/180.43/-0.535, Now #3 C/AA Index: 8.04
Right Lane: Clarence Thomas Runs 7.507/188.91/-0.143, Now #13 B/AA Index: 7.65
Edwards is in the single qualifying digits but Thomas will be looking at the tuneup. The weather is expected to change everyday, with Sunday being pretty warm.
Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.517/213.13/-0.593, Now #1 A/A Index: 7.11
Right Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.179/189.95/-0.471, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.65
Deceglie takes the top spot away from Beckley.
Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 7.512/179.83/-0.528, Now #5 C/AA Index: 8.04
Right Lane: Patrick Byron Runs 11.510/69.87/4.250, Now #19 B/D Index: 7.26
Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.491/157.87/-0.529, Now #5 D/SMA Index: 9.02
Right Lane: Jeff Gracia Runs 8.213/163.91/-0.507, Now #7 E/SM Index: 8.72
This pair is both fifty plus under.
Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.085/193.27/-0.585, Now #3 B/A Index: 7.67
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.451/181.62/-0.559, Now #5 PST Index: 8.01
Huggins with a good looking B/A run in his GTO. A six this weekend? Mettler is solid as well.
Right Lane: Bryan Fitzgerald Runs 8.254/165.05/-0.386, Now #17 F/AA Index: 8.64
Fitzgerald closes out the first round with a right lane single.
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