Fri, 2 May 2008, 03:44 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:
Left Lane: Bill Yates Runs 7.053/192.19/-0.167, Now #1 A/ED Index: 7.22
Right Lane: Royce Freeman Runs 8.765/156.01/0.065, Now #2 B/SMA Index: 8.70
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,556 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.934/164.19/-0.596, Now #1 B/SR Index: 8.53
Right Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.277/144.07/-0.273, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.55
Patterson with a nice pass....Todd Patterson's incremental times: 60ft-1.103 sec., 330ft-3.210, 660ft-5.024/132.73mph, 1,000ft-6.589
Left Lane: Jim Winje Runs 9.135/147.10/-0.025, Now #5 E/SM Index: 9.16
Right Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.638/203.61/-0.542, Now #2 A/DA Index: 7.18
Gebhardt with a lot of tire spin right off the starting line, but got it to hook up...Jacklyn Gebhardt's incremental times: 60ft-1.024 sec., 330ft-2.769, 660ft-4.249/165.19mph, 1,000ft-5.539
Left Lane: Cordis Johnson Runs 9.086/147.88/-0.474, Now #3 H/SMA Index: 9.56
Right Lane: Michael Johnson Runs 12.918/88.77/3.648, Now #8 A/EA Index: 9.27
Johnson with problems early.
Left Lane: Bill Riemenapp Runs 8.317/162.39/-0.403, Now #4 B/EA Index: 8.72
Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 17.029/49.92/9.049, Now #10 C/A Index: 7.98
Left Lane: Pete Carbery No Time, Now #12 B/A Index: 7.65
Right Lane: Mike Graves Runs 7.899/171.90/-0.461, Now #4 D/A Index: 8.36
Carberry broke on the burnout...
Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.391/183.84/-0.659, Now #1 DD/AT Index: 8.05
Right Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.261/157.03/-0.639, Now #2 G/EA Index: 8.90
Massel with a great pass...Bruno Massel's incremental times: 60ft-1.064 sec., 330ft-3.052, 660ft-4.723/146.78mph, 1,000ft-6.168 Coan with a nice pass...Jason Coan's incremental times: 60ft-1.131 sec., 330ft-3.302, 660ft-5.182/129.42mph, 1,000ft-6.838
Left Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.668/203.12/-0.552, Now #4 A/ED Index: 7.22
Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.435/176.28/-0.435, Now #8 C/ED Index: 7.87
Robert Bailey's incremental times: 60ft-1.046 sec., 330ft-2.793, 660ft-4.275/165.33mph, 1,000ft-5.565
Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.960/207.11/-0.410, Now #9 BB/AT Index: 7.37
Right Lane: Don Winget Runs 9.242/107.16/0.542, Now #15 B/SMA Index: 8.70
Matusek was real loose right off the starting line, making a quick pass toward the wall. He reeled it in for a nice pass...Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-1.056 sec., 330ft-2.904, 660ft-4.531/155.79mph, 1,000ft-5.863
Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.741/175.48/-0.599, Now #3 B/EA Index: 8.34
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.492/181.23/-0.528, Now #7 C/AA Index: 8.02
Lee Sharp's incremental times: 60ft-1.076 sec., 330ft-3.165, 660ft-4.931/139.24mph, 1,000ft-6.455
Arnie Martel's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-3.080, 660ft-4.786/144.43mph, 1,000ft-6.252
Left Lane: David Billingsley Runs 7.369/183.97/-0.531, Now #7 A/EA Index: 7.90
Right Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 7.520/172.67/-0.380, Now #14 A/EA Index: 7.90
David Billingsley's incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-3.036, 660ft-4.705/147.28mph, 1,000ft-6.148
Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.344/174.28/-0.556, Now #6 A/EA Index: 7.90
Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.446/157.76/-0.574, Now #5 D/SMA Index: 9.02
A couple nice passes to end the session...David Rampy's incremental times: 60ft-1.043 sec., 330ft-2.974, 660ft-4.635/147.13mph, 1,000ft-6.089
Justin Lamb's incremental times: 60ft-1.171 sec., 330ft-3.431, 660ft-5.355/127.53mph, 1,000ft-7.024
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