Thu, 19 Jun 2008, 03:04 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Larry Sullivan |
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:
Left Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 8.240/161.94/-0.580, Now #1 I/A Index: 8.82
Right Lane: Ray Bamond Runs 8.384/161.57/-0.476, Now #2 C/SMA Index: 8.86
2:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 1,710 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.
Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 27.825/30.47/19.035, Now #4 I/AA Index: 8.79
Right Lane: Keith Roberts Runs 11.219/81.31/1.479, Now #3 I/SMA Index: 9.74
Biondo's Beretta squatted and broke on the launch. Roberts slowed in the middle of his run.
Left Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 6.958/192.25/-0.552, Now #2 C/D Index: 7.51
Right Lane: Leland Hewell Runs 7.301/183.89/-0.329, Now #4 C/DA Index: 7.63
Left Lane: Bill Griffin Jr. Runs 8.115/164.47/-0.605, Now #2 C/EA Index: 8.72
Right Lane: Jake Crimmins Runs 6.379/218.05/-0.691, Now #1 AA/AM Index: 7.07
Crimmins went six hundredths under the class record in the "limited Alcohol Funny Car" to go to the head of the list. Nice-looking run, smooth and straight. Jake Crimmins' incremental times: 60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.727, 660ft-4.138/174.57mph, 1,000ft-5.352
Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 7.646/174.62/-0.634, Now #2 D/AA Index: 8.28
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.394/182.77/-0.246, Now #8 B/AA Index: 7.64
Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.054/167.57/-0.626, Now #3 F/A Index: 8.68
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 15.121/64.93/7.481, Now #11 B/AA Index: 7.64
Johnson's car died on the launch.
Left Lane: Tom Ekroth Runs 7.546/179.42/-0.434, Now #9 C/A Index: 7.98
Right Lane: Kennith Voight Runs 8.838/151.97/-0.542, Now #7 G/SM Index: 9.38
Left Lane: Daniel Civiello Runs 11.008/127.68/2.578, Now #14 A/SM Index: 8.43
Right Lane: John Caliendo Jr Runs 7.770/173.43/-0.510, Now #8 D/AA Index: 8.28
Civiello's car chugged and bogged in the first three gears. It's the first time we've seen this car and driver...
Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.522/179.66/-0.498, Now #9 C/AA Index: 8.02
Right Lane: Erich Bollman Runs 7.882/172.17/-0.478, Now #10 E/A Index: 8.36
Left Lane: John Frech Runs 8.191/160.94/-0.499, Now #9 F/D Index: 8.69
Right Lane: Pete Hanratty Runs 9.654/86.18/2.504, Now #17 A/DA Index: 7.15
Hanratty's enginje went silent about 300 feet out. Frech's 188 cubic-inch powerplant was strong enough to put him almost -.500 against his index.
Left Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.844/191.40/-0.656, Now #2 A/ND Index: 7.50
Right Lane: George Supinski Runs 8.219/164.75/-0.581, Now #6 C/SM Index: 8.80
Darcy is "a player," nice pass in the Nostalgia dragster.
Left Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.366/159.25/-0.314, Now #18 F/A Index: 8.68
Right Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.826/173.70/-0.394, Now #16 PSTA Index: 8.22
Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.286/173.43/-0.614, Now #5 A/EA Index: 7.90
Right Lane: Doug Doll Jr. Runs 8.302/157.72/-0.528, Now #11 F/ED Index: 8.83
Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 8.013/143.75/-0.507, Now #13 B/SR Index: 8.52
Right Lane: Tom Stalba Runs 8.398/159.36/-0.462, Now #18 C/SMA Index: 8.86
Brtozzi was off the throttle around 1,000 feet, running 135 mph at half track.
Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.875/171.45/-0.485, Now #17 D/A Index: 8.36
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.034/164.43/-0.656, Now #3 F/D Index: 8.69
Ackerman shows he's ready to play with the "big boys."
Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 8.336/155.78/-0.554, Now #10 G/EA Index: 8.89
Right Lane: Stephen Szupka Runs 8.325/157.71/-0.505, Now #16 F/ED Index: 8.83
Left Lane: Gerry Russo Runs 8.277/163.33/-0.583, Now #9 C/SMA Index: 8.86
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.860/167.28/-0.660, Now #2 B/SR Index: 8.52
Martel was 0.000 on the tree and second-quickest against his index.
Left Lane: David Strouse III Runs 17.673/44.20/10.023, Now #34 B/A Index: 7.65
Strouse went through the clutch and shu8t it off.
After one session, it's Crimmins at the head of the list at -0.6691
and the bump is over two seconds - that will change.
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