Fri, 3 Oct 2008, 08:14 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals 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:

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Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.886/198.12/-0.404, Now #10; A/AP Index: 7.29, Prior Best: 7.466/193.43/0.176, Was #16
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.909/119.92/-0.211, Now #14; C/SR Index: 9.12, Prior Best: 8.950/117.29/-0.170, Was #13

4:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.65 inches, adjusted altitude 3,326 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Ellis' car moves around a lot at the hit, but he finds some tune up to move up to the current #10 spot. Sigmon improves a little too, but gets moved down a spot by Ellis. [No Bump Stop This Weekend].

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Left Lane: Mike Maggio Runs 8.727/98.08/1.877, Now #15; AA/PM Index: 6.85, Prior Best: 6.834/206.10/-0.016, Was #15

Maggio attempts to turn the earth on his single and gets crossed up. He wisely clicks it early.

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Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.642/176.95/-0.378, Now #11; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.701/176.67/-0.319, Was #12
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.496/178.54/-0.524, Now #1; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.487/180.43/-0.533, Was #1

Two straight and clean passes.Edwards runs close to his prior best and Moscini moves up a spot for now.

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Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.522/180.40/-0.458, Now #8; C/A Index: 7.98, Prior Best: 7.541/179.85/-0.439, Was #8
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.487/181.08/-0.523, Now #2; PST Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.510/180.40/-0.500, Was #4

Another two nice passes. Both cars pick up about 2 hundredths on their index. Mettler moves up two spots and Graham stays number eight.

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Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 6.959/189.95/-0.501, Now #6; B/ND Index: 7.46, Prior Best: 13.964/73.30/6.504, Was #17
Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.275/150.23/-0.515, Now #4; I/AA Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.950/145.78/0.160, Was #16

Carter will be a little "gun shy" after last sessions big wheel stand. Didn't phase him though, as be gets from start to finish cleanly. Nice eleven spot move up the ladder to the current #6 position. Cowan find his missing power and moves twelve spots up the ladder to the #4 spot.

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Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 12.810/67.10/4.790, Now #11; C/AA Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.594/178.59/-0.426, Was #11
Right Lane: Jon Rowley Runs 7.005/189.55/-0.455, Now #9; A/ND Index: 7.46, Prior Best: 6.991/189.47/-0.469, Was #9

Freeze has problems and slows by 330 feet. Rowley runs close to his prior best.

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Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.131/166.03/-0.529, Now #2; C/EA Index: 8.66, Prior Best: 8.172/167.34/-0.488, Was #8
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.725/153.89/-0.415, Now #12; E/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 8.770/153.72/-0.370, Was #14

Fletcher gets a nice pass and moves into the new #2 spot. Jones' Cavalier still does the back end waggle off the line, but he has the power to move two spots up the ladder.

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Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.344/162.51/-0.516, Now #4; C/SMA Index: 8.86, Prior Best: 8.345/162.16/-0.515, Was #4

Single for Wilson and he repeats from earlier, improving by only 0.001.

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Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.646/131.81/-0.354, Now #8; D/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.506/156.48/-0.494, Was #8

Last car of the session! Lambeck's car leaves hard and then slows on the top end for no apparent reason.

4:53 p.m. John Edwards' -0.533 leads the 17 car field.

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