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Sat, 1 Nov 2008, 02:34 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals 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: Brian Darcy Runs 7.144/185.69/-0.446, Now #32; A/ND Index: 7.59, Prior Best: 7.106/185.95/-0.484, Was #32
Right Lane: Skip Dunn Runs 7.342/185.61/-0.428, Now #37; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.327/185.69/-0.443, Was #37

11:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.04 inches, adjusted altitude 3,832 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Left Lane: Paul Gladden Runs 7.086/191.00/-0.174, Now #42; A/DA Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 7.990/188.10/0.730, Was #44
Right Lane: Brad Waddle Runs 10.817/81.15/3.587, Now #27; A/A Index: 7.23, Prior Best: 6.728/205.79/-0.502, Was #27

Waddle was off the throttle well before the finish line.

Left Lane: Kyle Rizzoli Runs 6.976/193.71/-0.544, Now #21; B/DA Index: 7.52, Prior Best: 7.042/193.16/-0.478, Was #34
Right Lane: Ernest Watson Runs 8.604/155.44/-0.396, Now #38; B/SM Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.651/154.60/-0.349, Was #39

Left Lane: Bob Hass Runs 8.478/120.01/0.458, Now #9; B/AP Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.405/186.38/-0.615, Was #9
Right Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 7.157/193.77/-0.613, Now #2; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.107/193.16/-0.663, Was #2

Left Lane: Mark Stewart Runs 9.023/148.94/-0.497, Now #30; G/SMA Index: 9.52, Prior Best: 9.038/148.94/-0.482, Was #34
Right Lane: Pete Carbery Runs 7.220/191.35/-0.550, Now #14; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.201/191.48/-0.569, Was #14

Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.176/181.13/-0.524, Now #26; C/DA Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.180/184.80/-0.520, Was #26
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 9.329/142.90/-0.561, Now #17; I/SMA Index: 9.89, Prior Best: 9.333/142.67/-0.557, Was #18

Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 12.773/99.86/3.493, Now #19; C/SR Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.729/147.39/-0.551, Was #19
Right Lane: Mark Wolfe Runs 6.767/216.20/-0.383, Now #29; AA/AT Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 6.651/217.11/-0.499, Was #29

Sigmon made a hard move to the left on the hit.

Left Lane: Maureen Jondahl Runs 8.709/159.51/-0.101, Now #43; H/AA Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.640/157.72/-0.170, Was #43
Right Lane: Lonnie Kuenzli Runs 7.542/175.30/-0.468, Now #33; A/EA Index: 8.01, Prior Best: 7.524/175.52/-0.486, Was #33

Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.246/186.69/-0.524, Now #22; B/AA Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.237/187.99/-0.533, Was #22
Right Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.523/180.02/-0.597, Now #8; D/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.502/180.12/-0.618, Was #8

Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.616/177.02/-0.534, Now #22; PST Index: 8.15, Prior Best: 7.621/176.53/-0.529, Was #23
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 7.088/192.82/-0.682, Now #1; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.146/191.46/-0.624, Was #7

A stout pass for Gray moves him to the top of the ladder.

Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.831/154.14/-0.309, Now #41; D/SM Index: 9.14, Prior Best: 9.101/148.04/-0.039, Was #44
Right Lane: David Beckley Runs 10.461/87.69/2.341, Now #31; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.629/177.70/-0.491, Was #31

Jones had a hard time staying in the groove early in this pass.

Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.443/160.67/-0.557, Now #17; C/SMA Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.438/157.93/-0.562, Was #16
Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.182/164.37/-0.588, Now #13; C/EA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.212/164.43/-0.558, Was #18

Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 9.718/111.93/2.328, Now #32; A/AP Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.904/195.53/-0.486, Was #32
Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.148/184.40/-0.462, Now #27; B/ED Index: 7.61, Prior Best: 7.099/187.31/-0.511, Was #27

Early tire shake for Ellis.

Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.620/178.05/-0.500, Now #29; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.652/176.60/-0.468, Was #36
Right Lane: Pat Byron Runs 8.015/185.59/0.385, Now #45; C/D Index: 7.63, Prior Best: 14.788/83.08/7.158, Was #46

Left Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 6.699/206.13/-0.591, Now #13; A/AA Index: 7.29, Prior Best: 6.956/202.21/-0.334, Was #40
Right Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 7.139/191.48/-0.631, Now #5; B/A Index: 7.77, Prior Best: 7.160/191.51/-0.610, Was #11

Holloway was to the left of the groove for the first 500 feet of this pass.

Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.123/184.55/-0.577, Now #11; A/ND Index: 7.70, Prior Best: 7.089/185.03/-0.611, Was #11
Right Lane: Charles Watson Jr. Runs 9.082/129.54/-0.358, Now #21; F/SM Index: 9.44, Prior Best: 8.889/152.09/-0.551, Was #21

Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.609/167.18/-0.551, Now #6; C/AA Index: 8.16, Prior Best: 7.530/180.43/-0.630, Was #6
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.565/156.32/-0.595, Now #13; D/SMA Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.587/155.88/-0.573, Was #15

Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 9.288/129.28/-0.442, Now #26; H/SM Index: 9.73, Prior Best: 9.205/143.90/-0.525, Was #26
Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 9.246/126.40/-0.484, Now #25; H/SMA Index: 9.73, Prior Best: 9.204/143.93/-0.526, Was #25

Left Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt Runs 6.641/203.74/-0.619, Now #7; A/DA Index: 7.26, Prior Best: 6.632/204.08/-0.628, Was #7
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.589/155.76/-0.571, Now #4; D/SMA Index: 9.16, Prior Best: 8.525/157.10/-0.635, Was #4

Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.875/156.73/-0.575, Now #12; D/A Index: 8.45, Prior Best: 7.849/166.23/-0.601, Was #12
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Jr. Runs 7.466/163.55/-0.554, Now #2; B/AP Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.355/185.21/-0.665, Was #2

Left Lane: Alan Freese Runs 13.046/71.03/4.886, Now #17; C/AA Index: 8.16, Prior Best: 7.597/178.14/-0.563, Was #17
Right Lane: Peter Biondo Runs 8.161/166.01/-0.609, Now #8; F/AA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.144/166.29/-0.626, Was #8

Freese moved to the left shortly after the hit.

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