Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 03:20 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By David Gerard |
NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment 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: Frank Affronti Runs 7.749/175.71/-0.511, Now #13; D/A Index: 8.26, Prior Best: 7.732/175.64/-0.528, Was #13
Right Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.063/167.82/-0.557, Now #6; F/A Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.036/168.28/-0.584, Was #6
2:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,968 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.
Nick Morgan
is on the bump spot at 1.866.
Both cars run close to their earlier times and can't
improve.
Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.077/187.55/-0.483, Now #14; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.039/188.75/-0.521, Was #14
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.132/164.29/-0.468, Now #10; F/D Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.051/149.08/-0.549, Was #10
This session will be tough for making any significant improvements.
Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.504/149.58/-0.286, Now #9; D/D Index: 7.79, Prior Best: 7.236/181.01/-0.554, Was #9
Right Lane: Santo Volpe Runs 8.939/146.42/-0.611, Now #3; L/AA Index: 9.55, Prior Best: 8.935/142.43/-0.615, Was #3
Nice pass for Volpe, but Browell slows down track.
Left Lane: Glenn Butcher Runs 6.537/215.31/-0.513, Now #16; A/PM Index: 7.05, Prior Best: 6.638/210.77/-0.412, Was #23
Right Lane: Nick Morgan Runs 7.079/195.31/-0.481, Now #19; B/A Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 9.426/104.27/1.866, Was #32
Morgan is still looking for a representative pass.
Both cars finally get to finish line without issues and move up the ladder. Butcher just gets into the top half of the field and Morgan is right behind in the new #19 spot.
Steve Szupka is on the bump spot at 0.528.
Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.553/180.65/-0.407, Now #26; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.550/180.38/-0.410, Was #25
Right Lane: David Allen Runs 6.939/202.58/-0.461, Now #21; BB/AM Index: 7.40, Prior Best: 7.088/197.88/-0.312, Was #29
Looks like a few of the cars at the bottom of the ladder are finding their tune up. Allen finds some power and moves eight spots up the field. That pushes Greenheck back a spot.
Left Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 18.419/54.29/10.799, Now #30; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.454/189.02/-0.166, Was #29
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.379/154.32/-0.461, Now #4; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.226/179.04/-0.614, Was #4
Perkinson lifts and slows. No help for Rampy.
Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 10.118/88.73/1.298, Now #32; G/EA Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 9.348/93.45/0.528, Was #32
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.621/202.76/-0.569, Now #5; A/ED Index: 7.19, Prior Best: 6.584/204.91/-0.606, Was #5
Szupka stays #32 after problems off the line.
Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.217/189.58/-0.173, Now #23; C/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.954/189.63/-0.436, Was #23
Right Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 7.952/169.78/-0.388, Now #27; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.984/167.70/-0.356, Was #28
Dawson improves one spot on the ladder.
Left Lane: Lonnie Johnson No Time, Now #31; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.966/178.78/0.346, Was #31
Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.179/164.23/-0.311, Now #28; B/TA Index: 8.49, Prior Best: 8.108/164.59/-0.382, Was #28
Johnson is pushed back after his burnout and won't make a pass. Brown slows.
Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.600/151.94/-0.490, Now #19; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.610/150.50/-0.480, Was #20
Right Lane: Ray Vierheller Runs 7.482/175.89/-0.458, Now #18; D/ED Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.442/176.88/-0.498, Was #18
Allen leaves with the wheels up and makes his best pass of the weekend to move up one spot on the ladder.
Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.398/177.84/-0.542, Now #8; D/ED Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.379/178.31/-0.561, Was #8
Right Lane: John Coughlin Runs 8.306/164.65/-0.484, Now #11; C/SM Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.246/163.26/-0.544, Was #11
Two good passes, but no improvements. Bertozzi pushes the lights and misses by -0.001.
Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.660/175.37/-0.520, Now #15; D/AA Index: 8.18, Prior Best: 7.678/175.37/-0.502, Was #17
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.325/134.31/-0.465, Now #7; F/ED Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.208/148.35/-0.582, Was #7
Nice clean pass for Martel to move up two spots on the ladder.
Aragona's dragster leaves well, but slows down track.
Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.242/162.86/-0.518, Now #12; I/AA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.221/162.39/-0.539, Was #12
Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 10.782/81.25/2.382, Now #1; A/SR Index: 8.40, Prior Best: 7.740/171.03/-0.660, Was #1
Last pair to attempt to improve.
Barone has a respectable 1.088 sixty foot time and then slows before mid-track.
No joy for Biondo either, as he doesn't improve.
3:06 p.m. Steve Szupka is on the bump spot at 0.528.
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