Sat, 17 Jul 2010, 05:36 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By David Gerard |
SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite 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: Casey Plaizier Runs 8.112/166.72/-0.558, Now #6; B/SMA Index: 8.67, Prior Best: 8.255/165.68/-0.415, Was #18
Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.735/151.43/-0.595, Now #2; G/SMA Index: 9.33, Prior Best: 8.772/151.37/-0.558, Was #5
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,787 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.
DePalma is number one
at -0.668 under and there won't be a bump spot this weekend.
Two great passes to start the
final session, as both cars move well up the ladder on strong passes.
Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.456/159.57/-0.504, Now #4; C/A Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.395/172.89/-0.565, Was #3
Right Lane: Dean Carter Runs 6.940/188.75/-0.590, Now #3; B/ND Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 6.999/186.38/-0.531, Was #12
Carter finds some good power and makes a big move up the ladder to the new #3 position.
Huhtala's Cutlass slows a little to move back to #4.
Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.074/169.38/-0.596, Now #2; C/SMA Index: 8.67, Prior Best: 8.114/166.87/-0.556, Was #9
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.950/118.91/-0.140, Now #14; C/SR Index: 9.09, Prior Best: 8.570/152.12/-0.520, Was #14
Big wheelstand at the green for Wilson and he makes a great looking pass all the way up to the current #2 spot.
Sigmon slows a little to stay #14.
Left Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.374/155.74/-0.416, Now #17; F/ED Index: 8.79, Prior Best: 8.336/156.14/-0.454, Was #17
Right Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.272/181.18/-0.288, Now #20; C/DA Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 7.336/180.98/-0.224, Was #21
Brown runs about the same as earlier and Hogan tunes up for a better ET and MPH and one spot on the ladder.
Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.440/180.84/-0.520, Now #15; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.446/181.23/-0.514, Was #15
Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 9.489/114.43/2.339, Now #22; A/AA Index: 7.15, Prior Best: 7.065/200.98/-0.085, Was #22
Ellis shakes and spins at the hit and has to lift.
Moscini basically repeats his earlier best and stays #15.
Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.388/183.44/-0.582, Now #5; PST Index: 7.97, Prior Best: 7.427/182.26/-0.543, Was #12
Right Lane: Phil Cocuzza Runs 8.022/169.66/-0.498, Now #11; A/SMA Index: 8.52, Prior Best: 7.964/169.91/-0.556, Was #10
A little ET improvement moves Mettler seven spots up the ladder and pushes Cocuzza down to #11.
Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.402/161.11/-0.568, Now #7; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.442/159.02/-0.528, Was #13
Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.756/173.14/-0.584, Now #5; B/EA Index: 8.34, Prior Best: 7.867/151.56/-0.473, Was #16
Two big improvement with this pair. They make good clean passes and Fletcher makes the most of it to move eleven spots up the ladder to the new #5 spot. Lambeck has some more power too and moves up six positions.
Left Lane: J.D. Zink Runs 6.909/189.60/-0.511, Now #17; A/ND Index: 7.42, Prior Best: 6.969/188.86/-0.451, Was #18
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.410/183.05/-0.550, Now #10; C/A Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.397/183.29/-0.563, Was #10
Zink gets a little more ET and one spot on the field. Graham slows just a little to stay #10.
Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.377/183.24/-0.583, Now #6; C/AA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.403/183.29/-0.557, Was #12
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.588/206.92/-0.542, Now #15; A/DA Index: 7.13, Prior Best: 6.717/204.48/-0.413, Was #19
Hartford gets a full pass at last without a ton of shake and moves up four positions.
Edwards pass is even better and he improves to the current #6 position.
Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.918/157.65/-0.612, Now #2; F/EA Index: 8.53, Prior Best: 7.966/151.12/-0.564, Was #10
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 7.951/170.28/-0.569, Now #9; A/SMA Index: 8.52, Prior Best: 7.976/169.44/-0.544, Was #14
...and the hits continue.
Treadwell moves into sixty under territory and into the new #2 spot on a strong 1.096 sixty foot time.
Jones has an identical RT and moves five positions up into the #9 position.
Right Lane: Jim Cowan No Time, Now #21; I/AA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.493/139.62/-0.267, Was #21
Well, it looks like Cowan's engine may have expired on the burnout as the Asphalt Zamboni is out dragging the lane and the Cobalt is pushed back behind the line.
2:32 p.m.
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