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Sat, 25 Feb 2012, 20:46 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway 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: Ross Wilson Runs 8.126/167.12/-0.514, Now #11; B/SM Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 12.228/72.72/3.588, Was #24
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 8.062/174.53/-0.158, Now #21; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 9.965/132.27/1.745, Was #22

6:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 28.19 inches, adjusted altitude 3,282 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Field not filled, no bump spot.

Wilson finally gets a full pass and moves up into the top half of the field in the new #11 position.

Mettler's engine has even moe smoke on this run and he still picks up almost two seconds and one spot on the ladder.

Ross Wilson's incremental times: 60ft-1.136 sec., 330ft-3.329, 660ft-5.178/131.57 mph, 1,000ft-6.776.
Tom Mettler's incremental times: 60ft-1.179 sec., 330ft-3.458, 660ft-5.246/138.19 mph, 1,000ft-6.770.

Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.074/158.84/-0.546, Now #6; B/SMA Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.116/147.96/-0.504, Was #14
Right Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.359/159.06/-0.341, Now #19; B/T Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.356/158.74/-0.344, Was #19

Goff continues to struggle and slows just 0.003 to stay #19.

Lane tuned the Cobalt up between sessions and picks up eight spots on the ladder into #6 for now.

Jeff Lane's incremental times: 60ft-1.127 sec., 330ft-3.305, 660ft-5.129/134.19 mph, 1,000ft-6.710.
Randy Goff's incremental times: 60ft-1.142 sec., 330ft-3.369, 660ft-5.281/127.63 mph, 1,000ft-6.942.

Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.509/181.84/-0.401, Now #17; C/AA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.487/182.18/-0.423, Was #17
Right Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.051/167.20/-0.569, Now #3; B/SMA Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.057/166.76/-0.563, Was #3

Both cars run almost what they ran first round with no drama.

Left Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.404/153.96/-0.076, Now #22; B/ED Index: 7.48, Prior Best: 7.604/145.33/0.124, Was #22
Right Lane: Brian Fitzpatrick Runs 6.378/217.63/-0.542, Now #7; H/D Index: 6.92, Prior Best: 6.385/216.83/-0.535, Was #7

Mozeris doesn't pick up enough to get off the #22 spot.

Fitzpatrick runs close to his first pass to stay #7.

Joe Mozeris' incremental times: 60ft-1.098 sec., 330ft-3.053, 660ft-4.668/151.92 mph, 1,000ft-6.070.
Brian Fitzpatrick's incremental times: 60ft-1.070 sec., 330ft-2.759, 660ft-4.139/177.51 mph, 1,000ft-5.344.

Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.635/205.44/-0.475, Now #16; A/AA Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.681/206.39/-0.429, Was #16
Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.369/179.85/-0.491, Now #11; C/ED Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.345/180.24/-0.515, Was #11

Both cars stay in their current positions.

Ellis is a little quicker and McClay is a little slower.

Alan Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.265/166.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.542.
Scott McClay's incremental times: 60ft-1.061 sec., 330ft-2.993, 660ft-4.660/146.37 mph, 1,000ft-6.117.

Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.458/164.45/-0.512, Now #14; D/SMA Index: 8.97, Prior Best: 8.461/159.76/-0.509, Was #14
Right Lane: Bill Kent Runs 6.836/200.74/-0.404, Now #19; B/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.935/202.58/-0.305, Was #20

Kent picks up almost a dime and one spot on the ladder to #19.

Lambeck picks up just 0.003 to stay #14 on a clean pass.

Doug Lambeck's incremental times: 60ft-1.175 sec., 330ft-3.454, 660ft-5.380/127.31 mph, 1,000ft-7.049.
Bill Kent's incremental times: 60ft-1.088 sec., 330ft-2.886, 660ft-4.402/162.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.716.

Left Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.903/201.76/-0.487, Now #10; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.866/202.30/-0.524, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.391/184.67/-0.539, Now #8; C/A Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.418/184.45/-0.512, Was #13

Nice pass for Graham into the top eight and pushes Kramer down to ten. He runs close to his session one times and doesn't improve.

Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-1.061 sec., 330ft-2.908, 660ft-4.454/159.27 mph, 1,000ft-5.781.
Steve Graham's incremental times: 60ft-1.050 sec., 330ft-3.042, 660ft-4.720/146.48 mph, 1,000ft-6.166.

Left Lane: Phil Unruh Runs 8.621/155.13/-0.549, Now #4; F/SMA Index: 9.17, Prior Best: 8.615/155.52/-0.555, Was #4
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.376/185.36/-0.534, Now #9; C/AA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.503/184.22/-0.407, Was #18

Edwards finally gets a full pass and moves all the way up to number nine on a strong pass.

Unruh has a clean pass too and stays #4.

Phil Unruh's incremental times: 60ft-1.174 sec., 330ft-3.493, 660ft-5.457/124.41 mph, 1,000ft-7.168.
John Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-1.043 sec., 330ft-3.036, 660ft-4.711/146.43 mph, 1,000ft-6.155.

Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.770/199.23/-0.620, Now #1; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.783/200.32/-0.607, Was #1
Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 9.034/144.57/-0.576, Now #3; I/SM Index: 9.61, Prior Best: 9.089/138.23/-0.521, Was #12

Wheels up leave for both cars and DePalma has a nice improvement up to the new #3 spot.

Hartford pushes his number one spot a little further away from the rest of the field on a strong straight pass.

Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-1.046 sec., 330ft-2.820, 660ft-4.330/162.43 mph, 1,000ft-5.642.
Mike DePalma's incremental times: 60ft-1.241 sec., 330ft-3.689, 660ft-5.732/122.16 mph, 1,000ft-7.510.

Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.807/172.74/-0.503, Now #16; B/EA Index: 8.31, Prior Best: 8.485/115.55/0.175, Was #23
Right Lane: Ray Vierheller Runs 7.403/176.67/-0.517, Now #11; D/DA Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.393/176.70/-0.527, Was #11

Vierheller runs close to his session one times and stays eleventh on the ladder.

Fletcher makes a full pass this time and runs into the fifty under the index range and the final number sixteen position.

6:31 p.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

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