Fri, 12 Oct 2012, 16:19 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Bob Orme

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

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Left Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.408/159.29/-0.442, Now #2 G/AA Index: 8.85
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.257/181.01/-0.533, Now #1 D/D Index: 7.79

3:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,561 feet.

Van Puckett's incremental times: 60ft-1.180 sec., 330ft-3.437, 660ft-5.352/128.11 mph, 1,000ft-7.006.
Brian Browell's incremental times: 60ft-1.064 sec., 330ft-2.991, 660ft-4.614/150.35 mph, 1,000ft-6.035.

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Left Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.071/169.36/-0.529, Now #2 B/SM Index: 8.60
Right Lane: Danny Holt Runs 8.266/163.06/-0.334, Now #4 C/EA Index: 8.60

Larry Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-1.143 sec., 330ft-3.324, 660ft-5.156/133.82 mph, 1,000ft-6.739.

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Left Lane: Wayne Hutton No Time, Now #6 F/A Index: 8.56
Right Lane: Michael Hardee No Time, Now #5 E/SM Index: 9.07

Hardee made a move toward the wall after the hit but he was able to pull the car back into the groove. For some reason, there were no finish line numbers.

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Left Lane: Jenny Treadwell No Time, Now #8 G/ED Index: 8.80
Right Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 8.959/103.36/1.409, Now #5 C/DA Index: 7.55

Treadwell broke in the staging lanes. Kimbrough had engine problems before half track.

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Left Lane: David Eaton Runs 8.194/126.76/1.024, Now #5 A/DA Index: 7.17

Eaton was skating all over his lane.

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.238/182.16/-0.592, Now #2 A/EA Index: 7.83
Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 6.908/195.17/-0.642, Now #1 CC/A Index: 7.55

David Rampy's incremental times: 60ft-1.013 sec., 330ft-2.934, 660ft-4.578/149.25 mph, 1,000ft-6.010.
Rick Hord's incremental times: 60ft-1.086 sec., 330ft-2.967, 660ft-4.476/163.16 mph, 1,000ft-5.792.

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Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 8.786/158.78/-0.654, Now #1 F/SMA Index: 9.44

Lewis was a little to the right of the groove for the first 200 feet.

Grant Lewis' incremental times: 60ft-1.244 sec., 330ft-3.611, 660ft-5.603/123.05 mph, 1,000ft-7.330.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink