Sat, 25 May 2013, 17:58 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Jason Murray

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, Northwest Thunderfest at Spokane County 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:

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Left Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.127/166.63/-0.613, Now #1; B/SMA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.225/164.62/-0.515, Was #5
Right Lane: Ryan Warter Runs 8.834/157.78/-0.606, Now #2; H/A Index: 9.44, Prior Best: 8.832/152.33/-0.608, Was #1

2:52 pm. Bowdish with a great run and he makes a huge move up the order. Warter with another good run.

Adam Bowdish's incremental times: 60ft-1.108 sec., 330ft-3.312, 660ft-5.162/132.02 mph, 1,000ft-6.770.
Ryan Warter's incremental times: 60ft-1.239 sec., 330ft-3.631, 660ft-5.638/122.24 mph, 1,000ft-7.373.

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Left Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.396/177.76/-0.564, Now #5; A/EA Index: 7.96, Prior Best: 7.410/178.11/-0.550, Was #5
Right Lane: Pat Byron Runs 6.927/196.67/-0.583, Now #4; C/D Index: 7.51, Prior Best: 6.925/196.33/-0.585, Was #4

Byron's dragster is like a bracket car with back to back 6.92's. Van Paepeghem with a small improvement on this run.

Ralph Van Paepeghem's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.988, 660ft-4.672/145.63 mph, 1,000ft-6.138.
Pat Byron's incremental times: 60ft-1.023 sec., 330ft-2.879, 660ft-4.435/158.11 mph, 1,000ft-5.783.

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Left Lane: Gary Anderson Runs 9.216/148.22/-0.224, Now #6; F/SM Index: 9.44, Prior Best: 8.999/153.58/-0.441, Was #6
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.297/138.46/-0.443, Now #3; B/SMA Index: 8.74, Prior Best: 8.147/165.74/-0.593, Was #3

Lane is off the throttle before the finish line. Anderson with no improvement either.

Gary Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-1.260 sec., 330ft-3.795, 660ft-5.890/114.79 mph, 1,000ft-7.695.
Jeff Lane's incremental times: 60ft-1.151 sec., 330ft-3.363, 660ft-5.209/130.26 mph, 1,000ft-6.807.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink