Sat, 25 May 2013, 19:06 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Jim Samuel |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Maple Grove 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: Michele Costa No Time, Now #21; H/EA Index: 9.61, Prior Best: 9.170/139.70/-0.440, Was #21
Right Lane: Tom Miller Runs 7.785/175.09/-0.435, Now #23; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.887/171.53/-0.333, Was #25
6:33 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.41 inches, adjusted altitude 1,225 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.
The engine in Costa's car was spewing smoke from the front of the
block as she staged. The car stumbled off the starting line and moved slowly down the track, coming to a stop just before the finish
line. Miller was a bit quicker than the first session and moved up two spots in the qualifying order.
Left Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 9.029/147.01/-0.501, Now #16; I/SM Index: 9.53, Prior Best: 8.978/149.10/-0.552, Was #16
Right Lane: Kevin Gotie Runs 7.360/180.14/-0.480, Now #21; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.423/157.76/-0.417, Was #25
Left Lane: Greg Mannix Runs 6.928/190.51/-0.542, Now #15; B/ED Index: 7.47, Prior Best: 6.914/190.78/-0.556, Was #15
Right Lane: Jay Schonberger Runs 8.878/147.05/0.128, Now #29; I/A Index: 8.75, Prior Best: 11.616/80.49/2.866, Was #31
Left Lane: Mike Miscovsky Runs 10.919/103.46/3.329, Now #10; C/DA Index: 7.59, Prior Best: 6.997/189.87/-0.593, Was #10
Michael Wentzel was supposed to be in the right lane in the next pair but when the starting line crew gave Miscovsky the signal to do his burnout, Wentzel did a burnout too. When he backed up, the starter shut Wentzel down and made him back up out of the way. Meanwhile, Miscovsky was waiting to go and eventually shut his car off. After a couple of minutes pause, Miscovsky fired the car up to make his second qualifying attempt. He launched and the car got the front wheels in the air, causing Miscovsky to back off the throttle.
Left Lane: Darrin Bauder Runs 7.359/185.13/-0.571, Now #14; C/A Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.438/185.36/-0.492, Was #19
Right Lane: Michael Wentzel Runs 10.961/74.09/3.121, Now #19; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.321/179.78/-0.519, Was #18
Wentzel did an inadvertent burnout along with Miscovsky in the previous pair. This time, he did his burnout and backed up very quickly, coming close to hitting one of his crew members in the process.
Left Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.224/163.49/-0.596, Now #2; D/EA Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.147/164.93/-0.673, Was #2
Right Lane: Ken Voight Runs 8.642/157.98/-0.638, Now #8; G/SM Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.702/152.52/-0.578, Was #13
Left Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.700/153.49/-0.590, Now #14; L/A Index: 9.29, Prior Best: 12.342/122.68/3.052, Was #32
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.515/215.44/-0.595, Now #11; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.519/215.03/-0.591, Was #12
Armstrong's car got out of the groove but he stayed with it to move up in the order.
Left Lane: Robert Fitzsimmons Runs 7.910/169.76/-0.400, Now #26; E/AA Index: 8.31, Prior Best: 7.877/167.70/-0.433, Was #26
Right Lane: Gary Guarriello Runs 7.338/181.64/-0.492, Now #9; C/ED Index: 7.83, Prior Best: 7.215/184.04/-0.615, Was #9
Left Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.024/189.84/-0.566, Now #10; C/DA Index: 7.59, Prior Best: 6.990/190.86/-0.600, Was #10
Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.905/189.36/-0.525, Now #20; A/ND Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 6.938/192.22/-0.492, Was #21
Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 7.934/164.69/-0.696, Now #2; G/EA Index: 8.63, Prior Best: 7.957/165.48/-0.673, Was #3
Right Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.106/166.33/-0.644, Now #6; B/T Index: 8.75, Prior Best: 8.107/166.60/-0.643, Was #6
The air temperature is so cool here this evening that crew chief Frank Aragona Sr. was wearing a sweatshirt instead of his trademark flannel shirt.
Right Lane: Anthony Niemczyk Runs 6.720/169.23/-0.520, Now #4; I/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.577/205.76/-0.663, Was #4
Niemczyk ran by himself so it was easy to hear the whining sounds of the turbocharger coming up to speed. He backed off the throttle at about 1,000 feet.
Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.748/175.82/-0.532, Now #16; D/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.712/176.63/-0.568, Was #16
Right Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.538/178.40/-0.682, Now #3; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.573/176.10/-0.647, Was #5
Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 8.996/136.83/-0.674, Now #1; I/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 8.903/148.76/-0.767, Was #1
Right Lane: Ed Alessi Jr. Runs 6.895/195.51/6.895, Now #34; A/DA Index: 0.00, No Prior Run
Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.769/199.40/-0.621, Now #9; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.800/199.94/-0.590, Was #13
Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.040/143.98/-0.570, Now #16; H/EA Index: 9.61, Prior Best: 11.987/61.31/2.377, Was #32
Cultrera moved up 16 spots in the qualifying order with this run. Bourgeois moved up four spots.
Left Lane: Tom Stalba Runs 8.705/144.01/-0.635, Now #8; L/AA Index: 9.34, Prior Best: 8.700/153.42/-0.640, Was #7
Right Lane: A. Lincoln Morehead Runs 8.004/166.95/-0.816, Now #1; D/EA Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.588/144.64/-0.232, Was #30
Morehead is driving Vinnie Barone's Cavalier.
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.223/158.17/-0.377, Now #29; F/D Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 14.663/98.30/6.063, Was #33
Ackerman pushed himself into the field with this run. That's it for Comp qualifying here this weekend.
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