Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:27 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Jim Samuel |
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 44th Toyota NHRA Summernationals 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: Ed Alessi Jr. Runs 8.952/101.13/1.842, Now #28; A/DA Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 7.078/195.19/-0.032, Was #27
Right Lane: Michele Costa Runs 8.370/154.67/-0.390, Now #22; H/EA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 11.898/67.24/3.138, Was #29
11:53 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,695 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.
Costa moved up seven spots in the order with a good run down the
track. By moving up, she pushed Alessi down one spot.
Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.888/172.83/-0.392, Now #21; D/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.862/172.83/-0.418, Was #21
Right Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.086/188.89/-0.494, Now #14; C/DA Index: 7.58, Prior Best: 7.099/188.41/-0.481, Was #14
Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 9.166/133.74/-0.504, Now #4; I/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 9.095/147.34/-0.575, Was #4
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.623/212.90/-0.487, Now #15; A/A Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.686/211.49/-0.424, Was #20
Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.823/167.22/-0.557, Now #8; B/SR Index: 8.38, Prior Best: 7.953/138.24/-0.427, Was #20
Right Lane: Rob Carpenter Runs 9.131/145.13/-0.049, Now #26; F/SMA Index: 9.18, Prior Best: 9.058/148.76/-0.122, Was #26
Bertozzi had a clean run that moved him up a dozen spots in the order. Carpenter stayed right where he was.
Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.471/155.24/-0.519, Now #13; C/SR Index: 8.99, Prior Best: 8.667/146.69/-0.323, Was #23
Right Lane: Michael Kaufman Runs 8.462/159.57/-0.478, Now #18; D/SMA Index: 8.94, No Prior Run
Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.726/174.14/-0.574, Now #5; B/EA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.742/173.94/-0.558, Was #7
Right Lane: Pat Ross Runs 8.053/168.45/-0.487, Now #18; F/A Index: 8.54, No Prior Run
Left Lane: Erich Bollman Runs 7.732/174.44/-0.548, Now #10; E/A Index: 8.28, Prior Best: 7.768/173.29/-0.512, Was #15
Right Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.330/164.17/-0.210, Now #26; F/A Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.305/164.39/-0.235, Was #26
Left Lane: Mike Miscovsky Runs 7.119/187.76/-0.461, Now #22; C/DA Index: 7.58, Prior Best: 7.114/187.60/-0.466, Was #22
Right Lane: Donny Algieri Runs 8.434/146.34/-0.196, Now #27; F/ED Index: 8.63, Prior Best: 8.462/157.72/-0.168, Was #27
Left Lane: Darrin Bauder Runs 7.500/180.55/-0.430, Now #13; C/A Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.411/183.17/-0.519, Was #13
Right Lane: Ken Voight Runs 14.963/87.98/5.733, Now #33; G/SM Index: 9.23, Prior Best: 20.039/42.82/10.809, Was #33
Voight's car was slow coming off the starting line and stayed slow on the track. His first session ET was in the 20s, so he won't be making the field for eliminations later today.
Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.692/176.74/-0.528, Now #12; PSTA Index: 8.22, Prior Best: 7.693/177.58/-0.527, Was #12
Right Lane: Anthony Niemczyk Runs 6.780/173.18/-0.460, Now #6; I/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.669/190.62/-0.571, Was #6
Left Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.210/162.68/-0.600, Now #2; D/EA Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.194/163.53/-0.616, Was #2
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.336/179.80/-0.504, Now #9; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.285/180.94/-0.555, Was #9
Left Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 8.818/151.22/-0.472, Now #21; L/A Index: 9.29, Prior Best: 8.842/151.49/-0.448, Was #23
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.325/191.43/-0.245, Now #26; B/AA Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 13.199/64.54/5.629, Was #32
Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.701/175.55/-0.599, Now #3; B/EA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.736/175.37/-0.564, Was #7
Right Lane: Chris Wentzel Runs 7.397/177.60/-0.443, Now #20; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.363/178.33/-0.477, Was #20
Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.322/161.92/-0.428, Now #15; B/T Index: 8.75, Prior Best: 8.232/164.31/-0.518, Was #15
Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.233/163.39/-0.577, Now #1; D/EA Index: 8.81, Prior Best: 8.150/157.28/-0.660, Was #1
Left Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.686/103.52/0.076, Now #30; H/EA Index: 9.61, Prior Best: 9.574/109.63/-0.036, Was #30
Right Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 17.331/48.29/7.801, Now #22; I/SM Index: 9.53, Prior Best: 9.059/147.37/-0.471, Was #22
Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.939/111.92/0.179, Now #32; G/EA Index: 8.76, Prior Best: 8.843/114.83/0.083, Was #32
Right Lane: Tom Stalba Runs 8.777/140.99/-0.563, Now #4; L/AA Index: 9.34, Prior Best: 8.763/151.54/-0.577, Was #4
Right Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 8.060/160.38/-0.570, Now #8; F/ED Index: 8.63, Prior Best: 8.087/153.07/-0.543, Was #11
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