Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 15:40 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Sonoma Raceway presented by Korbel California Champagne 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: Chuck Moore Runs 6.591/213.74/-0.379, Now #1 AA/AM Index: 6.97
Right Lane: Randy Jones No Time, Now #2 C/TA Index: 9.67

12:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 1,221 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Short field this weekend. No bump spot.

Jones' new Pontiac won't fire, so Moore will make a single pass. He makes a clean pass and will have numbers to tune to for the second session this afternoon.

Chuck Moore's incremental times: 60ft-1.040 sec., 330ft-2.825, 660ft-4.282/167.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.536.

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Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.074/187.73/-0.506, Now #1 C/DA Index: 7.58
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.421/182.97/-0.499, Now #2 C/A Index: 7.92

Two nice runs for the pair. Hogan just dips into the fifty under range.

Tyler Hogan's incremental times: 60ft-1.031 sec., 330ft-2.902, 660ft-4.496/153.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.883.
Steve Graham's incremental times: 60ft-1.052 sec., 330ft-3.048, 660ft-4.732/145.86 mph, 1,000ft-6.190.

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Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.236/188.10/-0.684, Now #1 C/A Index: 7.92
Right Lane: Kurt Hugger Runs 7.368/183.49/-0.622, Now #2 PST Index: 7.99

Much better!

Huhtala powers on down the track to take the top spot, running close to seventy under the index.

A great pass for Hugger too, as he sets the first half of a new PST record and takes the number two spot on the ladder.

Brandon Huhtala's incremental times: 60ft-1.037 sec., 330ft-2.982, 660ft-4.622/149.55 mph, 1,000ft-6.040.
Kurt Hugger's incremental times: 60ft-1.055 sec., 330ft-3.030, 660ft-4.698/146.99 mph, 1,000ft-6.143.

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Left Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.476/177.46/-0.444, Now #5 D/ED Index: 7.92

Clean pass for Lelchook into the number five spot.

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Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.293/180.86/-0.537, Now #3 C/ED Index: 7.83

McClay will wrap up the session and makes a strong pass into the number three spot.

12:33 p.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink