Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 19:14 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 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 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: Brandon Huhtala No Time, Now #1; C/A Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.236/188.10/-0.684, Was #1
Right Lane: Chuck Moore Runs 6.532/216.00/-0.438, Now #9; AA/AM Index: 6.97, Prior Best: 6.591/213.74/-0.379, Was #9

4:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.73 inches, adjusted altitude 1,555 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Moore didn't make a pass in session three and has a lot of problems getting the engine to stay running now. It finally comes to life and he does his burnout.

The Corvette leaves well with a 1.038 sixty foot time, but gets out of the groove before the 330 lights. He drives it back to the middle of the track and still picks up a little ET and speed to stay number 9.

Huhtala's car goes silent after the burnout and is pushed back.

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Left Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.393/178.52/-0.527, Now #3; D/ED Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.339/179.16/-0.581, Was #3
Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 8.025/134.30/0.105, Now #7; C/A Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.421/182.97/-0.499, Was #7

Both cars leave hard, but Graham is out of the throttle down track.

Lelchook slows just a tad to stay #3.

Mark Lelchook's incremental times: 60ft-1.077 sec., 330ft-3.018, 660ft-4.682/146.86 mph, 1,000ft-6.139.
Steve Graham's incremental times: 60ft-1.080 sec., 330ft-3.091, 660ft-4.796/141.68 mph, 1,000ft-6.429.

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Left Lane: Tyler Hogan No Time, Now #6; C/DA Index: 7.58, Prior Best: 7.074/187.73/-0.506, Was #6
Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.303/179.92/-0.527, Now #5; C/ED Index: 7.83, Prior Best: 7.281/180.50/-0.549, Was #5

Hogan has a problem and is pushed away.

McClay continues to run well on a single pass.

Scott McClay's incremental times: 60ft-1.054 sec., 330ft-2.971, 660ft-4.618/148.25 mph, 1,000ft-6.062.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.376/165.56/-0.564, Now #5; D/SMA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.363/160.48/-0.577, Was #4
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 9.067/146.02/-0.603, Now #3; I/SMA Index: 9.67, Prior Best: 9.219/145.88/-0.451, Was #8

Both cars leave with the wheels up and Jones continues to tune up the small motor Camaro. He runs a nice -0.603 under the index and moves five spots up the ladder to the number three spot.

No apparent problems for Lambeck and he gets bumped down to number five.

Doug Lambeck's incremental times: 60ft-1.187 sec., 330ft-3.422, 660ft-5.330/128.48 mph, 1,000ft-6.972.
Randy Jones' incremental times: 60ft-1.322 sec., 330ft-3.665, 660ft-5.733/118.41 mph, 1,000ft-7.531.

4:10 p.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink