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Thu, 03 Sep 2015, 17:54 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals 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:

Right Lane: Steve Polhill Runs 9.355/139.79/-0.155, Now #42; H/EA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 9.344/139.69/-0.166, Was #42

4:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 4,015 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Mark Kirkman is number one at -0.560 under his index. The weather is going to make it tough for a sixty under pass.

Polhill loses just a little ET, but improves his speed to stay #42.

Left Lane: Mark Kirkman Runs 6.547/202.27/-0.553, Now #1; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.540/204.45/-0.560, Was #1
Right Lane: Ed Bennett Runs 6.428/211.56/-0.512, Now #15; A/D Index: 6.94, Prior Best: 6.508/209.88/-0.432, Was #31

Fast dragsters a pair.

Another strong pass for Kirkman and Bennett finds some more power to move way up the field to the #15 spot.

Left Lane: Kenneth Laughlin Runs 7.265/191.89/-0.135, Now #43; BB/AM Index: 7.40, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Pete Pawlak Runs 7.892/176.12/0.022, Now #48; C/AA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 8.065/173.25/0.195, Was #47

Laughlin prior run was DQ'ed in tech. He puts a number on the board this time and is in the field.

Pawlak picks up some ET, but still gets pushed back a spot on the ladder.

Left Lane: Rodney Rosenstiel Runs 6.942/209.49/-0.018, Now #45; AA/AM Index: 6.96, Prior Best: 6.894/209.72/-0.066, Was #45
Right Lane: Jake Savani Runs 8.221/166.11/-0.029, Now #46; D/A Index: 8.25, Prior Best: 8.207/166.99/-0.043, Was #46

Left Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 8.784/95.75/0.614, Now #20; B/EA Index: 8.17, Prior Best: 7.673/174.98/-0.497, Was #19
Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.072/166.83/-0.498, Now #19; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 8.095/164.89/-0.475, Was #24

Skillman has the parachutes come out way early and the car really slows down.

Ackerman improves five spots to #19.

Left Lane: Jim Primozic Runs 7.469/182.38/-0.401, Now #35; C/AA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.538/180.79/-0.332, Was #40
Right Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.447/160.96/-0.493, Now #21; D/SM Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 24.393/30.84/15.453, Was #54

Two nice passes and big moves up the ladder for both cars.

Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.463/158.87/-0.417, Now #34; D/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.510/158.26/-0.370, Was #39
Right Lane: Doug Engels Runs 7.231/184.60/-0.529, Now #8; D/D Index: 7.76, Prior Best: 7.229/183.69/-0.531, Was #8

Engles slows a tad, but Sharp moves five spots up the ladder.

Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 9.019/151.90/-0.541, Now #5; H/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.029/147.83/-0.531, Was #9
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.166/191.76/-0.454, Now #31; DD/AT Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.202/190.51/-0.418, Was #33

Massel improved more, but Daniels gets five spots to Massel's two.

Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.267/182.82/-0.493, Now #22; D/D Index: 7.76, Prior Best: 9.368/95.19/1.608, Was #54
Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 8.261/164.69/-0.339, Now #42; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.265/164.47/-0.335, Was #41

Full pass for Browell this time and he moves up into the top half of the field.

Affonti picks up just a little ET, but moves down a spot to #42.

Left Lane: Keith Hall Runs 10.926/86.80/1.926, Now #33; E/SM Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.567/153.13/-0.433, Was #33
Right Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.796/147.34/-0.444, Now #6; K/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.700/170.58/-0.540, Was #6

Hall has a good leave and then slows.

Neff runs a bit better to stay #8.

Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 6.940/167.80/-0.510, Now #7; B/ED Index: 7.45, Prior Best: 6.914/174.66/-0.536, Was #7
Right Lane: John Keilers Runs 6.727/203.71/-0.373, Now #41; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.975/202.58/-0.125, Was #46

Kamplain was on a great pass until near the lights, where the car unexpectedly slows.

Keilers car is still a bit lazy off the line, but he powers on down to improve by five spots.

Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.395/180.12/-0.425, Now #11; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.301/180.67/-0.519, Was #11
Right Lane: Chad Voges Runs 7.706/154.71/-0.534, Now #3; K/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.697/169.44/-0.543, Was #3

Both cars a little off the pace.

Left Lane: Terry Smith No Time, Now #34; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.667/203.74/-0.433, Was #34
Right Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.975/170.23/-0.575, Now #1; B/ND Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 7.004/172.17/-0.546, Was #2

Smith just keeps going at the end of the burnout and won't get a time.

Bourgeois takes his time, waits for Smith's car to clear the track, and then flies off the line. The nostalgia car powers on down the track into the new top spot. Nice!

Left Lane: Craig Schuck Runs 6.725/199.67/-0.505, Now #17; I/D Index: 7.23, Prior Best: 6.826/197.45/-0.404, Was #36
Right Lane: Lee Zane Runs 9.026/143.96/-0.484, Now #25; H/EA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 9.043/143.52/-0.467, Was #29

Nice passes for both cars and Schuck makes a big move up into the top half of the field in his little Mitsubishi.

Left Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 7.073/188.91/-0.457, Now #18; C/DA Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 7.026/192.06/-0.504, Was #18
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.842/148.59/-0.458, Now #12; J/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.781/167.99/-0.519, Was #12

Ambrose is off the throttle early and slows a bunch. Kimbrough is off his first session pace too.

Left Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 9.164/99.45/0.314, Now #52; E/ED Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 9.182/101.27/0.332, Was #52
Right Lane: Todd Franz Runs 9.484/88.22/0.604, Now #53; D/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 9.347/94.46/0.467, Was #53

Treadwell improves a little, Franz slows a little, they both stay in the current spots.

Left Lane: Ronnie Bohn Runs 7.703/171.64/-0.507, Now #18; J/D Index: 8.21, Prior Best: 7.733/170.86/-0.477, Was #27
Right Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 6.848/174.14/-0.512, Now #16; B/DA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.856/174.75/-0.504, Was #19

Two nice passes and Bohn gets the best of it.

Left Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 9.851/81.95/0.971, Now #49; E/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.874/119.33/-0.006, Was #49

Glen Treadwell was supposed to be in the other lane, but the car is pushed away again, this time before the burnout.

Farrell has a good leave and then slows.

Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.369/183.05/-0.501, Now #11; C/AA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.351/184.02/-0.519, Was #10
Right Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.199/157.72/-0.531, Now #10; G/EA Index: 8.73, Prior Best: 8.274/146.72/-0.456, Was #32

Greenheck runs close to his session one times, but gets pushed back a spot, as Coan finds a bunch of performance and moves 22 positions up the ladder.

Left Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 6.721/201.10/-0.459, Now #29; B/D Index: 7.18, Prior Best: 6.704/201.64/-0.476, Was #29
Right Lane: Jeremy Bailey Runs 6.967/193.54/-0.393, Now #39; B/DA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.972/194.69/-0.388, Was #39

Two clean passes, but neither car can improve.

Left Lane: Danny Holt Runs 8.247/164.31/-0.353, Now #43; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.275/164.59/-0.325, Was #44
Right Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.433/176.05/-0.487, Now #27; D/ED Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.551/175.50/-0.369, Was #42

Great pass for Lelchook and he move up to near the top half of the field.

Holt finds a little power too and moves up a spot to #43.

Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.534/156.84/-0.406, Now #27; C/TA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.450/157.21/-0.490, Was #26
Right Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.299/161.92/-0.541, Now #6; G/AA Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.368/156.83/-0.472, Was #31

Puckett gets to the lights under power this time and moves smartly way up the field to the current #6 spot. Nice pass...

Vincent can't match his prior run.

Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.940/170.64/-0.500, Now #23; A/SMA Index: 8.44, Prior Best: 7.961/170.67/-0.479, Was #30
Right Lane: Brian Stufflebeam Runs 7.440/177.86/-0.380, Now #41; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.443/178.87/-0.377, Was #41

Both cars improve a little in ET and Patterson gets a seven position move. Stufflebeam stays #41.

Left Lane: Joe Santangelo Runs 7.861/166.72/-0.489, Now #29; B/SR Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 7.880/166.70/-0.470, Was #32
Right Lane: Dick Maris Runs 7.004/191.05/-0.526, Now #4; C/DA Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 6.989/191.46/-0.541, Was #4

Santangelo gets a nice three position bump and Maris is almost as quick as session one to stay #4. Consistent.

Right Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.853/166.97/-0.527, Now #12; F/EA Index: 8.38, Prior Best: 7.863/166.17/-0.517, Was #15

A little more speed and a little less ET give Self a three position improvement.

Right Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.851/152.73/-0.419, Now #33; L/A Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 8.805/152.97/-0.465, Was #33

Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.393/211.89/-0.547, Now #3; A/D Index: 6.94, Prior Best: 6.429/209.52/-0.511, Was #19

Tanksley gets a much of power and pick up sixteen spots on the ladder to go to the new #3 spot.

Right Lane: Aaron Disinger Runs 8.340/161.00/-0.380, Now #39; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.326/160.69/-0.394, Was #39

Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.711/174.21/-0.529, Now #13; E/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.727/174.37/-0.513, Was #17

Martel is just a little quicker and geta a four position bump.

Right Lane: Rudd Kelly Runs 16.078/54.79/8.518, Now #55; B/A Index: 7.56, No Prior Run

Last car of the session!

Kelly is slow off the line and then lifts.

5:36 p.m. Bourgeois is number one at -0.575 under the index. Field not filled, no bump spot.

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