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Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 15:49 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 3 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:

Left Lane: Mark Lelchook Runs 7.449/175.87/-0.471, Now #30; D/ED Index: 7.92, Prior Best: 7.433/176.05/-0.487, Was #30
Right Lane: Kenneth Laughlin Runs 7.244/186.25/-0.156, Now #46; BB/AM Index: 7.40, Prior Best: 7.265/191.89/-0.135, Was #46

3:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,932 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Field not filled, no bump spot.

Laughlin picks up a little ET,but stays #46.

Left Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.437/161.17/-0.503, Now #23; D/SM Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.447/160.96/-0.493, Was #26
Right Lane: Jim Primozic Runs 7.509/181.52/-0.361, Now #38; C/AA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.469/182.38/-0.401, Was #38

Gusso gets a nice three position improvement, but Primozic slows.

Left Lane: John Keilers Runs 6.679/203.52/-0.421, Now #37; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.727/203.71/-0.373, Was #42
Right Lane: Mark Kirkman Runs 6.551/205.32/-0.549, Now #2; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.540/204.45/-0.560, Was #2

Kirkman runs close to his prior passes to stay #2.

Nice pass for Keilers and five spots on the ladder.

Left Lane: Lee Zane Runs 9.082/143.92/-0.428, Now #31; H/EA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 9.026/143.96/-0.484, Was #31
Right Lane: Rodney Rosenstiel Runs 6.528/214.48/-0.432, Now #37; AA/AM Index: 6.96, Prior Best: 6.894/209.72/-0.066, Was #47

A big ten spot move for Rosenstiel.

Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.122/164.87/-0.448, Now #26; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 8.072/166.83/-0.498, Was #25
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.257/183.97/-0.503, Now #24; D/D Index: 7.76, Prior Best: 7.267/182.82/-0.493, Was #27

Browell picks up a little ET to push Ackerman down a spot.

Left Lane: Doug Engels Runs 7.230/183.94/-0.530, Now #11; D/D Index: 7.76, Prior Best: 7.229/183.69/-0.531, Was #11
Right Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.530/153.95/-0.470, Now #33; E/SM Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.567/153.13/-0.433, Was #35

Hall improves two spots.

Engels runs just 0.001 from his prior best.

Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.817/167.47/-0.443, Now #36; J/DA Index: 8.26, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 8.069/166.39/-0.101, Now #27; B/EA Index: 8.17, Prior Best: 7.673/174.98/-0.497, Was #27

Treadwell finally gets off the line under power and gets a number to tune to.

Skillman is just a little slows.

Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 8.571/131.48/-0.029, Now #47; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.261/164.69/-0.339, Was #46
Right Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.610/207.66/-0.490, Now #29; A/DA Index: 7.10, No Prior Run

Warren was DQ'ed in session one and didn't run session two. He gets a number this time and pushes Affronti down a spot.

Left Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.812/166.72/-0.488, Now #17; J/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.781/167.99/-0.519, Was #17
Right Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 14.360/75.51/5.480, Now #51; E/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.874/119.33/-0.006, Was #51

Farrell is off the power early and slows.

Ambrose slows too.

Left Lane: Jake Savani Runs 8.326/167.20/0.076, Now #50; D/A Index: 8.25, Prior Best: 8.207/166.99/-0.043, Was #50
Right Lane: Danny Holt Runs 8.286/164.51/-0.314, Now #46; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.247/164.31/-0.353, Was #46

Neither car can improve.

Left Lane: Dick Maris Runs 7.173/161.85/-0.357, Now #6; C/DA Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 6.989/191.46/-0.541, Was #5
Right Lane: Craig Schuck Runs 6.684/201.97/-0.546, Now #4; I/D Index: 7.23, Prior Best: 6.725/199.67/-0.505, Was #21

Schuck's little turbo picks up the pace and runs even further under the record again into the new #4 spot on a nice pass.

Maris can't improve.

Left Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.475/140.49/-0.365, Now #8; G/AA Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.299/161.92/-0.541, Was #8
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.497/158.86/-0.383, Now #41; D/SMA Index: 8.88, Prior Best: 8.463/158.87/-0.417, Was #41

Puckett lifts early.

Sharp runs close to his prior best.

Left Lane: Steve Polhill Runs 9.318/140.14/-0.192, Now #48; H/EA Index: 9.51, Prior Best: 9.344/139.69/-0.166, Was #48
Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 8.985/149.05/-0.575, Now #2; H/SM Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.019/151.90/-0.541, Was #7

Daniels finds some power and jumps five spots up the ladder to #2.

Polhill improves a little, but stays #48.

Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.830/166.93/-0.550, Now #4; F/EA Index: 8.38, Prior Best: 7.853/166.97/-0.527, Was #15
Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 9.268/97.31/0.418, Now #54; E/ED Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 9.164/99.45/0.314, Was #54

Self gets a big move. Eleven spots on the ladder.

Left Lane: Jeremy Bailey Runs 7.069/163.89/-0.291, Now #44; B/DA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.967/193.54/-0.393, Was #44
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.317/180.09/-0.503, Now #17; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.301/180.67/-0.519, Was #17

Bailey cuts a strong 0.010 light and then is off the throttle early.

Good pass for Rampy, but he doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Chad Voges Runs 7.736/152.92/-0.504, Now #7; K/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.697/169.44/-0.543, Was #7
Right Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 7.077/191.13/-0.453, Now #22; C/DA Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 7.026/192.06/-0.504, Was #22

Neither car can improve.

Left Lane: Ed Bennett Runs 6.466/210.57/-0.474, Now #19; A/D Index: 6.94, Prior Best: 6.428/211.56/-0.512, Was #19
Right Lane: Andrew Holt No Time, Now #56; F/D Index: 8.57, Prior Best: 9.208/143.03/0.638, Was #56

Holt rolls the beams and won't get any times.

Left Lane: Aaron Disinger Runs 8.284/161.48/-0.436, Now #38; D/EA Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.326/160.69/-0.394, Was #43
Right Lane: Joe Santangelo Runs 7.876/166.76/-0.474, Now #30; B/SR Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 7.861/166.72/-0.489, Was #30

Disinger picks up a little ET and five spots on the ladder.

Santangelo runs close to yesterday's best.

Left Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.169/157.91/-0.561, Now #3; G/EA Index: 8.73, Prior Best: 8.199/157.72/-0.531, Was #14
Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 6.939/169.21/-0.511, Now #12; B/ED Index: 7.45, Prior Best: 6.914/174.66/-0.536, Was #11

Coan nails the tree with a perfect light and finds some more power to move right up to the #3 position.

Kamplain gets pushed down a spot.

Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.215/189.60/-0.405, Now #36; DD/AT Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.166/191.76/-0.454, Was #36
Right Lane: Chuck Haubiel Runs 10.756/84.10/3.306, Now #57; CC/A Index: 7.45, No Prior Run

Strong leave for Haubiel and he is off the throttle before the 330 lights.

Massel slows a little.

Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.718/174.10/-0.522, Now #15; E/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.711/174.21/-0.529, Was #15
Right Lane: Terry Smith Runs 13.459/81.27/6.359, Now #39; A/DA Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 6.667/203.74/-0.433, Was #39

Martel runs close to his prior best, but doesn't improve.

Smith's dragster is really slow off the line and then just motors on down the track.

Left Lane: Brian Stufflebeam Runs 7.388/179.16/-0.432, Now #41; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.440/177.86/-0.380, Was #45
Right Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.338/184.62/-0.532, Now #14; C/AA Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.351/184.02/-0.519, Was #16

Two improvements.

Greenheck gets two and Stufflebeam gets four, Nice!

Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 7.086/156.34/-0.464, Now #1; B/ND Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 6.975/170.23/-0.575, Was #1
Right Lane: Ronnie Bohn Runs 7.769/170.28/-0.441, Now #21; J/D Index: 8.21, Prior Best: 7.703/171.64/-0.507, Was #21

The weather impacts these little motors and neither car can improve.

Left Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.774/152.76/-0.466, Now #11; K/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.700/170.58/-0.540, Was #11
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.690/204.29/-0.520, Now #13; A/ED Index: 7.21, Prior Best: 6.677/205.51/-0.533, Was #13

Left Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.815/152.30/-0.455, Now #35; L/A Index: 9.27, Prior Best: 8.805/152.97/-0.465, Was #35
Right Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.479/156.23/-0.461, Now #28; C/TA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.450/157.21/-0.490, Was #28

Vincent's pick-em-up moves over toward the the wall at the green and he had=s to drive it back to the middle of the lane.

Left Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 6.789/192.22/-0.571, Now #3; B/DA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.848/174.14/-0.512, Was #20
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.935/171.47/-0.505, Now #22; A/SMA Index: 8.44, Prior Best: 7.940/170.64/-0.500, Was #25

Galbraith must have done his homework over night. The dragster squirts off the line and makes a clean pass into the new #3 spot.

Patterson picks up three spots too.

Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.432/210.60/-0.508, Now #7; A/D Index: 6.94, Prior Best: 6.393/211.89/-0.547, Was #7

Tanksley is just a little off his pace.

Left Lane: Rudd Kelly Runs 16.475/54.26/8.915, Now #58; B/A Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 16.078/54.80/8.518, Was #58

Kelly continues to struggle. The car bogs hard off the line and he just motors on down the track to end the session.

3:42 p.m. Bourgeois is number one at -0.575 under his index. Field not filled, no bump spot.

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