Fri, 10 Feb 2017, 15:02 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals 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: Tony Mandella Runs 8.374/157.48/-0.666, Now #2; C/TA Index: 9.04, Prior Best: 8.408/156.99/-0.632, Was #2
Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.612/127.73/-0.438, Now #5; C/SR Index: 9.05, Prior Best: 8.512/152.78/-0.538, Was #5

11:20 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,341 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Dan Fletcher is number one at -0.670 under. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Big wheels up leave for Mandella and he picks up from yesterday to stay #2.

Strong leave for Sigmon too, but he is off the pedal early.

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Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.331/160.14/-0.649, Now #3; D/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.354/159.93/-0.626, Was #3
Right Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.688/171.40/-0.612, Now #4; K/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.709/156.53/-0.591, Was #4

Lambeck's Sunfire moves towards the wall at the green and he still manages a little better ET to stay #3.

Neff finds some HP too and remains in the #4 spot.

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Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.158/165.84/-0.552, Now #5; C/SMA Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 8.349/163.81/-0.361, Was #9
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepghem No Time, Now #7; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.394/178.92/-0.516, Was #6

Ralph Van Paepghem's team can't get the altered to keep running and Lane will take a single.

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Left Lane: Mark Prothero Runs 9.353/138.10/-0.207, Now #11; H/EA Index: 9.56, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.905/151.51/-0.415, Now #9; H/A Index: 9.32, Prior Best: 22.234/62.50/12.914, Was #11

Mark Prothero was pushed away yesterday. He gets to the finish line under power today.

Jones struggled yesterday too and has something fly off the car in the lights this time. He still moves up two spots on the ladder.

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Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.198/164.69/-0.652, Now #3; C/SM Index: 8.85, Prior Best: 8.467/134.56/-0.383, Was #10
Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.387/182.16/-0.553, Now #6; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.435/185.46/-0.505, Was #8

Wilson gets the front end way up and then has the Sunfire move well out of the groove towards the wall. He stays with it and powers all the way up to the new #3 spot.

Edwards picks up some ET to move two spots into the #6 spot.

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Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 14.252/61.57/5.552, Now #1; C/EA Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 8.030/167.76/-0.670, Was #1

Fletcher's Cobalt has a strong 1.097 leave and then the engine sounds go ugly and he coasts on down the track.

11:30 a.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

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