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Thu, 31 Aug 2017, 17:51 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Jim Samuel

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 63rd 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: Pete Pawlak Runs 7.703/175.91/-0.237, Now #31; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.707/176.33/-0.233, Was #31
Right Lane: Brad Plourd Runs 6.415/211.96/-0.625, Now #12; AA/AM Index: 7.04, Prior Best: 6.451/208.01/-0.589, Was #18

5:23 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 3,153 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Plourd's car spun the rear tires coming off the starting line and drifted a bit to the right. He steered the car back into the groove and ended up running quicker than he did in the first session. Pawlak drove his car down the groove and picked up 0.004 seconds over the first session.

Left Lane: Van Puckett Runs 8.068/150.15/-0.472, Now #25; F/AA Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.050/153.95/-0.490, Was #25
Right Lane: James Smith Runs 8.424/180.04/0.554, Now #34; B/AP Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 13.811/62.57/5.941, Was #37

Smith's car launched and stumbled for a bit before he got it up to speed again. Puckett's run looked okay but was not as quick as he was this afternoon.

Left Lane: Andrew Holt Runs 8.240/158.56/-0.350, Now #30; F/D Index: 8.59, Prior Best: 13.187/59.52/4.597, Was #37
Right Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 7.827/174.05/-0.623, Now #13; A/SM Index: 8.45, Prior Best: 7.870/174.12/-0.580, Was #20

Holt had a good run this time around and picked up nearly five seconds over his first session time. Pritchett also had a good drive and moved up seven spots in the order.

Left Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.323/161.11/-0.587, Now #14; G/AA Index: 8.91, Prior Best: 8.295/161.61/-0.615, Was #14
Right Lane: Brian Savani Runs 7.961/167.78/-0.389, Now #27; D/A Index: 8.35, Prior Best: 7.898/170.45/-0.452, Was #27

The back end of Savani's car was moving around a bit before he got it straightened out. Neither driver was as quick as he was in the first session.

Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.426/156.66/-0.614, Now #10; C/TA Index: 9.04, Prior Best: 8.408/157.10/-0.632, Was #10
Right Lane: Ronnie Bohn Runs 7.721/139.75/-0.469, Now #5; J/D Index: 8.19, Prior Best: 7.541/172.72/-0.649, Was #5

Both runs looked okay but neither driver moved up in the order.

Left Lane: Carey Bales Runs 6.923/197.36/-0.677, Now #5; DD/AT Index: 7.60, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Clint Neff Runs 7.568/172.41/-0.732, Now #1; K/AA Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.750/156.99/-0.550, Was #23

Bales had a good, clean run down the quarter mile in his 122-cubic inch Honda Accord. Neff moved up 22 spots in the order and into the top spot for now with a strong drive down the track.

Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 6.858/191.89/-0.572, Now #24; B/DA Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 7.008/158.93/-0.422, Was #30
Right Lane: Brandon Baxter Runs 6.659/207.21/-0.511, Now #26; A/AA Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 6.717/206.48/-0.453, Was #27

Cervelli moved up six spots in the order, Baxter moved up one spot with these runs.

Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.289/162.55/-0.311, Now #33; B/SMA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.276/161.88/-0.324, Was #32
Right Lane: Greg Tabler Runs 7.099/186.18/-0.331, Now #32; B/DA Index: 7.43, No Prior Run

Tabler moved up five spots in the order and that pushed Allen down one spot.

Left Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.453/159.89/-0.587, Now #21; D/SM Index: 9.04, Prior Best: 8.448/160.10/-0.592, Was #21
Right Lane: Ray Skillman Runs 8.328/160.84/-0.652, Now #6; D/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.347/161.32/-0.633, Was #11

Gusso's car got the front wheels in the air coming off the starting line. Skillman drove down the groove and moved up five spots in the order. Gusso stayed where he was.

Left Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.107/158.63/-0.603, Now #9; F/ED Index: 8.71, Prior Best: 8.068/160.00/-0.642, Was #9
Right Lane: Bill Riemenapp Runs 8.184/166.09/-0.516, Now #26; C/SR Index: 8.70, Prior Best: 17.504/58.08/8.804, Was #40

Two good runs that did nothing for Coan and moved Riemenapp up 14 spots.

Left Lane: Brian Seibenick Runs 8.623/154.12/-0.147, Now #36; F/DA Index: 8.77, Prior Best: 8.948/151.41/0.178, Was #36
Right Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 7.850/167.53/-0.570, Now #23; B/SR Index: 8.42, Prior Best: 7.847/168.16/-0.573, Was #23

Two runs down the groove that had no effect on the qualifying order.

Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 6.881/188.91/-0.669, Now #4; B/ED Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 6.869/184.98/-0.681, Was #4
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.352/154.32/-0.558, Now #7; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.259/167.91/-0.651, Was #7

Another pair of good runs and had no effect on the order.

Left Lane: David Billingsley Runs 8.134/162.49/-0.686, Now #3; D/EA Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.133/162.65/-0.687, Was #3
Right Lane: Dick Maris Runs 6.979/189.84/-0.621, Now #16; C/DA Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 6.987/190.19/-0.613, Was #18

Maris moved up two spots, Billingsley stayed where he was in the order.

Left Lane: Todd Frantz Runs 7.120/185.18/-0.480, Now #26; C/DA Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 7.029/187.03/-0.571, Was #25
Right Lane: Doug Engels Runs 7.346/170.23/-0.674, Now #6; D/ED Index: 8.02, Prior Best: 7.574/136.46/-0.446, Was #31

Engels had a good run and moved up 25 spots in the qualifying order. That pushed Frantz down on spot.

Left Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 7.030/189.12/-0.570, Now #27; C/DA Index: 7.60, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Brian Stufflebeam Runs 7.316/179.68/-0.594, Now #22; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.328/180.94/-0.582, Was #23

Kimbrough did not get a time in the first session. This time, he had a clean run. Stufflebeam moved up one spot with this trip down the track.

Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.300/185.03/-0.640, Now #11; C/AA Index: 7.94, Prior Best: 7.302/185.10/-0.638, Was #11
Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 11.809/95.09/4.529, Now #19; A/ED Index: 7.28, Prior Best: 6.665/205.16/-0.615, Was #19

Bailey's car shut off halfway down the track. Greenheck ran just a bit quicker than the first session but not quick enough to move up in the order.

Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 8.885/147.71/-0.675, Now #6; H/EA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 8.965/146.64/-0.595, Was #21
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.263/182.48/-0.597, Now #15; D/D Index: 7.86, Prior Best: 7.230/182.72/-0.630, Was #14

Self moved up 15 spots with a strong run. Browell moved down one spot because of that.

Right Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 6.804/177.42/-0.626, Now #16; B/DA Index: 7.43, Prior Best: 6.817/184.93/-0.613, Was #21

Galbraith had a strong run that moved him up five spots in the qualifying order. That's it for Comp Eliminator qualifying today.

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