Fri, 08 Feb 2019, 13:38 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com 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: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.499/179.85/-0.311, Now #7; A/EA Index: 7.81, Prior Best: 7.250/181.13/-0.560, Was #7
Right Lane: Ryan Warter Runs 8.594/161.48/-0.686, Now #1; F/SM Index: 9.28, Prior Best: 8.613/161.52/-0.667, Was #3

10:05 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 1,222 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Mettler is number one at -0.677 and Field not filled, no bump spot.

Warter picks up enough to move into the top spot with a great -0.686 under run.

Van Paepeghem makes a clean pass, but makes his worse run of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Kevin Carter No Time, Now #6; B/ND Index: 7.56, Prior Best: 6.979/185.61/-0.581, Was #5
Right Lane: Josh Lee Runs 8.883/149.46/-0.607, Now #5; H/EA Index: 9.49, Prior Best: 8.911/149.03/-0.579, Was #6

Carter has a high wheelstand and then has the engine go away right after that. He pulls over to the wall and stops on the track.

Lee finds some more tuneup and runs into the sixty under range and moves one spot up the ladder.

10:08 a.m. Checking the track for "Stuff"

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Left Lane: Ed Federkeil Jr No Time, Now #10; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.142/197.57/-0.478, Was #10

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Left Lane: Ed Federkeil Jr Runs 6.906/201.46/-0.714, Now #1; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.142/197.57/-0.478, Was #10
Right Lane: Todd Miller Runs 6.666/213.43/-0.324, Now #11; AA/AM Index: 6.99, Prior Best: 6.698/169.83/-0.292, Was #11

10:11 a.m. No "Stuff", so they tow Carter off the track. Back to qualifying.

Miller leaves hard and has the altered drive towards the center line. He snakes his way to the finish line and makes his best pas of the weekend.

Federkeil Found a bunch of power and drives right into the top spot with our first seventy under pass!

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Left Lane: Jarrod Granier No Time, Now #10; E/SM Index: 9.10, Prior Best: 8.590/162.25/-0.510, Was #10
Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.307/183.74/-0.663, Now #3; PST Index: 7.97, Prior Best: 7.293/185.10/-0.677, Was #3

Granier breaks the motor in the burnout and gets pushed away. The starting line crew has to do a little dusting and cleaning in his lane.

Mettler makes another clean pass, just a little off his best.

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Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.223/182.43/-0.647, Now #4; C/ED Index: 7.87, Prior Best: 7.203/182.03/-0.667, Was #4
Right Lane: Alan Freese Runs 9.888/124.86/0.628, Now #14; F/SMA Index: 9.26, Prior Best: 20.208/142.26/10.948, Was #14

Freese has issues at the launch and at least puts a number up on the score board.

cClay picks up a little speed and loses a little ET to stay #4.

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Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.325/149.03/-0.495, Now #5; C/SM Index: 8.82, Prior Best: 8.163/170.45/-0.657, Was #5
Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.311/151.36/-0.629, Now #6; D/SMA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.400/135.89/-0.540, Was #9

Wilson nails the tree with a perfect light and then slows down track.

Lambeck is straight and fast o move three spots up the ladder to #6.

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Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.414/154.56/-0.616, Now #7; C/SR Index: 9.03, Prior Best: 8.826/115.36/-0.204, Was #12

Sigmon gets a full pass this tie and finally moves into the sixty under range. That's worth five spots on the ladder to #7.

10:20 a.m.

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