Fri, 03 May 2019, 13:48 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern 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:

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Left Lane: Ed Federkeil Jr Runs 7.038/198.76/-0.582, Now #3; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.024/192.52/-0.596, Was #3
Right Lane: Ashton Hudson Runs 8.828/135.00/-0.152, Now #12; E/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.567/156.03/-0.413, Was #12

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 2,865 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Federkeil Jr. with another clean pass, but will not improve.

Hudson with problems early and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.375/149.15/-0.555, Now #9; E/ED Index: 8.93, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Brad Plourd Runs 6.421/210.67/-0.619, Now #1; AA/AM Index: 7.04, Prior Best: 6.436/209.62/-0.604, Was #1

Treadwell is straight down the groove...

Plourd launched hard and kept it hooked up to improve on his low E.T.

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Left Lane: Van Puckett Runs 7.948/169.85/-0.592, Now #6; F/AA Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.020/169.25/-0.520, Was #11
Right Lane: Jim Kimbrough Runs 6.800/190.40/-0.590, Now #7; B/DA Index: 7.39, Prior Best: 6.830/179.21/-0.560, Was #8

Puckett with a good clean pass to go to the number six spot.

Kimbrough with a good pass to move up on the ladder one spot.

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Left Lane: Stig Olsson Runs 7.254/170.08/0.164, Now #15; A/DA Index: 7.09, Prior Best: 7.596/187.89/0.506, Was #15
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.239/183.27/-0.581, Now #9; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.281/163.95/-0.539, Was #11

Olson with problems right at the hit.

Rampy with another good pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 12.159/101.39/4.739, Now #5; A/ND Index: 7.42, Prior Best: 6.828/190.11/-0.592, Was #5
Right Lane: Joseph Arrowsmith Runs 8.257/163.75/-0.613, Now #2; G/AA Index: 8.87, Prior Best: 8.268/162.67/-0.602, Was #2

Bourgeois blew the tires off right at the hit and clicked it off.

Arrowsmith was straight down the groove with s great pass.

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Left Lane: Tony Terry Runs 8.140/166.29/-0.400, Now #14; F/AA Index: 8.54, Prior Best: 8.140/173.41/-0.400, Was #14
Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.239/183.39/-0.601, Now #3; D/D Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 7.258/182.87/-0.582, Was #8

Terry matches his time from earlier today.

Browell is straight down the groove to go to the number three spot.

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Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 8.492/161.09/-0.588, Now #9; E/SM Index: 9.08, Prior Best: 8.509/163.18/-0.571, Was #10
Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.741/109.99/0.241, Now #5; G/ED Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.904/159.64/-0.596, Was #5

Daniels moves up the ladder one spot.

Treadwell clicks it off early.

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Left Lane: Ben Potts Runs 9.108/114.83/0.398, Now #16; F/ED Index: 8.71, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Allen Wilson No Time, Now #12; F/SMA Index: 9.26, Prior Best: 8.741/152.55/-0.519, Was #12

Potts with his first pass of the weekend.

Wilson with problems right at the hit and clicks it.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink