Thu, 17 Oct 2019, 17:49 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Scott Cashio Runs 7.788/174.19/-0.742, Now #1; A/SMA Index: 8.53, Prior Best: 7.808/173.83/-0.722, Was #2
Right Lane: Keith Hall Runs 8.332/162.88/-0.668, Now #3; G/A Index: 9.00, Prior Best: 8.371/163.10/-0.629, Was #14
4:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,121 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
Cashio makes a good pass and moves up to the top spot in the order. Hall improves and moves up to third for now.
Left Lane: Ed Federkeil Jr Runs 7.015/197.42/-0.605, Now #10; B/AA Index: 7.62, Prior Best: 7.054/197.28/-0.566, Was #16
Right Lane: Barry Forrester Runs 14.055/67.90/6.165, Now #15; C/ED Index: 7.89, Prior Best: 7.311/178.35/-0.579, Was #14
Federkeil makes a clean pass and moves up to the tenth spot. Forrester loses traction at the hit, pedals once, then gives up on the run.
Left Lane: Greg Schenck Runs 9.086/143.67/-0.474, Now #22; H/EA Index: 9.56, Prior Best: 9.125/143.44/-0.435, Was #22
Right Lane: Justin Hutto Runs 6.875/192.30/-0.525, Now #13; B/DA Index: 7.40, Prior Best: 6.809/194.16/-0.591, Was #13
Schenck makes a good pas and improves but not enough to move in the order. Hutto slows from his earlier attempt.
Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.240/188.52/-0.710, Now #3; C/A Index: 7.95, Prior Best: 7.349/186.05/-0.601, Was #11
Right Lane: Raymond Martin Runs 7.647/170.95/-0.593, Now #13; K/AA Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.674/170.60/-0.566, Was #17
Robison goes down the groove with a good pass and moves up to the third spot for now. Martin improves and gets in the 13th spot for now.
Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.154/175.11/-0.666, Now #5; A/EA Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.173/167.41/-0.647, Was #7
Right Lane: Ashton Hudson Runs 8.427/161.85/-0.553, Now #18; E/SMA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.417/159.64/-0.563, Was #18
Rampy improves a little and moves up a couple of spots to fifth. Hudson slows from his earlier attempt.
Left Lane: Adam Hickey Runs 6.814/192.25/-0.586, Now #15; B/DA Index: 7.40, Prior Best: 6.850/192.22/-0.550, Was #20
Right Lane: John Clegg Runs 7.912/148.72/0.362, Now #26; CC/A Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 8.306/138.13/0.756, Was #26
Hickey goes down the groove with a clean pass and moves up to the 15th spot. Clegg improves but is still well off of the pace.
Left Lane: Don Thomas Runs 6.807/193.35/-0.643, Now #8; B/ED Index: 7.45, Prior Best: 6.850/193.18/-0.600, Was #12
Right Lane: Keith Mawhee Runs 8.256/122.52/-0.014, Now #20; D/A Index: 8.27, Prior Best: 7.707/176.72/-0.563, Was #20
Thomas improves and moves up to the eighth spot. Mawhee has problems and is off the throttle early.
Left Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.300/187.70/-0.600, Now #2; BB/A Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.172/191.48/-0.728, Was #2
Right Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.416/142.73/-0.564, Now #6; C/TA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.316/157.21/-0.664, Was #6
Smiley makes a decent pass but slows from his earlier attempt. Vincent slows from his earlier attempt.
Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.209/164.95/-0.521, Now #21; B/T Index: 8.73, Prior Best: 9.014/117.22/0.284, Was #25
Right Lane: Leslie Carson Runs 7.321/191.97/-0.339, Now #25; L/A Index: 7.66, Prior Best: 20.022/39.89/12.362, Was #28
Benham makes a full pass this time and moves up to the 21st spot. Carson improves and moves up to the 25th spot.
Left Lane: Jarrod Granier Runs 8.583/157.82/-0.517, Now #22; E/SM Index: 9.10, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Doug Engels Runs 8.441/113.45/0.441, Now #7; D/DA Index: 8.00, Prior Best: 7.339/162.45/-0.661, Was #7
Granier makes a decent pass and gets in the show in the 22nd spot. Engels was off the throttle early, not sure why.
Left Lane: Craig Bourgeois Runs 6.857/188.81/-0.563, Now #21; A/ND Index: 7.42, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Troy Galbraith Runs 6.668/198.26/-0.632, Now #9; B/DA Index: 7.30, Prior Best: 6.667/198.23/-0.633, Was #9
Bourgeois broke before he could make his first pass. he makes a clean run here and gets in the show in the 21st spot. Galbraith almost equals his first pass.
Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.215/162.29/-0.605, Now #11; D/D Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.207/158.73/-0.613, Was #11
Right Lane: Chase Williams Runs 6.797/198.23/-0.563, Now #22; B/DA Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 6.879/172.01/-0.481, Was #24
Browell slows a little from his earlier pass. Williams improves and moves up to the 22nd spot.
Left Lane: Bill Kent Runs 6.598/203.80/-0.642, Now #9; B/D Index: 7.24, Prior Best: 6.667/200.11/-0.573, Was #18
Right Lane: Dick Maris Runs 6.914/192.49/-0.616, Now #11; C/DA Index: 7.53, Prior Best: 6.910/192.33/-0.620, Was #10
Kent improves and moves up to the ninth spot. Maris slows a little and drops a spot as Kent goes around him.
Left Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.010/167.91/-0.530, Now #23; F/AA Index: 8.54, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 6.780/201.49/-0.500, Now #26; A/ED Index: 7.28, Prior Best: 6.884/201.70/-0.396, Was #26
Brown makes his first pass and gets in the show in the 23rd spot. Smiley improves but stays in the 26th spot.
Right Lane: Sean Dodd Runs 8.118/152.64/-0.482, Now #17; C/EA Index: 8.60, Prior Best: 8.018/166.89/-0.582, Was #17
Dodd slows from his previous attempt and stays in the 17th spot.
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 12.170/86.88/4.900, Now #31; I/D Index: 7.27, Prior Best: 8.932/97.60/1.662, Was #31
Massel overpowers the track at the hit, goes into tire spin and has to give up on the run.
Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.948/193.10/-0.532, Now #23; C/D Index: 7.48, Prior Best: 7.558/133.25/0.078, Was #29
Tanksley makes a full pass this time and improves to the 23rd spot.
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