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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Gambler Showdown presented by Torco 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: Skip Dunn Runs 7.255/187.60/-0.495, Now #12; B/AA Index: 7.75, Prior Best: 7.278/188.46/-0.472, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.461/215.55/-0.639, Now #2; BB/AT Index: 7.10, Prior Best: 9.508/96.61/2.408, Was #26 6:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 27.75 inches, adjusted altitude 3,967 feet, track temperature 81 degrees. Great
conditions, but no bump spot from round one. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.679/201.37/-0.661, Now #2; A/AP Index: 7.34, Prior Best: 6.787/200.32/-0.553, Was #6 Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.169/190.86/-0.521, Now #9; B/A Index: 7.69, Prior Best: 28.000/0.00/20.310, Was #27 Ellis leaves hard and uses a lot of track snaking down the the track into the new #2 position. Huggins had no time from round one when the engine zinged. He has all the gears this time and moves well into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Brian Fitzpatrick No Time, Now #25; H/D Index: 7.06, Prior Best: 7.171/219.22/0.111, Was #25 Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 8.397/123.91/0.297, Now #17; C/AA Index: 8.10, Prior Best: 7.818/178.73/-0.282, Was #17 Looked like a terminal problem with Fitzpatrick's turbo engine, after a good leave, a bunch of smoke came from the engine. Ouch! Moscini was loose and in and out of the throttle before giving it up. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.574/179.30/-0.546, Now #8; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.612/179.06/-0.508, Was #10 Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.947/168.98/-0.553, Now #7; A/SM Index: 8.50, Prior Best: 7.996/168.68/-0.504, Was #11 Two clean passes and they join each other in the top quarter of the field. Left Lane: Randy Goff Runs 8.242/162.74/-0.208, Now #21; E/A Index: 8.45, Prior Best: 8.252/163.04/-0.198, Was #21 Right Lane: Bobby Chase Runs 8.525/155.44/-0.115, Now #23; K/A Index: 8.64, Prior Best: 8.608/154.02/-0.032, Was #24 No problems for Chase this time and he moves the little altered up the ladder one position. Goff almost repeats and stays #21. Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.689/151.68/-0.431, Now #5; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 7.551/180.26/-0.569, Was #5 Right Lane: Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still Runs 6.947/197.45/-0.373, Now #17; A/ED Index: 7.32, Prior Best: 7.049/194.58/-0.271, Was #18 Lots of shake off the line for Gebhardt, but she improves over her first pass. Huhtala slows a little. Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.933/197.57/-0.317, Now #18; A/D Index: 7.25, Prior Best: 7.041/196.19/-0.209, Was #20 Right Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 7.612/172.28/-0.138, Now #14; B/AA Index: 7.75, Prior Best: 7.267/187.29/-0.483, Was #14 A little dart off center at the hit for Hartford and he picks up a few hundredths and two spots on the ladder. No joy for Marshall, as the car slows after a strong leave. Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.356/162.92/-0.584, Now #4; C/SMA Index: 8.94, Prior Best: 8.377/157.91/-0.563, Was #6 Right Lane: Pat Byron Runs 7.030/191.43/-0.540, Now #10; C/D Index: 7.57, Prior Best: 7.092/190.00/-0.478, Was #15 Another good looking pair of runs. Wilson gets about two hundredths to move into the top four. Byron finds six and five spots on the ladder. Left Lane: Dean Carter Runs 7.122/181.76/-0.538, Now #11; B/ND Index: 7.66, Prior Best: 7.158/182.87/-0.502, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.157/192.44/-0.593, Now #4; B/AA Index: 7.75, Prior Best: 7.167/192.33/-0.583, Was #5 ...and the hits keep coming. Carter goes straight and true this time and motors strongly on down the track to capture the new #11 spot. Holloway just misses the sixty under group with a good looking pass. Left Lane: Gary Tackett Runs 8.665/155.27/-0.175, Now #22; B/SMA Index: 8.84, Prior Best: 8.711/155.15/-0.129, Was #22 Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.361/146.21/-0.619, Now #4; C/T Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.444/144.35/-0.536, Was #12 Big move up the ladder for DePalma. Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 7.592/179.56/-0.528, Now #13; C/A Index: 8.12, Prior Best: 8.052/135.18/-0.068, Was #24 Right Lane: Marty Ladwig Runs 7.338/196.93/-0.732, Now #1; AA/AF Index: 8.07, Prior Best: 7.300/197.54/-0.770, Was #1 Ladwig can't improve, but McGaha finds a bunch of ET to move into the top half of the field on a clean pass. Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 10.225/83.80/0.735, Now #27; G/SMA Index: 9.49, Prior Best: 10.315/81.55/0.825, Was #27 Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 7.516/181.23/-0.584, Now #7; I/AA Index: 8.10, Prior Best: 8.911/104.32/0.811, Was #26 Biondo gets it all together this time and slides the Beretta into the top quarter of the field. Lamb improves a little, but stays #27. Right Lane: Joe Mozeris Runs 7.504/165.66/-0.106, Now #18; C/DA Index: 7.61, Prior Best: 7.146/184.37/-0.464, Was #18 Last car of the session. No joy for Mozeris, as the B/ED is lazy off the line and slows a bunch from his first attempt. 6:48 p.m. Ladwig stays #1 at 0.770 under and we still don't have a Bump Spot.
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