Comp Eliminator

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Thursday Results for Qualifying Round 1

CLERMONT, Ind. - INDY - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.976/141.55/-0.574, Now #1 L/AA Index: 9.55 Right Lane: Chris Ray No Time, Now #2 A/PM Index: 7.01 3:39 p.m. Welcome to the the first session of Comp here at the 2010 US Nationals. Usually, things are fairly laid back this early in the week but we've already seen lots of good racing and even higher interest in the Stock and Super Stock classes because of the new Challengers and Cobra Jets. While we don't expect any such major factors to bear on Comp, it still remains that there are some very fast cars here and all the teams want to be holding the Wally on Monday. The count I have at this moment is that 68 cars are here so we'll see how many make a pass in this session. The weather is pretty darn good considering it's September in the Midwest. A strong front has been running just to our west but so far has only dropped some very light sprinkles. However, the weather moving by has changed the conditions considerably; we're totally overcast, the temperature has dropped 10 degrees or so from yesterday, and there's a definite muggy feel. Good news on the temps, but bad news for the humidity. That can be a real factor on the smaller engines that have been running so strong lately so we might see some new names at the top of the qualifying order by the time we're done. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 3,387 feet, track temperature 99 degrees. Two very different approaches pull up to the line - big cubic inches and small. Ray's car rolls forward about 6 feet when he goes on the chip and he won't get a time. Left Lane: Brad Klein Runs 7.537/183.12/-0.303, Now #3 B/AP Index: 7.84 Right Lane: John Caliendo Jr Runs 7.831/173.52/-0.349, Now #2 D/AA Index: 8.18 There are many years of experience sitting on the line. We've got a bit of confusion as the cars stage and Klein is backed up to wait for Caliendo. Once things get going over in the right lane, Brad bumps in again. Straight runs on both sides, but listening to the engines sing neither of them seemed to want to accelerate on the front half - they didn't seem to gain all that much rpm. Left Lane: Jerry Arnold Runs 7.916/167.16/-0.544, Now #2 G/ED Index: 8.46 Right Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.458/176.26/-0.482, Now #3 D/ED Index: 7.94 Arnie lays down a good pass and goes into the second spot. Trust me, even with the weather there's still a whole lot to come. Left Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.291/135.82/-0.259, Now #7 L/AA Index: 9.55 Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.491/182.01/-0.459, Now #4 C/A Index: 7.95 A Corvette against a mini-Corvette Left Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.540/207.18/-0.590, Now #1 A/DA Index: 7.13 Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.806/173.05/-0.554, Now #3 E/A Index: 8.36 Nice hits on both sides. There's plenty of track so we should see some stout times. Doug Warren's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.735, 660ft-4.199/167.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.463. Matt Harris' incremental times: 60ft-1.107 sec., 330ft-3.199, 660ft-4.972/138.33 mph, 1,000ft-6.507. Left Lane: D. Billingsley Runs 9.081/147.75/-0.469, Now #6 A/EA Index: 9.55 Right Lane: Jay Billingsley Runs 8.333/158.30/-0.457, Now #8 F/ED Index: 8.79 It's a family affair. Dad shows the Kid how you're supposed to react to the christmas tree with a .001 light. Jay snoozes to an .035. Left Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 34.542/22.98/26.982, Now #13 B/AA Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.383/156.34/-0.467, Now #7 E/ED Index: 8.85 Perkinson leaves and the car just shuts off part way through first gear. Strong pass for Treadwell but she won't finish the session in the 7th spot Left Lane: Gary Agan Runs 7.037/193.60/-0.353, Now #10 B/DA Index: 7.39 Right Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 8.120/166.31/-0.220, Now #14 B/EA Index: 8.34 Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.081/154.00/-0.449, Now #11 F/EA Index: 8.53 Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.654/210.64/-0.456, Now #10 A/A Index: 7.11 I haven't seen Hughes' Cobalt before. From here, it looks like it's still in natural Carbon Fiber grey. It's sporting a big HRE logo on the doors. He runs big MPH. Left Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.786/168.09/-0.604, Now #1 J/AA Index: 8.39 Right Lane: Todd Hoerner Runs 6.703/208.84/-0.447, Now #13 A/AA Index: 7.15 Hoerner's Sonny's Automotive car heads toward the wall on the leave but Todd does a nice job of moving it back into the groove by 250 feet. Meanwhile, Ambrose is showing us that HIS little engine doesn't mind the humidity. Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.666/153.98/-0.464, Now #9 C/TA Index: 9.13 Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 8.522/152.52/0.562, Now #20 BB/A Index: 7.96 Hord's in a red Corvette with that distinctive slow lope of the blower. Something goes wrong on the starting line since it didn't look like he got the rpms up before he left. Shaun Vincent's incremental times: 60ft-1.181 sec., 330ft-3.503, 660ft-5.485/123.59 mph, 1,000ft-7.206. Rick Hord's incremental times: 60ft-1.252 sec., 330ft-3.548, 660ft-5.459/128.07 mph, 1,000ft-7.099. Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.303/183.99/-0.087, Now #21 B/DA Index: 7.39 Right Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.973/164.77/-0.557, Now #4 F/EA Index: 8.53 Another small engine struts its stuff. Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.526/181.40/-0.434, Now #17 C/AA Index: 7.96 Right Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.652/148.31/-0.438, Now #16 C/SR Index: 9.09 Good passes in both lanes. Edwards gets style points because I was surprised at the numbers he put up - the car looked much quicker than it was. John Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-1.067 sec., 330ft-3.112, 660ft-4.819/144.03 mph, 1,000ft-6.287. Fred Allen's incremental times: 60ft-1.218 sec., 330ft-3.509, 660ft-5.473/124.93 mph, 1,000ft-7.175. Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.735/174.75/-0.445, Now #17 D/AA Index: 8.18 Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.303/181.37/-0.537, Now #7 A/EA Index: 7.84 Rampy just drove away from the GTO on the top end of the track. Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.913/193.49/-0.497, Now #8 C/D Index: 7.41 Right Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 7.902/123.33/0.062, Now #27 A/EA Index: 7.84 Both cars left hard but Farrell's Bantam did a bit of a pogo in the first 100 feet and it hurt him. Tanksley, as always, is fast. Left Lane: Steven Kent Runs 7.870/171.69/-0.490, Now #9 G/SMA Index: 8.36 Right Lane: Bill Morse Runs 8.517/160.90/-0.143, Now #27 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Kent's Corvette is carrying the full Pistonator wrap. He gets deep into the top half. Left Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 6.784/198.88/-0.246, Now #27 A/D Index: 7.03 Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.293/180.91/-0.497, Now #9 D/D Index: 7.79 Two dragsters, both with clutches. Browell's leave didn't look all that great but he puts up a good number. Left Lane: Dave Yediny Runs 8.906/143.19/-0.534, Now #8 L/A Index: 9.44 Right Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 8.263/161.75/-0.507, Now #9 C/T Index: 8.77 Big wheelstand for the truck and he carries it pretty far out on the way to 330. Both cars get into the top ten. Dave Yediny's incremental times: 60ft-1.190 sec., 330ft-3.569, 660ft-5.607/120.33 mph, 1,000ft-7.380. Tom Schmidt's incremental times: 60ft-1.152 sec., 330ft-3.362, 660ft-5.244/130.07 mph, 1,000ft-6.876. Left Lane: Dennis Smiley No Time, Now #37 A/DA Index: 7.13 Right Lane: Scott Parks Runs 6.838/194.10/-0.582, Now #3 A/ND Index: 7.42 Smiley doesn't get to the water due to problems and is pushed off on the short chute. Parks is smooth and strong all the way down the 1320. Left Lane: James Caro Runs 8.250/162.24/-0.410, Now #27 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.496/181.18/-0.454, Now #21 C/A Index: 7.95 Decent passes for the door cars but right now .4 under puts you midpack. Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.137/187.83/-0.423, Now #27 C/DA Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.640/178.52/-0.320, Now #31 C/AA Index: 7.96 Ambrose still leads the pack at -.604 Looks like the conditions might be hurting the big engines more than the smaller ones. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.643/202.48/-0.507, Now #11 A/AA Index: 7.15 Right Lane: Justin Jenkins Runs 32.383/323.50/22.713, Now #41 I/SMA Index: 9.67 Ellis runs WJ horsepower (yes, that WJ). He gets a nice leave with just a touch of shake and gets deep into the 6 second zone. Jenkins may have had ignition problems. Right off the line the Cobalt sounded like a turbo car on the chip with some sharp backfires. Just a few feet later it nosed over and he coasts through. Left Lane: Chuck Haubiel No Time, Now #44 B/SMA Index: 8.52 Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.247/163.06/-0.513, Now #10 I/AA Index: 8.76 OK, now this was WAY different. Haubiel left hard but when the wheels touched down we went into the wacky racer mode. The right side wheel was flopping in and out of the wheelwell at about a 30 degree angle. Obviously, I couldn't see what the left front was doing. Chuck gets the car shut down and slowly wobbles his way to the turnoff. Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 9.211/146.77/-0.459, Now #22 I/SM Index: 9.67 Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.036/169.44/-0.484, Now #16 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Left Lane: B. Stufflebeam Runs 7.424/179.56/-0.416, Now #32 A/EA Index: 7.84 Right Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 17.410/65.12/8.890, Now #45 A/SMA Index: 8.52 I swear Trumble's car was slightly swaying from side to side when he went on the chip. Maybe I was hallucinating but something was wrong as he shut off by 150 feet. Left Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.132/167.07/-0.548, Now #7 B/SM Index: 8.68 Right Lane: Lee Zane No Time, Now #49 L/AA Index: 9.55 More weirdness. The tree goes down and Zane doesn't move. I can see him in the car and it looks like he's still trying to get something to happen. He shuts the car off and it's pushed back. Pritchett seems like he always does well here at Indy, and move right into the 7th spot. Left Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.084/167.30/-0.406, Now #36 F/AA Index: 8.49 Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.083/165.64/-0.517, Now #11 F/D Index: 8.60 That's a good hit for Ackerman but not what I was expecting. He's usually right on the top of the order. Rick Brown's incremental times: 60ft-1.165 sec., 330ft-3.322, 660ft-5.152/133.75 mph, 1,000ft-6.740. Al Ackerman's incremental times: 60ft-1.207 sec., 330ft-3.318, 660ft-5.134/134.22 mph, 1,000ft-6.726. Left Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.327/155.47/-0.473, Now #21 G/EA Index: 8.80 Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.206/182.03/-0.584, Now #3 DD/AT Index: 7.79 I originally thought something was wrong with Bruno's car because when he went on the chip I never heard the popping and banging that turbos like to do. Looking at his numbers it looks like nothing much was wrong, lack of popping or not. Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.171/168.70/-0.349, Now #42 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 7.035/192.77/-0.385, Now #39 A/ND Index: 7.42 Left Lane: Mike Hazlett Runs 7.196/189.90/-0.364, Now #41 B/A Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.810/170.86/-0.570, Now #6 A/SR Index: 8.38 Barone goes into the top ten, Hazlett is looking for more. Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.462/177.67/-0.478, Now #22 D/ED Index: 7.94 Right Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.734/155.94/-0.336, Now #46 E/SM Index: 9.07 Gusso's car is pure white. From here, I can't see a single decal. At the hit, the car lofted the front wheels and then the front end moved even higher as the car went through first gear. It was two distinct motions. Left Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.636/204.76/-0.554, Now #9 A/ED Index: 7.19 Right Lane: F. Aragona Jr. Runs 8.252/159.82/-0.538, Now #12 F/ED Index: 8.79 Right Lane: John Frech Runs 8.300/157.32/-0.300, Now #51 F/D Index: 8.60 Here's the final car in the session. It sounded like Frech blew the tires off in first gear. Ambrose holds on to the top spot. Comp will have one more shot today.

Thursday Order for Qualifying Round 1

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Revised order after one round of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Steve Ambrose J/AA 8.39 7.786 -0.604 2. Doug Warren A/DA 7.13 6.540 -0.590 3. Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.79 7.206 -0.584 4. Scott Parks A/ND 7.42 6.838 -0.582 5. Charlie Greco L/AA 9.55 8.976 -0.574 6. Vinny Barone A/SR 8.38 7.810 -0.570 7. Kevin Self F/EA 8.53 7.973 -0.557 8. Matt Harris E/A 8.36 7.806 -0.554 9. Robert Bailey A/ED 7.19 6.636 -0.554 10. Larry Pritchett B/SM 8.68 8.132 -0.548 11. Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.46 7.916 -0.544 12. Frank Aragona Jr. F/ED 8.79 8.252 -0.538 13. David Rampy A/EA 7.84 7.303 -0.537 14. Dave Yediny L/A 9.44 8.906 -0.534 15. Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 8.083 -0.517 16. Sal Biondo I/AA 8.76 8.247 -0.513 17. Tom Schmidt C/T 8.77 8.263 -0.507 18. Alan Ellis A/AA 7.15 6.643 -0.507 19. Joey Tanksley C/D 7.41 6.913 -0.497 20. Brian Browell D/D 7.79 7.293 -0.497 21. Steven Kent E/A 8.36 7.870 -0.490 22. Todd Patterson A/SMA 8.52 8.036 -0.484 23. Terry Smith D/ED 7.94 7.458 -0.482 24. Anthony Bertozzi D/ED 7.94 7.462 -0.478 25. Jason Coan G/EA 8.80 8.327 -0.473 26. David Billingsley L/AA 9.55 9.081 -0.469 27. Jenny Treadwell E/ED 8.85 8.383 -0.467 28. Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.13 8.666 -0.464 29. Duane Robison C/A 7.95 7.491 -0.459 30. Scott Benham I/SM 9.67 9.211 -0.459 31. Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 8.333 -0.457 32. Dave Hughes A/A 7.11 6.654 -0.456 33. Clark Smiley C/A 7.95 7.496 -0.454 34. Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.53 8.081 -0.449 35. Todd Hoerner A/AA 7.15 6.703 -0.447 36. Arnie Martel D/AA 8.18 7.735 -0.445 37. Fred Allen C/SR 9.09 8.652 -0.438 38. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.526 -0.434 39. Greg Kamplain C/DA 7.56 7.137 -0.423 40. Brian Stufflebeam A/EA 7.84 7.424 -0.416 41. James Caro B/SMA 8.66 8.250 -0.410 42. Rick Brown F/AA 8.49 8.084 -0.406 43. Brian Darcy A/ND 7.42 7.035 -0.385 44. Mike Hazlett B/A 7.56 7.196 -0.364 45. Gary Agan B/DA 7.39 7.037 -0.353 46. John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 7.831 -0.349 47. Randy Jones A/SMA 8.52 8.171 -0.349 48. Travis Gusso E/SM 9.07 8.734 -0.336 49. Jim Greenheck C/AA 7.96 7.640 -0.320 50. Brad Klein B/AP 7.84 7.537 -0.303 51. John Frech F/D 8.60 8.300 -0.300 52. Jody Holland L/AA 9.55 9.291 -0.259 53. Scott Chamness A/D 7.03 6.784 -0.246 54. Bert Dawson B/EA 8.34 8.120 -0.220 55. Bill Morse B/SMA 8.66 8.517 -0.143 56. Frank Cervelli B/DA 7.39 7.303 -0.087 57. Mike Farrell A/EA 7.84 7.902 0.062 58. Rick Hord BB/A 7.96 8.522 0.562 59. Justin Jenkins I/SMA 9.67 32.383 22.713 60. Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.56 34.542 26.982 61. Lee Zane L/AA 9.55 NT --------- Not Qualified --------- 62. Chuck Haubiel A/SMA 8.52 DQ 63. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.52 DQ

Thursday Results for Qualifying Round 2

CLERMONT, Ind. - INDY - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil 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: Todd Hoerner Runs 6.633/209.65/-0.517, Now #16 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.703/208.84/-0.447, Was #35 Right Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.047/183.99/-0.343, Now #48 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.303/183.99/-0.087, Was #56 7:04 p.m. It's time for the Comp racers to get another shot at this exceptional track. The weather has cleared a bit and the track is a bit warmer but should not prove to be a problem. The strong wind from the previous session has died down considerably. I think I neglected to mention it, but it was a tailwind running roughly from 1 o clock to 7. Hoerner cracks off a much better pass. We're still without a bump as we didn't have 64 cars in the first session. Left Lane: Rick Hord Runs 7.744/170.21/-0.216, Now #56 BB/A Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 8.522/152.52/0.562, Was #58 Right Lane: Steven Kent Runs 7.913/170.45/-0.447, Now #22 G/SMA Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.870/171.69/-0.490, Was #22 I doubt if either team will be happy though there was no obvious problems I saw in either lane. Left Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 8.062/167.05/-0.278, Now #53 B/EA Index: 8.34 Prior Best: 8.120/166.31/-0.220, Was #55 Right Lane: B. Stufflebeam Runs 7.474/179.30/-0.366, Now #40 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.424/179.56/-0.416, Was #40 Dawson picks up the front wheels and the car does a small waggle when they touch down. He still improves a bit while Stufflebeam is still looking. Left Lane: Chris Ray Runs 6.730/208.01/-0.280, Now #53 A/PM Index: 7.01 No Prior Run Right Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 38.631/77.11/31.071, Now #61 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 34.542/22.98/26.982, Was #60 Perkinson is in the Nitrofish sponsored Stratus, Ray carrying the Elite Motorsports banner. Ray gets from A to B. Perkinson's car falls on its face on the leave and is out of power before it clears the 60 foot clocks. Left Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.786/173.99/-0.574, Now #6 E/A Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.806/173.05/-0.554, Was #8 Right Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.178/142.78/-0.372, Now #44 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 9.291/135.82/-0.259, Was #55 Harris continues to improve while Holland moves up but is still deep in the program. Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.295/182.16/-0.545, Now #11 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.303/181.37/-0.537, Was #13 Right Lane: Chuck Haubiel Runs 9.029/160.12/0.509, Now #60 B/SMA Index: 8.52 No Prior Run More problems for Haubiel. The car stands up on a hard leave but almost sounded as if it ran out of gas and the nose slams back down. He coasts to the turn off. Rampy finds a few thou and moves two spots. Left Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.698/156.26/-0.372, Now #45 E/SM Index: 9.07 Prior Best: 8.734/155.94/-0.336, Was #50 Right Lane: Scott Benham Runs 9.207/141.52/-0.463, Now #30 I/SM Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 9.211/146.77/-0.459, Was #31 Left Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.370/157.30/-0.480, Now #25 E/ED Index: 8.85 Prior Best: 8.383/156.34/-0.467, Was #28 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.656/198.79/-0.494, Now #19 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.643/202.48/-0.507, Was #19 Ellis is still hitting the tires really hard through first with a bit of a wigwag action. The car settles down in second but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Bill Morse Runs 8.248/164.19/-0.412, Now #41 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.517/160.90/-0.143, Was #58 Right Lane: Gary Agan Runs 7.044/193.79/-0.346, Now #48 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.037/193.60/-0.353, Was #47 Left Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 8.131/167.84/-0.389, Now #44 A/SMA Index: 8.52 No Prior Run Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 13.738/111.15/5.348, Now #1 J/AA Index: 8.39 Prior Best: 7.786/168.09/-0.604, Was #1 Ambrose has the same kind of problems off the line as the car noses over immediately. Trumble gets in the show. Left Lane: Jay Billingsley Runs 8.285/159.48/-0.505, Now #20 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.333/158.30/-0.457, Was #32 Right Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.553/208.75/-0.577, Now #2 A/DA Index: 7.13 Prior Best: 6.540/207.18/-0.590, Was #2 Nice move for Billingsley, Warren stays put. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,613 feet, track temperature 101 degrees. Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.569/179.80/-0.391, Now #44 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.640/178.52/-0.320, Was #53 Right Lane: Dennis Smiley Runs 11.286/74.49/4.156, Now #62 A/DA Index: 7.13 No Prior Run Smiley's problems continue as he is coasting by 200 feet. The right lane must have some sort of voodoo going on. Greenheck improves. Left Lane: Scott Parks Runs 6.821/195.31/-0.599, Now #2 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 6.838/194.10/-0.582, Was #4 Right Lane: Mike Hazlett Runs 7.194/189.98/-0.366, Now #49 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.196/189.90/-0.364, Was #49 Parks blasts off the line on his way to a very good pass. He moves into the #2 slot. Hazlett follows what most of the other cars are doing in this session and basically repeats from the first session. Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.230/182.87/-0.560, Now #8 D/D Index: 7.79 Prior Best: 7.293/180.91/-0.497, Was #22 Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.951/145.16/-0.599, Now #3 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.976/141.55/-0.574, Was #5 Browell's car looks a lot stronger this time around and the numbers prove that out. Greco's not too shabby in the other lane, either, as he goes to third. Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.484/180.96/-0.466, Now #30 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.491/182.01/-0.459, Was #32 Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.865/194.69/-0.545, Now #13 C/D Index: 7.41 Prior Best: 6.913/193.49/-0.497, Was #22 Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.918/165.72/-0.612, Now #1 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 7.973/164.77/-0.557, Was #9 Right Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.147/167.09/-0.533, Now #11 B/SM Index: 8.68 Prior Best: 8.132/167.07/-0.548, Was #11 Self shows the troops what it's supposed to happen as he vaults all the way up to the top spot. Strong pass! Left Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 8.224/162.33/-0.546, Now #12 C/T Index: 8.77 Prior Best: 8.263/161.75/-0.507, Was #20 Right Lane: D. Billingsley Runs 9.013/148.80/-0.537, Now #17 A/EA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 9.081/147.75/-0.469, Was #29 Left Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 7.373/179.61/-0.467, Now #30 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.902/123.33/0.062, Was #60 Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 8.115/159.53/-0.405, Now #45 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.171/168.70/-0.349, Was #52 Left Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.819/193.16/-0.601, Now #3 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 7.035/192.77/-0.385, Was #48 Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 9.831/88.54/2.271, Now #41 C/DA Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.137/187.83/-0.423, Was #40 Kamplain was coasting by half track. Darcy gets the little gas dragster very close to the top. Left Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.457/176.58/-0.483, Now #27 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.458/176.26/-0.482, Was #27 Right Lane: Brad Klein No Time, Now #55 B/AP Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.537/183.12/-0.303, Was #55 Klein has problems and is pushed away. Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 8.008/169.85/-0.512, Now #23 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.036/169.44/-0.484, Was #26 Right Lane: Jerry Arnold Runs 7.893/167.09/-0.567, Now #10 G/ED Index: 8.46 Prior Best: 7.916/167.16/-0.544, Was #16 It's Indy and .500 under is getting pretty cheap. Left Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.482/181.69/-0.468, Now #31 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.496/181.18/-0.454, Was #36 Right Lane: Dave Yediny Runs 8.902/147.09/-0.538, Now #18 L/A Index: 9.44 Prior Best: 8.906/143.19/-0.534, Was #19 Two smooth runs, a bit of improvement. Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.075/165.62/-0.525, Now #20 F/D Index: 8.60 Prior Best: 8.083/165.64/-0.517, Was #20 Right Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.321/155.83/-0.479, Now #29 G/EA Index: 8.80 Prior Best: 8.327/155.47/-0.473, Was #30 It's a battle of the mad bumblebees as we listen to these two going down the track. Left Lane: F. Aragona Jr. Runs 8.295/159.38/-0.495, Now #17 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.252/159.82/-0.538, Was #17 Right Lane: James Caro Runs 8.266/159.23/-0.394, Now #44 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.250/162.24/-0.410, Was #44 Left Lane: Justin Jenkins Runs 9.516/142.78/-0.154, Now #61 I/SMA Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 32.383/323.50/22.713, Was #63 Right Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.660/153.81/-0.470, Now #31 C/TA Index: 9.13 Prior Best: 8.666/153.98/-0.464, Was #34 Left Lane: Lee Zane Runs 8.944/148.28/-0.606, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.55 No Prior Run Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.438/176.56/-0.522, Now #22 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.526/181.40/-0.434, Was #40 Zane does the Professor Dave car proud as he knocks this one out of the park - yes, I know that's a baseball term but running that hard when everybody else is just treading water makes it hard to find the right words sometimes. Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.420/148.10/-0.340, Now #24 I/AA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.247/163.06/-0.513, Was #24 Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.039/167.43/-0.451, Now #39 F/AA Index: 8.49 Prior Best: 8.084/167.30/-0.406, Was #46 Left Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.805/170.73/-0.575, Now #9 A/SR Index: 8.38 Prior Best: 7.810/170.86/-0.570, Was #10 Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.616/205.10/-0.574, Now #11 A/ED Index: 7.19 Prior Best: 6.636/204.76/-0.554, Was #13 Two very fast "A" class cars pair up for this one. Both improve, Barone gets into the top ten. Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.710/149.00/-0.380, Now #42 C/SR Index: 9.09 Prior Best: 8.652/148.31/-0.438, Was #42 Right Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.426/177.72/-0.514, Now #24 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.462/177.67/-0.478, Was #32 Right Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.041/160.56/-0.489, Now #30 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 8.081/154.00/-0.449, Was #40 Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.690/175.50/-0.490, Now #30 D/AA Index: 8.18 Prior Best: 7.735/174.75/-0.445, Was #41 Martel gets a single to finish the session. Lots of movement. Kevin Self is King for right now.

Thursday Order for Qualifying Round 2

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Kevin Self F/EA 8.53 7.918 -0.612 2. Lee Zane L/AA 9.55 8.944 -0.606 3. Steve Ambrose J/AA 8.39 7.786 -0.604 4. Brian Darcy A/ND 7.42 6.819 -0.601 5. Scott Parks A/ND 7.42 6.821 -0.599 6. Charlie Greco L/AA 9.55 8.951 -0.599 7. Doug Warren A/DA 7.13 6.540 -0.590 8. Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.79 7.206 -0.584 9. Vinny Barone A/SR 8.38 7.805 -0.575 10. Matt Harris E/A 8.36 7.786 -0.574 11. Robert Bailey A/ED 7.19 6.616 -0.574 12. Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.46 7.893 -0.567 13. Brian Browell D/D 7.79 7.230 -0.560 14. Larry Pritchett B/SM 8.68 8.132 -0.548 15. Tom Schmidt C/T 8.77 8.224 -0.546 16. David Rampy A/EA 7.84 7.295 -0.545 17. Joey Tanksley C/D 7.41 6.865 -0.545 18. Frank Aragona Jr. F/ED 8.79 8.252 -0.538 19. Dave Yediny L/A 9.44 8.902 -0.538 20. David Billingsley L/AA 9.55 9.013 -0.537 21. Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 8.075 -0.525 22. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.438 -0.522 23. Todd Hoerner A/AA 7.15 6.633 -0.517 24. Anthony Bertozzi D/ED 7.94 7.426 -0.514 25. Sal Biondo I/AA 8.76 8.247 -0.513 26. Todd Patterson A/SMA 8.52 8.008 -0.512 27. Alan Ellis A/AA 7.15 6.643 -0.507 28. Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 8.285 -0.505 29. Steven Kent E/A 8.36 7.870 -0.490 30. Arnie Martel D/AA 8.18 7.690 -0.490 31. Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.53 8.041 -0.489 32. Terry Smith D/ED 7.94 7.457 -0.483 33. Jenny Treadwell E/ED 8.85 8.370 -0.480 34. Jason Coan G/EA 8.80 8.321 -0.479 35. Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.13 8.660 -0.470 36. Clark Smiley C/A 7.95 7.482 -0.468 37. Mike Farrell A/EA 7.84 7.373 -0.467 38. Duane Robison C/A 7.95 7.484 -0.466 39. Scott Benham I/SM 9.67 9.207 -0.463 40. Dave Hughes A/A 7.11 6.654 -0.456 41. Rick Brown F/AA 8.49 8.039 -0.451 42. Fred Allen C/SR 9.09 8.652 -0.438 43. Greg Kamplain C/DA 7.56 7.137 -0.423 44. Brian Stufflebeam A/EA 7.84 7.424 -0.416 45. Bill Morse B/SMA 8.66 8.248 -0.412 46. James Caro B/SMA 8.66 8.250 -0.410 47. Randy Jones A/SMA 8.52 8.115 -0.405 48. Jim Greenheck C/AA 7.96 7.569 -0.391 49. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.52 8.131 -0.389 50. Jody Holland L/AA 9.55 9.178 -0.372 51. Travis Gusso E/SM 9.07 8.698 -0.372 52. Mike Hazlett B/A 7.56 7.194 -0.366 53. Gary Agan B/DA 7.39 7.037 -0.353 54. John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 7.831 -0.349 55. Frank Cervelli B/DA 7.39 7.047 -0.343 56. Brad Klein B/AP 7.84 7.537 -0.303 57. John Frech F/D 8.60 8.300 -0.300 58. Chris Ray A/PM 7.01 6.730 -0.280 59. Bert Dawson B/EA 8.34 8.062 -0.278 60. Scott Chamness A/D 7.03 6.784 -0.246 61. Rick Hord BB/A 7.96 7.744 -0.216 62. Justin Jenkins I/SMA 9.67 9.516 -0.154 63. Chuck Haubiel A/SMA 8.52 9.029 0.509 64. Dennis Smiley A/DA 7.13 11.286 4.156 --------- Not Qualified --------- 65. Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.56 34.542 26.982

Friday Results for Qualifying Round 3

CLERMONT, Ind. - INDY - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil 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: Gary Agan Runs 7.014/193.32/-0.376, Now #51 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.037/193.60/-0.353, Was #53 Right Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 8.648/156.61/-0.422, Now #44 E/SM Index: 9.07 Prior Best: 8.698/156.26/-0.372, Was #51 2:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,078 feet, track temperature 112 degrees. We're in mostly full sunshine and the track has heated up. We still have that wind. Both cars move a bit further into the field. Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 9.084/147.96/-0.586, Now #8 I/SM Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 9.207/141.52/-0.463, Was #39 Right Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 14.111/59.41/5.341, Now #16 C/T Index: 8.77 Prior Best: 8.224/162.33/-0.546, Was #15 I'm not sure what happened to Schmidt, but he had shut off in second gear. Meanwhile, Benham finds a bit over a tenth and gains a whole bunch of position. Left Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 6.901/191.27/-0.129, Now #60 A/D Index: 7.03 Prior Best: 6.784/198.88/-0.246, Was #60 Right Lane: Lee Zane Runs 9.030/147.42/-0.520, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.944/148.28/-0.606, Was #2 Both cars were off their previous pace. Left Lane: Jerry Arnold No Time, Now #13 G/ED Index: 8.46 Prior Best: 7.893/167.09/-0.567, Was #13 Right Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.525/162.00/-0.415, Now #33 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.457/176.58/-0.483, Was #33 Smith loses some steam this time around, but things go even worse for Arnold. He goes to stage and the car continues to roll as he tries to go on the chip. He won't get a time. Left Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.620/149.66/-0.510, Now #28 C/TA Index: 9.13 Prior Best: 8.660/153.81/-0.470, Was #36 Right Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.442/183.89/-0.508, Now #29 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.484/180.96/-0.466, Was #39 Both of these racers find about 4 hundredths in a tough session. Left Lane: Brad Klein Runs 7.520/178.33/-0.320, Now #56 B/AP Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.537/183.12/-0.303, Was #56 Right Lane: Jay Billingsley Runs 8.280/158.30/-0.510, Now #29 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.285/159.48/-0.505, Was #31 Left Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.112/145.22/-0.438, Now #43 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 9.178/142.78/-0.372, Was #52 Right Lane: Chris Ray Runs 6.616/209.88/-0.394, Now #50 A/PM Index: 7.01 Prior Best: 6.730/208.01/-0.280, Was #58 Ray's run looks right and he picks up more than a tenth. Both cars remain towards the bottom of the order. Left Lane: B. Stufflebeam Runs 7.453/178.61/-0.387, Now #46 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.424/179.56/-0.416, Was #46 Right Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.790/174.14/-0.570, Now #11 E/A Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.786/173.99/-0.574, Was #11 Another pair that basically repeats an earlier pass. Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.138/186.38/-0.422, Now #44 C/DA Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.137/187.83/-0.423, Was #44 Right Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.445/182.28/-0.505, Now #32 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.482/181.69/-0.468, Was #38 Left Lane: Mike Hazlett Runs 7.185/190.57/-0.375, Now #54 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.194/189.98/-0.366, Was #54 Right Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 8.611/103.64/0.771, Now #39 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.373/179.61/-0.467, Was #39 Left Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 7.053/195.39/-0.507, Now #32 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 34.542/22.98/26.982, Was #65 Right Lane: Bill Morse Runs 8.204/164.39/-0.456, Now #42 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.248/164.19/-0.412, Was #47 Perkinson puts a run together and gets in the show. Left Lane: Chuck Haubiel Runs 8.185/167.57/-0.335, Now #58 B/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 9.029/160.12/0.509, Was #64 Right Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 7.522/180.48/-0.438, Now #46 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.569/179.80/-0.391, Was #52 Haubiel finally shakes off the problems he's had and gets safely into the field. Greenheck gainsw a touch of breathing room. Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 9.076/125.75/-0.474, Now #6 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.951/145.16/-0.599, Was #6 Right Lane: Todd Hoerner Runs 6.593/211.46/-0.557, Now #15 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.633/209.65/-0.517, Was #24 Hoerner runs some big speed and helps himself out in the order. Left Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.756/167.51/-0.634, Now #1 J/AA Index: 8.39 Prior Best: 7.786/168.09/-0.604, Was #3 Right Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.931/163.97/-0.599, Now #2 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 7.918/165.72/-0.612, Was #1 Our #1 qualifier pulls to the line, and from the looks of previous performance this session he'll stay right where he is in the order. Never mind. In the time it took me to type that, Ambrose proves me wrong with an absolutely stellar pass. Left Lane: D. Billingsley Runs 8.972/148.85/-0.578, Now #10 A/EA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 9.013/148.80/-0.537, Was #22 Right Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.215/181.25/-0.575, Now #12 D/D Index: 7.79 Prior Best: 7.230/182.87/-0.560, Was #14 Left Lane: Dave Yediny Runs 8.798/139.75/-0.642, Now #1 L/A Index: 9.44 Prior Best: 8.902/147.09/-0.538, Was #22 Right Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 8.006/168.01/-0.334, Now #59 B/EA Index: 8.34 Prior Best: 8.062/167.05/-0.278, Was #61 Hey, these guys kicking me when I'm down. Just after I comment that the low ET is safe, it gets bumped twice. Left Lane: Randy Jones Runs 7.947/170.34/-0.573, Now #16 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.115/159.53/-0.405, Was #51 Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.216/178.97/-0.574, Now #10 DD/AT Index: 7.79 Prior Best: 7.206/182.03/-0.584, Was #10 Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.592/204.20/-0.558, Now #18 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.643/202.48/-0.507, Was #32 Right Lane: Scott Parks Runs 6.833/193.24/-0.587, Now #6 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 6.821/195.31/-0.599, Was #6 Left Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.251/156.43/-0.549, Now #21 G/EA Index: 8.80 Prior Best: 8.321/155.83/-0.479, Was #40 Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.266/180.98/-0.574, Now #16 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.295/182.16/-0.545, Was #22 Left Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.842/194.24/-0.568, Now #18 C/D Index: 7.41 Prior Best: 6.865/194.69/-0.545, Was #24 Right Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.596/151.92/-0.494, Now #36 C/SR Index: 9.09 Prior Best: 8.652/148.31/-0.438, Was #45 Big wheelstand for Allen, maybe the highest/longest I've ever seen for a roadster. Left Lane: Rick Brown Runs 8.456/127.53/-0.034, Now #45 F/AA Index: 8.49 Prior Best: 8.039/167.43/-0.451, Was #45 Right Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.048/164.73/-0.552, Now #22 F/D Index: 8.60 Prior Best: 8.075/165.62/-0.525, Was #26 Left Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.096/167.32/-0.584, Now #11 B/SM Index: 8.68 Prior Best: 8.132/167.07/-0.548, Was #24 Right Lane: John Frech Runs 8.219/158.59/-0.381, Now #54 F/D Index: 8.60 Prior Best: 8.300/157.32/-0.300, Was #61 Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.361/183.94/-0.599, Now #8 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.438/176.56/-0.522, Was #27 Right Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.891/190.51/-0.529, Now #5 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 6.819/193.16/-0.601, Was #5 Edwards steps up a bunch. Left Lane: Doug Warren Runs 12.660/108.13/5.530, Now #9 A/DA Index: 7.13 Prior Best: 6.540/207.18/-0.590, Was #7 Right Lane: Justin Jenkins No Time, Now #64 I/SMA Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 9.516/142.78/-0.154, Was #62 Jenkins has all sorts of problems. The car stands up pretty high, but after just a couple of slick rotations I heard a cough and the nose comes back down on the ground. Left Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.001/186.59/-0.389, Now #54 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.047/183.99/-0.343, Was #58 Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.225/162.25/-0.535, Now #28 I/AA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.247/163.06/-0.513, Was #29 Left Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.647/184.93/-0.543, Now #17 A/ED Index: 7.19 Prior Best: 6.616/205.10/-0.574, Was #17 Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.971/170.36/-0.549, Now #26 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.008/169.85/-0.512, Was #30 Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.431/176.79/-0.509, Now #30 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.426/177.72/-0.514, Was #30 Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.760/171.03/-0.620, Now #3 A/SR Index: 8.38 Prior Best: 7.805/170.73/-0.575, Was #14 Big wheelstand for Bertozzi. He stays put but the boss moves very close to the top on a great run. Left Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 10.040/75.05/1.860, Now #38 D/AA Index: 8.18 Prior Best: 7.690/175.50/-0.490, Was #38 Right Lane: John Caliendo Jr Runs 7.742/174.30/-0.438, Now #48 D/AA Index: 8.18 Prior Best: 7.831/173.52/-0.349, Was #58 Martel is coasting just past half track. Left Lane: Steven Kent Runs 7.827/173.76/-0.533, Now #30 G/SMA Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.870/171.69/-0.490, Was #37 Right Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 8.056/168.72/-0.464, Now #43 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.131/167.84/-0.389, Was #54 Left Lane: James Caro Runs 10.814/93.28/2.154, Now #53 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.250/162.24/-0.410, Was #53 Right Lane: F. Aragona Jr. Runs 8.247/142.52/-0.543, Now #28 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.252/159.82/-0.538, Was #28 Caro stood straight up and headed left. He would have smacked the wall other than there's a cutout there. He set it down with no harm done. Aragona is still a lot further down than we're used to seeing. Left Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 8.005/161.61/-0.525, Now #31 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 8.041/160.56/-0.489, Was #39 Right Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.337/156.83/-0.513, Now #33 E/ED Index: 8.85 Prior Best: 8.370/157.30/-0.480, Was #41 That's the final pair and Yediny with his Opel take over the top spot. We'll have one more shot tomorrow.

Friday Order for Qualifying Round 3

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Dave Yediny L/A 9.44 8.798 -0.642 2. Steve Ambrose J/AA 8.39 7.756 -0.634 3. Vinny Barone A/SR 8.38 7.760 -0.620 4. Kevin Self F/EA 8.53 7.918 -0.612 5. Lee Zane L/AA 9.55 8.944 -0.606 6. Brian Darcy A/ND 7.42 6.819 -0.601 7. Scott Parks A/ND 7.42 6.821 -0.599 8. Charlie Greco L/AA 9.55 8.951 -0.599 9. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.361 -0.599 10. Doug Warren A/DA 7.13 6.540 -0.590 11. Scott Benham I/SM 9.67 9.084 -0.586 12. Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.79 7.206 -0.584 13. Larry Pritchett B/SM 8.68 8.096 -0.584 14. David Billingsley L/AA 9.55 8.972 -0.578 15. Brian Browell D/D 7.79 7.215 -0.575 16. Matt Harris E/A 8.36 7.786 -0.574 17. Robert Bailey A/ED 7.19 6.616 -0.574 18. David Rampy A/EA 7.84 7.266 -0.574 19. Randy Jones A/SMA 8.52 7.947 -0.573 20. Joey Tanksley C/D 7.41 6.842 -0.568 21. Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.46 7.893 -0.567 22. Alan Ellis A/AA 7.15 6.592 -0.558 23. Todd Hoerner A/AA 7.15 6.593 -0.557 24. Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 8.048 -0.552 25. Jason Coan G/EA 8.80 8.251 -0.549 26. Todd Patterson A/SMA 8.52 7.971 -0.549 27. Tom Schmidt C/T 8.77 8.224 -0.546 28. Frank Aragona Jr. F/ED 8.79 8.247 -0.543 29. Sal Biondo I/AA 8.76 8.225 -0.535 30. Steven Kent E/A 8.36 7.827 -0.533 31. Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.53 8.005 -0.525 32. Anthony Bertozzi D/ED 7.94 7.426 -0.514 33. Jenny Treadwell E/ED 8.85 8.337 -0.513 34. Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.13 8.620 -0.510 35. Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 8.280 -0.510 36. Duane Robison C/A 7.95 7.442 -0.508 37. Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.56 7.053 -0.507 38. Clark Smiley C/A 7.95 7.445 -0.505 39. Fred Allen C/SR 9.09 8.596 -0.494 40. Arnie Martel D/AA 8.18 7.690 -0.490 41. Terry Smith D/ED 7.94 7.457 -0.483 42. Mike Farrell A/EA 7.84 7.373 -0.467 43. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.52 8.056 -0.464 44. Dave Hughes A/A 7.11 6.654 -0.456 45. Bill Morse B/SMA 8.66 8.204 -0.456 46. Rick Brown F/AA 8.49 8.039 -0.451 47. Jody Holland L/AA 9.55 9.112 -0.438 48. Jim Greenheck C/AA 7.96 7.522 -0.438 49. John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 7.742 -0.438 50. Greg Kamplain C/DA 7.56 7.137 -0.423 51. Travis Gusso E/SM 9.07 8.648 -0.422 52. Brian Stufflebeam A/EA 7.84 7.424 -0.416 53. James Caro B/SMA 8.66 8.250 -0.410 54. Chris Ray A/PM 7.01 6.616 -0.394 55. Frank Cervelli B/DA 7.39 7.001 -0.389 56. John Frech F/D 8.60 8.219 -0.381 57. Gary Agan B/DA 7.39 7.014 -0.376 58. Mike Hazlett B/A 7.56 7.185 -0.375 59. Chuck Haubiel A/SMA 8.52 8.185 -0.335 60. Bert Dawson B/EA 8.34 8.006 -0.334 61. Brad Klein B/AP 7.84 7.520 -0.320 62. Scott Chamness A/D 7.03 6.784 -0.246 63. Rick Hord BB/A 7.96 7.744 -0.216 64. Justin Jenkins I/SMA 9.67 9.516 -0.154 --------- Not Qualified --------- 65. Dennis Smiley A/DA 7.13 11.286 4.156

Saturday Results for Qualifying Round 4

CLERMONT, Ind. - INDY - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil 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 Parks Runs 6.886/193.52/-0.534, Now #8 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 6.821/195.31/-0.599, Was #7 Right Lane: Larry Pritchett Runs 8.025/168.30/-0.655, Now #1 B/SM Index: 8.68 Prior Best: 8.096/167.32/-0.584, Was #13 9:34 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,123 feet, track temperature 79 degrees. This has the making of a quick and fast session with great weather and track conditions. Two strong leaves and Pritchett makes a big move up the ladder to the new #1 spot. Parks makes another consistent pass, but loses a spot. Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.908/170.82/-0.612, Now #6 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 7.971/170.36/-0.549, Was #26 Right Lane: Mike Hazlett Runs 7.359/157.56/-0.201, Now #58 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.185/190.57/-0.375, Was #58 Bang! A twenty spot move up the ladder for Patterson into the new #6 spot. No joy for Hazlett. Left Lane: Bill Morse Runs 8.163/164.99/-0.497, Now #39 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.204/164.39/-0.456, Was #45 Right Lane: Doug Warren Runs 6.685/207.34/-0.445, Now #12 A/DA Index: 7.13 Prior Best: 6.540/207.18/-0.590, Was #12 Warren slows, but Morse finds some HP to take over the current 339 spot. Left Lane: Duane Robison Runs 7.435/183.84/-0.515, Now #33 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.442/183.89/-0.508, Was #36 Right Lane: Shaun Vincent Runs 8.559/154.44/-0.571, Now #21 C/TA Index: 9.13 Prior Best: 8.620/149.66/-0.510, Was #34 Left Lane: Jay Billingsley Runs 8.243/158.58/-0.547, Now #28 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.280/158.30/-0.510, Was #36 Right Lane: Jerry Arnold Runs 7.888/166.70/-0.572, Now #21 G/ED Index: 8.46 Prior Best: 7.893/167.09/-0.567, Was #23 Only ten cylinders total on the line! Two more moves up the ladder. Left Lane: Kevin Self Runs 7.937/164.31/-0.593, Now #5 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 7.918/165.72/-0.612, Was #5 Right Lane: Jody Holland Runs 9.014/146.00/-0.536, Now #31 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 9.112/145.22/-0.438, Was #47 Self makes another strong pass to stay #5, but Holland gets it all together and jumps all the way up into the top half of the field on a clean pass. Left Lane: Matt Harris Runs 7.716/174.93/-0.644, Now #2 E/A Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.786/173.99/-0.574, Was #17 Right Lane: Rick Brown Runs 7.987/168.47/-0.503, Now #40 F/AA Index: 8.49 Prior Best: 8.039/167.43/-0.451, Was #47 Harris takes a strong 1.083 sixty foot time and parlays it into the new #2 spot for now. Brown finds some tune up and moves seven spots up the ladder. Left Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 7.954/170.13/-0.566, Now #24 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.056/168.72/-0.464, Was #46 Right Lane: D. Billingsley Runs 8.976/148.74/-0.574, Now #16 A/EA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.972/148.85/-0.578, Was #16 No joy for Billingsley, but Trumble takes his Cobalt up the ladder well into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Mike Farrell Runs 7.287/181.08/-0.553, Now #28 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.373/179.61/-0.467, Was #46 Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.577/177.21/-0.603, Now #9 D/AA Index: 8.18 Prior Best: 7.690/175.50/-0.490, Was #44 Strong pass for Martel this time and he moves to the new #9 spot with a sixty under pass. Farrell moves into the current top half of the field. Left Lane: John Frech Runs 8.279/132.86/-0.321, Now #56 F/D Index: 8.60 Prior Best: 8.219/158.59/-0.381, Was #56 Right Lane: Scott Chamness Runs 6.718/201.76/-0.312, Now #62 A/D Index: 7.03 Prior Best: 6.784/198.88/-0.246, Was #62 No improvements for these two. Left Lane: Tom Schmidt Runs 8.224/162.02/-0.546, Now #33 C/T Index: 8.77 Prior Best: 8.224/162.33/-0.546, Was #32 Right Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.382/177.11/-0.558, Now #27 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.426/177.72/-0.514, Was #39 Bertozzi move up into the top half of the field and pushes Schmidt out. Left Lane: Justin Jenkins Runs 9.153/146.46/-0.517, Now #39 I/SMA Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 9.516/142.78/-0.154, Was #64 Right Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.967/129.42/-0.583, Now #12 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.951/145.16/-0.599, Was #12 Hugh improvement for Jenkins, as he moves off the bump and almost into the top half of the field on a straight and clean pass. Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.571/151.82/-0.519, Now #40 C/SR Index: 9.09 Prior Best: 8.596/151.92/-0.494, Was #46 Right Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.039/187.76/-0.521, Now #39 C/DA Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.137/187.83/-0.423, Was #51 Rick Hoard is on the bump spot at -0.216 under his index. The latter continues to churn with both cars finding the conditions to their liking and move well up the ladder. Left Lane: Travis Gusso Runs 18.252/32.04/9.182, Now #52 E/SM Index: 9.07 Prior Best: 8.648/156.61/-0.422, Was #52 Right Lane: Gary Agan Runs 7.112/192.96/-0.278, Now #58 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.014/193.32/-0.376, Was #58 Strong leave for Gusso and then he slows and coasts on down. Left Lane: Bert Dawson Runs 7.921/169.83/-0.419, Now #53 B/EA Index: 8.34 Prior Best: 8.006/168.01/-0.334, Was #61 Right Lane: Randy Jones Runs 7.931/169.74/-0.589, Now #15 A/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 7.947/170.34/-0.573, Was #21 Dawson moves his Cavalier away from the bump spot and Jones finds the power to go into the top 16 in the 64 car field. Left Lane: Clark Smiley Runs 7.375/183.64/-0.575, Now #20 C/A Index: 7.95 Prior Best: 7.445/182.28/-0.505, Was #45 Right Lane: B. Stufflebeam Runs 7.353/179.14/-0.487, Now #48 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.424/179.56/-0.416, Was #54 Another big move, as Smiley powers into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Jenny Treadwell Runs 8.303/157.69/-0.547, Now #34 E/ED Index: 8.85 Prior Best: 8.337/156.83/-0.513, Was #44 Right Lane: Jason Coan Runs 8.186/156.83/-0.614, Now #6 G/EA Index: 8.80 Prior Best: 8.251/156.43/-0.549, Was #32 Now eleven cars more than sixty under. Coan moves the little altered from the middle of the field all the way to the new #6 spot. Treadwell finds ten spots too. Left Lane: Jim Greenheck Runs 8.580/143.64/0.620, Now #51 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.522/180.48/-0.438, Was #51 Right Lane: Dave Yediny Runs 8.873/134.67/-0.567, Now #3 L/A Index: 9.44 Prior Best: 8.798/139.75/-0.642, Was #3 Both cars slow from their prior best. Left Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.194/162.98/-0.566, Now #29 I/AA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.225/162.25/-0.535, Was #38 Right Lane: Steven Kent Runs 7.775/173.87/-0.585, Now #18 G/SMA Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.827/173.76/-0.533, Was #39 ...and the hits keep coming. Left Lane: Brian Darcy Runs 6.882/190.92/-0.538, Now #11 A/ND Index: 7.42 Prior Best: 6.819/193.16/-0.601, Was #11 Right Lane: Frank Cervelli Runs 7.216/183.05/-0.174, Now #57 B/DA Index: 7.39 Prior Best: 7.001/186.59/-0.389, Was #57 No improvements. Left Lane: Terry Smith Runs 7.384/176.90/-0.556, Now #33 D/ED Index: 7.94 Prior Best: 7.457/176.58/-0.483, Was #49 Right Lane: Chuck Haubiel Runs 8.104/166.15/-0.416, Now #55 B/SMA Index: 8.52 Prior Best: 8.185/167.57/-0.335, Was #61 Wheels up leave for Haubiel and a six spot move. Smith just misses the top half of the field running near a tenth better. Left Lane: Todd Hoerner Runs 6.499/212.83/-0.651, Now #2 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.593/211.46/-0.557, Was #32 Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.681/145.97/-0.279, Now #15 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.361/183.94/-0.599, Was #14 Ouch! Hoerner just misses the top spot by 0.004. NIce move off the #32 spot. Left Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.730/170.92/-0.650, Now #3 A/SR Index: 8.38 Prior Best: 7.760/171.03/-0.620, Was #6 Right Lane: Joey Tanksley Runs 6.865/193.93/-0.545, Now #28 C/D Index: 7.41 Prior Best: 6.842/194.24/-0.568, Was #28 No improvement for Tanksley, but Barone makes another strong pass into the new #3 spot. Left Lane: John Caliendo Jr Runs 7.700/175.16/-0.480, Now #50 D/AA Index: 8.18 Prior Best: 7.742/174.30/-0.438, Was #52 Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 8.471/117.84/0.081, Now #6 J/AA Index: 8.39 Prior Best: 7.756/167.51/-0.634, Was #6 Ambrose has problems down track and slows. Caliendo move up two spots. Left Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 7.228/189.92/-0.562, Now #21 DD/AT Index: 7.79 Prior Best: 7.206/182.03/-0.584, Was #20 Right Lane: Glen Treadwell Runs 7.924/162.98/-0.606, Now #11 F/EA Index: 8.53 Prior Best: 8.005/161.61/-0.525, Was #41 Massel's turbo dosn't bang and pop in the staging light, but still runs a 1.046 sixty foot time to lose a spot. Treadwell finally gets it all together to move into the sixty under group and the new #11 spot. Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.198/181.59/-0.592, Now #17 D/D Index: 7.79 Prior Best: 7.215/181.25/-0.575, Was #23 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.572/199.40/-0.578, Now #24 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 6.592/204.20/-0.558, Was #32 Browell just misses the sixty under crew and moves to the #17 spot. Nice improvement for Ellis too with another clean pass. Left Lane: Chris Ray Runs 11.848/73.53/4.838, Now #57 A/PM Index: 7.01 Prior Best: 6.616/209.88/-0.394, Was #57 Right Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 6.967/197.22/-0.593, Now #17 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.053/195.39/-0.507, Was #46 Ray leave hard and has the car get way loose. We get to see both of the car before he finally gets it under control. Perkinson is long gone and Moves well into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Lee Zane Runs 8.897/141.31/-0.653, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.55 Prior Best: 8.944/148.28/-0.606, Was #10 Right Lane: Robert Bailey Runs 6.586/204.32/-0.604, Now #12 A/ED Index: 7.19 Prior Best: 6.616/205.10/-0.574, Was #27 Bailey leaves hard with the front wheel hanging and keep it hooked at both ends of the track to join the sixty under group, running in the fifties. Zane finds a bunch of tune up too and takes over the new #2 spot and a strong pass. Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 8.000/161.44/-0.600, Now #16 F/D Index: 8.60 Prior Best: 8.048/164.73/-0.552, Was #37 Right Lane: Scott Benham Runs 9.052/147.63/-0.618, Now #8 I/SM Index: 9.67 Prior Best: 9.084/147.96/-0.586, Was #22 Two more cars into the top half of the field. Ackerman in the #16 spot and Benham into #8. Nice! Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.222/181.50/-0.618, Now #9 A/EA Index: 7.84 Prior Best: 7.266/180.98/-0.574, Was #29 Right Lane: James Caro Runs 8.121/162.49/-0.539, Now #42 B/SMA Index: 8.66 Prior Best: 8.250/162.24/-0.410, Was #56 Rampy shows why he has been so successful with a strong pass all the way to the number nine position. That's seventeen cars ar sixty under and three more at 0.599! Caro finds over a tenth to take the $42 spot. Left Lane: F. Aragona Jr. Runs 8.288/135.97/-0.502, Now #41 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.247/142.52/-0.543, Was #41 Last car to qualify. Aragona makes a clean pass, but can't improve. 10:24 a.m.

Saturday Order for Qualifying Round 4

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 4 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Larry Pritchett B/SM 8.68 8.025 -0.655 2. Lee Zane L/AA 9.55 8.897 -0.653 3. Todd Hoerner A/AA 7.15 6.499 -0.651 4. Vinny Barone A/SR 8.38 7.730 -0.650 5. Matt Harris E/A 8.36 7.716 -0.644 6. Dave Yediny L/A 9.44 8.798 -0.642 7. Steve Ambrose J/AA 8.39 7.756 -0.634 8. Scott Benham I/SM 9.67 9.052 -0.618 9. David Rampy A/EA 7.84 7.222 -0.618 10. Jason Coan G/EA 8.80 8.186 -0.614 11. Kevin Self F/EA 8.53 7.918 -0.612 12. Todd Patterson A/SMA 8.52 7.908 -0.612 13. Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.53 7.924 -0.606 14. Robert Bailey A/ED 7.19 6.586 -0.604 15. Arnie Martel D/AA 8.18 7.577 -0.603 16. Brian Darcy A/ND 7.42 6.819 -0.601 17. Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 8.000 -0.600 18. Scott Parks A/ND 7.42 6.821 -0.599 19. Charlie Greco L/AA 9.55 8.951 -0.599 20. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.361 -0.599 21. Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.56 6.967 -0.593 22. Brian Browell D/D 7.79 7.198 -0.592 23. Doug Warren A/DA 7.13 6.540 -0.590 24. Randy Jones A/SMA 8.52 7.931 -0.589 25. Steven Kent E/A 8.36 7.775 -0.585 26. Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.79 7.206 -0.584 27. David Billingsley L/AA 9.55 8.972 -0.578 28. Alan Ellis A/AA 7.15 6.572 -0.578 29. Clark Smiley C/A 7.95 7.375 -0.575 30. Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.46 7.888 -0.572 31. Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.13 8.559 -0.571 32. Joey Tanksley C/D 7.41 6.842 -0.568 33. Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.52 7.954 -0.566 34. Sal Biondo I/AA 8.76 8.194 -0.566 35. Anthony Bertozzi D/ED 7.94 7.382 -0.558 36. Terry Smith D/ED 7.94 7.384 -0.556 37. Mike Farrell A/EA 7.84 7.287 -0.553 38. Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 8.243 -0.547 39. Jenny Treadwell E/ED 8.85 8.303 -0.547 40. Tom Schmidt C/T 8.77 8.224 -0.546 41. Frank Aragona Jr. F/ED 8.79 8.247 -0.543 42. James Caro B/SMA 8.66 8.121 -0.539 43. Jody Holland L/AA 9.55 9.014 -0.536 44. Greg Kamplain C/DA 7.56 7.039 -0.521 45. Fred Allen C/SR 9.09 8.571 -0.519 46. Justin Jenkins I/SMA 9.67 9.153 -0.517 47. Duane Robison C/A 7.95 7.435 -0.515 48. Rick Brown F/AA 8.49 7.987 -0.503 49. Bill Morse B/SMA 8.66 8.163 -0.497 50. Brian Stufflebeam A/EA 7.84 7.353 -0.487 51. John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 7.700 -0.480 52. Dave Hughes A/A 7.11 6.654 -0.456 53. Jim Greenheck C/AA 7.96 7.522 -0.438 54. Travis Gusso E/SM 9.07 8.648 -0.422 55. Bert Dawson B/EA 8.34 7.921 -0.419 56. Chuck Haubiel A/SMA 8.52 8.104 -0.416 57. Chris Ray A/PM 7.01 6.616 -0.394 58. Frank Cervelli B/DA 7.39 7.001 -0.389 59. John Frech F/D 8.60 8.219 -0.381 60. Gary Agan B/DA 7.39 7.014 -0.376 61. Mike Hazlett B/A 7.56 7.185 -0.375 62. Brad Klein B/AP 7.84 7.520 -0.320 63. Scott Chamness A/D 7.03 6.718 -0.312 64. Rick Hord BB/A 7.96 7.744 -0.216 --------- Not Qualified --------- 65. Dennis Smiley A/DA 7.13 11.286 4.156

Saturday Results for Elimination Round 1

CLERMONT, Ind. - Round 1 winners and next round pairs in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: Num Class Driver, Home Town, Car Type 4006 A/SMA Mike Trumble, Pasadena TX, '08 Cobalt 15 F/D Al Ackerman, Saddle Brook NJ, ProStart-Chevy 11 F/ED Frank Aragona Jr., Freehold NJ, Ken Keir-Mopar 452 E/A Steven Kent, Lottie LA, '63 Corvette 53 E/A Matt Harris, Nebraska City NE, '95 Cutlass 255 B/A Buddy Perkinson, Hopewell VA, '07 Stratus 211 F/EA Glen Treadwell, Sorrento FL, '23-T Ford 469 C/A Clark Smiley, Denver City TX, '09 GXP 6157 A/AA Todd Hoerner, Forest VA, '09 GXP 144 D/AA John Caliendo Jr, Colts Neck NJ, '05 GTO 4440 F/EA Kevin Self, Caddo OK, '32 Bantam 358 L/AA David Billingsley, Decatur IL, '93 Cutlass 2112 E/ED Jenny Treadwell, Mt. Plymouth FL, Undercover-Ford 356 A/DA Doug Warren, Carmi IL, Spitzer 6 D/AA Arnie Martel, Tewksbury MA, '07 GTO 5248 C/TA Shaun Vincent, Omaha NE, '02 S-10 4 I/AA Sal Biondo, Maspeth NY, '93 Chevy Beretta 519 A/ND Scott Parks, Burlingame KS, N&P-Chevy 35 G/EA Jason Coan, Greentown IN, '32 Bantam 1 DD/AT Bruno Massel, Woodridge IL, '08 Cobalt 359 F/ED Jay Billingsley, Decatur IL, Advanced-Chevy 5008 E/SM Travis Gusso, Sioux Falls SD, '10 Cobalt 36 A/ED Robert Bailey, Wabash IN, Agan-GM 3000 G/ED Jerry Arnold, Kalamazoo MI, Kustom-Chevy 3718 D/ED Terry Smith, Williamstown WV, Advance-Chevy 610 C/AA John Edwards, La Verne CA, '99 Neon 5250 A/SMA Todd Patterson, Augusta KS, '07 GTO 77 A/AA Alan Ellis, Mapleton UT, N&P 4254 I/SM Scott Benham, LaGrange TX, '06 Cavalier 7230 A/SMA Randy Jones, Monarch Beach CA, '05 Cavalier 357 F/AA Rick Brown, Lebanon OH, '00 S-10 48 C/D Joey Tanksley, Greenwell Springs LA, Chass Crft-Chevy

Sunday Results for Elimination Round 2

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Sal Biondo I/AA 8.67 0.022 8.486 -0.184 (L) Scott Parks A/ND 7.42 -0.022(R) 7.009 -0.411 3:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,622 feet, track temperature 114 degrees. We've had strong sun on the track for most of the day and the track temp reflects that. The wind has mostly died down. (W) Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.55 0.039 7.639 0.089 (L) Matt Harris E/A 8.27 0.002 30.128 21.858 Harris left hard, Perkinson didn't. But right at the top of first Harris nosed over and Perkinson gets the win. Tough break for Matt. (W) Alan Ellis A/AA 7.11 0.029 7.231 0.121 (L) Todd Patterson A/SMA 8.49 -0.032(R) 8.065 -0.425 Strange burnout for Patterson. He was spinning for quite a while before just a wisp of smoke came out of the right side. Patterson goes red and Ellis' crew is on the radio before he even gets the green. (W) Kevin Self F/EA 8.44 -0.013 7.998 -0.442 (L) David Billingsley L/AA 9.50 -0.005(R) 9.019 -0.481 (W) Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 0.015 8.370 -0.230 (L) Mike Trumble A/SMA 8.52 0.072 8.505 -0.015 Easy win for Ackerman. That's a little surprising. (W) John Edwards C/AA 7.96 0.096 7.464 -0.496 (L) Terry Smith D/ED 7.94 0.159 7.386 -0.554 Smith is really late but still almost pulls it out. John Edwards' MOV: 0.0051 seconds (approximately 16 inches). (W) Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 0.053 8.412 -0.378 (L) Travis Gusso E/SM 9.07 -0.045(R) 8.640 -0.430 (W) Joey Tanksley C/D 6.46 0.052 6.925 0.465 (L) Rick Brown F/AA 8.49 0.011 8.090 -0.400 Brown has a great light but Tanksley chases him down with n CIC damage. This is a battle of tw o-time Indy runners up. Joey Tanksley's MOV: 0.0442 seconds (approximately 11 feet). (W) Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.46 0.069 7.914 -0.546 (L) Robert Bailey A/ED 7.11 0.104 6.558 -0.552 Jerry Arnold's MOV: 0.0294 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Both racers wanted the stripe but Arnold's light game him the win. (W) Doug Warren A/DA 7.11 0.099 6.727 -0.383 (L) Jenny Treadwell E/ED 8.85 -0.466(R) 8.983 0.133 (W) Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.08 0.002 8.541 -0.539 (L) Arnie Martel D/AA 8.18 0.062 7.597 -0.583 Great light for Vincent makes the difference. Shaun Vincent's MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 4 feet). (W) Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.79 0.024 7.203 -0.587 (L) Jason Coan G/EA 8.80 0.033 8.213 -0.587 That was worth the trip! Good lights on each side, both cars went way under but Bruno takes the win. Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0099 seconds (approximately 2 feet). (W) Scott Benham I/SM 9.67 0.020 9.058 -0.612 (L) Randy Jones A/SMA 8.52 0.110 7.942 -0.578 (W) John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 0.034 7.713 -0.467 (L) Todd Hoerner A/AA 7.15 0.122 6.760 -0.390 Hoerner will have to wait about a second before he can chase the GTO. Actually, he waits 1.122 seconds and the race goes to Caliendo. (W) Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.49 0.020 7.973 -0.517 (L) Clark Smiley C/A 7.95 0.126 7.407 -0.543 (W) Steven Kent E/A 8.36 0.024 7.822 -0.538 (L) Frank Aragona Jr. F/ED 8.69 0.034 8.201 -0.489 Steven Kent has no CIC penalty; Frank Aragona Jr. has a 0.10 CIC penalty. Aragona saves his index for another day as Kent goes blasting by. Next session, it's Biondo vs Massel, Billingsley vs Arnold, Edwards and Ellis, Benham vs Tanksley, Ackerman vs Kent, Perkins and Treadwell, Caliendo vs Self, and Warren takes on Vincent.

Sunday Results for Elimination Round 3

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.55 0.084 8.334 0.784 (L) Glen Treadwell F/EA 8.48 -9.999(R)NT-No Show 6:57 p.m. Treadwell is a no show. (W) Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.79 0.052 8.220 -0.570 (L) Jerry Arnold G/ED 8.42 0.061 7.856 -0.564 Jay Billingsley's MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 4 feet). (W) Al Ackerman F/D 8.60 0.048 8.040 -0.560 (L) Steven Kent E/A 8.33 0.053 7.769 -0.561 Kent is very slow to fire but finally gets the engine running and pulls into the water. As expected, this was a really good race. Very close performances on the starting line and on the track. Al Ackerman's MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 13 inches). (W) Kevin Self F/EA 8.44 0.135 7.889 -0.551 (L) John Caliendo Jr D/AA 8.18 0.376 7.696 -0.484 John Caliendo Jr has no CIC penalty; Kevin Self has a 0.09 CIC penalty. I don't even want to talk about the reaction times. Self gets to return for the next round. (W) Joey Tanksley C/D 7.41 0.087 6.796 -0.614 (L) Scott Benham I/SM 9.56 0.022 9.046 -0.514 This one was pretty much a classic Comp race. Benham hit the tree and did everything he could but Tanksely came shooting by at the stripe though he's going to have memento with his CIC. Joey Tanksley's MOV: 0.0357 seconds (approximately 8 feet). (W) Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.05 0.057 9.745 0.695 (L) Doug Warren A/DA 7.11 -0.065(R) 6.831 -0.279 Vincent comes back to race Self next round. (W) Alan Ellis A/AA 7.11 0.052 7.222 0.112 (L) John Edwards C/AA 7.96 -0.098(R) 8.412 0.452 Ellis goes another round with his high powered, hard to run, car. He'll have his hands full with Tanksely next time up. (W) Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.71 0.031 7.228 -0.482 (L) Sal Biondo I/AA 8.67 0.050 8.222 -0.448 The reaction times were not too far apart, and two very good racers show us how it's supposed to be done. I really expected Massel would have to dip into his CIC a bit more, but doesn't even touch it. Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0538 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Massel will face Billingsley in Round 4.

Monday Results for Elimination Round 4

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Joey Tanksley C/D 7.30 0.043 7.048 -0.252 (L) Alan Ellis A/AA 7.11 -0.017(R) 7.030 -0.080 2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,157 feet, track temperature 114 degrees. Red light start for Ellis, so no additional CIC for Tanksley. Joey Tanksley's incremental times: 60ft-1.006 sec., 330ft-2.781, 660ft-4.302/160.50 mph, 1,000ft-5.652. (W) Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.05 0.039 9.372 0.322 (L) Kevin Self F/EA 8.39 -0.009(R) 8.179 -0.211 Kevin Self has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Shaun Vincent has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Shaun Vincent wins on a -0.009 red light by Self. (W) Al Ackerman F/D 8.54 0.004 9.301 0.761 (L) Buddy Perkinson B/A 7.55 -0.052(R) 9.355 1.805 Al Ackerman has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Buddy Perkinson has a 0.01 CIC penalty. Third red lights in a row. Al Ackerman cuts a 0.004 light and wins on a red light. He will face Vincent in round five. (W) Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.71 0.030 7.185 -0.525 (L) Jay Billingsley F/ED 8.72 0.054 8.216 -0.504 Jay Billingsley has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Massel gets the hair dryer off the line with a better RT and runs down Billingsley for an eleven foot win. He gets a little more CIC for his efforts. He will face Tanksley in the next round. 2:17 p.m.

Monday Results for Elimination Round 5

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Al Ackerman F/D 8.54 0.063 8.166 -0.374 (L) Shaun Vincent C/TA 9.05 -0.009(R) 9.053 0.003 Al Ackerman has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Shaun Vincent has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Vincent misses the green by -0.007. Al Ackerman wins on a red light. (W) Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.69 0.032 7.090 -0.600 (L) Joey Tanksley C/D 7.30 0.032 6.812 -0.488 Joey Tanksley has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.10 CIC penalty. Identical RT's and Massel's turbo Cobalt is just too quick to take the win without a permanent CIC hit. Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.1125 seconds (approximately 30 feet). Joey Tanksley's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.792, 660ft-4.318/160.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.649. Bruno Massel's incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-2.946, 660ft-4.532/154.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.899.

Monday Results for Final Round

CLERMONT, Ind. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Al Ackerman F/D 8.54 0.006 8.331 -0.209 (L) Bruno Massel DD/AT 7.59 -0.001(R) 7.944 0.354 4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,413 feet, track temperature 121 degrees. Al Ackerman has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.20 CIC penalty. Just eight cylinders between them. Massel had already burned a lot of CIC to get a permanent change on Tuesday and now red lights away the Championship with a 0.001 red light. Al Ackerman is the 2010 Comp Eliminator Champion.

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