Extreme 10.5 Qualifying Notes, Session #3
By Larry Sullivan
BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Extreme 10.5 at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
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Left Lane: Wayne Long Runs 7.261/121.20, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Chris Shortridge Runs 4.466/169.08, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.533/167.14, Was #10
8:23 p.m. Long arrived today, lives in Baytown. This was his first pass in a relatively stock- appearing Camaro, except for the raised hood and spoiler.
Long's car had enough power to break the tires loose immediately. He pedaled and finished the run. Meanwhile, Shortridge knocked almosta tenth off his earlier best, moved up a couple spots.
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Left Lane: Patrick Collins Runs 4.637/154.63, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.615/155.13, Was #11
Right Lane: Spiro Pappas Runs 6.177/88.27, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.924/195.22, Was #1
Pappas was shooting at his own national ET record, 3.920, and had a backup ready with his earlier 3.924.
Immediate tire shake ended this run almost immediately. Collins failed to improve. Next!
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Left Lane: Eric Stubbs Runs 4.275/163.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.212/167.80, Was #3
Right Lane: Gary White Runs 4.430/182.18, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.695/178.05, Was #12
Stubbs and to pedal to get it hooked up. Meanwhile, Stubbs pedaled early, then went right down the track to move up several spots.
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Left Lane: Michael Neal Runs 4.193/183.05, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.365/173.23, Was #6
Right Lane: Kenny Doak Runs 4.474/138.22, Now #10; No Prior Run
Doak got sideways and pedaled his way out of it to move into the tenth spot. Neal made a nice run to jump all the way up to third.
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Left Lane: Steven Benoit Runs 4.405/163.91, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.502/159.36, Was #12
Right Lane: Gary Naughton Runs 5.949/87.05, Now #14; No Prior Run
Naughton shook, pedaled, then had a huge supercharger explosion around half track, Meanwhile, Benoit went right down the track on a solid run, moving up to seventh.
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Left Lane: Todd Moyer Runs 3.968/196.50, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.499/175.55, Was #12
Right Lane: Billy Glidden Runs 4.056/177.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.106/177.18, Was #2
And now there are two...open spots in the Mickey Thompson Three-Second club, that is, long-time racer Moyer becoming the third member on this run. Everyone was looking for Billy Glidden to take that third spot and Glidden ran better early numbers, but left the door open on the top end and Moyer's turbocharged Cavalier slipped through first. Both made nice runs, but Moyer got there first.
Todd Moyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.027 sec., 330ft-2.696.
Billy Glidden's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.663.
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Right Lane: Michelle Wilson Runs 8.004/54.60, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.271/173.09, Was #6
Wilson's car shook almost immediately.
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Right Lane: Jeff Naiser No Time, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.275/147.96, Was #7
Naiser's throttle apparently hung open and the engine RPMs went way up, the car popping and banging, sending the starting line crowd running to get away. He managed to get it shut down with the engine still in one piece.
Timing data courtesy of Compu
