Sat, Oct 3, 09:57 PM TOPEKA - Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Ed Dykes Lots of Shuffling

TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 10th annual Parts America Nationals, 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: Ron Krisher Runs 7.036/196.33 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.070/195.22 Was #21)
Right Lane: John Nobile Runs 7.038/196.16 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.006/196.46 Was #12)

4:24 PM and the conditions are some of the best all weekend, low sixties and overcast skies. FastNews Pro Stock pundit Dan Bennett is on the PA, predicting an all six-second field after this round. We'll see...

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 7.057/196.50 Now #21, (Best prior run: 7.095/195.48 Was #24)
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 7.004/196.37 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 6.955/197.10 Was # 2)

Bump is 7.020, Gaines.

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Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 7.004/197.06 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.021/197.02 Was #17)
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 7.020/195.27 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 7.002/195.65 Was # 9)

Edwards had a 1.026 in the first 60', but it's Coughlin into the show.

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Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.968/196.93 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 6.950/197.19 Was # 1)
Right Lane: Larry Nance Runs 8.027/128.36 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.004/196.50 Was #12)

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Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 7.031/196.63 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.012/196.33 Was #15)
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.983/197.28 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 6.962/197.67 Was # 3)

Looks like the Johnson camp is sorting out their clutch problems, Kurt carding a 1.027 in the first 60' here.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.021/195.65 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.020/195.99 Was #17)
Right Lane: Pete Williams Runs 7.086/194.00 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.108/193.88 Was #27)

Close, but no cigar for V. Gaines. Bump is Marnell's 7.019, by the way.

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Left Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 7.045/195.31 Now #22, (Best prior run: 7.064/195.56 Was #22)
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.999/195.43 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.143/192.80 Was #31)

Trickie Rickie leaps solidly into the show on the strength on his 1.019 second 60' time here. That's awesome.

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Left Lane: David Janes Runs 7.439/185.49 Now #33, (Best prior run: 7.496/184.35 Was #33)
Right Lane: Brad Klein Runs 7.134/194.25 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.070/194.55 Was #24)

New bump spot is now Steve Schmidt's 7.012...

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Left Lane: Bob Kropfield Runs 7.171/192.26 Now #32, (Best prior run: 7.156/191.28 Was #32)
Right Lane: Jamie Yates Runs 8.572/113.88 Now #19, (Best prior run: 7.026/195.39 Was #19)

No joy for the junior Yates this weekend.

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Left Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 7.118/194.04 Now #30, (Best prior run: 7.118/193.96 Was #30)
Right Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 6.982/196.63 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 6.984/196.80 Was # 6)

Stevens inproves his best time by 0.002 seconds, not enough to overtake WJ's 6.974 in fifth.

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Left Lane: Shawn Collins Runs 7.051/195.52 Now #23, (Best prior run: 7.077/196.03 Was #25)
Right Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 12.937/ 66.99 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 6.996/196.80 Was # 7)

Looked like Thomas missed the clutch setup by a ton here, and he threw in the towel early.

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Left Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 6.924/197.71 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.000/196.46 Was # 9)
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 7.004/195.35 Now #14, (Best prior run: 7.010/195.77 Was #15)

Osborne gets the run he was looking for this morning, when he waas DQ'd at the scales. Let's hope this one holds.

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Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.960/197.02 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.034/196.07 Was #20)
Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 7.023/194.72 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 6.963/196.07 Was # 5)

Martino throws yet another Hail Mary, a 1.01 in 60' propelling him into the show in a big way in this final session. That leaves John Nobile's 7.006 on the bubble.

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Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.997/196.29 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.004/196.72 Was #13)
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.965/197.10 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 6.974/197.93 Was # 7)

Pawuk steps up and becomes the eleventh car in the sixes here this weekend. That moves him ahead of Rickie Smith and Mike Edwards.

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Left Lane: Ray Franks Runs 7.047/194.88 Now #23, (Best prior run: 7.101/194.25 Was #27)
Right Lane: Mark Thomas Runs 7.082/194.09 Now #27, (Best prior run: 7.106/194.59 Was #28)

Not enough for Franks...

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Left Lane: Gary Wiggins Runs 7.051/195.43 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.130/194.80 Was #31)
Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.961/195.60 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.019/196.24 Was #18)

Yet another 1.01 sixty-foot, and Marnell moves into the show and bumps Nobile. That leaves Larry Morgan's Camaro in danger, at 7.004

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Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.073/193.88 Now #28, (Best prior run: 7.113/193.13 Was #30)

The final car, and the field is set. So it's Ozzie against Morgan in round one, Yates vs. Nance, and the two Coughlin brothers will face off. Should be interesting...




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