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MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Sears Craftsman NHRA 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: Left Lane: David Howard Runs 8.614/113.70, Now #40; Best prior run: 7.131/194.46, Was #40 Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.972/197.05, Now #38; Best prior run: 6.980/197.16, Was #39 8:24 PM Current weather conditions: 81 degrees, 49 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.00 inches, with a track temperature of 96 degrees.
Howard gets out of the groove early, drifts toward the wall and shuts down. Delgado makes
his best pass of the weekend but doesn't make the field. Left Lane: Jeff Dickey Runs 8.327/119.35, Now #39; Best prior run: 6.980/197.51, Was #39 Right Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.952/199.97, Now #37; Best prior run: 6.957/200.02, Was #37 DIckey has problems in the left lane, drifting toward the wall, and he shuts down at half-track. Left Lane: Larry Peternel Runs 6.960/196.44, Now #36; Best prior run: 6.946/197.13, Was #36 Right Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.929/199.08, Now #34; Best prior run: 6.924/198.67, Was #34 Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.962/198.58, Now #35; Best prior run: 6.932/198.61, Was #35 Right Lane: David Strouse Jr. Runs 6.953/198.09, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.910/199.49, Was #31 No improvement for either driver. Left Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 6.914/199.73, Now #33; Best prior run: 6.921/199.94, Was #33 Right Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 6.904/198.85, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.907/199.17, Was #30 Both drivers improve a little but not enough. Left Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.877/199.73, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.912/199.02, Was #32 Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.871/200.74, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.907/199.43, Was #30 We have the first move of the round. Whisnant gets in the field, bumping out Haas and putting Pawuk on the bump. Left Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.905/199.40, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.902/199.52, Was #30 Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.906/200.08, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.895/199.73, Was #28 Left Lane: Jose Maldonado Runs 6.925/199.29, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.897/199.76, Was #29 Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.889/199.61, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.894/199.49, Was #27 Daniels moves up three spots but doesn't make the field. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.867/200.92, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.893/200.59, Was #26 Right Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.873/201.07, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.893/200.29, Was #27 Coughlin makes a decent pass and gets in at the fifteenth spot. Wilson just misses by .002 seconds. Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.879/201.82, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.889/199.73, Was #25 Right Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.864/200.32, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.892/199.70, Was #27 Grant makes a big jump to get in the field and bumps out Whisnant. Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.855/201.13, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.880/200.47, Was #25 Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.886/200.00, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.881/200.11, Was #26 Alderman has a 1.00 sixty-foot time and gets in the field in the 12th spot. Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.854/202.24, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.880/200.47, Was #25 Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.863/200.62, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.871/200.50, Was #19 The air keeps getting better and the times keep improving. Pawuk gets back in the field bumping out Coughlin in the process. Johnson makes a good run and finally gets in the show. Grant is on the bump with a 6.864. Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.908/200.32, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.875/200.95, Was #23 Right Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.849/201.25, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.866/201.01, Was #17 Lastor was just bumped out....and now he gets back in. He jumps all the way to the ninth spot and bumps out Grant. Pawuk is on the bump with a 6.863. Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.867/201.19, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.872/201.25, Was #21 Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.877/200.98, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.854/201.61, Was #13 Haas makes a slight improvement but can't get back in the show. Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.859/201.37, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.869/200.59, Was #20 Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.859/201.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.853/201.19, Was #10 Stanfield makes his best pass of the weekend and gets back in the field, bumping out Pawuk. Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.842/201.25, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.855/200.80, Was #15 Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.847/202.03, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.839/201.76, Was #7 Allen gets in the top half of the field in the 8th spot. Geoffrion doesn't improve. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.870/200.35, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.853/201.13, Was #12 Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.837/201.46, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.825/200.98, Was #4 Edwards runs the quickest run of the session so far but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.843/201.13, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.844/201.28, Was #9 Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.861/201.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.821/202.00, Was #3 Yates makes another good pass and stays in the ninth spot. Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.856/201.34, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.830/201.43, Was #6 Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.815/202.58, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.815/202.85, Was #2 Anderson equals his best qualifying pass of the weekend and will stay in the second spot. This is the first time in six races he has not qualified number one. Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 8.630/109.93, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.829/201.16, Was #5 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 11.654/84.33, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.808/202.12, Was #1 WJ gets out of shape right off the line, makes a move toward the left, makes a correction, heads toward the wall and wisely aborts the run. AJ had the best sixty-foot time of the weekend, a .998, but has problems down-track and shuts down.
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