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Fri, 27 Jun 2003, 10:47 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 2 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: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.866/201.01, Now #7; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Larry Peternel Runs 6.946/197.13, Now #28; Best prior run: 20.938/43.89, Was #39

9:09 PM Current weather conditions: 81 degrees, 53 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.99 inches, with a track temperature of 95 degrees.

Lastor makes a good pass and gets in the seventh spot for now. Peternel improves but still comes up short.

Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.957/200.02, Now #31; Best prior run: 16.257/45.97, Was #40
Right Lane: David Howard Runs 7.696/141.36, Now #38; Best prior run: 7.131/194.46, Was #37

Yonke makes a full pass on this run but still has a long way to go to get in the field. Howard has problems late in the run and slows.

Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.853/201.19, Now #4; Best prior run: 9.285/102.10, Was #40
Right Lane: Jeff Dickey Runs 6.980/197.51, Now #36; Best prior run: 7.009/197.36, Was #35

Dickey gets out of the groove and stays right next to the center-line all the way through the run. Schmidt makes a big improvement and gets in the fourth spot for now.

Left Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.924/198.67, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.253/160.54, Was #40
Right Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.932/198.61, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.975/198.32, Was #35

A couple of clean runs but neither good enough to get in the field.

Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.893/200.29, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.084/197.51, Was #39
Right Lane: Jose Maldonado Runs 6.897/199.76, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.967/198.50, Was #36

Maldonado makes the quickest pass of his career but still can't get in the field. Wilson improves but not enough.

Left Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.980/197.16, Now #39; Best prior run: 7.035/196.13, Was #39
Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 6.928/199.23, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.962/198.64, Was #37

Barone spins the tires off the line, veers toward the center-line, but he holds on for a full pass.

Left Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.895/199.73, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.953/199.52, Was #35
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.902/199.52, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.953/199.37, Was #36

Big improvement for both drivers, but neither gets in the show.

Left Lane: David Strouse Jr. Runs 6.910/199.49, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.931/198.79, Was #33
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.912/199.02, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.932/198.82, Was #34

These two were glued together all the way through the run.

Left Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 7.091/165.97, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.907/199.17, Was #30
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.875/200.95, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.905/200.62, Was #28

Thomas makes a big move around the 1000 foot mark and shuts down. Gaines makes a big jump and gets in the show, bumping out Pawuk.

Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 11.646/68.49, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.907/199.43, Was #29
Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.855/200.80, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.900/199.88, Was #25

Whisnant shakes the tires off the line, starts moving around and aborts the run. Good run for Allen and he moves up to the sixth spot.

Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.892/199.70, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.904/199.94, Was #28
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.893/200.59, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.898/200.00, Was #25

A couple of decent passes but both still have a little work left to get in the show.

Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.894/199.49, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.900/199.70, Was #27
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.869/200.59, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.895/200.74, Was #24

Stanfield improves and gets in the show, bumps out Kurt Johnson and puts Alderman on the bump with a 6.883.

Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.871/200.50, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.886/200.26, Was #19
Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.872/201.25, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.895/201.13, Was #25

Haas and Pawuk both get in the field and bump out Marnell and Alderman.

Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.839/201.76, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.885/201.16, Was #20
Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.889/199.73, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.891/199.97, Was #21

Geoffrion makes a big jump and gets in the third spot.

Left Lane: George Marnell No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.881/200.11, Was #18
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.880/200.47, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.885/201.73, Was #20

Marnell starts his burnout, the car jumps out of gear and shuts down. Johnson was on a good pass, gets near the end of the run and starts spinning the tires and will not make the field this round.

Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.825/200.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.871/200.35, Was #14
Right Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.880/200.47, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.883/200.50, Was #20

Edwards makes a great pass and jumps all the way to the number one spot. Alderman improves slightly but doesn't get back in the field.

Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.821/202.00, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.864/202.06, Was #10
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.829/201.16, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.872/201.13, Was #16

The hits keep coming, Krisher right down the groove to take the pole for now. The bump is now Haas with a 6.872.

Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.856/201.13, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.854/201.61, Was #9
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.844/201.28, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.868/200.59, Was #13

Adams slows from his earlier run and will drop a spot to tenth. Yates moves up five spots.

Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.808/202.12, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.844/202.12, Was #7
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.853/201.13, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.861/200.83, Was #12

Johnson makes a great pass, sets a new track ET record, and takes the pole with just two drivers left.

Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.815/202.85, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.827/202.55, Was #4
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.830/201.43, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.837/201.61, Was #6

Anderson doesn't get the pole back from Johnson, but does improve on the track speed record. Coughlin improves a little but doesn't move up in the field.

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