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HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing 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: Kenny Koretsky No Time, Now #33; Best prior run: 7.013/195.62, Was #33 Right Lane: Mike Weinle Runs 8.579/109.97, Now #36; Best prior run: 7.128/192.71, Was #36 7:25 PM Current weather conditions: 73 degrees, 78 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, with a track temperature of 85 degrees. Last chance, the bump time as
the round opens belonging to Mike Edwards at 6.926. Weinle spun the tires hard at the start and
Koretsky was all over the lane on the top end, crossing the centerline, clipping the 1,000-foot
marker. Left Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.945/197.28, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.990/196.67, Was #32 Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.952/197.86, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.026/198.03, Was #35 Two good runs, but not quick enough to make the cut for Sunday. Left Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 7.005/196.24, Now #33; Best prior run: 6.985/197.33, Was #33 Right Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 11.477/77.16, Now #35; Best prior run: 7.013/195.19, Was #35 Trumble launched and slowed almost immediately, the problem not clear from here. Stevens' car was loose on the launch. Left Lane: Ray Franks Runs 6.941/197.28, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.965/196.59, Was #31 Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.968/198.00, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.980/197.39, Was #32 Franks' car was a bit skittish early in the run and that negated his 1.008 60-foot time a bit. Left Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.981/197.05, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.959/198.20, Was #30 Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.937/198.00, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.959/197.39, Was #31 Carr's car was very loose on this run, the front end wagging back and forth. Benza made his best run of the weekend, but came up short. Left Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 6.950/198.09, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.951/198.38, Was #27 Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.954/198.06, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.956/197.42, Was #30 Very small improvements for these two, not enough to get above the dotted line. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.967/197.33, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.938/198.32, Was #23 Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.938/198.64, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.954/198.50, Was #29 Nope, two Ohio drivers are done for the weekend. Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.945/197.71, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.933/197.97, Was #20 Right Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.936/198.35, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.948/198.06, Was #27 Good short times for both drivers, 1.009 for Wilson and 1.015 for Whisnant, but both ran out of steam on the top end. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.933/197.91, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.933/198.79, Was #19 Right Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.902/199.20, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.934/198.20, Was #21 Finally we have some action, Grant with a great run to get way up in the field, bumping Edwards. Now the bump spot belongs to Dave Connolly at 6.925. Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.924/197.94, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.926/198.41, Was #17 Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.929/198.82, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.932/198.47, Was #19 Edwards gets back in by a thousandth of a second, putting Jason Line on the bump spot at 6.924. Allen came up a few thousandths short. Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.894/199.91, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.925/199.91, Was #17 Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.927/198.50, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.927/198.88, Was #18 Connolly got back in "with a bullet," bumping Line. Stanfield matched his best run of the weekend, but that's not good enough. Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.911/199.58, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.924/192.80, Was #17 Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.929/197.97, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.923/198.73, Was #15 With Mike Edwards once again on the bump, the raw rookie had a chance to replace him in the field. He pulls it off, well into the field, pushing Gaines down on the bump spot - Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.886/199.55, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.916/199.20, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 10.250/80.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.919/199.17, Was #15 No more bumping, so the two rookie drivers are both in the field!! Meanwhile, Grant's teammate puts the other Barry Grant car in the second spot on the ladder. Schmidt shook and slowed immediately. Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.898/199.11, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.914/199.32, Was #13 Right Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.899/199.40, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.918/199.29, Was #14 Two great runs, side-by-side 89s. Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.905/198.76, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.911/199.02, Was #14 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.890/199.70, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.910/199.85, Was #12 Another 89, WJ moving well up in the field. Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 9.036/101.77, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.906/199.35, Was #13 Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.901/200.14, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.902/199.64, Was #10 Jeg was off pace early in the run. KJ turns in the fourth 200 mph speed of the weekend, improves one thousandth of a second, and moves up two spots. Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.893/199.02, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.893/199.20, Was #4 Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.883/200.29, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.901/198.38, Was #10 Two more nice runs, AJ matching his previous best and Geoffrion moving into the #2 spot with the fifth 200 mph run of the event. Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.882/200.05, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.875/200.53, Was #1 Right Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.921/199.46, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.901/199.52, Was #10 Last pair and Anderson runs low ET of the round, but only by a thousandth over Geoffrion. He also makes it six 200 mph speeds this weekend.
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