Fri, 30 May 2003, 08:33 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 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: Chris Desalvo Runs 7.017/195.53, Now #31; No Prior Run

Current weather conditions: 70 degrees, 56 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.47 inches, with a track temperature of 82 degrees.

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Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.922/199.85, Now #25; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Larry Peternel Runs 7.016/195.28, Now #32; No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Mike Weinle Runs 7.057/194.49, Now #35; Best prior run: 7.034/195.45, Was #34
Right Lane: David Strouse Jr. Runs 6.973/197.39, Now #31; No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.970/198.55, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.965/198.55, Was #30
Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.925/198.58, Now #26; No Prior Run

Whisnant got down the track, but will not be happy with this run.

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Left Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 7.078/197.16, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.960/198.82, Was #30
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.894/199.67, Now #20; No Prior Run

Nobody is improving here.

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Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.949/198.85, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.941/199.61, Was #28
Right Lane: Dester Cambron II Runs 7.019/198.00, Now #34; Best prior run: 6.994/199.14, Was #34

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Left Lane: Jerry Haas No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.908/199.29, Was #24
Right Lane: Nick Fratt Runs 6.955/198.23, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.946/199.37, Was #30

Haas broke after the burnout. No help for Fratt.

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Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.898/200.08, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.901/200.65, Was #23
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.933/198.90, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.942/199.40, Was #29

Wilson one of the few to improve, but not near enough.

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Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.925/199.67, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.898/200.05, Was #23
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.940/198.35, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.912/199.55, Was #25

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.887/199.88, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.888/200.56, Was #19
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 6.924/199.35, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.895/200.38, Was #21

Gaines makes a slight improvement when everyone else is going the other way.

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Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.887/200.20, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.886/200.53, Was #18
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.910/199.02, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.875/200.02, Was #15

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Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.877/200.20, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.886/200.62, Was #17
Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 10.854/82.72, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.873/200.80, Was #14

Grant makes a great run to get in the show and that bumped out Warren.

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Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.867/200.53, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.880/201.22, Was #17
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.912/199.05, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.872/200.11, Was #13

Yates has a lot of trouble getting the car to fire, and Warren waits on Yates. Rick Stewart is waving Warren to stage and he still waits. Yates finally gets it fired and gets to the starting line. Warren gets back into the show here and that bumped out Grant who just got into the show.

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Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.874/201.10, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.869/201.28, Was #12
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.891/200.35, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.869/201.16, Was #13

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Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.882/199.94, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.856/200.83, Was #8
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.898/199.02, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.868/200.35, Was #11

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Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.869/200.53, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.854/201.01, Was #6
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.874/200.23, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.859/201.31, Was #9

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Left Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.868/201.19, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.854/201.43, Was #5
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.892/199.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.855/200.44, Was #7

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Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.856/201.43, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.838/201.82, Was #3
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.862/200.74, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.848/201.82, Was #4

Still no help here.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.845/201.70, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.830/201.91, Was #2
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.853/200.74, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.824/201.94, Was #1

Anderson will not improve, but does have the quickest pass of the session here. Johnson will stay number one.

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