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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals 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: Nick Fratt Runs 7.139/198.71, Now #42; Best prior run: 7.043/198.06, Was #42 11:45 AM Current weather conditions: 64 degrees, 94 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.00 inches and steady, with a track temperature of 82 degrees. Left Lane: Jose Maldonado Runs 7.741/132.15, Now #38; Best prior run: 6.941/198.71, Was #38 Right Lane: Mike Weinle No Time, Now #45; Best prior run: 7.086/194.42, Was #45 The bump belongs to Taylor Lastor, at 6.850. Weinle launched and the engine went silent, the car coasting slowly down the track. Maldonado was off the pace early in his run. Left Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.882/200.31, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.888/199.29, Was #31 Right Lane: David Strouse Jr. Runs 6.862/200.04, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.954/198.76, Was #39 Strouse had problems getting the transmission into reverse after the burnout, but eventually got it to mesh. Both came close, but close doesn't count. Nice run by Strouse, a career-best elapsed time. Left Lane: Jim Cunningham Runs 7.254/192.18, Now #44; Best prior run: 7.080/194.84, Was #44 Right Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.950/198.50, Now #40; Best prior run: 7.009/197.36, Was #41 Cunningham's Cougar went left on the launch. Left Lane: Eric Shelton Runs 7.067/195.05, Now #43; Best prior run: 7.070/195.60, Was #43 Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 7.351/154.10, Now #41; Best prior run: 6.974/198.80, Was #41 The Sun is actually trying to break through right now and the weather radar is clear. Ya never know...Benza stayed with a very crooked run. Left Lane: Jim Bernard Runs 6.892/200.08, Now #33; Best prior run: 6.931/200.17, Was #38 Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.857/202.11, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.865/200.62, Was #23 Nice run by Stanfield, but missed by seven thousandths. Left Lane: Tom Hammonds Runs 6.859/200.62, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.920/200.00, Was #37 Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.872/200.71, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.922/199.82, Was #38 Nice run by Hammonds, but, like Stanfield, he's just a fraction of a second too slow. Left Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 6.878/200.62, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.919/199.46, Was #38 Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.883/198.15, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.879/199.64, Was #31 Nope. Despite a 1.008 60-foot time for Delgado, he came up short, and so did Stevens. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.885/199.82, Now #36; Best prior run: 6.917/199.73, Was #38 Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.855/200.75, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.871/199.95, Was #28 Another "Nope." Morgan had a 1.014 60-foot time, Watson a 1.008, neither could make the cut despite a career-best elapsed time by Watson Left Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.848/200.66, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.902/199.77, Was #38 Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 6.834/201.20, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.870/200.71, Was #28 Double bump, Nobile bumping Lastor and Patrick bumping Nobile, by a thousandth. Now the bump spot belongs to Mark Whisnant, at 6.847. Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.884/200.31, Now #36; Best prior run: 6.885/200.00, Was #36 Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.794/202.47, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.846/201.38, Was #14 Marnell continued to struggle here, but Adams found the key and gave us our second "seventy" of the weekend. Nice run in one of the two Barry Grant team cars. Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.836/201.83, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.881/200.80, Was #34 Right Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 7.496/137.09, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.866/199.91, Was #28 1.01 60-foot times, a pair, and Wilson puts the Stratus in the field ona very smooth run. Koretsky was slowly losing ground to half track, then slowed dramatically. That bumps Whisnant, putting Troy Coughlin on the bubble 6.846. Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.840/200.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.876/199.91, Was #32 Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.817/201.20, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.862/200.62, Was #27 Daniels and Edwards both stepped way up, bumping Coughlin and Scott Geoffrion. Now it's V. Gaines on the bubble with a 6.841. Left Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 6.859/200.13, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.869/200.26, Was #31 Right Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 6.844/201.34, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.860/201.02, Was #28 Nope! Good runs, but Jeter's car chattered the tires and that cost him a spot in the field. Left Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 9.895/92.51, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.860/201.02, Was #29 Right Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.827/201.47, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.858/201.20, Was #26 Osborne abandoned the run early on, probably shake. Nice pass by grant to put both his CXavaliers in the field, bumping Gaines. Now it's Randy Daniels in danger of being bumped, with a 6.840. Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.813/201.79, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.857/201.11, Was #26 Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.827/201.16, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.846/200.84, Was #20 Mark was bumped last night, Troy a few minutes ago. Both got back in, Pawuk with a 1.007 n60-foot time and Troy a 0.999. Nice, smooth run by Pawuk to get safely in the top part of the field - and the Sun is now out, so conditions will go downhill from here on. That bumped Daniels and Jim Yates, putting Tom Martino on the bubble. Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.798/202.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.841/201.52, Was #19 Right Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 14.066/59.93, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.850/201.29, Was #24 Gaines made a great run, with a 0.999 60-foot time to start it all off. Lastor was also strong on the launch, a 1.003, but the engine hit the rev limiter hard and he slowed. That puts Gene Wilson on the bubble at 6.361. Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.974/168.76, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.838/201.29, Was #18 Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.811/201.97, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.847/201.02, Was #22 Yates looked to be on his way into the seventies, then the car appeared not to go into high gear. Great run by Whisnant to get back in the field, bumping Wilson. Now it was Robert Patrick on the bubble at 6.834. Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.809/201.92, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.836/201.16, Was #18 Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.798/202.70, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.844/202.02, Was #21 Two more great runs to get back in, bumping Patrick and WJ. That puts Troy Coughlin on the bubble at 6.827. Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.777/202.33, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.824/201.11, Was #14 Right Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.806/202.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.823/201.07, Was #13 Two nice runs, and, for a change, there was no bumping involved. Bruce Allen's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.815, 660ft-4.346/160.94mph, 1,000ft-5.665 and a track record elapsed time. The track crew took a careful look at Alderman's lane, something dripping from Alderman's car, then made a couple of quick laps with the tractor. Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.808/202.42, Now #9; Best prior run: 0.000/201.11, Was #24 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.802/203.02, Now #7; Best prior run: 0.000/201.07, Was #23 WJ gets back in and in the top half - Current weather conditions: 67 degrees, 89 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.98 inches, with a track temperature 82 of degrees. Nice run by AJ, too. Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.794/203.57, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.800/203.52, Was #6 Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.835/201.52, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.820/201.34, Was #15 Nice run by KJ, with another big speed, moving back up toward the top. Krisher lost a few thousandths from yesterday. Now there are six cars in the seventies. Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.791/203.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.788/203.43, Was #2 Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 7.270/148.95, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.813/201.61, Was #13 Last pair. Coughlin was a few hundredths back at half track, then slowed.
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