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JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts 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: Rickie Smith Runs 6.705/205.88, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.783/203.74, Was #17 12:34 p.m. Smith goes from outside the field all the way to the top spot. Left Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.718/206.13, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.718/206.13, Was #3 Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.717/206.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.717/206.51, Was #2 Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.706/206.76, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.770/204.73, Was #14 Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.712/206.29, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.757/203.98, Was #10 A couple of good runs here, both career best. Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.675/207.15, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.752/204.26, Was #9 Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.670/207.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.757/205.35, Was #12 The hits keep coming, Anderson ties the current ET record and runs the fastest speed in Pro Stock history, Stanfield runs a career best. Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.692/206.61, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.742/204.48, Was #9 Right Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.684/205.94, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.753/204.23, Was #11 Different pair, same story, both drivers with career best. Koretsky had a .978 sixty foot time, the quickest of the round so far. Left Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.833/203.68, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.842/201.94, Was #29 Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.688/206.73, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.734/204.66, Was #10 Trumble runs a career best but still can't get in the show. Morgan moves up a few notches with a career best. Left Lane: Bill Shorts Runs 7.032/197.59, Now #33; Best prior run: 6.977/197.08, Was #33 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.771/204.73, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.798/203.25, Was #23 No career best for these two, Shorts gets out of shape early in the run and slows from his earlier pass yesterday. Johnson improves but doesn't get in the field. Left Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.802/202.00, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.845/201.37, Was #30 Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.735/206.92, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.770/204.35, Was #16 Schmidt makes a good pass, another career best, and he gets off the bump. Delgado doesn't get in the show. Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.771/205.19, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.807/203.68, Was #26 Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.760/204.01, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.818/202.39, Was #29 Cuadra gets in the show for now, Haas is still on the outside. Left Lane: Dave Howard Runs 6.753/203.68, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.801/202.30, Was #26 Right Lane: Pat Herold Runs 15.361/53.89, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.962/198.82, Was #32 Howard improves on his best by .05 and gets in the show for now. The bump is at 6.760 and falling. Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.754/196.59, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.796/204.39, Was #26 Right Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.799/203.98, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.864/200.86, Was #31 Line improves and gets in the field in the 15th spot, lowering the bump to 6.759. Lawrence with a career best. Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 10.351/87.08, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.795/202.30, Was #26 Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.768/204.08, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.808/202.30, Was #29 Grant has a .979 sixty-foot time but has problems early and shuts down. Benza has a good run but not good enough to get in the show. Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.721/204.73, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.790/202.48, Was #26 Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.739/204.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.817/201.91, Was #30 ...and the bump continues to fall. Line is now on the bump with a 6.754. Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.736/204.85, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.783/203.00, Was #26 Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.721/204.57, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.787/202.70, Was #27 A couple of career best, we are now one car away from the quickest bump in history. Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.728/205.26, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.782/203.61, Was #27 Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.707/206.20, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.769/203.68, Was #24 ...and this does it, the quickest field ever at 6.736. Not a career best for Johnson, but he gets in the show for now. Left Lane: Steve Johns Runs 6.670/206.48, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.755/204.60, Was #21 Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.692/206.23, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.762/203.58, Was #24 Another pair of good runs here, Johns ties the record and goes to the second spot behind Anderson. Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.703/206.89, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.746/203.83, Was #20 Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.669/207.30, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.759/204.20, Was #23 Connolly goes right down the groove and makes the quickest run in NHRA history to jump to the front of the pack. Couchlin runs a career best and gets in the show in the ninth spot. The bump is the quickest ever by .02 at 6.721.
Connolly has a the first leg on the way to the ET record, Anderson made the fastest run
ever with a 207.75.
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