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JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car 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: Shawn Jones Runs 5.960/244.87, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.847/248.80, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Addleman No Time, Now #24; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 1,895 feet, track temperature 97 degrees. Addleman
rolled through the beams. No help here for Jones. Left Lane: Danny Townsend Runs 5.689/256.70, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.670/255.97, Was #4 Right Lane: Mick Snyder Runs 5.735/252.19, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.680/253.42, Was #6 Townsend with another great pass here and another career best mph. Snyder is loose right off the starting line, but stays with it. Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.825/247.84, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.953/104.75, Was #18 Right Lane: Bob Newberry Runs 5.674/254.23, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.647/254.52, Was #2 Newberry with another good looking pass. Gordon was able to get down the track this time and into the show. That will bump out Williams and put Kovar on the bubble. Left Lane: John Patton Runs 5.866/249.39, Now #16; Best prior run: 9.596/89.77, Was #21 Right Lane: Chuck Cheeseman Runs 5.830/249.35, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.808/246.08, Was #10 Patton gets down the track and into the show and that will bump Kovar. Left Lane: Tate Branch Runs 9.793/72.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.696/255.15, Was #7 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 10.546/69.60, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.847/249.49, Was #13 Branch launched hard and then banged the blower sending the burst relief panel high into the air. Gasparrelli banged the blower, too. Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 5.702/254.76, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.809/252.10, Was #11 Right Lane: Vern Moats Runs 19.984/41.55, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.735/248.93, Was #8 Moats had violent tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. good looking pass for Lee to move into the top half of the show. Left Lane: Mike Bell Runs 5.868/247.02, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.861/244.25, Was #15 Right Lane: Rick Cortino Runs 6.404/206.54, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.253/139.56, Was #20 Cortino was skating around from the start. Left Lane: Mike Bell Runs 5.868/247.02, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.861/244.25, Was #15 Right Lane: Rick Cortino Runs 6.404/206.54, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.404/206.54, Was #19 Bell almost matches his time from earlier today. Left Lane: Jackie Stidham Runs 5.628/255.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 9.300/93.56, Was #21 Right Lane: David Kovar Runs 6.245/228.15, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.127/230.88, Was #17 Stidham launched hard and keep it hooked up all the way down the 1320. This was the quickest and fastest pass of Stidham's career. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 8.990/97.98, Now #22; No Prior Run Right Lane: Kirk Williams Runs 5.823/252.43, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.196/244.96, Was #19 Payne was real loose again this time getting real close to the centerline. Williams with a great looking pass to get into the show. That will bump out bell and put on Jones on the bubble. Left Lane: Marc White Runs 8.027/107.13, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.635/255.92, Was #2 Right Lane: Cy Chesterman Runs 6.645/140.66, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.671/252.33, Was #6 White bangs the blower early and the run and coasted on through the 1320. Chesterman with tire shake and shuts it off. Right Lane: Bucky Austin Runs 10.868/74.63, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.655/258.71, Was #4 Austin shook hard right off the starting line and started to get side ways and clicked it off.
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