Sat, 20 Feb 2010, 06:58 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Arizona 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: Warren Johnson Runs 6.668/206.76, Now #12; No Prior Run
Right Lane: John Nobile No Time, Now #22; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,219 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Nobile with violent tire shake as soon as he let the clutch out. W.J. with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Warren Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.794, 660ft-4.289/164.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.577.

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Left Lane: Danny Gruninger Runs 6.683/200.50, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.703/204.76, Now #15; No Prior Run

Gruninger with his quickest pass of the weekend...Danny Gruninger's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.774, 660ft-4.278/163.73 mph, 1,000ft-5.574. Spiess with his quickest pass of the weekend...Steve Spiess' incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.791, 660ft-4.301/162.84 mph, 1,000ft-5.600. Both drivers get in the show for now.

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Left Lane: Justin Humphreys Runs 14.960/56.41, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.684/206.04, Now #15; No Prior Run

Humphreys with a lot of tire shake and he clicked it off...Gray launched hard and runs his quickest pass of the weekend...Johnny Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.797, 660ft-4.297/163.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.588. He gets in the show.

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Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.662/207.66, Now #8; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.668/206.86, Now #13; No Prior Run

Johnson with a great looking pass and his quickest pass of the weekend to get into the top half of the show. Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.795, 660ft-4.289/164.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.574. Gray with his quickest pass of the weekend...Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.790, 660ft-4.288/164.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.577.

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Left Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.632/208.04, Now #3; No Prior Run
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 12.492/69.81, Now #20; No Prior Run

Gaines with a lot of tire shake and makes a quick move toward the wall and clicks it off. Brogdon with a great looking pass and his quickest pass of the weekend to move to the number three spot. Rodger Brogdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.778, 660ft-4.266/165.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.547.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.647/207.78, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.667/207.82, Was #13
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.638/209.20, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.670/207.85, Was #16

Humphrey with his quickest pass of the weekend and he gets into the top half of the show. Ronnie Humphrey's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.781, 660ft-4.275/164.69 mph, 1,000ft-5.559. Line with his quickest pass of the weekend, and he gets off the bump and into the top half of the show. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.783, 660ft-4.273/165.17 mph, 1,000ft-5.555.

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Left Lane: Vinnie Deceglie No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.666/206.57, Was #14
Right Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.639/208.20, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.666/207.88, Was #13

Yonke launched hard and was straight down the groove with his career best E.T. and speed to get into the top half of the show. Bob Yonke's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.771, 660ft-4.266/164.99 mph, 1,000ft-5.551. Deceglie was straight down the groove until just before 1000 feet when the car drifting a little out of the groove and then all of a sudden made a quick move to the right and flipped on to the roof and slid through the finish line and into the right side wall. The car spun on it's roof and it slid down the track finally coming to a stop about 300 feet past the finish line. the report from the top end is Deceglie is out of the car and okay.

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Left Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 7.044/142.26, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.660/206.48, Was #11
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.710/194.74, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.663/207.05, Was #13

Jones started to get loose and had the chutes out early. Morgan clicked it early...

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Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.991/163.08, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.641/208.94, Was #7
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.667/207.40, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.660/208.17, Was #10

No help here for Stanfield...Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.781, 660ft-4.282/164.05 mph, 1,000ft-5.574. Coughlin pushed the clutch in early.

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Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.641/208.20, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.635/208.88, Was #4
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.656/208.39, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.652/208.07, Was #9

No help here for either of these drivers...Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.772, 660ft-4.268/164.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.554.
Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.788, 660ft-4.282/164.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.568.

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Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.625/194.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.609/209.46, Was #1
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 8.338/112.90, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.627/207.53, Was #2

Krisher pushed in the clutch early...Edwards with a great 60-foot pass and then runs the quickest pass of the round and it appears he had the clutch in early. Mike Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.746, 660ft-4.232/165.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.511. Edwards qualifies No. 1 for the 23rd time in his career and 11th in a row.

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