Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 04:18 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: John Gaydosh Jr No Time, Now #25; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.649/207.24, Now #13; No Prior Run

2:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 973 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Gaydosh broke on the launch, rolling to a stop. Schmidt made a good run - we'll have to wait to see how that stands up, there are 26 Pro Stock racers here this weekend.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.585/210.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.574/211.20, Was #7
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.624/209.23, Now #13; No Prior Run

Well, these two made good runs. No improvement for Gaines, but that's Enders' first full pass of the weekend. As with Schmidt, it's too early to tell how good those numbers are.

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Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.579/210.31, Now #9; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jim Cunningham Runs 7.083/206.42, Now #16; No Prior Run

Nice run by Yonke, lots of tire spin for Cunningham. We now have a bump and Cumnningham's time won't hold up long.

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Left Lane: Mark Buehring Runs 8.368/104.81, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.582/210.64, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.585/210.83, Was #13

Yonke's run nudged Brogdon down to 13th. Buehring shook and slowed. Brogdon improved slightly and moved up a couple spots with his best run of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.578/210.37, Now #9; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.606/209.39, Now #15; No Prior Run

Anderson's best run of the weekend got him in, but in the bottom half, and WJ's (not his best) barely got him in. That puts Schmidt out and Enders on the bump at 6.624.

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Left Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.601/208.62, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.580/210.87, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.580/211.73, Was #11

AJ ties his best of the weekend and Trumble posted a 0.978 for the first 60 feet to get into the field. Now Warren Johnson is on the bump spot at 6.606.

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Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.600/210.01, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 6.593/209.62, Now #15; No Prior Run

Morgan's car went toward the wall and he smoothly drove it back to the groove. Both drivers got in, Morgan on the bump spot, bumping WJ and Trumble.

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Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.600/210.14, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.592/209.65, Now #15; No Prior Run

Spiess had a 0.979 60-foot time and moved into the field. KJ had a 0.992, and did not. Now Rickie Jones is on the bump spot at 6.593.

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Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.610/209.59, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.584/209.79, Was #14
Right Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.609/208.91, Now #21; No Prior Run

No help for either driver - but Gray was already in the field. And we are done with bumping for this round - the reamining cars are already qualified.

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Left Lane: Justin Humphreys Runs 6.601/209.69, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.584/210.08, Was #13
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.583/209.82, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.575/210.14, Was #8

Again, no improvement for either driver.

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Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.602/211.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.557/212.23, Was #2
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.600/210.01, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.566/210.83, Was #4

Same story, no improvement.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.635/211.10, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.573/211.26, Was #6
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 9.920/91.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.557/211.03, Was #3

Krisher's car started to get tail-happy and he lifted. Humphrey spun the tires and lost a lot of time early in the run.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.566/211.43, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.567/211.20, Was #5
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.562/211.23, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.539/211.93, Was #1

These two were side-by-side all the way, with the two low ETs of the session. Line actually mproved and moved up a spot. Anderson had the third-quickest of the session to take the remaining bonus point.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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