Fri, 17 Sep 2010, 07:54 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly 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:

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Left Lane: John Gaydosh Jr Runs 6.875/200.14, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.934/200.08, Was #23

7:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,263 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

The weather has improved slightly since the first session and it is likely that you can just about throw those results away. Vinnie Deceglie is on the bump spot at 6.675.

Gaydosh made an improved run, is still short of the bump time.

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Left Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.697/206.61, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.736/206.35, Was #20
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.676/208.23, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.810/177.30, Was #22

Both drivers improved a bunch over their first run today, neither made the provisional field.

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Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.663/207.11, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.700/206.99, Was #20
Right Lane: Bob Glidden Runs 8.186/123.11, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.738/206.86, Was #22

Indy winner Stanfield improved enough to get into the field - that may not last through the round. Glidden's car made a big move right off the starting line,and he shut it off well before the stripe.

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Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.710/205.51, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.699/206.64, Was #21
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.697/206.95, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.697/206.95, Was #18

Yonke has been trying to buy this car from Rickie Jones for three months, finally closed the deal right after Indy.

No help for either driver - KJ improved a bit, but stayed outside the field.

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Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.637/208.65, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.677/208.07, Was #16
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.673/207.24, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.698/207.53, Was #20

Connolly jumped all the way up to second spot, nice run. Spiess improved nicely, came up one spot short of the field.

Now Rodger Brogdon is on the bump spot at 6.672.

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Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.637/208.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.677/208.30, Was #17
Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.661/207.50, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.681/207.82, Was #18

Double-bump, knocking out Brogdon and V. Gaines.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.654/208.52, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.668/208.68, Was #13
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.667/208.17, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.675/208.55, Was #17

Shane Gray was on the bump spot at 6.666 after the double-bump.

Gaines bumped Gray, Deceglie came upo short of the field.

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Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.662/206.86, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.664/208.20, Was #12
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.656/207.82, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.674/208.14, Was #17

That put Morgan on the bump spot at 6.664. Coughlin appeared to be almost a sure bet to get in, Victor Cagnazzi predicting a "fifty" during the session. Well, it wasn't a "fifty, but Coughlin got in and Morgan improved just enough to stay on the bump spot, Greg Stanfield getting bumped from the field instead. But that is not a safe spot, there are a few "hitters" left to run yet.

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Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.647/208.39, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.661/207.82, Was #10
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.652/207.72, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.672/208.20, Was #16

For example, Rodger Brogdon. Gray moved way up the list, Brogdon bumped Morgan, and now Bob Benza is on the bump spot at 6.661.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.624/208.62, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.657/208.52, Was #11
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.646/207.94, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.666/208.30, Was #15

These two should shake the field up again ... if they make good runs.

They did and they did. Anderson went to #1 and Gray bumped Benza. Now Jeg Coughlin is on the bump spot at 6.656.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.637/208.71, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.652/208.52, Was #9
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.638/208.68, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.644/209.14, Was #5

It appears that the remaining cars are already in the field, so Coughlin is safe until tomorrow, when the field size will increase to 16 and all the cars outside the top twelve will start all over again. Humphrey improved nicely and moved up the ladder, moving AJ down a spot.

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Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.631/207.78, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.652/208.84, Was #9
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.637/208.91, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.633/209.14, Was #2

Last pair. Edwards made a nice run to take over the second spot, Line failed to improve and ended up third.

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