Sat, 18 Sep 2010, 03:46 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 4 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: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.696/206.61, Now #18; Best prior run: 13.486/63.18, Was #20

3:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.46 inches, adjusted altitude 2,813 feet, track temperature 127 degrees. It's going to be a little tougher to bump into the field in this session - the air is warmer and the track is hotter. Six teams will go away disappointed this afternoon. Kurt Johnson is on the bump spot at 6.657.

This time around Nobile's car went right down the groove, with a career-best speed, but he missed the field by a couple spots.

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Left Lane: John Gaydosh Jr Runs 6.867/200.14, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.875/200.23, Was #20

Gaydosh's car is a tribute to our military veterans and the car has been signed by hundreds of veterans so far.

He made a good run, but was not quick enough.

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Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.723/206.16, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.723/206.48, Was #19
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.703/207.24, Now #19; Best prior run: 15.811/47.57, Was #22

Both had a little too much tire spin on the launch, neither came close to making the field.

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Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.648/207.66, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.657/208.84, Was #15
Right Lane: Bob Glidden Runs 6.734/206.64, Now #21; Best prior run: 15.111/55.82, Was #22

Glidden's car went to the left on the launch. He brought it back to the groove smoothly, but came up short of the bump time. Morgan made a nice run to move a couple spots further in into the field.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.652/208.62, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.654/208.52, Was #14
Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.677/207.85, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.661/207.50, Was #17

Benza is the last not-qualified car in the lanes. Benza's car did almost the same thing as Glidden's, with a quick move to the left on the launch, and produced the same result - he did not make the field. Gaines improved a couple thousandths, not enough to move him up the ladder.

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Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.681/207.15, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.638/208.17, Was #10
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.674/207.59, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.657/208.30, Was #16

KJ survived all threats and is in the field, but he probably did not want to meet the #1 qualifier in round one.

Johnson went right down the groove, didn't do much better than those who went to the left on the launch. For that matter, Stanfield also went right down the track and lost ground.

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Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.668/207.02, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.629/208.78, Was #9
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.943/169.55, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.656/207.82, Was #15

Coughlin's car lost a lot of time in the first 330 feet and you just can't make up for that on the top end. Gray made the third-quickest run of the session so far.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.650/209.01, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.628/209.14, Was #8
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.687/208.26, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.648/208.59, Was #12

Both cars shook a bit early in the run, Deceglie's car wagging its tail back and forth several times. Humphrey made a strong run, second-quickest of the session so far, with the fastest speed so far.

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Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.646/208.75, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.619/209.39, Was #6
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.639/208.71, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.645/209.36, Was #11

Both cars had good short times, 0.99 in both lanes, and they made the two quickest runs of the session so far.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.613/209.04, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.613/209.10, Was #4
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.672/207.50, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.627/208.59, Was #7

Anderson matched the best 60-foot time of the session so far, Ron Krisher's 0.991, then matched his own best run of the weekend to reset low ET for the session, He also nipped Humphrey by 0.03 mph for top speed of the session. Gray made a good run, his time in the middle of the pack for the session.

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Left Lane: Dave Connolly No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.610/209.10, Was #3
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.684/207.56, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.617/208.59, Was #5

Connolly broke after launching and was timed out before reaching the stripe. Brogdon lost a lot of time early in the run and also joined the pack.

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Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.630/208.68, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.607/209.79, Was #2
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.623/208.81, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.604/209.56, Was #1

Good runs in both lanes, but Greg Anderson stays low for the session, followed by Line and Edwards.

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