Sat, 20 Oct 2012, 15:04 PM Pro Nitrous Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Nitrous at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe 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: Monroe Guest Runs 4.051/185.23, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.008/186.72, Was #13
Right Lane: Jim Laurita No Time, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.795/196.73, Was #2

1:45 p.m. Since there are exactly 16 cars here, it's an all-run field.

Laurita's car suddenly revved up and lurched forward, through the staging beams before the tree was activated.

Guest made a clean run, but is more than a tenth off the competitive pace

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Left Lane: John Hall Runs 4.016/190.94, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.874/194.63, Was #7
Right Lane: Pat Stoken Runs 3.830/195.68, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.769/198.44, Was #1

Nice pass by Stoken. Hall spun the tires on the launch.

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Left Lane: Shannon Jenkins Runs 3.886/193.63, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.861/194.30, Was #6
Right Lane: Chris Juliano Runs 4.012/184.57, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.996/186.51, Was #12

Both had good launches, but Juliano could not keep up with Jenkins after that.

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Left Lane: Keith Haney Runs 4.016/185.61, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.067/176.70, Was #14
Right Lane: Stan Allen Runs 3.990/190.43, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.923/193.05, Was #10

Nice improvement for Haney and it was Allen who had the tire spin in this pair.

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Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 3.878/195.79, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.804/198.41, Was #3
Right Lane: Blake Housley Runs 5.268/93.84, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.912/190.92, Was #9

Rahaim runs the second-quickest ET of the round. Housley shook and slowed.

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Left Lane: Doug Riesterer Runs 3.842/190.65, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.079/177.37, Was #15
Right Lane: Robert Mathis Runs 3.939/193.88, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.859/194.72, Was #5

Riesterer has struggled this weekend, but it appears he has figured it out, running low ET of the session. Nice pass for Mathis as well.

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Left Lane: Ron Muenks Runs 4.095/179.11, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.936/184.50, Was #12
Right Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 4.399/125.81, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.830/194.94, Was #4

Jones' car was wagging its tail and he lifted.

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