Fri, 07 Feb 2014, 19:51 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals 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: Matt Hartford Runs 6.634/208.78, Now #12; Best prior run: 19.758/62.54, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,770 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Hartford was real loose all the way down the 1320 to get in the show for now. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.776, 660ft-4.269/164.79 mph, 1,000ft-5.553.

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Left Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.593/210.05, Now #13; Best prior run: 15.375/109.82, Was #16
Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.573/211.26, Now #10; No Prior Run

Kramer with a little wiggle early and stays with it to make a full pull. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.995 sec., 330ft-2.771, 660ft-4.249/166.33 mph, 1,000ft-5.521. McGaha with a good pass to get in the show. Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.769, 660ft-4.240/167.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.506.

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Left Lane: Shane Tucker No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 9.059/99.25, Was #16
Right Lane: Paul Pittman Runs 7.338/143.05, Now #15; Best prior run: 11.405/78.40, Was #17

Tucker loses fire on thew burnout and is pushed back. Word from the starting line that it was an electrical problem. Pittman was out of the groove early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Erica Enders-Stevens Runs 6.547/211.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 8.511/114.16, Was #16
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.588/210.18, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.569/210.60, Was #9

Enders-Stevens with a good looking pass and she tied Johnson's E.T., but will give up the position because of a slower mph. Erica Enders-Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.746, 660ft-4.215/167.32 mph, 1,000ft-5.481. Stanfield with another good pass, but he will not improve. Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.756, 660ft-4.238/166.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.513.

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Left Lane: Jimmy Alund Runs 6.574/211.39, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.580/210.31, Was #13
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.547/211.73, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.559/211.69, Was #9

Alund improves with his career quickest and fastest pass to get in the show. Jimmy Alund's incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.770, 660ft-4.243/167.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.508. Gray improves and becomes the third driver to run 6.547 seconds, but he is the slowest of the three and will be in the number six spot. Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.220/167.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.483.

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Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.585/210.73, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.576/210.41, Was #13
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.556/211.73, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.554/211.96, Was #9

Morgan made a quick move toward the wall and reeled it in, but will not improve. Larry Morgan's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.757, 660ft-4.238/165.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.509. Gaines with another good pass, but just off his earlier pass and he will not improve. V. Gaines' incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.764, 660ft-4.231/167.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.492.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.571/211.76, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.549/212.36, Was #7
Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.543/211.49, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.550/211.53, Was #8

No help here for Line and connolly bumps him back one spot. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.773, 660ft-4.244/167.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.507. Connolly with the quickest 60-foot time of the round and parlayed that into low E.T. of the round, so far. Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.742, 660ft-4.213/167.45 mph, 1,000ft-5.477.

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Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.638/211.63, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.541/212.39, Was #2
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.517/212.53, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.547/212.53, Was #5

Coughlin was real loose right off the starting line, but stayed with it. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.817, 660ft-4.301/166.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.571. Johnson launched hard and keep it hooked up and straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.736, 660ft-4.198/168.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.456.

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Left Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.540/212.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.528/212.29, Was #2
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.541/211.79, Was #4

Nobile with another good looking pass, the second quickest pass of the session. Vincent Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.217/168.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.477. Brogdon's car lost fire after he staged the car.

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