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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th 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: Left Lane: Val Smeland Runs 6.840/202.94, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.511/153.07, Was #16 Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,410 feet, track temperature 79 degrees. Smeland started
drifting toward the wall right at the hit and all the way down the track, but he stayed with it.
He made a big improvement, but will stay on the bump. Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 6.882/202.03, Now #17; Best prior run: 13.474/69.20, Was #17 Right Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 6.638/208.49, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.663/207.88, Was #15 Huggins also drifted toward the wall and he stayed with it. He makes a big improvement, but then after the finish line there are no chutes. He is on the brakes hard, but can't get it stopped and he goes into the sand. The word from the top end is Tom is okay, but the front of the car has some damage. Prusiensky was straight down the groove and moves up the ladder one spot. Left Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.654/208.59, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.660/208.62, Was #15 Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.621/208.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.636/207.94, Was #13 Delco was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 15 spot. Kenny Delco's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.792, 660ft-4.287/165.03 mph, 1,000ft-5.572. Johnson made a quick move toward the centerline and tiptoes down it all the way down the 1320. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 13 spot. Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.765, 660ft-4.255/165.11 mph, 1,000ft-5.539. Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.596/210.44, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.604/209.23, Was #11 Right Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.611/209.52, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.594/209.04, Was #9 Hartford was straight down the groove and makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 11 spot. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.767, 660ft-4.253/165.40 mph, 1,000ft-5.534. Kramer with a good pass, but will not improve. Then after the finish line Kramer's chutes come out, but never blossom. Kramer gets it slowed down enough to make the turn. Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.572/210.54, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.591/210.08, Was #8 Right Lane: Drew Skillman Runs 19.092/43.05, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.617/210.21, Was #12 McGaha launched hard and kept it hooked up to move up the ladder three spots. Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.748, 660ft-4.227/166.62 mph, 1,000ft-5.501. Skillman with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.547/211.10, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.579/210.80, Was #8 Right Lane: Tanner Gray Runs 6.578/210.80, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.595/211.10, Was #10 Nobile launched hard and kept the Goodyears stuck and was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Vincent Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.733, 660ft-4.207/166.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.478. Gray with a real nice pass, his quickest to move up the ladder one spot. Tanner Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.762, 660ft-4.240/166.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.510. Left Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.547/210.97, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.573/210.50, Was #7 Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.572/210.64, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.577/210.21, Was #8 Gray with a great pass, straight down the groove to tie Nobile with the quickest pass of the weekend. He will give up the position based on his slower speed. Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.732, 660ft-4.208/166.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.478. Coughlin with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.751, 660ft-4.228/166.58 mph, 1,000ft-5.501. Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.553/210.90, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.567/210.60, Was #5 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.557/210.93, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.570/210.60, Was #6 This was a great side-by-side drag race...these two go to the number three and four spots. Both cars are straight down the groove. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.739, 660ft-4.213/166.85 mph, 1,000ft-5.483. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.738, 660ft-4.215/166.79 mph, 1,000ft-5.487. Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.530/211.49, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.563/210.93, Was #6 Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.549/211.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.557/210.60, Was #5 Line with a great 60-foot time and kept it hooked up to go the No. 1 spot. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.723, 660ft-4.195/167.24 mph, 1,000ft-5.463. Anderson was right there with him and he makes his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number four spot. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.732, 660ft-4.210/166.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.481.
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