Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 18:35 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona 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: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.561/211.73, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.628/211.39, Was #12
Right Lane: Val Smeland Runs 21.361/36.57, Now #16; Best prior run: 21.374/69.45, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,024 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Coughlin improves from his run from earlier today and moves into the top half of the show.

Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.753, 660ft-4.226/167.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.492.

Smeland with violent tire shake at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.605/209.56, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.600/209.30, Was #12
Right Lane: Drew Skillman Runs 6.615/210.08, Now #13; Best prior run: 19.651/41.04, Was #15

No help here for Delco, just off his earlier pass and will stay in the number 12 spot.

Kenny Delco's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.756, 660ft-4.242/166.03 mph, 1,000ft-5.524.

Skillman makes a big move in the right direction.

Drew Skillman's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.773, 660ft-4.260/165.58 mph, 1,000ft-5.538.

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Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.583/209.36, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.592/209.62, Was #11
Right Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 6.614/209.04, Now #13; Best prior run: 12.493/128.26, Was #15

Johnson with a great short time, but slows on the top end. He improves, but will stay in the number 11 spot.

Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.741, 660ft-4.224/166.56 mph, 1,000ft-5.503.

Prusiensky makes a good pass and moves up the ladder a couple spots.

Alan Prusiensky's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.757, 660ft-4.250/165.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.532.

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Left Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.596/209.65, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.581/209.88, Was #10
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.584/210.21, Now #12; Best prior run: 8.605/99.49, Was #15

A good side-by-side drag race here...No improvement here for Kramer and he stays in the number 10 spot.

Hartford makes a full pass and moves up to the number 12 spot.

Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.746, 660ft-4.230/165.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.508.

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Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.563/210.37, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.580/210.70, Was #9
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.557/210.77, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.576/210.31, Was #8

McGaha with the quickest 60-foot time of the session and improves, but will stay in the number nine spot.

Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.730, 660ft-4.211/166.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.487.

Gray with the quickest pass of the round and he moves up the ladder a couple spots to the number six spot.

Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.736, 660ft-4.214/166.54 mph, 1,000ft-5.486.

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Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.542/210.93, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.556/211.23, Was #5
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.577/211.59, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.558/211.53, Was #7

Butner with a great looking pass, the quickest of the round. He ties Nobile's E.T., but will give up the position based on his slower speed.

Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.729, 660ft-4.202/167.38 mph, 1,000ft-5.471.

No help here for Enders, she stays in the number seven spot.

Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.760, 660ft-4.237/166.83 mph, 1,000ft-5.507.

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Left Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.540/211.43, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.542/210.93, Was #4
Right Lane: Tanner Gray Runs 23.582/32.32, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.538/211.79, Was #3

Nobile launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session and his quickest of the day. He will stay in the number four spot.

Vincent Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.731, 660ft-4.204/167.53 mph, 1,000ft-5.471.

Gray with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.509/212.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.531/211.39, Was #2
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.522/211.73, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.529/211.73, Was #1

Line launched hard with a great 60-foot time and parlayed that into the quickest pass in the EFI era and to the number one spot. He also has the ninth fastest pass in EFI era. when the chute deploys it doesn't blossom, but there is a long shut down area here and he gets it stopped safely.

Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.709, 660ft-4.177/168.05 mph, 1,000ft-5.442.

Anderson with a great pass, the second quickest of the session. This is the third quickest pass of the EFI era.

Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.716, 660ft-4.187/167.57 mph, 1,000ft-5.454.

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