Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 18:34 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 4 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: Val Smeland Runs 8.530/111.55, Now #16; Best prior run: 8.968/101.84, Was #16
Right Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.629/208.62, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.600/209.30, Was #14

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,281 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Smeland was out of the groove early and over by the wall before he pushed in the clutch.

Delco with a clean pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 6.599/209.23, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.606/208.97, Was #15
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.607/208.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.583/209.36, Was #12

Prusiensky with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up one spot on the ladder. This is his career quickest pass.

Johnson with a new bullet in the car for this run as he blew it up last round.

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Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.583/209.36, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.584/210.21, Was #13
Right Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 8.555/106.69, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.581/209.88, Was #11

Hartford with his quickest pass this season, but will stay in the number 13 spot.

Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.743, 660ft-4.225/166.54 mph, 1,000ft-5.504.

Kramer pushes in the clutch early and will start from the number 11 spot.

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Left Lane: Drew Skillman Runs 6.554/210.05, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.574/210.60, Was #10
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.541/211.30, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.561/211.73, Was #9

Skillman with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot.

Drew Skillman's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.734, 660ft-4.208/167.24 mph, 1,000ft-5.479.

Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the season to move into the top half of the show.

Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.730, 660ft-4.201/167.03 mph, 1,000ft-5.469.

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Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 12.531/69.68, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.558/211.53, Was #10
Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.565/210.08, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.553/210.21, Was #8

Enders with tire shake right at the hit and pushed in the clutch.

McGaha with another great short time. A good looking pass, he doesn't improve but is just a couple ticks off his qualifying time.

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Left Lane: Shane Gray Runs 11.681/75.54, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.548/211.26, Was #7
Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.565/210.01, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.542/210.93, Was #6

Gray shut it off early and will start in the number seven spot.

Butner with another good looking pass, but will not improve and will start from the number six spot.

Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.737, 660ft-4.214/166.58 mph, 1,000ft-5.489.

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Left Lane: Tanner Gray Runs 6.560/211.13, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.538/211.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.541/210.21, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.540/211.43, Was #4

No help here for Gray, but a good pass. He will stay in the number three spot.

Tanner Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.745, 660ft-4.220/167.51 mph, 1,000ft-5.489.

Nobile had issues again end of the burnout...Nobile with another great pass, but will not improve. He did tie Coughlin for quickest pass of the session, but Coughlin will get position based on his faster speed.

Vincent Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.730, 660ft-4.202/167.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.470.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.546/211.23, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.522/211.73, Was #2
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.535/211.33, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.509/212.19, Was #1

Anderson with another good looking pass with the fourth quickest pass of the session.

Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.735, 660ft-4.207/167.45 mph, 1,000ft-5.475.

Line with the quickest pass of the session and he qualify number one for the 51st time in his career. This is second number one qualify this season and the second time here in Phoenix.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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