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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota 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: Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.180/157.43, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.771/203.40, Was #18 Right Lane: Joey Grose No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.911/199.05, Was #20 Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,700 feet, track temperature 102 degrees. Grose stopped at the end of the burnout and the Safety Safari pushed him back and he will not make the pass. He will not make the show. Graham with tire shake and clicks it off and will not make the show. Left Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.799/203.12, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.769/204.11, Was #17 Right Lane: Val Smeland Runs 6.842/200.44, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.866/200.44, Was #19 Delco with a clean pass, but will not get into the show. Smeland with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Left Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 6.744/203.49, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.760/203.43, Was #16 Right Lane: Brian Self Runs 6.728/205.29, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.735/205.10, Was #12 Prusiensky with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not move off the bubble. Alan Prusiensky's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.804, 660ft-4.324/162.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.637. Self is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up the ladder one spot. Brian Self's incremental times: 60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.819, 660ft-4.327/162.92 mph, 1,000ft-5.631. Left Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.758/203.00, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.743/204.20, Was #15 Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.722/202.79, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.717/203.25, Was #10 Kramer, who's car is done up as Cole Trickle's car from Days of Thunder and he won the Best Appearing Car Award. No help here for him and he will start Sunday from the number 15 spot. No help here for Johnson, but runs the quickest pass of the session. Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.989 sec., 330ft-2.785, 660ft-4.299/162.10 mph, 1,000ft-5.612. Left Lane: Shane Tucker Runs 6.770/202.61, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.741/204.23, Was #14 Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.695/205.38, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.716/205.76, Was #9 No help here for Tucker and he will start Sunday from the number 14 spot. McGaha launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.784, 660ft-4.294/163.12 mph, 1,000ft-5.597. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.813/203.65, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.740/204.17, Was #13 Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 6.725/204.20, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.701/204.91, Was #9 No help here for Morgan and he will start Sunday from the number 13 spot. Laughlin with another good pass, but will not improve. Left Lane: Tanner Gray Runs 6.694/204.17, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.728/204.45, Was #12 Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.699/205.10, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.696/205.98, Was #8 Gray was straight down the groove with a great pass, his quickest pass of the weekend. He makes the quickest pass of the session to move into the top half of the show. Tanner Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.788, 660ft-4.293/163.45 mph, 1,000ft-5.594. Hartford with another good looking pass, but will not improve and gets bumped back one spot by Gray. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.786, 660ft-4.296/162.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.600. Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.715/204.79, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.687/206.42, Was #6 Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.684/204.79, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.679/205.82, Was #4 A good pass for Enders, the fifth quickest of the session. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.795, 660ft-4.305/162.65 mph, 1,000ft-5.613. Line with a great short time and runs low E.T. of the session. He will not improve. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.768, 660ft-4.278/162.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.584. Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.700/204.82, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.686/205.98, Was #5 Right Lane: Drew Skillman Runs 6.671/205.35, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.664/205.32, Was #2 Coughlin made a quick move toward the centerline, but reeled it in...Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.792, 660ft-4.299/163.18 mph, 1,000ft-5.602. Skillman with a great looking pass,the quickest pass of the session. He will not improve. Drew Skillman's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.772, 660ft-4.276/163.57 mph, 1,000ft-5.575. Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.710/203.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.672/205.51, Was #3 Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.682/204.08, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.663/204.73, Was #1 Butner with a good 60-foot time, but slows on the top end. He will start Sunday from the number three spot. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.786, 660ft-4.300/162.86 mph, 1,000ft-5.607. Anderson with another great pass, the second quickest pass of the session. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.775, 660ft-4.280/163.00 mph, 1,000ft-5.582. Anderson holds on to the number one spot for the fifth time this season and the 92nd time in his career.
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