Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 16:47 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina 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: Jeremy Martorella No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.728/205.57, Was #19

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.26 inches, adjusted altitude 3,176 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Martorella can't get the car to fire and is pushed off the starting line.

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Left Lane: Shane Tucker Runs 15.411/56.87, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.595/209.26, Was #14
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.647/207.91, Was #18

Tucker with severe tire shake and pushes the clutch back in .

Stroupe with severe tire shake and comes to a stop around half track and he will not get in the show.

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Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra Jr. Runs 6.598/209.39, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.582/0.00, Was #13

Cuadra Jr. is straight down the groove, but will not improve. Fernando Cuadra Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.759, 660ft-4.246/167.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.524.

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Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.608/209.88, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.572/211.00, Was #11
Right Lane: Cristian Cuadra Runs 6.673/208.52, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.611/209.20, Was #16

McGaha is straight down the groove, this is his slowest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 11 spot. Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.765, 660ft-4.252/166.19 mph, 1,000ft-5.532.

Cuadra with a clean pass, but will not improve. Cristian Cuadra's incremental times: 60ft-1.019 sec., 330ft-2.807, 660ft-4.301/165.07 mph, 1,000ft-5.590.

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Left Lane: Aaron Stanfield Runs 22.089/28.37, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.571/210.28, Was #10
Right Lane: Val Smeland Runs 15.297/54.54, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.598/209.04, Was #15

Stanfield with severe tire shake right at the hit and he pushes the clutch back in.

Smeland with tire shake and he clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.600/210.28, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.569/210.83, Was #9
Right Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.570/209.95, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.582/210.14, Was #12

Butner with clean pass, the third quickest of the session. He will not improve. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.768, 660ft-4.252/166.48 mph, 1,000ft-5.529.

Kramer launched hard and kept it hooked to make his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the number 10 spot. He makes the quickest pass of the session. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.748, 660ft-4.224/166.99 mph, 1,000ft-5.498.

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Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.566/210.67, Was #8
Right Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.568/210.54, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.562/210.21, Was #7

Cuadra is leaking oil on the burnout and is shut off.

Delco kept it hooked up and makes the quickest pass of the session. He is just off his qualifying time and will start Sunday from the number seven spot. Kenny Delco's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.226/167.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.498.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.981/161.96, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.560/210.64, Was #6
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.604/210.28, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.546/211.00, Was #4

Anderson got loose around half track and pushed the clutch in.

Hartford is straight down the groove with the fifth quickest pass of the session. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.776, 660ft-4.253/166.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.531.

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Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 6.581/209.95, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.547/210.83, Was #5
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.561/211.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.524/210.37, Was #2

Laughlin is straight down the groove with the fourth quickest pass of the session, he will start Sunday from the number five spot. Alex Laughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.751, 660ft-4.230/166.68 mph, 1,000ft-5.508.

Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up nd was straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the session. He stays in the number two spot. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.743, 660ft-4.218/167.09 mph, 1,000ft-5.491.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.561/211.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.534/211.53, Was #3
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.543/211.36, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.506/211.86, Was #1

This is a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up Pro Stock qualifying.

Line is straight down the groove with the third quickest pass of the session and he will start Sunday from the number three spot. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.751, 660ft-4.225/167.57 mph, 1,000ft-5.494.

Enders launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session again. She holds on to the number one spot for the third consecutive race and the 22nd time in her career. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.734, 660ft-4.206/167.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.476.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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