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Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2
Fri, 25 Jul 2003, 10:35 PM
Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
NHRA 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: Ben Watson Runs 10.261/88.83, Now #21; Best prior run: 18.135/32.61, Was #27
Current weather conditions: 81 degrees, 38 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.91
inches.
Tire shake for Watson.
Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.873/202.39, Now #5; Best prior run: 17.216/27.08, Was #27
Right Lane: Mike Corvo Jr Runs 6.882/200.98, Now #8; Best prior run: 15.109/54.84, Was #24
Pair of good runs here. Both are in for now.
Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.943/201.31, Now #18; Best prior run: 16.417/29.15, Was #27
Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.919/200.38, Now #16; Best prior run: 12.989/57.33, Was #25
Marnell's in for now, but it won't last.
Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 14.632/57.40, Now #27; Best prior run: 15.572/41.24, Was #27
Right Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.870/202.03, Now #5; Best prior run: 10.505/90.55, Was #26
Allen heads for the centerline and shuts off. Very nice pass for Wilson.
Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.920/199.52, Now #18; Best prior run: 8.964/102.02, Was #22
Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 10.436/86.96, Now #25; Best prior run: 10.195/89.03, Was #25
Grant improves, but it's not nearly enough. Geoffrion with another early shut off pass.
Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.933/200.50, Now #21; Best prior run: 8.296/115.29, Was #22
Right Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.852/201.52, Now #4; Best prior run: 9.940/91.77, Was #24
Lastor with a good pass. Pawuk with a wiggle early, and it cost him.
Left Lane: Nick Drzayich Runs 6.865/201.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.947/200.65, Was #23
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.850/202.00, Now #3; Best prior run: 9.781/94.31, Was #24
Good side-by-side race. Both drivers get in. Team Drzayich is very happy with that pass.
Left Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.896/201.22, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.929/200.92, Was #22
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.855/201.67, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.909/200.47, Was #18
Carr just misses, and Troy gets in the top half of the field.
Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 10.148/89.54, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.919/200.74, Was #20
Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.866/202.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.899/200.98, Was #18
Stanfield shook and moved around. Whisnant improves by three hundredths and gets in.
Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.872/201.64, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.909/201.46, Was #19
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.887/200.89, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.893/200.86, Was #17
The sun is right in the drivers' eyes now. Most of the cars have black tape on the windshield to block
the sun. Edwards gets in, Morgan misses on speed.
Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.863/201.52, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.892/201.52, Was #18
Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.827/202.21, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.878/202.27, Was #14
Adams with a dynamite pass. Alderman slides into the top half.
Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.909/201.73, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.887/202.27, Was #17
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 8.035/128.57, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.864/201.67, Was #9
WJ is not in. That should change here.
Or not. The car was very loose and Corvo hangs on to the
bump spot. Yates clicked it early.
Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.822/202.45, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.874/202.00, Was #15
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.829/202.39, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.852/201.94, Was #5
Connolly takes over the top spot for now, and Jeg picks up a spot. Pair of great runs.
Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.802/203.28, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.841/203.16, Was #5
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.818/203.03, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.827/202.97, Was #2
Connolly's reign as the polesitter lasted for about a minute and a half. Anderson resets the track speed
record.
7:31 p.m.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
By Jonathan Adams
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