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Sat, 11 Nov 2006, 03:43 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals 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:

Right Lane: Tommy Lee Runs 6.723/205.91, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.753/206.26, Was #21

12:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.12 inches, adjusted altitude 2,080 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Ron Krisher is on the bump spot at 6.730. Lee improves enough to take over the current #13 spot, but that may not hold for long. On the other hand, only a few bikes improved in their session.

Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 7.103/195.36, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.784/206.35, Was #23
Right Lane: Jose Maldonado Runs 6.761/204.88, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.805/203.55, Was #25

Dave Northrop is on the bump spot at 6.727. Koretsky struggles off the line and then shuts down early. Maldonado continues to improve, but won't get in this session.

Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.793/205.01, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.745/205.98, Was #21
Right Lane: Tony Rizzo Runs 6.812/203.55, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.798/202.82, Was #25

Both cars slow from their prior best and will get one more chance later this afternoon.

Left Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.759/203.28, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.761/203.92, Was #23
Right Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 6.720/205.76, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.736/204.85, Was #18

Both cars improve and Stevens definitely gets the best of it to jump up six spots to the current #12 position.

Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.703/205.01, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.730/204.85, Was #18
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.735/205.19, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.739/205.32, Was #19

Erica Enders is now on the bump spot at 6.725. Krisher has the first sub-one second 60 foot time of the session and parleys it into a top half of the field #5 position. Yates only improves by .004 and will stay #18.

Left Lane: Max Naylor Runs 6.736/204.98, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.744/206.07, Was #20
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.813/205.76, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.725/205.79, Was #17

Larry Morgan is on the bump spot at 6.723. Enders spins hard at the launch and will stay outside looking in. Naylor can't improve enough to move off of the #20 position.

Left Lane: Dave Northrop Runs 6.710/206.16, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.727/205.01, Was #18
Right Lane: Bob Panella Runs 6.732/205.82, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.715/206.67, Was #10

Northrup has a great leave and bumps Panella down a spot on the ladder.

Left Lane: Tommy Brown Runs 6.742/205.13, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.722/204.79, Was #15
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.732/206.10, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.714/206.23, Was #10

Tommy Lee is now on the bump spot at 6.723 and was the first car to run in this session. Two clean passes, but no improvement for either team.

Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.726/205.19, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.723/205.85, Was #17
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.708/206.29, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.709/206.16, Was #8

Lee stays on the bump, as Morgan can't improve. Johnson runs .001 quicker and will stay #8. The strong head wind has to be impacting the performance this session.

Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.705/207.11, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.718/207.30, Was #13
Right Lane: Tom Martino Runs 13.677/64.24, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.707/206.35, Was #7

Martino and Edwards both move towards the centerline at the hit. Martino has to rein in his wheel standing GTO and lifts. Edwards has the power to pull it back into the center of the lane and move up into the current #6 spot.

Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.699/206.04, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.717/205.94, Was #13
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.730/205.57, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.705/205.94, Was #7

Stanfield makes a major statement with a huge improvement up the ladder. Nine spots on the ladder in this field is a big deal. Gains doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.686/206.07, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.688/207.27, Was #3
Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.700/206.26, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.701/206.35, Was #5

Johnson runs another six sixty and stays #3. Connolly pings the ET by .001 and stays #5.

Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.669/206.99, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.677/205.94, Was #2
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.678/207.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.667/207.21, Was #1

Jason, in yesterday's post qualifying interview, said that Anderson would get the top spot this session because of running in the left lane. Well, he ran better than Jason, but misses the top spot by .002 seconds. These two cars are the best again this weekend.

12:29 p.m. All of these guys will get one final chance about 3:00 p.m. this weekend.

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