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Fri, 16 May 2008, 06:58 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q 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 18.729/49.62, Now #27; Best prior run: 16.239/66.19, Was #26
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.933/176.79, Now #22; No Prior Run

Watson with problems again as soon as he lets the clutch out.

Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.807/202.88, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.809/202.88, Was #18
Right Lane: Dave Connolly No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 25.794/25.39, Was #28

Connolly is out of the groove early and he collects the half track cones. Koretsky improves, but not enough to get into the show.

Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.775/202.58, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.808/201.67, Was #18
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.742/204.48, Now #4; Best prior run: 14.395/57.46, Was #27

Yates made a quick move out of the groove and reeled it back in. Hartford with a real nice looking pass to get into the top half of the show. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.813, 660ft-4.329/162.67mph, 1,000ft-5.638

Left Lane: Dave Northrop Runs 6.782/203.37, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.796/203.37, Was #17
Right Lane: Justin Humphreys No Time, Now #27; Best prior run: 14.248/58.56, Was #27

Humphreys broke and doesn't stage the car. Northrop improves, but not enough to get into the show.

Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.752/204.45, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.783/203.95, Was #17
Right Lane: Max Naylor Runs 6.788/201.70, Now #18; Best prior run: 11.710/74.48, Was #26

Schmidt with a great looking pass to get into the top half of the show...Steve Schmidt's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.822, 660ft-4.341/162.10mph, 1,000ft-5.649 Naylor gets it down the track and will now have something to tune from for the rest of the weekend.

Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 16.395/48.38, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.775/203.58, Was #15
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.736/204.54, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.933/170.43, Was #25

Krisher with a lot of tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Edwards with a great pass, straight down the groove to the number three spot. Mike Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.820, 660ft-4.332/162.94mph, 1,000ft-5.636

Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 8.350/119.08, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.769/203.31, Was #15
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.782/202.97, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.825/202.55, Was #24

Stanfield with problems early and clicks it off. Smith moves up the ladder a few spots.

Left Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.734/204.54, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.767/204.29, Was #14
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.789/203.09, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.817/202.64, Was #24

Nobile with a great pass all the way up to the number three spot...John Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-1.006 sec., 330ft-2.815, 660ft-4.328/162.61mph, 1,000ft-5.633

Left Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 7.910/128.65, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.765/203.98, Was #13
Right Lane: Tom Hammonds Runs 6.747/203.12, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.811/202.24, Was #24

Jones with problems early in the pass and he clicks it off early. Hammonds with a nice pass to get into the show. Tom Hammonds' incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.815, 660ft-4.331/162.18mph, 1,000ft-5.640

Left Lane: Todd Hoerner Runs 6.986/184.40, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.755/204.76, Was #12
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.737/204.39, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.800/202.00, Was #23

Hoerner's chute comes out around 400 feet...Todd Hoerner's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.819, 660ft-4.384/155.22mph, 1,000ft-5.776

Gray gets into the show the top half for now...Johnny Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.810, 660ft-4.327/162.35mph, 1,000ft-5.635

Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.728/203.80, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.753/203.58, Was #12
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 18.671/65.16, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.765/203.71, Was #16

Coughlin with violent tire shake as soon as he let the clutch out. Gaines with a great pass...he goes to the number to spot. V. Gaines' incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.807, 660ft-4.320/162.80mph, 1,000ft-5.625

Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.734/205.82, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.753/205.01, Was #12
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.737/203.58, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.758/202.94, Was #14

Line makes a quick move toward the center line and he reeled it in and still moves up into the top half of the show. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-1.000 sec., 330ft-2.826, 660ft-4.339/162.94mph, 1,000ft-5.638 Morgan with a nice pass to get into the show...Larry Morgan's incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.808, 660ft-4.323/162.35mph, 1,000ft-5.632

Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.756/204.60, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.747/204.91, Was #11
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.699/205.66, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.737/205.04, Was #7

No help here for Johnson. Anderson with a great pass, straight down the groove into the number one spot. Anderson with the quickest pass ever here at Bristol for the E.T. track record. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.794, 660ft-4.303/163.16mph, 1,000ft-5.603

Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.687/206.16, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.714/205.13, Was #2
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.716/206.57, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.732/206.48, Was #4

WJ with a wiggle right off the starting line, but he reeled it in to move into the number three spot...Warren Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.821, 660ft-4.328/163.83mph, 1,000ft-5.625 Anderson track record last one pair as Kurt Johnson runs the quickest pass of Bristol Dragway...Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.298/163.87mph, 1,000ft-5.594

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