Fri, 9 Apr 2010, 04:44 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.635/209.26, Now #1
Right Lane: Jim Cunningham Runs 6.653/209.23, Now #2

3:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,144 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Trumble is in an Elite Motorsports car this weekend and esily posts a career-best, by a tenth and five mph. It's also a career-best run for Cunningham, also by a tenth and six mph.

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Left Lane: Mark Buehring Runs 7.553/130.07, Now #4
Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.662/208.23, Now #3

Two more "new faces" (okay, Schmidt isn't 'new" but we haven't seen him in awhile) and Schmidt runs a career-best speed.

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Left Lane: John Gaydosh Jr Runs 6.797/202.27, Now #4
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 13.980/60.25, Now #6

The rear of Enders' car stepped out on the launch, then chattered the tires and she lifted.

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Left Lane: Justin Humphreys Runs 6.599/209.62, Now #1
Right Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.617/209.04, Now #2

Good runs by both drivers. Nobile's car made a move toward the centerline on the launch and that had to scrub off a bit, but he recovered nicely to save the run. That's a season-best speed for Nobile and a season-best ET and career-best speed for Humphreys.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.574/211.20, Now #1
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.628/210.24, Now #4

Gaines made his career-best speed with the quickest ET yet, and Spiess also added his name to the career-best speed list, but missed the fifties.

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Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.634/209.82, Now #6
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.603/209.98, Now #3

The speeds are a bit wind-aided today, the wind out of the southwest and almost straight up the track.

These two left a lot on the starting line, their 60-foot times at or above one second.

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Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.632/209.62, Now #7
Right Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 6.616/209.65, Now #4

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Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.647/207.72, Now #11
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.575/210.14, Now #2

Morgan has been at all 23 Spring Nationals here at HRP.Morgan lost a lot of time in the first half of the track, but Gray made a nice run to post career bests for both ET and speed.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.588/211.06, Now #4
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.565/206.83, Now #1

Two nice runs, Krisher going to the head of the list - and his car slowed at the stripe after posting the best 660-foot speed of the round so far.

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Left Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.557/212.23, Now #1
Right Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.585/210.83, Now #5

Coughlin posted the top speed and low ET so far - and that's the fifth-fastest run ever. Brogdon adds his name to the career-best speed list.

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Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.620/210.44, Now #12
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.614/210.57, Now #9

Both drivers had a lot of tire spin on the launch and both were over a second for the first 60 feet.

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Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.598/210.90, Now #8
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.580/211.73, Now #5

Anderson had a 1.01 60-foot time, Johnson's was 0.997. That's a career-best speed for AJ.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.593/211.16, Now #9
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.539/211.93, Now #1

The four-wide winner and runner-up close out the session. No career-bests for these two and Line barely broke into the fifties, but Edwards regained his usual place at the ehad of the list, once again quickest of the session.

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