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Sat, 30 Oct 2010, 09:16 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas 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:

Right Lane: Bob Glidden Runs 6.757/204.17, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.745/203.58, Was #20

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,758 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

glidden will not get in the show...

Left Lane: Steve Kalkowski Runs 6.865/197.91, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.897/197.22, Was #23
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.700/206.20, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.745/204.79, Was #19

Kalkowski with his quickest pass of the weekend and he will not get in the show. Gray with his best pass to get in the show...Johnny Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.801, 660ft-4.309/163.41 mph, 1,000ft-5.607.

Left Lane: Gordie Rivera Runs 6.808/202.61, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.859/192.52, Was #22
Right Lane: Richard Freeman Runs 13.397/63.50, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.721/205.47, Was #18

Freeman shook early and pushed in the clutch. Rivera with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Bob Yonke Runs 6.698/205.66, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.755/205.32, Was #21
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 16.558/72.24, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.710/206.01, Was #17

Johnson's car never moved when he let the clutch out, and he will not get in the show. Yonke with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Bob Yonke's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.793, 660ft-4.301/163.02 mph, 1,000ft-5.602.

Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.718/204.42, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.738/203.43, Was #20
Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.689/207.15, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.708/206.64, Was #17

Enders with her quickest pass of the weekend, but she will not get in the show. Connolly with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-1.006 sec., 330ft-2.808, 660ft-4.309/164.11 mph, 1,000ft-5.601.

Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.687/206.51, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.706/206.07, Was #17
Right Lane: Vinnie Deceglie Runs 6.703/206.64, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.701/206.32, Was #16

No help here for Deceglie as Humphrey runs his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Ronnie Humphrey's incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.799, 660ft-4.302/163.81 mph, 1,000ft-5.596.

Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.660/206.70, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.687/206.29, Was #13
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.688/206.16, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.685/205.63, Was #11

Morgan with another good pass, but will not improve. Larry Morgan's incremental times: 60ft-0.995 sec., 330ft-2.794, 660ft-4.298/163.39 mph, 1,000ft-5.595. Krisher with a great looking pass and his quickest of the weekend to move up to the number two spot. Ron Krisher's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.780, 660ft-4.279/164.19 mph, 1,000ft-5.571.

Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.675/206.42, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.685/206.42, Was #11
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.665/206.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.684/206.51, Was #10

Stanfield with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.778, 660ft-4.279/163.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.573. Johnson with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up the ladder two spots. Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.784, 660ft-4.288/163.65 mph, 1,000ft-5.583.

Left Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.665/206.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.678/206.01, Was #11
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.714/207.08, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.677/207.15, Was #10

Gray with a great pass to go to the number three spot...Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.782, 660ft-4.283/164.05 mph, 1,000ft-5.575. No help here for Anderson...

Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.664/207.30, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.671/207.30, Was #9
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.657/206.54, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.667/206.07, Was #7

Coughlin was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number two spot. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.777, 660ft-4.276/163.99 mph, 1,000ft-5.568. Line with his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number four spot. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.791, 660ft-4.288/164.39 mph, 1,000ft-5.578.

Left Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.665/206.80, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.670/206.01, Was #9
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.651/206.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.665/206.39, Was #6

Brogdon with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Rodger Brogdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.787, 660ft-4.284/163.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.577. Gaines launched hard and was straight down the groove to tie Johnson for the quickest E.T. of the weekend, Johnson will hold on to the number one spot because of his faster speed. V. Gaines' incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.768, 660ft-4.270/163.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.562.

Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.671/206.73, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.667/206.42, Was #9
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.646/207.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.651/207.82, Was #1

Edwards with a little tire spin right off the starting line and he has another good pass, but will not improve. Mike Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-1.000 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.294/164.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.583. Johnson with the quickest pass of the weekend to hold on to the number one. For the second race in a row Dodges qualify numbers one and two after it not happen for two years.

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