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Sat, 14 Jun 2003, 03:15 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing 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: Barry Grant Runs 6.934/198.20, Now #10; Best prior run: 8.810/109.33, Was #35
Right Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 6.985/197.33, Now #24; Best prior run: 17.703/76.53, Was #36

2:37 PM Current weather conditions: 77 degrees, 71 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, with a track temperature of 94 degrees, under overcast skies.
With these conditions, you can throw out yesterday's ladder and start over, the Pro Stock Bikes picking up a few hundredths of a second in the session just completed. For the record, the bump time as this round opens is Mark Whisnant's 6.964.

This first pair had problems yesterday, neither completing a run under power. Both made clean runs today.

Left Lane: Mike Weinle Runs 7.149/191.81, Now #36; Best prior run: 7.128/192.71, Was #35
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.924/192.80, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.871/132.45, Was #36

Nice pass by Line in the new, unsponsored Ken Black Pontiac.

Left Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 7.013/195.19, Now #33; Best prior run: 7.031/196.19, Was #34
Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.925/199.91, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.070/197.13, Was #35

Nice pass by the "Grump-powered" Bullet Motorsports Cavalier.

Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 7.026/194.66, Now #35; Best prior run: 7.026/198.03, Was #35
Right Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 7.026/196.24, Now #32; Best prior run: 7.013/195.62, Was #32

No help here, both cars slow off the mark.

Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.956/197.42, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.016/197.10, Was #34
Right Lane: Ray Franks Runs 6.965/196.59, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.012/195.42, Was #31

1.01 60-foot times by both drivers, but both come up short on the other end.

Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.980/197.39, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.010/197.08, Was #32
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.990/196.67, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.002/196.56, Was #31

1.02 60-foot times don't get the job done for these two.

Left Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.959/197.39, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.002/197.48, Was #32
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.959/198.20, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.996/197.91, Was #31

Dual 1.01 60-foot times, both missed the cut despite much-improved runs.

Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.948/198.06, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.979/198.50, Was #28
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 6.951/198.38, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.980/197.80, Was #29

Patrick got to the line first and was in for a fraction of a second, then Wilson arrived and bumped him back out. Wilson had a 1.007 60-foot time in the Stratus.

Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.923/198.73, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.977/199.17, Was #29
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.938/198.32, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.975/197.22, Was #28

Twin 1.01 60-foot times, both got in, pushing Wilson down to the bump spot at 6.948.

Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.964/197.80, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.954/198.50, Was #21
Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.916/199.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.972/196.70, Was #29

Pawuk had the better 60-foot time, but lost ground between there and half track, coming up short at the finish.

Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.932/198.47, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.953/199.05, Was #21
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.911/199.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.972/198.23, Was #29

Allen barely got in, but Yates moved in and in the top half of the field.

Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.919/199.17, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.949/198.41, Was #20
Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.933/197.97, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.964/197.25, Was #28

Whisnant beat the old bump time, but Schmidt got in first and by the time Whisnant got there, the bump was a 6.932.

Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.931/199.14, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.927/198.88, Was #15
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.914/199.32, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.955/198.70, Was #25

Krisher got in the top half and Stanfield failed to improve, so that put him on the bump.

Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.918/199.29, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.920/199.46, Was #12
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.926/198.41, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.950/198.35, Was #23

Twin 1.01 60-foot times and Both get in, but Edwards is on the bump.

Left Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.901/199.52, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.916/199.76, Was #8
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.933/198.79, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.944/197.65, Was #22

Nice pass by Lastor, but Troy came up short. That is the end of the bumping, the remaining cars already in the field.

Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.902/199.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.911/200.08, Was #6
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.906/199.35, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.918/198.79, Was #11

These two were never more than four thousandths apart at any of the incremental timers.

Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.924/198.93, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.910/199.85, Was #7
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.893/199.20, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.909/198.67, Was #6

WJ's car made a couple of big wiggles on the launch, scrubbing off a bunch of elapsed time. Nice run by AJ, low ET for the weekend so far.

Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.901/198.38, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.908/199.43, Was #6
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.875/200.53, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.900/200.17, Was #2

Two more good runs, Geoffrion with a 1.008 60-foot time and Anderson with low ET and top speed of the weekend, only the third 200 mph speed we've seen.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink