Sat, 1 Oct 2011, 11:50 AM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3 |
By Rick Green |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA 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:
Left Lane: Grace Howell Runs 9.128/94.93, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Frank Gugliotta Runs 6.681/205.76, Now #13; No Prior Run
Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,588 feet.
Howell is out of the groove early and pushes in the
clutch. Gugliotta with his quickest pass this weekend and gets a number on the board. Frank
Gugliotta's incremental times: 60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.792, 660ft-4.290/163.47 mph,
1,000ft-5.588.
Left Lane: Mark Martino Runs 18.193/44.66, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.598/208.68, Now #13; No Prior Run
Martino with problems early and clicks it off. Benza with his quickest pass of the weekend...Bob Benza's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.239/165.52 mph, 1,000ft-5.519.
Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.611/209.62, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.567/209.88, Now #5; No Prior Run
Gaines gets a number on the board...V. Gaines' incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.771, 660ft-4.258/165.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.536. Johnson with a real nice pass, straight down the groove into the top half of the show. Warren Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.743, 660ft-4.221/166.42 mph, 1,000ft-5.494.
Left Lane: Buddy Perkinson Runs 11.874/74.03, Now #19; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 6.599/209.79, Now #15; No Prior Run
Perkinson shook and shut off...Gray gets in the show for now. Shane Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.766, 660ft-4.248/166.13 mph, 1,000ft-5.525.
Left Lane: Rodger Brogdon Runs 6.560/210.70, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.564/209.95, Was #4
Right Lane: Vincent Nobile Runs 6.578/210.73, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.579/210.93, Was #8
Brogdon is straight down the groove in the lane that everyone else has struggled in...he runs his quickest pass of the weekend. Rodger Brogdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.747, 660ft-4.221/167.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.491. Nobile with his quickest pass of the weekend, but stays in the number eight. Vincent Nobile's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.753, 660ft-4.234/166.48 mph, 1,000ft-5.508.
Left Lane: Ronnie Humphrey Runs 6.525/211.20, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.588/209.33, Was #11
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.613/126.92, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.571/210.97, Was #7
Humphrey with a great short time and parlays that into the number one spot. Ronnie Humphrey's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.729, 660ft-4.197/167.97 mph, 1,000ft-5.460. Johnson shook and clicked it off early.
Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.570/210.11, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.592/208.81, Was #13
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.576/210.21, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.592/209.88, Was #12
Stanfield with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.227/167.07 mph, 1,000ft-5.498. Johnson with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder a couple spots. Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.751, 660ft-4.230/166.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.504.
Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.558/210.60, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.585/209.56, Was #13
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.569/210.41, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.584/209.69, Was #12
Krisher with the second quickest pass of the round and his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Ron Krisher's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.745, 660ft-4.219/167.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.489. Morgan with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Larry Morgan's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.751, 660ft-4.226/167.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.498.
Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.533/212.03, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.541/211.43, Was #3
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.567/210.83, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.570/210.05, Was #10
Anderson with the second quickest and the fastest pass of the weekend and his quickest of the weekend. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.740, 660ft-4.208/167.97 mph, 1,000ft-5.471. Enders with her quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.753, 660ft-4.227/167.18 mph, 1,000ft-5.498.
Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.528/211.76, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.541/211.66, Was #3
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.513/211.36, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.541/211.06, Was #4
This was a great drag race as Line goes to the top of the list...Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-4.186/168.11 mph, 1,000ft-5.448. Edwards with the third quickest pass of the weekend...Mike Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.727, 660ft-4.198/167.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.463.
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