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Sat, 31 May 2003, 05:39 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 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: Chris Desalvo Runs 12.265/69.69, Now #37; Best prior run: 7.017/195.53, Was #37

Current weather conditions: 55 degrees, 67 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.97 inches, with a track temperature of 82 degrees.

Desalvo got real loose right off the starting line and headed for the centerline.

Left Lane: Mike Weinle Runs 14.949/54.18, Now #36; Best prior run: 6.984/196.39, Was #35
Right Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.846/200.38, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.986/196.62, Was #36

Trumble is in the Dick Sherman car that Dester Cambron was driving yesterday. Weinle got loose and shut it off. Trumble with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will fall short.

Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 9.673/94.87, Now #35; Best prior run: 6.965/198.55, Was #35
Right Lane: Larry Peternel Runs 6.930/197.65, Now #33; Best prior run: 6.948/196.96, Was #34

Koretsky was real loose and got close to the wall and finally lifted. Peternel again with his quickest and fastest pass in his career, but still comes up short.

Left Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.921/200.29, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.929/199.52, Was #32
Right Lane: David Strouse Jr. Runs 6.885/199.35, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.938/198.61, Was #34

Kevin Lawrence with his career best pass here and his first ever 200 mph pass.

Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.860/200.32, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.878/199.64, Was #29
Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.833/200.02, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.925/198.58, Was #33

Whisnant with the quickest 60-foot time of the session a 0.993 seconds and just misses making the show by 0.002 seconds.

Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.849/202.45, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.870/201.40, Was #29
Right Lane: Nick Fratt Runs 6.884/199.61, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.880/199.88, Was #31

Fratt slows from earlier today and Gaines with his best pass of the weekend, but will not make the show.

Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.845/201.07, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.866/200.29, Was #29
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.878/201.07, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.877/200.14, Was #30

Cuadra with his best pass of the weekend, but will come up short.

Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.809/202.58, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.854/201.01, Was #27
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.829/200.59, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.859/200.74, Was #28

Adams and Watson with great short times and they both get in the show here. That bumped out Lastor and Jeg.

Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.876/201.67, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.847/201.34, Was #27
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.848/200.74, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.845/200.53, Was #25

WJ with a wiggle early in the run and he will not make the show for the second time in less than a year.

Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.807/201.70, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.840/200.77, Was #22
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 7.471/150.82, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.845/201.61, Was #23

Marnell with a 0.995 second 60-foot time and he will get in the show and that will bump out Alderman.

Left Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.816/203.00, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.831/201.82, Was #18
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.851/200.44, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.838/200.62, Was #22

Lastor with the big top end charge to get in the show.

Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.805/201.55, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.829/200.56, Was #18
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.794/202.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.838/202.42, Was #21

Both of these guys got bumped earlier in the round and they both get back in the show. That bumps out the Johnsons Kurt and Allen.

Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.795/202.15, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.818/201.01, Was #15
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.806/201.22, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.831/201.37, Was #20

Allen with a great pass after blowing up his engine in the earlier session. Jeg got back in the show with this pass and that bumped out Edwards.

Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.827/202.12, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.816/202.18, Was #15
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.832/200.95, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.824/201.94, Was #19

No help for either of the Dodges here and wilson will stay 15th for now and the number one qualifier yesterday will not make the show.

Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.768/203.71, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.815/202.21, Was #12
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.814/202.24, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.822/202.42, Was #18

Kurt got back in the show here and that bumped out Steve Schmidt. Geoffrion with a great pass for the number one spot for all the Ford fans.Scott Geoffrion's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.822, 660ft-4.347/161.15mph, 1,000ft-5.661

Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.794/203.09, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.812/202.12, Was #12
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.797/201.43, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.819/201.43, Was #18

Connolly with a great pass and he will make the show in his first event in Pro Stock. Edwards will get back in the show and that bumped out Lastor.

Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 17.777/44.47, Now #11; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.789/201.94, Now #3; No Prior Run

Pawuk with problems early and he clicked it off Schmidt stays number three but run a career best pass here.

Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.798/202.15, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.799/201.82, Was #9

Grant improves a little, but not enough to move up the ladder.

Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.761/203.58, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.788/203.16, Was #2
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.814/201.31, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.792/202.12, Was #4

Krisher with a great 0.990 second 60-foot time, but Anderson with a great top end charge to take bake the number one spot. He will face Yates in round one tomorrow.

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