Fri, 23 May 2003, 09:03 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Larry Sullivan |
TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX 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: Jeff Dickey Runs 11.963/72.65, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.019/194.72, Was #28
Right Lane: Larry Peternel Runs 7.319/156.21, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.007/195.25, Was #27
7:37 PM Current weather conditions: 73 degrees, 65 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, under a setting sun.
Dickey shook and slowed almost
immediately.
Left Lane: Nick Fratt Runs 6.997/199.23, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.993/198.82, Was #26
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.904/199.55, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.916/199.23, Was #22
The bump is Allen Johnson's 6.903. Morgan came up a thousandth short.
Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.902/200.86, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.942/199.70, Was #25
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.895/198.64, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.915/199.17, Was #22
Wilson beat the bump time, but so did Watson, by enough to bump Wilson right back out. That made V. Gaines' 6.901 the mark to beat.
Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.883/199.85, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.935/199.11, Was #25
Right Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 6.849/201.16, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.913/200.83, Was #23
Nice run by Lastor. Marnell made a good run, but that time may not be enough to stay in. That bumped Gaines and Mark Pawuk, putting Mike Edwards on the bubble at 6.898.
Left Lane: Barry Grant Runs 31.043/21.92, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.916/199.05, Was #25
Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.934/198.50, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.912/199.32, Was #24
Grant's car shuddered and almost stalled. Haas failed to improve.
Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.862/200.17, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.903/199.37, Was #21
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.914/199.43, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.911/199.17, Was #23
Coughlin is the "defending champion" at this race, but he'll need to find some power tomorrow if he plans to repeat. He lost a lot of ground to Whisnant in the first 330 feet. Meanwhile, Whisnant made a very pretty run to bump Gaines. That put JR Carr on the bump at 6.897.
Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.883/200.83, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.901/200.74, Was #19
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.890/199.61, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.903/200.05, Was #21
Gaines bumped back in, and so did AJ, bumping Carr and Ben Watson.
Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.853/200.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.900/200.14, Was #20
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.875/199.35, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.897/199.46, Was #18
These two were bumped a few minutes ago. Both went right down the groove to get back in, bumping AJ and Darrell Alderman. Now the bump belonged to Terry Adams at 6.886.
Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.871/200.17, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.898/199.29, Was #20
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.838/201.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.872/201.67, Was #11
Edwards' car made a move on the launch, but he reined it in and made a good enough pass to get back in, bumping Adams, putting George Marnell on the bubble at 6.883.
Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.886/199.94, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.892/199.82, Was #19
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.855/200.59, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.870/200.08, Was #10
Alderman came up short, staying on the outside. Yates moved to the top half on a nice run.
Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.851/201.31, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.886/200.50, Was #17
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.855/200.44, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.860/200.68, Was #9
Two nice runs, Adams bumping Marnell. That put V. Gaines back on the bubble, this time at 6.883.
Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.860/201.55, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.877/201.25, Was #15
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.873/200.35, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.859/200.26, Was #10
No more bumping this round, the remaining cars already in the field. Both these cars made good runs, but Stanfield lost ground from last round and WJ stayed in the bottom half of the field.
Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.848/200.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.871/199.94, Was #14
Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.867/201.19, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.857/201.10, Was #8
Geoffrion failed to improve and Allen stepped way up to push Geoffrion into the bottom half of the field.
Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.825/202.15, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.858/201.43, Was #10
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.861/200.92, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.857/201.34, Was #8
Last two. Anderson appears to be picking up where he left off in Englishtown, jumping into the top spot on an almost-perfect run.
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