Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 18:54 PM West Coast Outlaw Pro Mods Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in West Coast Outlaw Pro Mods at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Sonoma Raceway presented by Korbel California Champagne listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Dan Nickelson Runs 6.079/234.25, Now #2
Right Lane: Mike Maggio Runs 5.834/256.26, Now #1

3:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 1,535 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

There is a strong tail to "L to R" side wind right now.

Maggio is off the line first and pulls steadily ahead all the way to the lights. He'll set the mark for the rest of the field.

Good pass for Nickelson too.

Dan Nickelson's incremental times: 60ft-1.019 sec., 330ft-2.699, 660ft-4.019/186.59 mph, 1,000ft-5.124.
Mike Maggio's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.633, 660ft-3.898/198.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.953.

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Left Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 6.639/208.26, Now #3
Right Lane: Lee Smith Runs 12.830/63.76, Now #4

Smith gets away first and runs strong to near the 330 lights, where the car loses traction.

Oksas chases Smith and then gets loose the hook right after him. He quickly pedals, with a big puff of smoke from the turbos, and continues on down the track. Right in the lights there is a bunch of smoke from the engine. Looks expensive.

3:10 p.m. Time out for clean up in Smith's lane way down track and all the way up to the top of the hill. The report is gear oil!

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Left Lane: Jay Diedrich Runs 5.987/244.96, Now #2
Right Lane: Rod Burbage Runs 6.068/243.46, Now #3

3:25 p.m. Back to qualifying!

That was nice! Burbage has a better 60 foot time, but Diedrich has all of the other numbers and stays out in front of him to the lights.

Jay Diedrich's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.682, 660ft-3.979/192.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.070.
Rod Burbage's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.716, 660ft-4.042/188.15 mph, 1,000ft-5.146.

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Left Lane: Rob Moore Runs 6.217/239.36, Now #5
Right Lane: Dan Myers Runs 11.229/80.29, Now #7

Myers' Corvette is lazy off the line and he has to lift.

Moore drives the Impala to the light and then bangs the blower hard. Nothing on the track though...

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Left Lane: Joe Lepone Jr. No Time, Now #10
Right Lane: Sean Renteria Runs 15.445/93.32, Now #9

Two broken runs.

Lepone leaves before the tree and won't get a time. The car struggled on down the track, so it was going to be a big run.

Renteria's Valiant is in trouble at the green and shutter and pops. He drives it on down.

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Right Lane: Scott Bailey Runs 8.273/104.86, Now #7

Bailey has a strong leave and is running hard until right before the 330 lights. The slicks start to spin and the back end started to come around before he lifts.

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Right Lane: TK Krupa Runs 6.035/238.85, Now #3

Last car of the session and its a good one!

A clean pass from start to finish gives Krupa the new number two spot on the ladder.

TK Krupa's incremental times: 60ft-1.020 sec., 330ft-2.692, 660ft-3.990/191.73 mph, 1,000ft-5.095.

3:39 p.m. Mike Maggio is number one at 5.834 and Scott Bailey is on the bump spot at 8.273.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink