Fri, 13 Sep 2019, 20:56 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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:

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Left Lane: David Miller Runs 8.861/108.51, Now #15; No Prior Run

He is making his second appearance on the NHRA tour. He starts to shake and make a move toward the centerline before he clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 12.874/67.46, Now #16; Best prior run: 10.594/84.97, Was #16
Right Lane: Val Smeland Runs 17.226/102.84, Now #17; Best prior run: 27.353/58.68, Was #17

McGaha with tire shake and clicked it off.

Smeland with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 8.959/104.16, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.417/143.26, Was #14
Right Lane: Bob Benza Runs 6.584/200.77, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.714/202.27, Was #12

Prusiensky started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Benza kept it hooked up all the way down the track to move up the lader one spot.

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Left Lane: Aaron Stanfield Runs 19.302/47.10, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.365/121.28, Was #13
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.598/209.62, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.600/208.71, Was #12

Stanfield with severe tire shake right at the hit and pushed in the clutch.

Stroupe is straight down the groove with his career quickest and fastest pass. He will stay in the number 12 spot. Wally Stroupe's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.758, 660ft-4.239/165.50 mph, 1,000ft-5.520.

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Left Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.525/210.87, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.582/209.62, Was #10
Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.528/211.59, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.542/211.30, Was #9

Delco launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest pass to move into the top half of the show. Kenny Delco's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.719, 660ft-4.191/167.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.457.

Cuadra was right there with Delco to move into the top half of the show with his career quickest pass. Fernando Cuadra's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.734, 660ft-4.201/167.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.464.

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Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.513/210.87, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.533/210.37, Was #9
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 8.461/113.28, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.535/211.30, Was #10

Hartford was straight down the groove to tie Laughlin's E.T., he gets the position based on his faster speed to go to the number four spot. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-4.189/168.09 mph, 1,000ft-5.451.

Anderson is out of the groove early and over by the wall before he pushed in the clutch.

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Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.511/212.06, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.522/211.63, Was #7
Right Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.491/211.46, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.517/211.59, Was #6

This was a great side-by-side drag race.

Butner is straight down the groove to the number four spot. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-4.189/168.03 mph, 1,000ft-5.450.

Kramer launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest pass to go to the number one spot. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.706, 660ft-4.168/168.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.429. Kramer ties for the seventh quickest pass in the history of EFI. This is the quickest pass of the season.

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Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.480/211.96, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.507/211.03, Was #3
Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 6.486/212.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.513/210.44, Was #7

This is a great side-by-side drag race.

Enders launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. She makes her quickest pass of the season and the quickest pass of the season. This is the third quickest pass of the EFI era. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.704, 660ft-4.165/168.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.422.

Laughlin was right there with her to go to the number two spot. He runs his career quickest pass and the fastest of the season. This pass ties for the fifth quickest pass in the EFI era.

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Left Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.489/212.49, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.505/212.19, Was #4
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.499/212.03, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.511/210.77, Was #6

This was a another great side-by-side drag race.

Line goes to the number three spot with his quickest pass of the season. This is eighth quickest of the EFI era. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.710, 660ft-4.171/168.64 mph, 1,000ft-5.430.

Coughlin was right there with him to make his quickest pass of the season to go to the number five spot. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.715, 660ft-4.176/168.56 mph, 1,000ft-5.437.

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