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Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 14:55 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Kenny Delco Runs 6.552/212.45, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.401/161.99, Was #22
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 6.482/212.05, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.500/211.00, Was #4

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,183 feet.

We start this session with the quickest field in the Fuel Injected era, the previous quickest field was Gainesville this year with a 6.575 seconds.

Delco is straight down the groove with his quickest pass this season. Kenny Delco's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.218/167.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.486. Delco gets in the show on the bump and now we have the quickest bump ever in Pro Stock. The previous quickest field was Gainesville in 2012 with a 6.555 seconds.

Coughlin Jr. launch hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest pass to go to the number one spot. Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.716, 660ft-4.166/169.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.423.

Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 6.617/209.81, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.622/208.27, Was #20
Right Lane: Joey Grose Runs 6.589/208.69, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.687/205.80, Was #21

Graham with his fastest pass of the season, but will not get in the show.

Grose with his career quickest and season fastest pass to go up the ladder a couple spots. Joey Grose's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.229/166.27 mph, 1,000ft-5.510.

Left Lane: Eric Latino Runs 6.519/210.98, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.584/210.02, Was #18
Right Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 6.899/203.75, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.719/206.10, Was #22

Latino with a great pass, he makes his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number 11 spot. Eric Latino's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-4.183/168.24 mph, 1,000ft-5.451.

No help here for Prusiensky.

Left Lane: Mason McGaha Runs 6.528/211.63, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.549/210.68, Was #16
Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.611/208.47, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.593/209.79, Was #20

McGaha is straight down the groove with his fastest pass of the season and moves up the ladder on spot.

Cuadra with a clean pass.

Left Lane: Camrie Caruso Runs 6.506/211.14, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.520/210.27, Was #14
Right Lane: Val Smeland Runs 8.148/122.08, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.568/210.61, Was #18

Caruso is straight down the groove with her quickest pass this season to go to the number eight spot. Camrie Caruso's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.711, 660ft-4.172/168.00 mph, 1,000ft-5.439.

Smeland shakes and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.487/212.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.507/210.88, Was #9
Right Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.536/211.41, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.537/211.19, Was #16

Hartford launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest pass and fastest pass this season. He goes to the number three spot. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.707, 660ft-4.164/168.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.426.

McGaha with his quickest and fastest pass this season, but will stay on the bubble. Chris McGaha's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.730, 660ft-4.196/167.38 mph, 1,000ft-5.466.

Left Lane: Jerry Tucker Runs 6.486/213.09, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.505/211.26, Was #8
Right Lane: Dallas Glenn Runs 6.486/210.30, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.520/210.35, Was #14

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

Tucker launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number two spot. Jerry Tucker's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.715, 660ft-4.168/169.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.427.

Glenn is right there with him to the number three spot with his quickest pass this season. Dallas Glenn's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.705, 660ft-4.160/168.56 mph, 1,000ft-5.422.

Left Lane: Cristian Cuadra Runs 6.509/209.97, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.500/210.20, Was #8
Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Jr. Runs 6.500/210.59, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.519/210.11, Was #14

Cristian with another good pass, but gets bumped back a spot by his brother. Fernando Jr. with is quickest pass this season to go to the number eight spot. He tied his brother and gets the spot based on his faster speed.

Left Lane: Aaron Stanfield Runs 6.495/211.86, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.498/210.62, Was #7
Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.504/211.33, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.515/210.10, Was #13

Stanfield with his quickest pass this season to move up the ladder one spot. Aaron Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.708, 660ft-4.167/168.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.431.

Butner with his quickest pass this season to move up the ladder a couple spots. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.717, 660ft-4.177/168.32 mph, 1,000ft-5.441.

Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.483/211.82, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.498/211.79, Was #7
Right Lane: Kyle Koretsky Runs 6.490/212.11, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.507/210.84, Was #13

Enders was straight down the groove and hooked up to make her quickest pass of the season to go to the number two spot. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.706, 660ft-4.163/169.03 mph, 1,000ft-5.423.

Koretsky is straight down the groove with his fastest pass this season to move into the top half of the show. Kyle Koretsky's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.713, 660ft-4.168/168.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.429.

Left Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.493/211.04, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.486/209.50, Was #5
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.481/211.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.503/210.59, Was #11

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

Kramer with another good pass, his fastest this season. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.711, 660ft-4.168/168.63 mph, 1,000ft-5.430.

Anderson kept it hooked up all the way down the track to the number one spot. Anderson makes his quickest pass this season to go to the number one spot. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.709, 660ft-4.163/168.90 mph, 1,000ft-5.420.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink