Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 16:46 PM

Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3
By Rick Green



POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals 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: Joey Grose Runs 6.616/207.24, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.630/205.51, Was #23
Right Lane: Alan Prusiensky Runs 17.450/56.42, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.629/206.35, Was #22

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,325 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Grose is straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend, but will not get in the show.

Prusiensky with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 16.462/51.92, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.594/208.59, Was #20
Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.556/209.39, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.535/206.45, Was #13

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

Cuadra with a clean pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Eric Latino Runs 16.703/51.31, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.557/208.17, Was #18
Right Lane: Kenny Delco Runs 6.578/210.21, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.569/209.88, Was #19

Latino with tire shake and makes a move toward the centerline before he pushes the clutch back in.

No help here for Delco...

Left Lane: Chris McGaha Runs 6.566/209.62, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.550/209.20, Was #17
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 6.532/210.05, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.500/210.01, Was #3

McGaha with a clean pass, but he will not improve and will not get in the show.

Coughlin is straight down the groove, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Cristian Cuadra Runs 6.553/211.00, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.538/210.67, Was #14
Right Lane: Dallas Glenn Runs 6.557/209.72, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.546/209.98, Was #16

Cuadra will not improve...

No help for Glenn and stays on the bump.

Left Lane: Jerry Tucker Runs 6.523/210.73, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.521/210.24, Was #9
Right Lane: Deric Kramer Runs 6.528/209.75, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.532/209.82, Was #12

A couple good looking passes.

Tucker is a few ticks slower than yesterday...Jerry Tucker's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.740, 660ft-4.200/168.60 mph, 1,000ft-5.461.

Kramer kept it hooked up make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 12 spot. Deric Kramer's incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.731, 660ft-4.197/167.68 mph, 1,000ft-5.461.

Left Lane: Kyle Koretsky Runs 6.544/210.73, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.515/210.11, Was #7
Right Lane: Mason McGaha Runs 6.548/210.18, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.540/210.64, Was #15

Koretsky made a quick move toward the wall, but reeled it in...

No help here for McGaha.

Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.510/211.03, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.511/209.69, Was #6
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.526/209.62, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.528/210.21, Was #11

Hartford launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend by a tick. He moves up a spot. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-4.187/167.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.448.

Coughlin with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up the ladder one spot. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.731, 660ft-4.196/167.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.460.

Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.517/210.47, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.510/210.08, Was #6
Right Lane: Fernando Cuadra Jr. Runs 6.525/211.30, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.526/209.49, Was #11

Butner will not improve, but makes the second quickest pass of the session. Bo Butner's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.727, 660ft-4.190/168.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.452.

Cuadra Jr. is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up the ladder one spot. Fernando Cuadra Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.726, 660ft-4.193/167.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.458.

Left Lane: Aaron Stanfield Runs 6.526/210.47, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.501/211.10, Was #4
Right Lane: Camrie Caruso Runs 6.518/211.16, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.518/210.54, Was #8

No help here for Stanfield.

Caruso matches her qualifying time from yesterday with the third quickest pass of the session. Camrie Caruso's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.725, 660ft-4.190/168.07 mph, 1,000ft-5.453.

Left Lane: Erica Enders Runs 6.512/210.47, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.500/210.31, Was #2
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.507/211.49, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.495/211.69, Was #1

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

Enders is straight down the groove with the third quickest pass of the session. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.725, 660ft-4.188/168.30 mph, 1,000ft-5.449.

Anderson launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.718, 660ft-4.181/168.07 mph, 1,000ft-5.444.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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