Sat, Oct 31, 10:19 PM BAYTOWN - Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan Troy Gets it Sorted Out

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 2nd annual Matco Tools Supernationals, 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: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.991/197.97 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 6.920/198.67 Was # 1)
Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 7.090/196.03 Now #22, (Best prior run: 7.020/197.06 Was #22)

3:48 PM This is it, the final qualifying session opens with Rickie Smith on the bubble at 6.996. Delgado's car ran down the left side of the lane, close to the centerline. Based on KJ's run, those not in the field are in trouble...

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Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 7.011/196.42 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 6.962/196.85 Was # 7)
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 7.046/197.19 Now #13, (Best prior run: 6.989/197.41 Was #13)

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Left Lane: Joel Bayless Runs 13.855/ 72.52 Now #29, (Best prior run: 7.132/193.67 Was #29)
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 7.049/196.76 Now #21, (Best prior run: 7.012/197.19 Was #21)

Say goodbye to the Ford, Patrick not able to duplicate his success at Ennis last weekend. Bayless launched and slowed immediately.

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Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 7.015/196.97 Now #11, (Best prior run: 6.982/197.36 Was #11)
Right Lane: Robert Harman Runs 8.479/116.18 Now #27, (Best prior run: 7.058/196.07 Was #27)

Harman slowed near half track.

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Left Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 6.982/197.93 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 6.938/197.93 Was # 5)
Right Lane: Pete Williams Runs 7.065/196.59 Now #18, (Best prior run: 7.003/197.41 Was #18)

Williams' car did a dance on the launch.

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Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.995/197.15 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 6.946/197.58 Was # 6)
Right Lane: Ray Franks Runs 7.000/196.67 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.001/197.15 Was #17)

Franks comes as close to the sixes as you can get - but misses the field.

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Left Lane: Randy Peters Runs 10.452/ 87.43 Now #30, (Best prior run: 7.260/174.18 Was #30)
Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 7.018/196.29 Now #14, (Best prior run: 6.989/196.89 Was #14)

Peters' car got out of shape, near the wall, and he called it off.

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Left Lane: Mark Thomas Runs 7.092/194.97 Now #27, (Best prior run: 7.039/195.22 Was #26)
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.995/197.36 Now #16, (Best prior run: 7.097/196.97 Was #28)

Troy got the chassis sorted out and threw a "Hail Mary" pass here, completing it to bump Smith and replace him on the bubble.

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Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.009/196.42 Now #15, (Best prior run: 6.989/196.42 Was #15)
Right Lane: Shawn Collins Runs 7.201/195.56 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.004/196.72 Was #20)

Collins' car bogged off the line.

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Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 7.025/195.10 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.023/195.77 Was #24)
Right Lane: Larry Nance Runs 7.032/196.76 Now #21, (Best prior run: 7.005/197.02 Was #21)

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Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 7.012/196.80 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 6.969/197.36 Was # 8)
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 7.023/196.85 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 6.975/197.97 Was # 9)

Troy Coughlin's run looks better and better as we see everyone else fall off the pace they ran earlier.

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Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 7.033/195.86 Now #17, (Best prior run: 6.996/196.29 Was #17)
Right Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 6.999/197.62 Now #10, (Best prior run: 6.977/197.58 Was #10)

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Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.942/199.33 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 6.923/198.67 Was # 2)
Right Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 6.951/197.93 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 6.936/198.36 Was # 4)

These two were locked together for 1,000 feet and then WJ pulled ahead, this pair running the two quickest runs of the round.

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Left Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.995/196.85 Now #12, (Best prior run: 6.984/197.67 Was #12)
Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.027/196.37 Now #26, (Best prior run: 7.029/196.80 Was #26)

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Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.960/197.62 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 6.935/197.80 Was # 3)
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 7.058/196.16 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.024/197.15 Was #25)

Yates runs the third-quickest ET of the round to end the qualifying session.