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Sat, Feb 27, 06:20 PM

CHANDLER - Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

No Changes This Round

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 15th annual NHRA Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals 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:

The bump is held by Robert Patrick at 7.017 seconds at the start of the round.

Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 7.020/196.53, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.990/197.80, Was #7
Right Lane: Shawn Collins Runs 7.035/196.82, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.025/196.47, Was #19

3:38 PM

Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.993/196.93, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.007/196.39, Was #14
Right Lane: Harry Scribner Runs 7.074/195.44, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.000/196.22, Was #12

Scribner had no chute and went out in the dirt at the end of the track.

Left Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 7.778/135.22, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.956/197.97, Was #3
Right Lane: Dester Cambron Runs 7.068/196.64, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.057/196.73, Was #25

Thomas got loose in the middle of the run and called it off.

Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 7.005/198.44, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.920/199.64, Was #1
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 7.025/197.39, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.017/197.74, Was #16

WJ was spinning the tires on the top end on his earlier run today - so he should have gone 200 mph! No improvement here, however.

Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 7.060/195.68, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.067/196.19, Was #27
Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 7.105/194.32, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.064/195.25, Was #26

Left Lane: Mike Trumble Runs 7.088/196.59, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.999/197.10, Was #11
Right Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 8.626/114.10, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.092/194.91, Was #30

Coffman's car drifted left and he had to shut it down to stay off the centerline.

Left Lane: Richie Stevens Runs 7.038/195.73, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.018/196.67, Was #17
Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 7.066/195.82, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.043/196.64, Was #22

Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 7.019/196.24, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.000/197.22, Was #12
Right Lane: Hurley Blakeney Runs 10.238/88.38, Now #29; Best prior run: 7.082/195.68, Was #29

Hurley was banging on the shifter after the burnout, unable to get it into reverse. He was pushed back by hand for the run. But the car didn't respond properly on the launch and he shut it off at 330 feet.

Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 7.176/192.60, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.071/194.91, Was #28
Right Lane: Tony Gillig Runs 7.038/196.73, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.050/195.53, Was #24

Gillig makes his best run of the weekend, but is still way short of the field.

Left Lane: Brad Klein Runs 9.890/93.56, Now #32; Best prior run: 7.123/194.07, Was #32
Right Lane: Mike Bell Runs 7.123/195.39, Now #31; Best prior run: 7.104/194.66, Was #31

Klein went out about 300 feet and then shut it down.

Left Lane: Jim Basko Runs 9.579/97.47, Now #34; Best prior run: 7.152/193.07, Was #34
Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 7.039/195.22, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.003/195.51, Was #14

Basko's car drifted right and he had to shut it down to stay in his lane.

Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.053/196.24, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.037/195.99, Was #21
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 7.006/197.08, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.013/197.05, Was #15

Krisher is one of the few to improve this round, but not enough to move up the ladder and away from a first-round match with Kurt Johnson.

Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 7.475/184.80, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.024/196.67, Was #18
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 12.143/71.43, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.988/197.80, Was #6

Problems in both lanes, Jeg shaking in second gear and Martino's car sounding wounded from the start.

Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 11.025/81.78, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.934/198.79, Was #2
Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 7.017/196.62, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.979/196.85, Was #4

Kurt's car shook and dove to the right on the launch, forcing him to shut it down.

Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 7.017/196.82, Now #17; Best prior run: 8.813/107.32, Was #35
Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 7.082/195.73, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.034/196.07, Was #20

Both cars turn in their best runs of the weekend, but both come up short, Pawuk losing 16th position to Patrick by virtue of Patrick's higher speed.

Left Lane: John Nobile Runs 7.019/197.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.995/197.51, Was #10
Right Lane: Larry Nance Runs 13.528/63.07, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.045/196.33, Was #25

Nance shut it off at the 2-3 gear change.

Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.004/197.97, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.995/197.65, Was #9
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 7.051/197.80, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.982/197.54, Was #5

No improvement, but Johnson's run is impressive given the amount almost everyone else has fallen off the pace this round.

Left Lane: Ray Franks Runs 7.205/192.14, Now #34; Best prior run: 7.144/193.63, Was #34

Franks' car drifts right and fishtails its way down the track, ending his hopes of making the field.

4:05 PM and that's it, the Pro Stock field is set, with WJ number one and Robert Patrick number sixteen.