Sat, 2 Oct 2004, 05:07 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Dave Rowe |
JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA 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:
Right Lane: Bill Shorts Runs 6.958/198.96, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.977/197.08, Was #33
3:32 p.m. Shorts makes a career best pass but still isn't close to the field.
Left Lane: Pat Herold Runs 6.870/202.09, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.962/198.82, Was #33
Right Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.788/204.73, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.833/203.68, Was #31
Trumble makes a big jump but still can't get in the field. No help for Herold.
Left Lane: Kevin Lawrence Runs 6.768/203.71, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.799/203.98, Was #30
Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.780/202.97, Now #29; Best prior run: 6.802/202.00, Was #31
This session could be even better than the last, every driver to this point has improved over the last round.
Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.749/205.32, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.771/204.73, Was #28
Right Lane: Barry Grant Runs 6.721/205.04, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.795/202.30, Was #31
Johnson improves but still can't get in the show. Grant runs a career best and gets in on the bump for now.
Left Lane: Bob Benza Runs 9.765/94.05, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.768/204.08, Was #27
Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 6.724/205.76, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.771/205.19, Was #29
Benza has traction problems and clicks it off early. Haas beats his career best by .05 but can break into the field.
Left Lane: Fernando Cuadra Runs 6.751/204.01, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.760/204.01, Was #27
Right Lane: Jason Line Runs 6.675/207.40, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.754/196.59, Was #26
Line makes a great pass, his career best, and gets deep into the field.
Left Lane: Ben Watson Runs 6.746/203.80, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.739/204.11, Was #24
Right Lane: Dave Howard Runs 6.755/203.52, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.753/203.68, Was #27
No improvement for these two.
Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.729/206.35, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.735/206.92, Was #22
Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 6.736/204.88, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.736/204.85, Was #23
Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.732/204.29, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.721/204.57, Was #19
Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.720/205.69, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.728/205.26, Was #21
Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.711/206.35, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.717/206.51, Was #15
Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.748/204.20, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.721/204.73, Was #19
Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.699/205.79, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.712/206.29, Was #15
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.734/205.44, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.718/206.13, Was #16
Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.722/204.98, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.707/206.20, Was #14
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.698/206.10, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.706/206.76, Was #13
We now have eleven cars in the 6.6's.
Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.706/205.32, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.692/206.23, Was #9
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.706/205.57, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.705/205.88, Was #13
Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.680/206.57, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.688/206.73, Was #7
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.685/206.23, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.703/206.89, Was #12
Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.695/205.29, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.684/205.94, Was #7
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.676/206.86, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.692/206.61, Was #9
Left Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.661/207.21, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.670/207.75, Was #2
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.687/207.11, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.675/207.15, Was #5
Anderson runs the quickest pass ever and backs up his earlier speed to set both ends of the national record.
Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 6.667/206.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.669/207.30, Was #2
Right Lane: Steve Johns Runs 6.691/206.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.670/206.48, Was #3
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