Sat, 12 Oct 2002, 01:27 PM Pro Stock Qualifying Notes, Session #3 |
By Larry Sullivan |
ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec 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: Allen Johnson Runs 6.897/200.75, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.936/200.08, Was #33
Right Lane: Arturo Delgado Runs 6.957/199.33, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.926/199.42, Was #29
11:54 AM It' 65 degrees, 86 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.13 and steady, track temperature 83 degrees, under overcast skies.
The bump as we start this session is Steve Schmidt's 6.891.
Left Lane: Kenny Koretsky Runs 6.932/200.04, Now #32; Best prior run: 6.958/198.10, Was #36
Right Lane: Ben Watson Runs 14.424/58.30, Now #36; Best prior run: 6.954/199.20, Was #35
Watson went into immediate tire shake.
Left Lane: Darrell Alderman No Time, Now #31; Best prior run: 6.931/200.26, Was #31
Right Lane: JR Carr Runs 6.960/198.71, Now #34; Best prior run: 6.933/199.15, Was #34
Alderman let the clutch out and the car didn't even make it to the 60-foot mark. It looked like something broke in the driveline.
Left Lane: John Nobile Runs 6.940/199.55, Now #35; Best prior run: 6.948/199.24, Was #35
Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.930/199.37, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.914/200.13, Was #28
Looks like this is going to be a wasted round, nobody will get in and the conditions tomorrow should be cooler and drier.
Left Lane: Mark Carter Runs 6.893/199.95, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.932/199.68, Was #33
Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.944/197.88, Now #26; Best prior run: 6.908/199.77, Was #25
Carter almost pulled it off, missing the cut by three thousandths of a second.
Left Lane: Don Smith Runs 6.926/200.08, Now #30; Best prior run: 6.918/200.40, Was #30
Right Lane: Robert Patrick Runs 6.910/199.95, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.906/199.82, Was #24
Back-to-back Fords in the right lane...neither is in the field.
Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.914/200.13, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.913/200.49, Was #28
Right Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 6.903/200.53, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.899/200.08, Was #22
Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 6.916/200.22, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.895/200.57, Was #20
The defending event champion is still not in, with just one more chance left.
Left Lane: Mike Trumble Jr Runs 6.923/200.08, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.908/200.62, Was #25
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 6.906/200.08, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.894/200.40, Was #18
We're almost out of not-qualified cars and so far nobody has bumped into the field.
Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.912/200.13, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.901/200.04, Was #23
Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.925/199.82, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.891/200.26, Was #16
Still no changes...
Left Lane: John Geyer Runs 6.901/200.53, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.895/200.71, Was #19
Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.912/199.51, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.888/199.64, Was #15
Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.897/200.35, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.883/200.31, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.894/200.35, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.886/200.40, Was #14
Still nobody's run quicker than the bump time, including those already in the field.
Left Lane: Larry Nance Runs 6.915/200.49, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.882/200.62, Was #12
Right Lane: Tom Hammonds Runs 6.885/200.44, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.877/200.62, Was #10
Hammonds is the first driver to better the bump time in this session.
Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.877/200.66, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.877/200.57, Was #11
Right Lane: Tom Lee Runs 6.896/200.84, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.875/201.29, Was #9
Allen matches his run last night, an amazing feat under these conditions and the quickest run of the round, so far.
Left Lane: Gene Wilson Runs 6.880/200.44, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.870/201.11, Was #8
Right Lane: Greg Anderson Runs 6.876/200.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.870/201.43, Was #7
Anderson takes the honors away from Allen...
Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.865/202.24, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.866/201.70, Was #6
Right Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 6.874/200.40, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.862/201.07, Was #4
KJ steps one rung up the ladder with low ET so far this session.
Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.873/200.22, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.865/200.13, Was #6
Right Lane: Jeg Coughlin Runs 6.879/200.93, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.854/201.47, Was #2
No help...
Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.862/201.79, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.855/201.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.875/201.38, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.850/201.88, Was #1
WJ sets low ET of the session, Krisher is back in the pack this time around.
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