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Friday's 1^st Session
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto, listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, position in order following run.:

Left Lane: Mike Bell Runs 7.043/196.03 Psn # 1 Right Lane: Adam Landolfi Runs 7.148/194.72 Psn # 2 3:02 PM ... Landolfi is in his beautiful ex-Greg Thomas Firebird again this weekend... Left Lane: Jim Ray Runs 7.175/193.75 Psn # 3 Right Lane: Robert Patrick Jr. Runs 11.064/ 80.36 Psn # 4 Patrick bought Glidden's cars, but this isn't one of them... this is the Haas-built Probe that he ran just a few times last year, with one of Glidden's motors under the hood. Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.970/197.06 Psn # 1 Right Lane: Dester Cambron Runs 7.020/196.24 Psn # 2 There's a career-best for Martino, the corrected altitude just under 1000' now, with a 66 degree temp, under mostly cloudy skies... Left Lane: Billy Huff Runs 7.074/194.38 Psn # 4 Right Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 8.160/122.53 Psn # 7 Huff again tested at Darlington last week... so what's new. Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.984/197.80 Psn # 2 Right Lane: Jerry Eckman Runs 7.169/188.08 Psn # 7 Looks like the Schmidt-powered cars are going to be strong this weekend... nice one by Krisher. Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 7.010/197.32 Psn # 4 Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.995/196.03 Psn # 3 Nice job by Rickie in the Kight Firebird... had a 1.055 in 60', that's respectable. Morgan is still in his 'old' car this weekend, the new machine staying home. Left Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.972/197.45 Psn # 3 Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.951/197.97 Psn # 1 That makes five cars in the sixes, already... Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.990/197.19 Psn # 5 Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 7.000/196.89 Psn # 7 Alderman gets the 'good' engine this weekend... and it shows. Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.951/198.19 Psn # 1 Right Lane: Ray Franks Runs 7.079/195.69 Psn #13 Yep, those Schmidt cars are plenty quick... and there are a few sprinkles here, so we're going to be on hold for a minute. Pawuk and WJ had completed their burnouts, but only Pawuk opted to run when it stopped, just a few minutes later... Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.964/197.75 Psn # 3 Right Lane: Warren Johnson No Time Psn #20 So Johnson will allow his car to cool... and run later in the session. Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.992/196.12 Psn # 8 Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.062/194.55 Psn #14 Now nine cars in the sixes, and the bump spot is Franks' 7.079... Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.946/198.28 Psn # 1 Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 7.017/196.76 Psn #13 More sprinkles here, so light we can't see it but apparently it's coming down a little harder on the top end... so we wait, at 3:21 PM... just 2 minutes pass and they fire 'em back up, and we're back in bidness. And KJ takes over the pole position... Left Lane: Pete Williams Runs 7.001/196.63 Psn #12 Right Lane: Larry Nance Runs 7.066/195.43 Psn #18 These two both had 1.047' 60' times, but were definitely not equal downtrack... Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 7.158/196.16 Psn #23 Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 7.003/196.07 Psn #13 Geoffrion had a bad 60', then was all over the lane for the first couple hundred feet... Left Lane: Ed Heck Runs 10.878/ 81.15 Psn #28 Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.112/194.46 Psn #22 Left Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 8.633/111.55 Psn #29 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.941/199.07 Psn # 1 Coffman had a 1.036 in 60' while Johnson had a 1.058... but you see what happened downtrack... that's all of 'em, with WJ on the top and Mike Edwards' 7.017 on the bubble... 3:34PM. -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Friday's 1^st Session Notes

DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Order after one round of qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto: Psn Driver ET Speed 1 Warren Johnson 6.941@ 199.07& 2 Kurt Johnson 6.946 198.28 3 Steve Schmidt 6.951 198.19 4 Jim Yates 6.951 197.97 5 Mark Pawuk 6.964 197.75 6 Tom Martino 6.970 197.06 7 George Marnell 6.972 197.45 8 Ron Krisher 6.984 197.80 9 Darrell Alderman 6.990 197.19 10 Bruce Allen 6.992 196.12 11 Larry Morgan 6.995 196.03 12 Troy Coughlin 7.000 196.89 13 Pete Williams 7.001 196.63 14 Terry Adams 7.003 196.07 15 Rickie Smith 7.010 197.32 16 Mike Edwards 7.017 196.76 --------- Not Qualified --------- 17 Dester Cambron 7.020 196.24 18 Mike Bell 7.043 196.03 19 V. Gaines 7.062 194.55 20 Larry Nance 7.066 195.43 21 Billy Huff 7.074 194.38 22 Ray Franks 7.079 195.69 23 Allen Johnson 7.112 194.46 24 Adam Landolfi 7.148 194.72 25 Scott Geoffrion 7.158 196.16 26 Jerry Eckman 7.169 188.08 27 Jim Ray 7.175 193.75 28 Mike Thomas 8.160 122.53 29 Danny Coffman 8.633 111.55 30 Ed Heck 10.878 81.15 31 Robert Patrick Jr. 11.064 80.36 @ = Track ET Record & = Track MPH Record -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Friday's 2^nd Session
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto, 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: Jerry Eckman Runs 6.945/197.32 Now # 2 Best prior run: 7.169/188.08 Was #26 Right Lane: Billy Huff Runs 6.991/196.24 Now #11 Best prior run: 7.074/194.38 Was #21 7:18 PM and I couldn't find anyone in the lanes that doesn't think we'll have the first all-six-second field after tonight's session, and about half of 'em think that we'll see the first 200mph pass tonite. We're at about 600' corrected altitude, _but_ there's 59% humidity... WJ says it won't happen, FWIW. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.984/196.03 Now #10 Best prior run: 6.995/196.03 Was #13 Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 7.017/197.28 Now # 9 Best prior run: 6.984/197.80 Was # 9 Bump spot is Terry Adams' 7.003, by the way... Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 7.892/129.31 Now # 5 Best prior run: 6.951/197.97 Was # 5 Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.970/197.32 Now # 7 Best prior run: 7.010/197.32 Was #17 Now when have you last seen Yates abort a run... not often, that's for sure. He had a great 1.028 in 60', that may be the answer... too much clutch too soon. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.961/197.75 Now # 7 Best prior run: 7.000/196.89 Was #15 Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.937/198.32 Now # 1 Best prior run: 6.972/197.45 Was # 9 Yates and Marnell tested a bunch after Atlanta, exchanging drivetrain parts to isolate the problems Marnell has been having... he had a great 1.031 in 60' here, and you see the result. Left Lane: Ray Franks Runs 6.987/197.28 Now #13 Best prior run: 7.079/195.69 Was #23 Right Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 7.018/196.89 Now #14 Best prior run: 6.990/197.19 Was #13 That's it folks, we're over the hump... this is now the first-ever all-six-second Pro Stock field... officially. Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.894/200.13 Now # 1 Best prior run: 6.941/199.07 Was # 2 Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.932/198.50 Now # 2 Best prior run: 6.951/198.19 Was # 5 Yep, you read it right, it's a historic night, as the first ever sub-6.9 second pass, along side the first ever 200mph at a NHRA event... Schmidt had a better 60' time and got the win light, but it's the GM Performance Parts Firebird that gets all the accolades here today.... it's 7:28 PM, for the record. It's a $40K night for WJ, as he'll take home $25,000 for the first into the Speed-Pro 200-mph Pro Stock Club, and $15,000 from the MBNA folks for the new national record... the 6.894 was backed up by his earlier pass. Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 15.078/ 55.26 Now #22 Best prior run: 7.062/194.55 Was #22 Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.952/198.36 Now # 7 Best prior run: 6.964/197.75 Was # 8 Gaines gets out of shape and clicks it... Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.984/197.10 Now #12 Best prior run: 7.017/196.76 Was #19 Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 9.910/ 92.12 Now #17 Best prior run: 6.992/196.12 Was #16 Allen had a impressive start, but the car went left and he had to lift before the 330' mark... Left Lane: Larry Nance Runs 11.663/ 74.80 Now #23 Best prior run: 7.066/195.43 Was #23 Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.898/199.20 Now # 2 Best prior run: 6.946/198.28 Was # 5 Kurt just misses 200, but gets into the eighties like Dad... Left Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.968/196.76 Now #10 Best prior run: 7.003/196.07 Was #19 Right Lane: Pete Williams Runs 6.963/197.41 Now # 9 Best prior run: 7.001/196.63 Was #18 Bump spot is all the way down to 6.987... can you imagine coming here, running a six, and not making the field?? That's where Alderman, Huff, and Allen are right now. Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.071/195.48 Now #25 Best prior run: 7.112/194.46 Was #24 Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 6.986/197.28 Now #16 Best prior run: 7.158/196.16 Was #26 Johnson said he blew the tires off in the first round, and it didn't look any better here... meanwhile Scott jumps up and grabs the edge. Left Lane: Adam Landolfi Runs 7.338/185.98 Now #27 Best prior run: 7.148/194.72 Was #26 Right Lane: Ed Heck Runs 7.015/195.86 Now #21 Best prior run: 10.878/ 81.15 Was #30 Left Lane: Robert Patrick Jr. Runs 7.058/196.46 Now #25 Best prior run: 11.064/ 80.36 Was #31 Right Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 7.030/195.77 Now #23 Best prior run: 8.633/111.55 Was #30 Left Lane: Dester Cambron Runs 7.763/131.94 Now #23 Best prior run: 7.020/196.24 Was #22 Right Lane: Mike Bell Runs 7.000/196.85 Now #21 Best prior run: 7.043/196.03 Was #24 Cambron joins the Wallbanger Club here, something going away under the hood and whatever fluid it was got under the the rear tires and turned him sideways. The left rear of the car slaps the wall at about the 800' mark, but Dester does a great job getting it back under control. He pulls the chute and stops out on the track, where after sitting there for a minute a fire erupts. The Safari is on the scene immediately and puts the fire out, and then resumes their track cleanup... 7:48 PM and we're waiting and watching. Left Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 15.297/ 53.93 Now #31 Best prior run: 8.160/122.53 Was #31 Right Lane: Jim Ray Runs 10.494/ 74.26 Now #30 Best prior run: 7.175/193.75 Was #30 Right Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.957/197.80 Now # 8 Best prior run: 6.970/197.06 Was #12 A great 1.020 in 60' translates to another career-best for the Mama Rosa's Firebird... and we're done... 8:01 PM -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Friday's 2^nd Session Notes

DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto: Psn Driver ET Speed 1 Warren Johnson 6.894$ 200.13& 2 Kurt Johnson 6.898 199.20 3 Steve Schmidt 6.932 198.50 4 George Marnell 6.937 198.32 5 Jerry Eckman 6.945 197.32 6 Jim Yates 6.951 197.97 7 Mark Pawuk 6.952 198.36 8 Tom Martino 6.957 197.80 9 Troy Coughlin 6.961 197.75 10 Pete Williams 6.963 197.41 11 Terry Adams 6.968 196.76 12 Rickie Smith 6.970 197.32 13 Ron Krisher 6.984 197.80 14 Mike Edwards 6.984 197.10 15 Larry Morgan 6.984 196.03 16 Scott Geoffrion 6.986 197.28 --------- Not Qualified --------- 17 Ray Franks 6.987 197.28 18 Darrell Alderman 6.990 197.19 19 Billy Huff 6.991 196.24 20 Bruce Allen 6.992 196.12 21 Mike Bell 7.000 196.85 22 Ed Heck 7.015 195.86 23 Dester Cambron 7.020 196.24 24 Danny Coffman 7.030 195.77 25 Robert Patrick Jr. 7.058 196.46 26 V. Gaines 7.062 194.55 27 Larry Nance 7.066 195.43 28 Allen Johnson 7.071 195.48 29 Adam Landolfi 7.148 194.72 30 Jim Ray 7.175 193.75 31 Mike Thomas 8.160 122.53 $ = National ET Record & = Track MPH Record, First Ever 200mph+ Run -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Saturday's 3^rd Session
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto, 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: George Marnell Runs 6.993/197.84 Now # 4 Best prior run: 6.937/198.32 Was # 4 Right Lane: Ray Franks Runs 7.002/197.19 Now #17 Best prior run: 6.987/197.28 Was #17 12:16 PM and the consensus in the staging lanes is that the air is about 200' _better_ than last night... there's less humidity, higher barometer (30.28"), and it's warmer (64 degrees). The only unknown is the track condition... remember, it had a full day of racing on it yesterday. Left Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.985/198.01 Now #16 Best prior run: 6.990/197.19 Was #18 Right Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.934/199.51 Now # 1 Best prior run: 6.894/200.13 Was # 1 Darrell gets in the show, but he bumps his teammate, Scott Geoffrion. And if Scott gets back in later, he bumps Darrell back out... Left Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.978/197.84 Now # 3 Best prior run: 6.932/198.50 Was # 3 Right Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.012/197.49 Now #22 Best prior run: 7.062/194.55 Was #26 Left Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.956/198.63 Now # 7 Best prior run: 6.952/198.36 Was # 7 Right Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 6.994/197.45 Now #14 Best prior run: 6.984/197.10 Was #14 Left Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.965/196.97 Now #11 Best prior run: 6.992/196.12 Was #20 Right Lane: Larry Nance Runs 7.024/196.72 Now #25 Best prior run: 7.066/195.43 Was #27 Allen jumps right up into the middle of the pack, and now there are no Dodges left in the show... Left Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.927/198.85 Now # 2 Best prior run: 6.898/199.20 Was # 2 Right Lane: Terry Adams Runs 6.978/197.23 Now #12 Best prior run: 6.968/196.76 Was #12 Left Lane: Pete Williams Runs 6.955/197.23 Now # 8 Best prior run: 6.963/197.41 Was #10 Right Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 7.026/197.06 Now #26 Best prior run: 7.071/195.48 Was #28 Maskin told me that he will be working closely with Pete at least thru Dallas, but that he will still be supplying his engines and expertise to the Humphrey/Bell team also... looks like things are starting to turn around here for Pete. Left Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 7.130/196.24 Now #18 Best prior run: 6.986/197.28 Was #18 Right Lane: Adam Landolfi Runs 7.083/195.10 Now #29 Best prior run: 7.148/194.72 Was #29 That's _not_ what the Eicke camp was looking for... Left Lane: Ed Heck Runs 7.044/195.27 Now #24 Best prior run: 7.015/195.86 Was #23 Right Lane: Robert Patrick Jr. Runs 6.984/197.75 Now #15 Best prior run: 7.058/196.46 Was #28 Rusty Glidden and a very happy Patrick family are high- fiving it on the starting line, as Robert makes the toughest Pro Stock show in history ... for now. Left Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 9.471/ 98.11 Now #29 Best prior run: 7.030/195.77 Was #28 Right Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 6.983/ 0.00 Now #14 Best prior run: 8.160/122.53 Was #31 So Thomas gets in as well, bumping Edwards... Patrick bumped Larry Morgan, by the way... Left Lane: Mike Bell Runs 6.982/197.15 Now #14 Best prior run: 7.000/196.85 Was #23 Right Lane: Jerry Eckman Runs 6.964/198.41 Now # 5 Best prior run: 6.945/197.32 Was # 5 Bell moves into the show and bumps Patrick, making his happiness short-lived.. Left Lane: Jim Ray Runs 7.093/195.48 Now #31 Best prior run: 7.175/193.75 Was #31 Right Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 6.989/196.63 Now #19 Best prior run: 6.984/196.03 Was #19 No joy here... Left Lane: Tom Martino Runs 6.982/197.75 Now # 9 Best prior run: 6.957/197.80 Was # 9 Right Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.940/198.45 Now # 5 Best prior run: 6.951/197.97 Was # 6 Bump spot is down to Thomas' 6.984... Yates broke a lifter last night, destroying his best ex-Maskin engine, so they have a Ingles motor in today, the one they ran at Rockingham... And he improves with it, tieing his career best ET... Left Lane: Billy Huff Runs 7.000/196.33 Now #23 Best prior run: 6.991/196.24 Was #23 Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 9.105/105.34 Now #10 Best prior run: 6.961/197.75 Was #10 Coughlin wasn't out of shape, but he may have been shaking the tires... it's tough for us to see from this vantage, with the crowd that accumulates on the starting line. Left Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 6.986/198.01 Now #16 Best prior run: 6.984/197.80 Was #16 A couple of left-lane singles to finish off the round... Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.979/197.41 Now #13 Best prior run: 6.970/197.32 Was #13 And that's it for the round, with WJ firmly atop the field and Ron Krisher's 6.984 on the bubble... 12:41 PM -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Saturday's 4^th Session
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto, 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:

Larry Nance Runs 7.428/149.82 Now #27 Best prior run: 7.024/196.72 Was #27 Right Lane: Mark Pawuk Runs 6.942/199.24 Now # 6 Best prior run: 6.952/198.36 Was # 7 4:47 PM and the sun is still shining brightly here, the track is plenty warm, and the consensus is that the track is probably 0.02 secs. slower than this morning... it's 68 degrees, 30.20 on the barometer. Left Lane: Allen Johnson Runs 6.995/197.80 Now #24 Best prior run: 7.026/197.06 Was #28 Right Lane: Bruce Allen Runs 6.970/197.23 Now #11 Best prior run: 6.965/196.97 Was #11 Bump spot is Krisher's 6.984... Left Lane: Adam Landolfi Runs 7.069/195.22 Now #30 Best prior run: 7.083/195.10 Was #30 Right Lane: Kurt Johnson Runs 6.931/199.24 Now # 2 Best prior run: 6.898/199.20 Was # 2 Left Lane: Robert Patrick Jr. Runs 7.029/197.41 Now #17 Best prior run: 6.984/197.75 Was #17 Right Lane: Pete Williams Runs 6.963/198.71 Now # 8 Best prior run: 6.955/197.23 Was # 8 Williams runs nearly 199mph... looks like Maskin has taken the throttle stop off... Left Lane: Mike Thomas Runs 6.988/196.76 Now #15 Best prior run: 6.983/197.49 Was #15 Right Lane: Scott Geoffrion Runs 7.033/197.75 Now #21 Best prior run: 6.986/197.28 Was #21 Scott says that if he makes a perfect pass, he can run 6.99... that wasn't perfect. Left Lane: Jerry Eckman Runs 6.996/197.15 Now # 7 Best prior run: 6.945/197.32 Was # 7 Right Lane: Ed Heck Runs 7.035/192.76 Now #26 Best prior run: 7.015/195.86 Was #26 Eckman came here with just one engine, after hurting his other one at Atlanta... he lost oil pressure on Friday and since then he's been running one borrowed from Mike Thomas... and he's well pleased with it. Left Lane: Larry Morgan Runs 7.003/196.42 Now #19 Best prior run: 6.984/196.03 Was #19 Right Lane: Danny Coffman Runs 6.990/197.06 Now #23 Best prior run: 7.030/195.77 Was #29 Coffman's Firebird looked really good off the line here, and he ran his best ever and still comes up short... Left Lane: Jim Yates Runs 6.941/197.80 Now # 5 Best prior run: 6.940/198.45 Was # 5 Right Lane: Mike Bell Runs 7.002/197.62 Now #14 Best prior run: 6.982/197.15 Was #14 Yates is grinnin' like a new Papa after running quick with the Ingles motor this morning... and now he does it again. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 10.191/ 89.03 Now #10 Best prior run: 6.961/197.75 Was #10 Right Lane: Jim Ray No Time Now #31 Best prior run: 7.093/195.48 Was #31 Coughlin's Firebird turns hard left and he's forced to abort... I missed Ray's time, the monitor cleared too quickly. Left Lane: Warren Johnson Runs 6.939/199.77 Now # 1 Best prior run: 6.894/200.13 Was # 1 Right Lane: Billy Huff Runs 7.005/197.23 Now #24 Best prior run: 6.991/196.24 Was #24 Almost 200mph, in the heat of the afternoon... Sheesh. They don't call him The Professor for nuttin'... Left Lane: V. Gaines Runs 7.040/196.37 Now #26 Best prior run: 7.012/197.49 Was #26 Right Lane: Ron Krisher Runs 7.005/ 0.00 Now #16 Best prior run: 6.984/197.80 Was #16 Missed Krisher's speed, here... they're clearing it quickly, especially when there's no improvement. Left Lane: Mike Edwards Runs 7.036/197.32 Now #18 Best prior run: 6.984/197.10 Was #18 Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.975/198.10 Now #13 Best prior run: 6.970/197.32 Was #13 Right Lane: George Marnell Runs 6.947/198.19 Now # 4 Best prior run: 6.937/198.32 Was # 4 Right Lane: Darrell Alderman Runs 6.937/198.76 Now # 4 Best prior run: 6.985/198.01 Was #20 Scott thought that Darrell might have a shot at making the show, provided he made a perfect run... and that's just what he did, plenty quick at every interval. So that bumps Krisher, and moves Thomas down to face WJ in the first round.... there's just one car left to run today. Right Lane: Steve Schmidt Runs 6.959/199.29 Now # 3 Best prior run: 6.932/198.50 Was # 3 The final car... and it's some great speed from the Schmidt machine. 5:11 PM and the quickest and fastest field in history is set. -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Saturday's 4^th Session Notes

DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Final order after 4 rounds of qualifying in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto: Psn Driver ET Speed 1 Warren Johnson 6.894$ 200.13* Johnson cracks 200 mph at Pennzoil Nationals 2 Kurt Johnson 6.898 199.20 3 Steve Schmidt 6.932 198.50 4 Darrell Alderman 6.937 198.76 5 George Marnell 6.937 198.32 6 Jim Yates 6.940 198.45 7 Mark Pawuk 6.942 199.24 8 Jerry Eckman 6.945 197.32 9 Pete Williams 6.955 197.23 10 Tom Martino 6.957 197.80 11 Troy Coughlin 6.961 197.75 12 Bruce Allen 6.965 196.97 13 Terry Adams 6.968 196.76 14 Rickie Smith 6.970 197.32 15 Mike Bell 6.982 197.15 16 Mike Thomas 6.983 197.49 --------- Not Qualified --------- 17 Ron Krisher 6.984 197.80 18 Robert Patrick Jr. 6.984 197.75 19 Mike Edwards 6.984 197.10 20 Larry Morgan 6.984 196.03 21 Scott Geoffrion 6.986 197.28 22 Ray Franks 6.987 197.28 23 Danny Coffman 6.990 197.06 24 Billy Huff 6.991 196.24 25 Allen Johnson 6.995 197.80 26 V. Gaines 7.012 197.49 27 Ed Heck 7.015 195.86 28 Dester Cambron 7.020 196.24 29 Larry Nance 7.024 196.72 30 Adam Landolfi 7.069 195.22 31 Jim Ray 7.093 195.48 $ = National ET Record * = National MPH Record -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Sunday's 1^st Round
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto:

W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Jerry Eckman 0.435 6.945 198.36 (L) Pete Williams 0.529 7.004 197.19 2:32 PM and we roll into Pro Stock, after a very eventful round of Funny Car... the staging lane weather pundits say conditions are very close to the Saturday morning qualifying session, except there's more humidity today. Here, Eckman got a big jump on Williams, who's still having problems getting his clutch linkage sorted out... (W) Darrell Alderman 0.462 6.969 198.10 (L) Terry Adams 0.498 7.006 196.33 It's been a while since the Mopar fans had something to cheer about, but they got it here... (W) Kurt Johnson 0.442 6.926 197.88 (L) Mike Bell 0.419 6.958 197.75 Bell did all he could off the line, but Kurt ran him down... winning margin was just 0.009 secs, or about two and a half feet. (W) Warren Johnson 0.494 6.883 200.53 (L) Mike Thomas 0.492 6.970 197.36 Thomas was even with WJ out of the gate, and that's not good news for him... and WJ makes the quickest and fastest run ever, to lower the national records even more... wow. (W) Steve Schmidt 0.449 6.945 198.80 (L) Rickie Smith 0.432 6.963 197.88 How many times have you seen a Pro Stock run 6.96/198 and lose??... that's what happened here, as Schmidt wins this one by just 0.001 secs., or 3 inches (W) Bruce Allen 0.447 6.930 197.75 (L) George Marnell 0.476 6.926 197.80 Allen collects the Slick 50 holeshot dollars, when his quickest and fastest run ever wouldn't have been enough to win if he hadn't gotten the holeshot... incredible round. (W) Mark Pawuk 0.461 6.935 198.85 (L) Tom Martino 0.463 6.962 198.01 Martino makes his fastest ever here, but it's not enough to take out Pawuk... the Summit guys are doing a great job this weekend. (W) Jim Yates 0.429 6.959 197.54 (L) Troy Coughlin 0.451 6.940 198.50 And we end the round with yet another nail-biter, the Winston Champ needing a holeshot to take this win over Coughlin... awesome racing, you oughta be here!!... 2:46 PM -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Sunday's 2^nd Round
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto:

W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Jim Yates 0.418 7.000 196.54 (L) Steve Schmidt 0.140(R) 7.007 196.33 1:54 PM and Schmidt leaves WAY early, giving this one away... (W) Darrell Alderman 0.433 6.990 196.03 (L) Bruce Allen 0.453 7.905 127.53 Allen gave up at about 1000'... (W) Kurt Johnson 0.442 7.005 196.67 (L) Mark Pawuk 0.486 8.493 109.19 Couldn't see why, but Pawuk slowed at halftrack... (W) Warren Johnson 0.577 6.980 198.45 (L) Jerry Eckman (Broke) WJ had a lackluster 1.057 in 60', and still was the quickest of the round... Eckman didn't make the trip back. He'll race the Dodge next time. 1:59 PM and that's all of 'em. (R) = Red light foul -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Sunday's 3^rd Round
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto:

W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Kurt Johnson 0.441 6.969 197.19 (L) Jim Yates 0.452 7.051 193.75 3:45 PM and I predict (while I'm on a roll) that this one will come down to the reaction times... well, not quite, the red Pontiac slowing and KJ didn't need his starting line advantage, after all... margin was 0.093 secs, 26 feet... a lot, by Pro Stock standards... (W) Warren Johnson 0.466 6.939 198.23 (L) Darrell Alderman 0.434 6.992 195.69 WJ switched lanes after watching the last two run... And neither car wanted to light their last yellow, but when WJ finally rolled in Alderman followed quickly... and the Dodge gets the holeshot, but it's not enough... margin here was 0.021 secs, about 6 feet. -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems

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Sunday's 4^th Round
DINWIDDIE, VA - RIS - Results of final round eliminations in Pro Stock at the 3rd Annual Pennzoil Nationals Presented By Trak Auto:

W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Warren Johnson 0.493 6.959 198.36 (L) Kurt Johnson 0.487 8.498 113.80 Kurt beat Dad the last time they met, at Atlanta, but Warren beat the kid the last time they were in the final, at the Winternationals last year... And they're basically even off the line, then Kurt gets out of the groove at half-track and The Old Man (as Kurt calls him) cruises to a victory... he's undefeated at this track, winning all three races here! -- Ed Dykes / Racing Information Systems