The first pair
to test the cold track were Terry Cox and Mark Malde and neither
were qualified.
Both
cars had good leaves but for Cox his was short lived.
Before
the tree Cox's car started a hard move to the left.
He got
out of it and made a hard right but the momentum was too much.
The car hit the
wall with a substantial whack with the rear tire taking the brunt
of the blow.
Malde legged
it through to a nice, clean 6.201 at 229.18. This jumped him
all the way up to the #2 spot and incredibly would be the low
ET of the session.
Cox coasted
though and would be one of the three cars that failed to qualify.
The damage appeard
to be minimal but they won't know until the car is apart and
put on the jig.
With the track
getting cooler by the minute, the second pair was Lincoln Hassell
and Shannon Stewart.
Just
trying to get down the track, both cars left soft but clean.
But as soon as
Hassell's SBC car plyed the clutch the tires lost traction and
after one quick pedal he clicked it.
Stewart
had troubles as well but further down track.
In spite of junk
runs both cars improved over their Friday times. Hassell moved
from 16 to 14 with at 9.467 and Steward went from 13 to 9 with
a 7.069.
Next
out was the 2009 CHRR champ Rick McGee and Randy Eakins.
As was the case
with most all the cars, these left good but got into trouble
before the 60' clocks.
Before
the tree McGee was whisping the tires.
Just
past the tree both cars starting smoking the tires hard.
McGee did a masterful
pedal job and got the car to hook up before the 330' mark. Eakins
was done and would fail to qualify.
In spite of smoking
the tires and losing a blower belt at the 1000' mark McGee carded
a respectable (conditions considered) 6.72 at 212 to take the
#7 spot.
Next out was
Adam Sorokin in the most photographed car of the weekend and
Rick Rogers.
