ANDERSON MISJUDGES; STILL GETS IT RIGHT
Sun, 2009-04-19 11:00
Greg Anderson entered the Atlanta Dragway media center apologetic to the reporters with whom he’d 
spoken so confidently the night before during provisional qualifying at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals.
“I misspoke yesterday,” Anderson said.
“I really believed that today’s conditions could match what we had yesterday and I was dead wrong,” Anderson continued. “What we did yesterday was obviously great but it wasn’t going to be enough to hold onto the top spot.”
Anderson turned in a track record 6.568 on Friday evening that many believed would hold and it did until the next session. The three-time champion returned the next day and bettered the mark with a 6.557 elapsed time, 210.93 mph. Greg Anderson entered the Atlanta Dragway media center apologetic to the reporters with whom he’dspoken so confidently the night before during provisional qualifying at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals.
“I misspoke yesterday,” Anderson said.
“I really believed that today’s conditions could match what we had yesterday and I was dead wrong,” Anderson continued. “What we did yesterday was obviously great but it wasn’t going to be enough to hold onto the top spot.”
Anderson turned in a track record 6.568 on Friday evening that many believed would hold and it did until the next session. The three-time champion returned the next day and bettered the mark with a 6.557 elapsed time, 210.93 mph.
He had no other choice considering No. 2 runner Mike Edwards bumped him down with a 6.565, 210.28.
“It became apparent early that we were going to have to run even quicker if we wanted to hold on to the top spot,” Anderson said.
Anderson admits that he’s had a tough go of overtaking Edwards in 2009. The two drivers have accounted for No. 1 positions at four of the first five 2009 events.
“He’s got a freight train,” Anderson said of Edwards, No. 1 qualifier three times in 2009. “He’s got a great race car and has been the class of the field this year. It’s tough beating him right now.”
Anderson is cautious headed into Sunday’s final eliminations because neither he nor Edwards have experienced the domination on Sunday they would prefer. He’s yet to make it to a final round thus far in 2009 and for Edwards; he’s reached one and lost.
“I need to find a way to win a race,” Anderson admitted. “There’s no question that this is a tough class. You can be beat and WILL be beat by everyone who runs this class. It feels like I have been beat by everyone in the class already this year. If you don’t make your perfect run and cut a great light, you are going to lose. It doesn’t matter who is in the other lane.”
spoken so confidently the night before during provisional qualifying at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals.“I misspoke yesterday,” Anderson said.
“I really believed that today’s conditions could match what we had yesterday and I was dead wrong,” Anderson continued. “What we did yesterday was obviously great but it wasn’t going to be enough to hold onto the top spot.”
Anderson turned in a track record 6.568 on Friday evening that many believed would hold and it did until the next session. The three-time champion returned the next day and bettered the mark with a 6.557 elapsed time, 210.93 mph. Greg Anderson entered the Atlanta Dragway media center apologetic to the reporters with whom he’d
spoken so confidently the night before during provisional qualifying at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals.“I misspoke yesterday,” Anderson said.
“I really believed that today’s conditions could match what we had yesterday and I was dead wrong,” Anderson continued. “What we did yesterday was obviously great but it wasn’t going to be enough to hold onto the top spot.”
Anderson turned in a track record 6.568 on Friday evening that many believed would hold and it did until the next session. The three-time champion returned the next day and bettered the mark with a 6.557 elapsed time, 210.93 mph.
He had no other choice considering No. 2 runner Mike Edwards bumped him down with a 6.565, 210.28.
“It became apparent early that we were going to have to run even quicker if we wanted to hold on to the top spot,” Anderson said.
Anderson admits that he’s had a tough go of overtaking Edwards in 2009. The two drivers have accounted for No. 1 positions at four of the first five 2009 events.
“He’s got a freight train,” Anderson said of Edwards, No. 1 qualifier three times in 2009. “He’s got a great race car and has been the class of the field this year. It’s tough beating him right now.”
Anderson is cautious headed into Sunday’s final eliminations because neither he nor Edwards have experienced the domination on Sunday they would prefer. He’s yet to make it to a final round thus far in 2009 and for Edwards; he’s reached one and lost.
“I need to find a way to win a race,” Anderson admitted. “There’s no question that this is a tough class. You can be beat and WILL be beat by everyone who runs this class. It feels like I have been beat by everyone in the class already this year. If you don’t make your perfect run and cut a great light, you are going to lose. It doesn’t matter who is in the other lane.”
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