Sun, 10 Oct 1999, 07:31 PM MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 12th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Kurt Johnson        6.946 198.38  Q    5 Richie Stevens      6.937 196.76
   (B Allen     ) 0.474  7.013 197.31  E1   (J Nobile    ) 0.501  6.951 197.05
   (L Nance     ) 0.459  6.968 198.47  E2   (S Schmidt   ) 0.448  6.965 197.16
                  0.448  6.943 198.61  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.451  6.928 197.59

The crew chiefs agree that the lanes are just getting better, and as the sun falls the track will surely improve as well. Here, the start looked basically even, and Kurt appeared to pull slightly ahead in the early segments but Stevens won out in the end, 0.012 ahead at the end, about 3 feet.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  14 Jeg Coughlin        6.978 198.64  Q    2 Mike Edwards        6.931 198.03
   (T Coughlin  ) 0.439  7.011 198.58  E1   (J Yates     ) 0.443  6.962 197.91
   (G Marnell   ) 0.441  6.958 198.70  E2   (T Gillig    ) 0.425  6.963 197.59
                  0.433  6.953 198.55  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.443  6.931 198.00

Edwards let Jeggie get the holeshot here, but Edwards had him by 0.014 at half track then Coughlin pulled back ever so slightly but in the end it was the Dewco Camaro by 0.012, a winning margin of about 3 feet.




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