Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 01:10 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Greg Stanfield                         41 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                   0.029 13.079  65.57     ****WINNER****  0.042  6.605 209.85
 Qualified:             #8  6.566 211.30                        #9  6.569 211.39

11:46 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 30.19 inches, adjusted altitude 1,629 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Stanfield is 1 - 0 against Brogdon in prior events, their only prior meeting coming at Brainerd in 2008.

Stanfield's car "went wacky" on the launch. fishtailing (no pun intended) several times.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jason Line                            730 Shane Gray                   
E1                   0.036 10.353  87.29     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.611 209.17
 Qualified:             #7  6.566 211.43                       #10  6.571 210.64

This is the first time Line and Gray have faced each other in eliminations.

Line's car also shook right off the starting line and the lane-swapping is already under way in the staging lanes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2062 Ronnie Humphrey                        55 V. Gaines                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086  6.632 209.72                     0.175  6.608 209.72
 Qualified:            #11  6.573 211.26                        #6  6.563 210.97

This is the first time Humphrey and Gaines have faced each other in eliminations.

Humphrey had no problem with the left lane and won on a holeshot, Gaines uncharacteristically late. Three pairs, three upsets.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Kurt Johnson                            2 Greg Anderson                
E1                   0.053  6.624 209.20     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.617 209.14
 Qualified:            #12  6.575 209.88                        #5  6.560 211.53

Anderson is 31 - 17 against Johnson in prior events, but that narrows to 5-4 in first-round matchups.

Anderson puts a stop to the string of upsets, leaving first and never headed. Greg Anderson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.017), 1,000ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0222 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Johnny Gray                             7 Allen Johnson                
E1                   0.053  6.642 205.88     ****WINNER****  0.072  6.594 210.11
 Qualified:            #14  6.582 210.34                        #3  6.549 211.53

Gray and Johnson have each won 2 times against the other in prior events, but AJ is 1-0 in first round meetings. Their only other first-round meeting was at Phoenix in 2008.

Gray got the early edge, but Johnson took the lead before the 330-foot marker and ran low ET of the round so far to get the win and lane choice against Humphrey in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Rickie Jones                            1 Mike Edwards                 
E1                   0.024  6.706 208.30     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.572 210.97
 Qualified:            #16  6.584 209.79                        #1  6.539 211.93

Edwards is 4 - 3 against Jones in prior events, 4-2 in round one meetings.

Jones left first, but his car did a little dance and Edwards just drove on by for the win, with low ET of the round (of course). He will have lane choice against Brogdon in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Justin Humphreys                        6 Ron Krisher                  
E1                   0.031 13.808  61.49     ****WINNER****  0.128  6.593 209.98
 Qualified:            #15  6.584 210.08                        #2  6.548 211.33

Humphreys is 1 - 0 against Krisher in prior events, but this is the first time they have squared off in the first round.

Humphreys' car "went wacky" and Krisher had an easy time of it and will have lane choice against Shane Gray in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  406 Bob Yonke                              50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E1                   0.007  6.634 208.91     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.582 210.64
 Qualified:            #13  6.579 210.31                        #4  6.555 211.63

Coughlin is 1 - 0 against Yonke in prior events, their only prior meeting coming at the Gatornationals this year.

Yonke was first off the line (as usual, even against good leavers like Coughlin) but that wasn't enough. They were dead even at 330 feet, then Coughlin drove away for the win. Jeg Coughlin's MOV: 0.0357 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Jeg will have lane choice against Anderson in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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