Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 18:47 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Allen Johnson                           2 Greg Stanfield               
E3                   0.035  6.737 177.46     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.609 209.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edwards   ) 0.016  6.603 210.57      (R Brogdon   ) 0.028  6.605 209.39
E1    (V Nobile    ) 0.040 12.493  71.35      (L Morgan    ) 0.022  6.595 209.52
 Qualified:             #9  6.568 211.10                       #12  6.578 209.75

3:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,685 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Johnson is 16 - 8 against Stanfield in prior events.

Stanfield gets the small starting line advantage and then has Johnson drive around him before the sixty foot lights. Johnson stays in front until after the 1000 foot lights, where the car makes a big move sideways and slows.

Stanfield blows on by and gets the easy win.

Greg Stanfield's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(-0.010), 660ft(-0.013), 1,000ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.1342 seconds (approximately 35 feet).

Allen Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.755, 660ft-4.235/166.23 mph, 1,000ft-5.523.
Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.771, 660ft-4.254/166.42 mph, 1,000ft-5.532.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   21 Kurt Johnson                            5 Jason Line                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.606 208.91                     0.034  7.485 135.91
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Anderson  ) 0.005  6.595 209.39      (R Humphrey  ) 0.032  6.552 210.57
E1    (S Gray      ) 0.005  6.611 209.69      (S Kent      ) 0.088  6.569 210.83
 Qualified:             #7  6.560 211.06                        #3  6.538 211.20

Big starting line advantage for Johnson at the green and he pulls steadily ahead of Line until just after half track where the Summit Racing GXP gets way loose and Line has to lift.

KJ goes to the final round with lane choice over Stanfield by 0.003!

Kurt Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(0.019), 660ft(0.088), 1,000ft(0.411). MOV: 0.9012 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.763, 660ft-4.248/165.78 mph, 1,000ft-5.527.
Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.760, 660ft-4.314/147.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.916.

3:44 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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