Sun, 13 Nov 2016, 15:17 PM
Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 52nd
annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
150 Kenny Delco 4 Chris McGaha
E1 -0.040 14.965 58.06 ****WINNER**** 0.053 7.461 201.61
Qualified: #8 6.593 209.92 #9 6.594 209.82
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98
inches, adjusted altitude 2,948 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.Delco goes red and then has
severe tire shake and clicked it off. McGaha launched into severe tire shake and pedaled it and
got it to settle down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Drew Skillman 3 Allen Johnson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 6.594 210.14 0.031 6.659 208.36
Qualified: #7 6.593 210.37 #10 6.601 209.14
Allen Johnson is the defending event champion. He also won this race in 2012. His one round in
Las Vegas gave him 796 for his career and that moved him past Joe Amato and in to 18th place on
the all-time list. Johnson with the starting line advantage, but Skillman had the lead by the
time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Drew Skillman's
MOV: 0.0485 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
730 Shane Gray 666 Matt Hartford
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 6.582 210.93 0.012 6.631 209.49
Qualified: #6 6.573 209.65 #11 6.603 209.95
Shane Gray was the 2010 Pro Stock champ at this event. Gray is 2 - 0 against Hartford in prior
events. Hartford with a great light, but Gray was able to chase him down around 400 feet and
never trailed from there on for the win. Shane Gray's MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 8
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
40 Alex Laughlin 1 Erica Enders
E1 0.072 6.596 209.82 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.623 209.33
Qualified: #5 6.570 210.97 #12 6.608 210.05
Erica Enders won this event in 2014. Enders is 2 - 1 against Laughlin in prior events. Enders
with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Erica Enders'
MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Vincent Nobile 25 Jeg Coughlin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.600 209.95 0.025 6.626 209.14
Qualified: #4 6.570 211.13 #13 6.610 208.78
Jeg Coughlin won Pro Stock at this event three times..Vincent Nobile has been runner-up here
twice in the last four years. Nobile is 12 - 8 against Coughlin in prior events. They leave
together and Nobile never trailed from there on for the wi. Vincent Nobile's MOV: 0.0267 seconds
(approximately 8 feet). Nobile will have lane choice over Enders in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
361 Bo Butner 52 Deric Kramer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 6.598 209.79 -0.037 6.679 208.42
Qualified: #2 6.553 210.57 #15 6.636 208.59
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.95
inches, adjusted altitude 2,978 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.Butner is 3 - 0 against
Kramer in prior events. Kramer goes red and Butner with the second quickest pass of the round for
the win. He will give up lane choice to Skillman that had the quickest pass of the race day by
0.004
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Jason Line 106 Alan Prusiensky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 6.560 211.13 0.013 6.657 208.14
Qualified: #1 6.545 211.33 #16 6.659 208.07
Jason Line has been runner-up at this event three times. This is the 49th time he has qualified
#1 and that is the 5th most in the Pro Stock class.
Line is 7 - 0 against Prusiensky in prior events. Prusiensky with a great light, but Line was
able to chase him down just past half track to take the win. Line with the quickest pass of the
round and will have lane choice over McGaha in the next round..
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Greg Anderson 677 Aaron Strong
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.576 210.80 0.007 6.633 208.78
Qualified: #3 6.555 210.80 #14 6.626 209.01
Greg Anderson's five wins here are the most for any active Pro Stock driver, but far below the
11 times that Bob Glidden won here and just behind the 6 times that Warren Johnson won here.
Anderson and Strong have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Strong with a great
light, but Anderson was able to chase him down just past half track to take the win. Greg
Anderson's MOV: 0.0265 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He has the second quickest pass of the
round and will have lane choice over Hartford in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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