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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Drew Skillman 10 Jeg Coughlin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.552 211.39 0.014 14.090 59.06
Qualified: #8 6.636 209.04 #9 6.636 208.78
Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.67
inches, adjusted altitude 1,555 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.Drew Skillman is the defending event champion. Jeg Coughlin has been to the final round here four times and he won the race in 2002. This is Jeg's 935th round in Pro Stock and that in the 12th most rounds among all drivers in the pro classes. Skillman is 6 - 2 against Coughlin in prior events. coughlin with
a great light, but had severe tire shake right at the hit and pushed in the clutch in...Skillman
was straight down the groove with the quickest and fastest pass of the weekend. Drew Skillman's
incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.218/167.88 mph, 1,000ft-5.487. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 40 Alex Laughlin 7 Chris McGaha E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.562 210.37 0.023 6.562 210.80 Qualified: #7 6.635 207.72 #10 6.647 208.17Alex Laughlin was the runner-up here last year. This is the 16th start for Chris McGaha this year and just the second time he has started from the bottom half of the field. Laughlin with a great light and wins on a hole shot as they run identical E.T.s. This was a great drag race...Alex Laughlin's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Both drivers with their
quickest pass of the weekend. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 4683 Brian Self 8 Allen Johnson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.561 210.01 0.062 6.589 208.39 Qualified: #6 6.635 208.10 #11 6.658 207.24Allen Johnson was the 2012 champion in Dallas. Brian Self is the 78th different driver to race Allen Johnson. Self with a great light and never trailed for the win. Self with his quickest pass for the win. Johnson with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Erica Enders 150 Kenny Delco
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.093 6.707 209.69 No Time
Qualified: #5 6.629 207.72 #12 6.659 208.07
Erica Enders won here in 2015. Kenny Delco ran his first Pro Stock race in 1985, Erica was
born in 1983. Enders is 1 - 0 against Delco in prior events. Delco left before the tree was activated to give Enders the win. Enders with severe tire shake and the car was sideways, but
still gets the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 15 Tanner Gray 52 Deric Kramer E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.532 210.60 0.033 6.616 208.49 Qualified: #3 6.624 207.62 #14 6.682 205.79Gray is 2 - 1 against Kramer in prior events. Gray with the starting line advantage and never trailed as he makes the quickest pass of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Self in the next round. Kramer with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jason Line 106 Alan Prusiensky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.115 6.550 210.60 0.074 6.788 178.50
Qualified: #2 6.622 208.59 #15 6.691 206.86
Jason Line won here in 2011 and 2013. This is the 14th time these two have met and it's the
13th time it has happened in round 1.Line is 12 - 1 against Prusiensky in prior events. Prusiensky with the starting line advantage, but Line has the difference made up by 150 feet and
never trailed from there on for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for lane choice
over Laughlin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Bo Butner 29 Shane Tucker
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.052 6.535 211.83 -0.055 No Time
Qualified: #1 6.588 208.94 #16 6.730 204.35
This is the eight No. 1 spot for Bo Butner and the 5th this year. The top Pro Stock qualifier
in 26-4 in the first round at this event. Shane Tucker is making his 19th start in the
class.Butner is 1 - 0 against Tucker in prior events. Tucker goes red and then something tripped the E.T. beam so he will not get an E.T. Butner with his quickest pass of the weekend and
will have lane choice over Skillman in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Greg Anderson 37 Larry Morgan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 No Time 0.049 6.575 210.77
Qualified: #4 6.626 207.27 #13 6.679 206.67
Greg Anderson has four wins and a runner-up in Dallas. His last win here came in 2010. Greg has
raced here 18 times and is 9-9 in his first round races and that is his worst record for any event
on the current tour schedule. Larry Morgan has participated at 29 of the 31 races at this track.
Larry is 3 and 33 against Greg and those 33 losses are the most for Larry against any driver he has
faced.Morgan with a slight starting line advantage, but Anderson had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed for the win. Something tripped Anderson 's E.T. but they went to T.V. replay and Anderson was out ahead of Morgan at the finish line. NHRA has determined that Anderson couldn't of run slower than Morgan's 6.575 E.T. and won so he will get lane choice over Enders in the next round. Morgan with his quickest pass of the weekend in the
losing effort.
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