Sun, 25 Feb 2007, 05:08 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jason Line                              7 Jim Yates                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.059  6.699 207.05                     0.041  6.723 205.79
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Connolly  ) 0.047  6.701 207.56      (G Anderson  ) 0.072  6.705 206.23
E1    (M Naylor    ) 0.060  6.634 208.33      (W Johnson   ) 0.041  6.692 206.35
 Qualified:             #1  6.635 209.33                       #12  6.673 206.76

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,005 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

This is the seventh time these two have raced and they both have won three races. Yates with the starting line advantage and they are dead even at 1000 feet, but then Line drives away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  430 Erica Enders                            5 Kurt Johnson                 
E3                   0.058  6.687 205.72     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.698 206.48
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edwards   ) 0.061  6.677 206.23      (R Stevens   ) 0.027  6.688 206.99
E1    (R Brogdon   ) 0.046  6.668 206.54      (J Coughlin  ) 0.050  6.676 206.83
 Qualified:             #3  6.648 207.02                        #7  6.658 207.75

Johnson has three to oh advantage in head to head match ups. Johnson gets the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Kurt Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.018), 660ft(0.019), 1,000ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0228 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Johnson will have lane choice over Line by 0.001 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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