Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 07:06 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Allen Johnson                           3 Dave Connolly                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.714 206.73                     0.070  6.669 207.40
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Stevens   ) 0.020  6.686 206.64      (G Anderson  ) 0.021  6.682 207.24
E1    (E Enders    ) 0.021  6.704 205.85      (V Gaines    ) 0.019  6.703 205.63
 Qualified:             #3  6.675 206.89                       #10  6.699 205.85

5:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,247 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Connolly came in with a 6-0 record against Johnson and had lane choice for this round. Both drivers are well above average on the tree.

Connolly was way late, AJ was psychic, and AJ goes to the finals on a holeshot. Allen Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.044), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.032), 1,000ft(0.025). MOV: 0.0195 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Jeg Coughlin                            1 Jason Line                   
E3                   0.019  6.760 206.51     ****WINNER****  0.059  6.682 207.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Stanfield ) 0.030  6.679 207.34      (W Johnson   ) 0.070  6.669 207.78
E1    (K Koretsky  ) 0.048  6.677 206.51      (K Johnson   ) 0.055  6.691 206.95
 Qualified:             #1  6.649 208.17                        #4  6.676 208.42

Surprisingly, Line held a 10-2 edge against Coughlin in prior events - and he had lane choice here.

Coughlin took a 0.04 edge on the tree, but his car did a little dance about 200 feet out and Line ran him down. Jason Line's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.033), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.022), 1,000ft(0.030). MOV: 0.0385 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Line has lane choice against Allen Johnson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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