Sun, 7 Sep 2003, 03:37 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  357 Larry Morgan                            2 Jim Yates
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.862 201.04                     0.058  6.867 201.10
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Johnson   ) 0.018  6.834 200.95      (S Schmidt   ) 0.043  6.835 201.46
 Qualified:             #5  6.811 201.85                        #4  6.810 202.97

Current weather conditions: 75 degrees, 42 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.07 inches, with a track temperature of 111 degrees.

Morgan is out of the gate first and never looks back to move on to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jeg Coughlin                            9 Gene Wilson
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.812 201.16                     0.020  6.870 201.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Johnson   ) 0.031  6.814 201.16      (T Lastor    ) 0.077  6.844 201.07
 Qualified:             #2  6.785 204.63                        #7  6.816 201.58

Wilson with a slight starting line advantage, but Jeg as the difference made up by 60 feet and then just drove away.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Kurt Johnson                         2455 Jason Line
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.808 202.24                     0.046  8.492 115.47
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Coughlin  ) 0.027  6.810 202.67      (M Edwards   ) 0.041  6.847 202.12
 Qualified:             #1  6.778 203.77                        #9  6.819 202.21

Johnson with the better light and then just drove away with the quick time of the round. Line had problems around half track and slowed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Greg Anderson                           5 Ron Krisher
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.795 202.64                     0.008  6.849 201.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Marnell   ) 0.065  6.789 202.73      (D Connolly  ) 0.030  6.831 201.19
 Qualified:             #3  6.786 205.01                        #6  6.814 201.73

Krisher with a great light, but Anderson with the quickest time of the second session and the win by about nine feet. Anderson will have his choice over Jeg Coughlin, and Kurt Johnson will have his choice over Morgan.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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