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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Greg Anderson 40 Alex Laughlin
E1 0.072 8.695 106.29 ****WINNER**** 0.065 6.865 205.91
Qualified: #8 6.641 205.98 #9 6.642 205.98
Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.47
inches, adjusted altitude 2,818 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Greg Anderson won here in 2003, 2009 and 2011. Anderson is 10 - 2 against Laughlin in prior events. Laughlin with slight starting line advantage, but then shook hard. he pedaled it and got it too hook up. Anderson started to drift out of the groove and was getting real close to the centerline before he pushed the clutch back in. Laughlin chased him down before half track and never trailed from there on
for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 410M Fernando Cuadra 4264 Chris McGaha E1 -0.047 6.619 208.20 ****WINNER**** 0.041 10.443 87.81 Qualified: #7 6.640 206.89 #10 6.647 207.21McGaha is 1 - 0 against Cuadra in prior events. Cuadra goes red to give McGaha the win. He then runs his quickest pass of the weekend. McGaha appeared to use up an engine as there was a
lot of engine smoke around the 330 foot mark. He still gets the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 666 Matt Hartford 5037 Richard Freeman E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.594 207.88 0.063 6.612 208.14 Qualified: #6 6.628 205.63 #11 6.657 206.39This is the first time Hartford and Freeman have faced each other in eliminations. Hartford with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Matt Hartford's MOV: 0.0435 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He runs low E.T. of the event for the win. Matt Hartford's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.760, 660ft-4.242/166.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.519. Freeman
with quickest pass of the weekend for Freeman in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Jeg Coughlin 150 Kenny Delco
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.593 206.51 0.046 6.612 208.36
Qualified: #5 6.627 206.54 #12 6.663 206.20
Jeg Coughlin's four wins are tied for the most in the Pro Stock class in Brainerd. His last win
here was in 2010. He also won here in Super Stock in 1997.Coughlin is 4 - 2 against Delco in prior events. Coughlin with a great light and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of the event for the win. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.235/166.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.515. Delco 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
8 Bo Butner 1465 Val Smeland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.595 208.36 0.086 6.642 207.46
Qualified: #3 6.624 207.08 #14 6.673 206.51
Butner is 3 - 0 against Smeland in prior events. Butner with a great light and the win. He
makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Hartford by
0.001 seconds. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 52 Deric Kramer 406M Fernando Cuadra Jr. E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 6.596 208.46 0.058 6.661 208.75 Qualified: #4 6.627 207.50 #13 6.668 205.79Derik Kramer is the defending event champion. Bruce Allen and Bob Glidden are the only Pro Stock drivers to have won here in back-to-back years. Cuadra Jr. is 1 - 0 against Kramer in prior events. Kramer with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Coughlin by 0.003 seconds. Cuadra Jr. 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
5 Jason Line 2222 Wally Stroupe
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 6.589 208.78 0.025 6.714 205.38
Qualified: #1 6.606 207.27 #16 6.725 204.70
Jason Line's Pro Stock win here came in 2014 and he has been runner-up in Pro Stock four times.
He also won here in Stock Eliminator in 1992 and 1997. Jason is 50 - 4 in round when starting from
the top spot in the field and the top qualifier in Pro Stock is 33 - 4 in round 1 at this event.
Wally Stroupe is the 84th different Pro Stock driver to face Jason in Eliminations.Stroupe with a great light, but Line had the lead by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He runs low E.T. of the event for the win. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.233/166.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.513. He will have lane choice over Laughlin in the next round. Stroupe 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
4 Erica Enders 29 Shane Tucker
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.584 206.83 0.037 9.584 95.51
Qualified: #2 6.616 206.99 #15 6.683 204.88
Erica Enders won this race in 2012 and 2015.Enders and Tucker have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Tucker with a few tick advantage on the tree, but made a quick move toward the centerline and pushed the clutch in. Enders started drifting toward the centerline, but stayed with it to run low E.T. of the event for the win. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.232/166.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.508. She will have lane choice
over McGaha in the next round.
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