Sun, 05 Sep 2021, 11:40 AM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris McGaha                           41 Rodger Brogdon               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.643 206.48                     0.041  6.676 206.54
 Qualified:             #8  6.629 207.30                        #9  6.631 205.88

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,118 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Chris McGaha is 86 - 85 in rd. 1 for his career.

McGaha is 2 - 1 against Brogdon in prior events.

McGaha with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Chris McGaha's MOV: 0.0391 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Greg Anderson                          52 Deric Kramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.639 206.51                     0.034  6.677 205.47
 Qualified:             #7  6.607 207.24                       #10  6.632 207.37

Greg Anderson's 45 round wins here are the 2nd most for any PS driver (Glidden, 61).

Anderson is 10 - 2 against Kramer in prior events.

Deric Kramer is 1 - 5 against Anderson in the first round.

Anderson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He was drifting out of the groove and over by the wall, but held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hartford                           7 Aaron Stanfield              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.641 207.15                    -0.021 10.506  85.09
 Qualified:             #6  6.606 207.50                       #11  6.635 205.72

Matt Hartford is 8 - 2 in rd. 1 this year.

Aaron Stanfield "leaves first" 67% of the time in rd. 1.

Hartford is 3 - 2 against Stanfield in prior events.

Stanfield goes red to give Hartford the win.

Hartford with a clean pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  150 Kenny Delco                           400 Mason McGaha                 
E1                  -0.083  7.262 142.63     ****WINNER****  0.040 11.330  72.78
 Qualified:             #5  6.598 208.55                       #12  6.639 207.53

This (#5) is the best starting spot for Kenny Delco at this event in his last 13 races here and his 2nd best ever (#4, 1989).

Mason McGaha is 6 -4 in rd. 1 this year.

Delco goes red to give McGaha the win. McGaha pushes in the clutch and coast down the track for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  660 Dallas Glenn                         406M Fernando Cuadra Jr.          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.610 207.27                    -0.069 30.223  24.31
 Qualified:             #4  6.592 208.49                       #13  6.644 205.69

Dallas Glenn is 7 - 3 in rd. 1 this year.

Fernando Cuadra Jr. is making his 2nd start here.

This is the first time Glenn and Cuadra Jr. have faced each other in eliminations.

Cuadra Jr. goes red and then has a lot of tire shake to give Glenn the win. Glenn with a great light and launched hard. He kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of race day.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  300 Troy Coughlin Jr.                    409M Cristian Cuadra              
E1                  -0.023 24.638  79.11     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.717 203.40
 Qualified:             #2  6.584 206.57                       #15  6.696 204.82

Troy Coughlin Jr. has won this race in 2 classes, Super Comp and Super Gas.

Coughlin Jr. is 1 - 0 against Cuadra in prior events.

Coughlin Jr. goes red and then shook right at the hit to give Cuadra the win.

Cuadra will give up lane choice to Anderson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  107 Kyle Koretsky                         357 Larry Morgan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.598 207.75                     0.021  6.801 204.91
 Qualified:             #1  6.572 208.07                       #16  6.791 203.77

Kyle Koretsky is the 68th driver in Pro Stock to qualify #1.

Larry Morgan is 4 - 21 in rd. 1 when qualified 16th.

Morgan with the starting line advantage, but Koretsky had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

Koretsky makes the quickest pass of race day and will have lane choice over Chris McGaha in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Erica Enders                          385 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  6.590 206.35                     0.001  9.551  96.66
 Qualified:             #3  6.588 206.29                       #14  6.682 206.07

Erica Enders wins 84% of her rd. 1 races when she has lane choice.

Enders is 2 - 0 against Massel in prior events.

Massel with a near perfect light, but then makes a quick move toward the centerline. He pushes in the clutch.

Enders launched hard and had the starting line difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. She kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the weekend, she will have lane choice over Hartford in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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