Sun, 31 Oct 2004, 03:45 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  335 Dave Connolly                         445 Greg Stanfield
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.824 200.89                     0.025  6.855 201.64
 Qualified:             #8  6.813 202.15                        #9  6.816 202.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 27.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Connolly with a great light and drives away with the win by about 14 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   55 V. Gaines                             357 Larry Morgan
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  6.834 201.64                     0.093  6.850 201.55
 Qualified:             #7  6.809 202.48                       #10  6.817 202.42

Gaines is out of the gate first and never looked back to take the win by about 13 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jeg Coughlin                            7 Ron Krisher
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.820 201.79                     0.128  6.831 201.94
 Qualified:             #6  6.808 202.15                       #11  6.819 202.55

Coughlin with a big starting line advantage and drives away with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Mike Edwards                         2803 Fernando Cuadra
E1                  -0.004  6.817 201.19     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.841 201.43
 Qualified:             #5  6.803 201.91                       #12  6.827 201.88

Edwards was too quick and turned on the red light, he has the quickest pass of the session so far. Cuadra wins his first ever round of eliminations.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2455 Jason Line                            701 Ben Watson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.822 201.64                     0.032  6.875 199.32
 Qualified:             #1  6.775 202.55                       #16  6.841 200.59

Line with a slight starting line advantage and takes the win stripe by about 17 feet. He will have lane choice over Connolly in the battle for second place in the Pro Stock championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1021 Steve Johns                             6 Allen Johnson
E1                   0.060 11.442  91.98     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.849 201.13
 Qualified:             #4  6.797 202.85                       #13  6.831 201.37

There is a little staging duel here and finally Johns went in first. Johnson is out of the gate first and drives away as Johns as problems early and coast on through the 1320. Johnson will give up lane choice to Cuadra in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Greg Anderson                           2 Kurt Johnson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  6.809 201.46                     0.031  6.873 199.37
 Qualified:             #2  6.790 202.85                       #15  6.835 200.71

Johnson did his job on the tree, but Anderson had him chased down by 330 feet and drives away as Kurt has his slowest pass of the weekend. Anderson with the quickest pass of the session and he will have lane choice over Gaines in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  107 Kenny Koretsky                          8 Bruce Allen
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  6.820 201.79                    -0.002  6.862 200.35
 Qualified:             #3  6.790 202.58                       #14  6.833 201.22

Allen was just a little too quick and turned on the red light for only the second time this year. Koretsky will advance to the next round but will give up lane choice to Jeg. They had identical E.T.s and mphs so it goes to whoever did it first.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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