Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 12:39 PM
Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 36th
annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
208 Warren Johnson 4 Larry Morgan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 6.706 205.05 0.096 6.722 205.94
Qualified: #9 6.683 206.42 #8 6.681 206.65
12:13 p.m. WJ comes in with a 20-15 edge against Morgan. It's only the ninth time WJ has
qualified ninth and he lost six of those in the first round. Morgan was the runner-up here in
'93.WJ, wire-to-wire, gradually opening his lead. Warren Johnson's incremental margins:
60ft(0.038), 330 ft(0.045), 660ft(0.049), 1,000ft(0.050). MOV: 0.0497 seconds (approximately
15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Jeg Coughlin 14 Jim Yates
E1 0.050 6.700 205.52 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.716 205.52
Qualified: #10 6.686 207.13 #7 6.672 205.76
Yates was in three straight finals here, in '96, '97, and '98. jeg has been in the finals
here for the past four years straight. Yates, on a holeshot. Who'd a thunk it? Jim Yates'
incremental margins: 60ft(0.038), 330 ft(0.045), 660ft(0.049), 1,000ft(0.050). MOV: 0.0497
seconds (approximately 15 feet). Jim Yates' incremental margins: 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.014),
660ft(0.014), 1,000ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0096 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
445 Greg Stanfield 5 Kurt Johnson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.711 205.24 0.058 6.715 206.18
Qualified: #12 6.689 206.13 #5 6.671 207.13
KJ won here in '03 and Stanfield won here in '01, in a Pro Stock Truck. Stanfield got the
starting line edge and made it stick.Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative
humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 998 feet, track temperature 106
degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Dave Connolly 55 V. Gaines
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.701 205.76 0.056 6.734 205.24
Qualified: #4 6.669 207.51 #13 6.695 206.32
After the first three pairs, the cars in the water swapped lanes. Connolly won,
wire-to-wire, slowly pulling away. Dave Connolly's incremental margins: 60ft(0.025), 330
ft(0.030), 660ft(0.038), 1,000ft(0.044). MOV: 0.0495 seconds (approximately 15 feet). He will
have lane choice against Stanfield next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Kenny Koretsky 19 Richie Stevens
E1 0.057 6.752 205.47 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.736 205.71
Qualified: #3 6.660 206.28 #14 6.696 207.08
Koretsky tied his career-best qualifying position. These two only met once before, in
Dallas in 2002, and Richie won that one. He made it 2-0 here, leading all the way. Richie
Stevens' incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.040), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.032). MOV:
0.0328 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
44 Mike Edwards 93 Allen Johnson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.009 6.733 204.87 0.022 6.737 205.05
Qualified: #2 6.650 207.03 #15 6.708 204.96
This was Johnson's 102nd career start and he has won one event from the 15th spot. Not
today, however, Edwards had a psychic light, but AJ kept it tight all the way. Mike Edwards'
incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.012),
1,000ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0178 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Edwards faces Yates in round two
and Yates will pick the lanes.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Greg Anderson 43 Rickie Smith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.676 206.56 0.051 6.750 206.32
Qualified: #1 6.633 208.23 #16 6.709 206.46
This was Anderson's 34th #1 qualifier, putting him 3rd on the all-time list. This was
Smith's 19th Gatornationals, his first way back in 1982.Anderson beat the usually quick
"Tricky Rickie" Smith away from the starting line and steadily pulled away for the win. Greg
Anderson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.036), 330 ft(0.052), 660ft(0.069), 1,000ft(0.078). MOV:
0.0829 seconds (approximately 25 feet). He will have lane choice against his old boss, WJ, in
round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Jason Line 351 Ron Krisher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.705 205.66 0.042 9.481 92.43
Qualified: #6 6.672 206.56 #11 6.687 207.46
Krisher had problems on the burnout. It may not have been a factor, but his car was all
over the pane on the launch and he had to lift. Line will have lane choice against Stevens in
round two.
Timing data courtesy of
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