Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 05:06 PM
Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual
ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Kurt Johnson 445 Greg Stanfield
E2 -0.026 6.748 204.94 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.719 204.88
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Stevens ) 0.021 6.734 204.88 (J Line ) 0.021 6.735 204.39
Qualified: #6 6.719 204.66 #14 6.748 204.60
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 27.76
inches, adjusted altitude 3,981 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Johnson is 9 - 4 against
Stanfield in prior events, and 3 - 1 advantage in round two meetings. Stanfield holds a 2 - 1
advantage in meetings this season. Johnson is just a couple ticks too quick on the tree and he
goes red. Stanfield with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Allen Johnson 351 Ron Krisher
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.716 204.63 0.010 6.747 204.17
Prior rounds:
E1 (V Deceglie ) 0.052 6.722 204.66 (V Gaines ) 0.011 6.762 204.20
Qualified: #4 6.717 204.54 #12 6.744 205.13
Krisher is 9 - 7 against Johnson in prior events, and 2 - 0 in round two meetings. Johnson has
won the only time they raced this year. Krisher gets the starting line advantage, but Johnson was
able to chase him down right in the lights. Allen Johnson's incremental margins (negative if
behind): 60ft(-0.023), 330 ft(-0.015), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(-0.002). MOV: 0.0006 seconds
(approximately 2 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
44 Mike Edwards 2 Greg Anderson
E2 -0.006 6.741 204.63 ****WINNER**** 0.004 6.728 205.47
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Yates ) 0.013 6.728 204.70 (J Humphreys ) 0.037 6.722 205.22
Qualified: #7 6.724 205.10 #2 6.709 205.85
Anderson is 27 - 4 against Edwards in prior events, and 10 - 2 advantage in round two meetings.
They have race three times this year, and anderson has won two of them. Edwards goes red and gives
Anderson the win and his slim chances of the title alive. Anderson will give up lane choice to
Stanfield in the semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jeg Coughlin 3 Dave Connolly
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.710 204.70 0.025 6.717 205.54
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Jones ) 0.026 6.719 204.60 (W Johnson ) 0.016 6.719 205.04
Qualified: #1 6.703 205.47 #9 6.736 204.73
Coughlin is 9 - 7 against Connolly in prior events, and 4 - 2 advantage in round two meetings.
This is the fifth time they have raced this year and each of them have won twice. Coughlin with
the starting line advantage and the win by 0.0186 seconds (approximately 6 feet). coughlin can't
clinch here today, but this almost locks up his second consecutive Pro Stock championship.
Timing data courtesy of
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