Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 06:46 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Kurt Johnson                            5 Jason Line                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.638 208.17                     0.011  6.650 208.01
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.059  6.639 208.55      (W Johnson   ) 0.018  6.645 207.88
E1    (V Deceglie  ) 0.016  6.705 207.75      (J Gray      ) 0.072  6.656 208.07
 Qualified:             #3  6.643 207.91                        #2  6.637 208.01

3:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,015 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Line is 13 - 10 against Johnson in prior events. Line gets a small 0.005 advantage off the line and leads KJ to just before the 330 lights. The AC Delco Cobalt shows his power and drives on by for a close win.

Kurt Johnson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.005), 1,000ft(0.006). MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                          44 Mike Edwards                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  6.629 208.46                     0.030  6.650 208.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Stanfield ) 0.036  6.625 208.14      (A Johnson   ) 0.007  6.654 208.26
E1    (R Stevens   ) 0.019  6.644 208.23      (J Yates     ) 0.048  6.652 208.20
 Qualified:             #1  6.634 208.20                        #5  6.649 208.07

Anderson is 28 - 4 against Edwards in prior events. Edwards gets a nice 0.018 lead off the line and is able to stay in front to just past half track. It's Anderson power for the close win and lane choice over KJ in the final.

3:42 p.m. Greg Anderson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.019), 330 ft(-0.009), 660ft(-0.001), 1,000ft(0.002). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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