Mon, 5 Sep 2011, 12:50 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   48 Erica Enders                           21 Kurt Johnson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.596 209.26                     0.037  6.581 209.04
 Qualified:             #8  6.645 207.43                        #9  6.646 207.62

12:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 1,905 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Johnson is 6 - 1 against Enders in prior events and has won this event twice - in '96 and '97. That said, Enders has been the stronger runner of the two this season.

Enders won this one on the Christmas tree, KJ running low ET of the weekend.

Erica Enders' incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.017), 660ft(0.017), 1,000ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.748, 660ft-4.227/166.23 mph, 1,000ft-5.504.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Rodger Brogdon                         55 V. Gaines                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.572 208.23                     0.032  6.598 209.23
 Qualified:             #7  6.637 206.67                       #10  6.648 207.53

Brogdon is 2 - 1 against Gaines in prior events.

Brogdon was away first and Gaines' car was very loose early in the run. Brogdon won handily with low ET of the weekend and it's a track record (for now).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Ron Krisher                          2062 Ronnie Humphrey              
E1                   0.135  7.071 160.06     ****WINNER****  0.062  6.692 191.13
 Qualified:            #12  6.662 207.72                        #5  6.630 207.88

Humphrey trails Krisher by 41 points for the final Countdown position - more than two rounds. Humphrey and Krisher have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Humphrey nailed Krisher to the tree and narrowed the gap to 21 points - still a challenge, but he can still earn points, Krisher cannot.

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 1,922 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Allen Johnson                           2 Greg Stanfield               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.589 209.39                     0.037  6.623 208.39
 Qualified:             #4  6.623 208.33                       #13  6.663 206.20

Johnson is 13 - 7 against Stanfield in prior events. Stanfield is the defending event champion.

Johnson was away first and steadily pulled away for the win. He races Humphrey in round two and will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Greg Anderson                         300 Mark Martino                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.547 211.03                     0.106  6.595 207.78
 Qualified:             #2  6.610 208.26                       #15  6.671 206.54

Anderson has won this event five times so far and was the dominant car in four of the five qualifying sessions. This is the first time Anderson and Martino have faced each other in eliminations.

Martino was late, Anderson was not, then he ran low ET and top speed of the meet - both are track records.

Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.746, 660ft-4.215/167.53 mph, 1,000ft-5.480. Anderson will have lane choice against Brogdon next round, quickest against second-quickest.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Mike Edwards                            4 Shane Gray                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.088  6.555 210.37                     0.018  6.635 207.78
 Qualified:             #3  6.613 208.04                       #14  6.665 206.48

Edwards is 3 - 1 against Gray in prior events, won this event in '98.

Gray had a seven hundredths edge at the green and Edwards still ran him down, running the second-quickest ET of the round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jason Line                            256 Buddy Perkinson              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  6.558 210.73                    -0.023 13.280  62.32
 Qualified:             #1  6.603 209.01                       #16  6.674 206.57

This is the first time Line and Perkinson have faced each other in eliminations.

Perkinson went red, Line ran the third-quickest time of the round, will have lane choice against Enders in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  154 Vincent Nobile                       4264 Chris McGaha                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  6.583 209.85                     0.022 13.099  64.81
 Qualified:             #6  6.633 208.42                       #11  6.656 206.95

This is not only McGaha's first-ever Indy in Pro Stock, it's his first-ever race in Pro Stock. He is also still in competition in Competition Eliminator. That makes young rookie Nobile the Pro Stock veteran of these two.

McGaha's car shook and headed for the wall on the launch and that was a break for Nobile because the usually-quick-leaving Nobile was second off the line. He will not have lane choice when he faces Edwards in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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