Sun, 01 Nov 2020, 14:38 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  442 Aaron Stanfield                         2 Jeg Coughlin                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.687 205.82                     0.053  6.667 205.29
 Qualified:             #8  6.646 206.45                        #9  6.647 205.38

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 6 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, track temperature 89 degrees.

This is the 3rd consecutive race where Aaron Stanfield and Jeg Coughlin have met.

Prior to their final round meeting at Houston Jeg had beaten Aaron 5 straight times.

Stanfield with a great light and the power to hold on for a hole shot win. Aaron Stanfield's MOV: 0.0212 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  400 Mason McGaha                            5 Matt Hartford                
E1                   0.019  6.669 205.01     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.667 206.73
 Qualified:            #10  6.649 205.94                        #7  6.645 204.98

This is the first time McGaha and Hartford have faced each other in eliminations.

Hartford with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Matt Hartford's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bo Butner                              52 Deric Kramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.658 204.57                     0.050  6.636 205.57
 Qualified:            #11  6.650 205.79                        #6  6.645 205.76

Bo Butner is 6 -5 overall against Deric Kramer and 4 -2 in round 1.

Butner with the starting line advantage and power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Erica Enders                           40 Alex Laughlin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.662 205.47                     0.068  6.820 172.17
 Qualified:            #12  6.652 205.35                        #5  6.642 205.76

This (#12) is the lowest starting spot for Erica Enders in her last 47 races.

Erica is 7 -1 against Alex Laughlin in round 1 meetings and in 6 of those meetings he had lane choice in the round.

Enders with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  677 Aaron Strong                            7 Greg Anderson                
E1                   0.034  6.708 204.08     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.629 207.02
 Qualified:            #16  6.724 204.35                        #1  6.601 206.73

This is the 47th time (and the 2nd this year) that Greg Anderson and Jason Line have qualified 1 - 2. At 34 of those races either Greg or Jason won the race and at 20 of them they met each other in the final round.

This is Aaron Strong's 15th race in Pro Stock and his first since the end of the 2018 season.

He qualified 16th here in 2018 and lost to Greg Anderson in round 1.

Anderson is 2 - 1 against Strong in prior events.

Anderson with the starting line advantage and runs low E.T. of race day for the win. He will have lane choice over Stanfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  150 Kenny Delco                           107 Kyle Koretsky                
E1                   0.079  6.666 205.79     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.632 206.16
 Qualified:            #14  6.691 206.07                        #3  6.637 206.32

This (#3) is the best starting spot for Kyle Koretsky in his rookie season.

This is the first time Delco and Koretsky have faced each other in eliminations.

Koretsky with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Koretsky runs his quickest pass of the weekend and will have lane choice over Butner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 409M Cristian Cuadra                         4 Jason Line                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.691 204.98                     0.082  6.653 205.51
 Qualified:            #15  6.709 204.23                        #2  6.635 206.39

Line is 2 - 0 against Cuadra in prior events.

Cuadra with a near perfect light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Cristian Cuadra's MOV: 0.0428 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He will give up lane choice to Hartford in the next round.

Line losing hands the Pro Stock Champion trophy to Enders. Enders wins her fourth Pro Stock Champion and second in a row.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  300 Troy Coughlin Jr.                       9 Chris McGaha                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.676 204.85                     0.059  6.692 205.10
 Qualified:            #13  6.670 205.60                        #4  6.641 206.35

Chris McGaha is 6 - 2 in round when starting 4th.

Troy Coughlin is 2 -4 in round 1 in Pro Stock.

This is the first time Coughlin Jr. and McGaha have faced each other in eliminations.

Coughlin Jr. with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will give up lane choice to Enders in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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