Mon, 5 Sep 2005, 05:05 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  387 Mark Pawuk                             19 Richie Stevens               
E3                   0.032  6.781 203.34     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.777 203.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Smith     ) 0.039  6.778 203.55      (K Johnson   ) 0.022  6.764 204.01
E1    (W Johnson   ) 0.033  6.772 203.71      (L Morgan    ) 0.047  6.772 203.34
 Qualified:            #15  6.755 204.32                       #11  6.748 203.83

3:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,618 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Pawuk has been to the final round here once before, but Stevens holds a 5-3 edge over Pawuk in prior races.

Stevens swapped lanes at the last minute. They left together, but Stevens had the early lead and enough top end power to hold "Cowboy" off. Richie Stevens' incremental margins: 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(0.006), 1,000ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0061 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   93 Allen Johnson                           1 Greg Anderson                
E3                   0.010  6.823 202.45     ****WINNER****  0.056  6.730 204.45
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Howard    ) 0.018  6.794 202.70      (D Connolly  ) 0.040  6.715 205.26
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.034  6.777 203.19      (B Allen     ) 0.052  6.705 205.16
 Qualified:            #12  6.748 203.46                        #1  6.689 205.51

Anderson came in with a 13-3 round win record against Johnson and one prior trip to the finals at Indy.

Another last-minute lane swap and another right-lane winner, AJ with a great light, but unable to run the number on the top end. Greg Anderson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.019), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.022), 1,000ft(0.036). MOV: 0.0477 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Anderson will have lane choice against Stevens in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink