Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 04:27 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jason Line                              6 Jeg Coughlin                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.083  6.728 206.13                     0.033  6.787 204.85
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Johnson   ) 0.079  6.701 206.35      (K Johnson   ) 0.033  6.786 205.10
E1    (V Gaines    ) 0.035  6.674 206.64      (R Stevens   ) 0.020  6.710 205.32
 Qualified:             #2  6.662 207.24                       #11  6.700 205.35

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,038 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Coughlin with a big starting line advantage, but Line had him chased down by half and blasted away with the win. Jason Line's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.030), 330 ft(-0.013), 660ft(-0.001), 1,000ft(0.005). MOV: 0.0093 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Greg Anderson                         430 Erica Enders                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.692 206.35                     0.062  6.729 205.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Johnson   ) 0.051  6.694 206.51      (R Krisher   ) 0.059  6.741 205.29
E1    (B Allen     ) 0.069  6.669 207.15      (R Smith     ) 0.065  6.698 205.47
 Qualified:             #1  6.647 207.40                        #5  6.683 206.42

anderson is out of the gate first and never looked back to take the win and will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink