Sun, 23 Oct 2005, 07:31 PM Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Greg Anderson                           5 Kurt Johnson                 
E4                   0.037  6.821 202.27     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.839 202.27
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Stanfield ) 0.056  6.845 201.31      (E Enders    ) 0.007  6.852 202.00
E2    (M Pawuk     ) 0.047  6.822 201.94      (J Coughlin  ) 0.027  6.870 202.24
E1    (A Johnson   ) 0.019  6.806 202.58      (B Panella Jr) 0.055  6.803 203.06
 Qualified:             #1  6.818 201.97                        #2  6.820 202.76

4:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.25 inches, adjusted altitude 3,381 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

This is Anderson's 10th final round of the year, with 7 prior wins. It is the 56th final round of his career, with 38 prior wins. Kurt Johnson is in his 7th final round of the year, with 3 prior wins, and it's the 61st final round of his career, with 31 prior wins. Anderson enjoys a 19-9 edge against Johnson, 11-1 in final rounds.

KJ pulled it off, hitting the tree almost perfectly and quick enough to hold off Anderson's top-end charge. That is Johnson's first holeshot win of the year and it could not have come at a better time for him. Kurt Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.033), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.020), 1,000ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0179 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink