Sun, 11 Feb 2007, 08:44 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 47th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Greg Stanfield                          1 Jason Line                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.676 206.51                    -0.099  6.665 207.56
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Gaines    ) 0.042  6.671 206.92      (J Coughlin  ) 0.038  6.722 207.18
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.022  6.698 206.01      (W Johnson   ) 0.059  6.763 206.89
 Qualified:            #10  6.669 207.75                        #3  6.641 208.46

5:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 1,478 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Both cars had it easy last round. Line goes -.099 red and had the better ET. Ouch! StanField was right there and makes a strong pass trying for lane choice in the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                           3 Dave Connolly                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.651 207.78                     0.025  6.670 207.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edwards   ) 0.023  6.640 208.14      (R Brogdon   ) 0.068  6.655 207.34
E1    (R Stevens   ) 0.012  6.641 207.98      (M Naylor    ) 0.033  6.678 206.32
 Qualified:             #1  6.634 209.04                        #4  6.656 207.94

Anderson's .004 makes Connolly's .025 light look bad. He just powers on down the track and takes a 12 foot lead at the finish line. He'll have lane choice, of course!

5:38 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink