Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 08:12 PM Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Allen Johnson                           1 Jason Line                   
E4                   0.010  6.712 206.26     ****WINNER****  0.055  6.661 207.75
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Connolly  ) 0.006  6.714 206.73      (J Coughlin  ) 0.059  6.682 207.98
E2    (R Stevens   ) 0.020  6.686 206.64      (W Johnson   ) 0.070  6.669 207.78
E1    (E Enders    ) 0.021  6.704 205.85      (K Johnson   ) 0.055  6.691 206.95
 Qualified:             #3  6.675 206.89                        #4  6.676 208.42

7:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,081 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Line only holds a 5-4 edge against Johnson and this is the first time they have raced each other in a final round. It's Johnson's first final since Seattle, '06.

Johnson sawed the tree down and Line chased hims all the way past the 1,000-foot marker before he caught him. Jason Line's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(-0.017), 660ft(-0.010), 1,000ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink