Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 03:24 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1568 Justin Humphreys                        6 Allen Johnson                
E2                   0.003 13.645  62.63     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.721 205.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.033  6.720 205.79      (J Yates     ) 0.035  6.713 205.44
 Qualified:             #5  6.692 205.94                        #4  6.690 205.69

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,495 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Humphreys with a near perfect light and then had problems right off the starting line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jason Line                              9 Richie Stevens               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.705 206.48                     0.075  6.710 205.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Krisher   ) 0.031  6.711 206.10      (W Johnson   ) 0.070  6.699 205.63
 Qualified:            #11  6.703 206.67                        #3  6.687 205.60

Line with a near perfect light and never looked back to move into the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  357 Larry Morgan                            2 Greg Anderson                
E2                   0.082  6.720 205.41     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.691 206.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Coughlin  ) 0.013  6.727 205.60      (K Koretsky  ) 0.081  6.678 206.54
 Qualified:             #8  6.698 205.35                        #1  6.668 207.05

Anderson with a big starting line advantage and the quickest pass of the round to move on. He will have lane choice over Johnson in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  103 Max Naylor                              3 Dave Connolly                
E2                   0.015  6.710 204.94     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.683 206.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Gaines    ) 0.228  6.724 202.36      (C Hankinson ) 0.050  6.676 206.51
 Qualified:            #10  6.699 205.85                        #2  6.677 206.73

This was a great drag race as they left together and Naylor had the lead until right before half track and then it was all Connolly for the win. Connolly with the quickest pass of the round and will have lane choice in the semifinal. Dave Connolly's MOV: 0.0251 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink