Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 06:52 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Greg Stanfield                         25 Jeg Coughlin                 
E3                   0.034  6.785 203.65     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.779 203.89
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Humphreys ) 0.036  6.809 203.00      (D Connolly  ) 0.006  6.775 203.80
E1    (R Krisher   ) 0.028  6.772 203.92      (A Johnson   ) 0.019  6.822 203.71
 Qualified:            #12  6.757 203.89                        #9  6.752 204.51

3:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,291 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Coughlin and Stanfield have raced each other 7 times, Coughlin has won them all.

Coughlin puts a hole-shot on Stanfield and never looked back. Stanfield moved around a little early, recovered, but couldn't run down Coughlin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 V. Gaines                               2 Greg Anderson                
E3                   0.058  6.768 203.65     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.764 204.01
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Naylor    ) 0.060  6.782 203.34      (R Stevens Jr) 0.029  6.765 204.20
E1    (J Line      ) 0.020  6.769 203.43      (J Yates     ) 0.076  6.741 205.29
 Qualified:            #15  6.757 203.37                        #3  6.731 204.42

Anderson holds a 15-1 advantage over Gaines in career match-ups....make that 16-1. Anderson gets a big hole-shot and pulls away for the win. Anderson is in the points lead by 14 over Coughlin. Anderson will have lane choice over Coughlin in the final round with the winner leaving this race with the points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink