Sun, 10 Feb 2008, 03:44 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 445 Greg Stanfield 103 Max Naylor E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 6.672 206.99 -0.006 6.693 204.05 Qualified: #8 6.661 207.50 #9 6.671 206.9212:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,580 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.
Naylor get's
too quick and misses the tree by -0.006. Stanfield has a lot of power for the conditions and makes
a strong pass into round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1568 Justin Humphreys 10 V. Gaines E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.657 207.56 0.035 6.701 206.80 Qualified: #7 6.660 207.94 #10 6.684 206.39Humphreys gets off the line first and makes his best run of the weekend to defeat a strong Gaines. Two clean and straight passes.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Jason Line 324 Bill Glidden
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.671 208.20 0.045 6.792 206.16
Qualified: #6 6.656 208.81 #11 6.694 206.83
WOW! Looks like Line has been using his practice tree over the winter! An amazing 0.001 light
and Summit Racing power end the contest quickly. Glidden has a fair light, but slowed from his
prior best.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Allen Johnson 1214 Matt Hartford
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.645 207.85 0.056 6.712 206.01
Qualified: #5 6.652 207.88 #12 6.695 206.48
AJ gets a big advantage off the line and uses the family's strong Dodge power to drive steadily
away from Hartford.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Warren Johnson 107 Kenny Koretsky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.110 6.661 208.46 0.063 6.873 205.01
Qualified: #4 6.652 208.59 #13 6.704 206.32
Johnson will need to work on his RT, but The Professor's big power catches Koretsky's Nitrofish
Cobalt before the 330 lights. We will have the two JOhnson families meeting in round two with
AJ keeping lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Kurt Johnson 44 Mike Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 6.648 208.30 0.058 6.707 206.32
Qualified: #3 6.644 208.23 #14 6.711 206.13
KJ has all of the numbers and runs close to his qualifying time to decisively defeat
Edwards. He will have lane choice over Line in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Greg Anderson 31 Johnny Gray
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.627 208.94 0.040 6.910 195.22
Qualified: #1 6.629 209.39 #16 6.718 205.79
It's all Anderson, all of the time. He gets a hundredth off the line and then resets the ET
mark for the race in defeating a slowing Gray. No shame in getting beat in your first race, when
you have to run against the Pontiac.He meet Stanfield in the next round with lane choice
again.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jeg Coughlin 351 Ron Krisher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.670 207.59 0.015 6.854 205.85
Qualified: #2 6.644 208.23 #15 6.715 205.98
Krisher gets a small advantage at the green, but is trailing by 0.002 at sixty feet. Coughlin
pulls further ahead all the way to the finish line for the 48 plus foot MOV.12:39 p.m.
Humphrey's will have lane choice in round two later today.
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