Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 01:18 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Warren Johnson 44 Mike Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.659 209.10 0.061 6.706 205.60
Qualified: #9 6.679 208.42 #8 6.676 206.54
11:59 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,861 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Edwards has more wins here than at any other track - 3 of 13. However, WJ has five wins at this event and one runner-up. His last win came here, in '05. This is his 25th career appearance here (including Fall races, which he won once), starting with the track's inaugural event in 1988. Edwards is 17 - 14 against Johnson in prior events.
"The Professor" was deadly on the tree and ran top speed of the event - and that's the "wind tunnel" car that was roughed up
Friday. Warren Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.047), 1,000ft(0.061). MOV: 0.0764 seconds
(approximately 23 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 317 Rickie Jones 1 Jeg Coughlin E1 0.008 27.039 24.58 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.658 206.64 Qualified: #10 6.680 206.13 #7 6.673 207.37Jeg won here in '00 and his first-ever Pro Stock win came here in '97. Jones is making his second consecutive start, still looking for his first round win.
Jones had a killer light, but his car shook and stepped out on him, forcing him to lift. Coughlin
ran low ET of the round so far.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 445 Greg Stanfield 2 Greg Anderson E1 0.023 6.686 206.42 ****WINNER**** 0.013 6.666 207.08 Qualified: #11 6.681 206.92 #6 6.671 207.40Anderson won here in '04 and is starting from the sixth position for the second race in a row. Stanfield has won here in three different categories - Stock, Super Stock and Competition Eliminator. Anderson is 12 - 4 against Stanfield in prior events.
Stanfield had a very good light, Anderson was a hundredth better and then a couple hundredths quicker on the track. Greg
Anderson's MOV: 0.0301 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1525 John Nobile 6 Kurt Johnson E1 0.037 6.686 206.32 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.643 208.36 Qualified: #16 6.703 205.69 #1 6.638 208.42KJ won here in '99 and '03 and was quickest in three of the four qualifying rounds this weekend, netting his 28th #1 qualifier. Nobile is making his 130th NHRA Pro Stock start, but it's his first since St. Louis in '01. This is the sixth time these two have faced each other, their last meeting was in Chicago, nine years ago. Johnson is 5 - 1 against Nobile in prior events. <>p>They left together, but KJ reset low ET of the round to win by half a car length. Kurt Johnson's MOV: 0.0428 seconds (approximately 13 feet). he will have lane choice against his Dad in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 107 Kenny Koretsky 10 V. Gaines E1 -0.142 14.979 54.50 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.696 206.13 Qualified: #13 6.689 206.26 #4 6.667 206.80Gaines is making his fourth start of the year, with a win in Phoenix. Koretsky was looking to go past the first round for the first time here - including Top Fuel. Oh yeah, today is his 50th birthday.
Blow out the candles, Koretsky's car dragged through
the beams when he brought the RPMs up and Gaines got a freebie.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1214 Matt Hartford 351 Ron Krisher E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 6.739 205.32 0.124 6.671 206.99 Qualified: #14 6.693 205.91 #3 6.666 207.30This is Krisher's best start since Brainerd last year and his first top-half start this year. He is a five-time national event winner. Hartford is making his fourth career start, all this year, and is still looking for his first round win. This is the first time Hartford and Krisher have faced each other in eliminations.
Hartford slapped a huge holeshot on Krisher and made it stick.
Matt Hartford's incremental margins: 60ft(0.045), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.023), 1,000ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately
2 inches). Hartford will not have lane choice against Anderson in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1568 Justin Humphreys 4 Allen Johnson E1 0.010 6.704 205.98 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.686 206.70 Qualified: #15 6.701 205.85 #2 6.650 207.72This is AJ's 299th round of eliminations. In the four races so far this year, his lowest qualifying position has been fifth. Humphreys is making his 17th start, his fourth straight. Both drivers are known for their starting line reactions. Johnson is 3 - 1 against Humphreys in prior events.
Look at thos lights! Humphreys was away first, but AJ led on the top half of the track. It was
close all the way. Allen Johnson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.000), 660ft(0.005),
1,000ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He faces another "good leaver" next round and Jeg Coughlin will have
lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 14 Jim Yates 5 Jason Line E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.692 205.63 0.086 6.681 206.67 Qualified: #12 6.684 205.98 #5 6.668 207.98Line is the defending event champion and was runner-up in '04 and '06. This is his 100th consecutive start and he joins Bruce Allen as the only two professional drivers to start their careers by qualifying for their first 100 events. Yates has been runner-up here three times, is still seeking his first win at this event. Yates and Line have each won 4 times against the other in prior events.
Yates treed Line for a holeshot victory. Jim Yates' incremental margins: 60ft(0.053), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.043),
1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0333 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He will have lane choice against Gaines in round two.
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