Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 03:54 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 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
    4 Allen Johnson                           2 Greg Anderson                
E3                   0.030 15.333  53.54     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.683 207.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Coughlin  ) 0.018 18.755  41.41      (M Hartford  ) 0.018  6.668 207.46
E1    (J Humphreys ) 0.016  6.686 206.70      (G Stanfield ) 0.013  6.666 207.08
 Qualified:             #2  6.650 207.72                        #6  6.671 207.40

2:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,011 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Anderson is 20 - 7 against Johnson in prior events.

Both drivers have been sawing the tree down today - AJ was 0.016 and 0.018 in the first two rounds, Greg was 0.013 and 0.018. Odds are, somebody is going red...Nope, but Johnson went into tire shake immediately and the race was over quickly.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 V. Gaines                               6 Kurt Johnson                 
E3                  -0.010 15.553  53.61     ****WINNER****  0.070  6.695 207.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Yates     ) 0.014  6.709 206.64      (W Johnson   ) 0.011  6.655 208.30
E1    (K Koretsky  ) 0.011  6.696 206.13      (J Nobile    ) 0.038  6.643 208.36
 Qualified:             #4  6.667 206.80                        #1  6.638 208.42

Gaines did a smokeless burnout, not good. Johnson is 13 - 4 against Gaines in prior events.

Gaines went red, then shook and lifted. KJ went right down the lane, but spun the tires hard on the launch and Anderson will have lane choice in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink