Sun, 4 May 2008, 05:28 PM Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations |
By Dan Bennett |
MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Kurt Johnson 3 Dave Connolly
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.631 209.30 0.144 6.651 208.78
Prior rounds:
E3 (V Gaines ) 0.032 6.619 208.78 (G Anderson ) 0.004 8.851 151.22
E2 (J Coughlin ) 0.014 6.620 209.33 (A Johnson ) 0.034 6.661 207.43
E1 (T Hoerner ) 0.056 6.581 209.36 (R Krisher ) 0.039 6.668 208.10
Qualified: #5 6.598 209.39 #3 6.595 208.36
72 degrees, 19% (which almost never happens here alongside the Mississippi) and a barometer of
30.10. The track temperature is 109 degrees.This is Kurt's 69th final round appearance, his first here since 2005. He and Dave are even in their final round matchups, with each having won twice. Counting all rounds, Connolly holds the advantage at 11-9.
I'm sure the rest of the class realizes how long it took Connolly to come back up to speed and go to a final - one whole race.
It's a fitting end to Strangeville in Pro Stock. The quickest draw in the west took a very long time to react; so badly I'd bet on a mechanical problem.
Kurt takes the easy win by over 30 feet.
Like I said, amazing.
We're hearing from the top end that the Charter team had installed a new clutch for the finals, and that it was dragging as Dave was bumping in. Connolly had to take exceptional measures to keep the car from rolling through the beams and thus the reaction time was shot.
Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.010 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.279/166.35mph,
1,000ft-5.555
Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-1.024 sec., 330ft-2.808,
660ft-4.294/165.94mph, 1,000ft-5.573
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