Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 03:54 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jeg Coughlin                            7 Larry Morgan                 
E3                   0.016  8.007 124.43     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.768 203.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edwards   ) 0.022  6.774 204.17      (D Connolly  ) 0.036  6.772 203.22
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.015  6.751 203.52      (A Johnson   ) 0.028  6.772 203.03
 Qualified:            #13  6.755 203.12                        #9  6.749 203.43

Coughlin is 11 - 3 against Morgan in prior events and Coughlin holds 3 -1 advantage in semifinal meetings. Coughlin with the starting line advantage and then got loose and had to click it off. Morgan after not qualifying for race all year is now going to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Kurt Johnson                          351 Ron Krisher                  
E3                   0.032  6.755 204.54     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.750 203.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Gaines    ) 0.055 12.660  67.98      (R Jones     ) 0.023  6.745 204.01
E1    (G Anderson  ) 0.036  6.757 204.11      (T Hoerner   ) 0.049  6.732 203.92
 Qualified:             #3  6.724 204.66                        #2  6.723 204.23

Johnson is 21 - 7 against Krisher in prior events and Johnson holds a 2 -1 advantage in semifinal meetings. Krisher with the starting line advantage and never looked back for the win. Ron Krisher's MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Krisher will have lane choice in final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink