Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 02:16 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  445 Greg Stanfield                         31 Johnny Gray                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.725 204.35                     0.047  6.749 204.76
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.028  6.731 204.79      (R Krisher   ) 0.027  6.739 205.07
 Qualified:            #12  6.760 203.89                       #13  6.762 203.92

2:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,468 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

This is the first time Stanfield and Gray have faced each other in eliminations - Stanfield is Gray's 29th different opponent.

This one was all Stanfield, wire to wire.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jason Line                              2 Greg Anderson                
E2                   0.053  6.703 205.41     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.701 205.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.011  6.714 205.79      (M Edwards   ) 0.013  6.727 206.48
 Qualified:             #1  6.716 205.51                        #9  6.748 204.14

Anderson is 14 - 9 against Line in prior events, but they are 2-2 in round two.

Anderson was a little better on the tree, Line was a little better at 60 feet. It was close all the way. Greg Anderson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will have lane choice against Stanfield in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Dave Connolly                        1568 Justin Humphreys             
E2                   0.030  6.729 205.79     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.716 204.54
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Johnson   ) 0.049  6.701 205.69      (J Coughlin  ) 0.010  6.721 204.85
 Qualified:            #10  6.753 203.89                       #15  6.771 203.95

Connolly is 3 - 0 against Humphreys in prior events. Their only prior second-round meeting was last year, at Indy.

Humphreys took out the usually-first-off-the-line Jeg Coughlin on a holeshot in the first round and took out Coughlin's usually-first-off-the-line teammate here with another. Justin Humphreys' incremental margins: 60ft(0.040), 330 ft(0.055), 660ft(0.054), 1,000ft(0.048). MOV: 0.0412 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Larry Morgan                            4 Allen Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.716 205.29                     0.099  6.685 206.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Deceglie  ) 0.043  6.712 205.35      (V Gaines    ) 0.058  6.685 205.76
 Qualified:             #6  6.739 204.63                        #3  6.729 204.69

Johnson is 9 - 8 against Morgan in prior events, but Morgan is 2-1 in second-round matchups.

AJ was perfect yesterday, but was far from perfect here and Morgan stole this one on a huge holeshot, beating a tie for low ET of the meet. Larry Morgan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.057), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.040), 1,000ft(0.036). MOV: 0.0331 seconds (approximately 10 feet). Morgan will have lane choice against the other holeshot winner Huimphreys in the semifinals - on speed! That one should be a doozy.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink