Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 04:50 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 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
 1568 Justin Humphreys                        7 Larry Morgan                 
E3                   0.022  6.787 204.48     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.727 204.79
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Connolly  ) 0.002  6.716 204.54      (A Johnson   ) 0.035  6.716 205.29
E1    (J Coughlin  ) 0.010  6.721 204.85      (V Deceglie  ) 0.043  6.712 205.35
 Qualified:            #15  6.771 203.95                        #6  6.739 204.63

4:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,080 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

This is the fifth time Humphreys has gotten to the semifinals, but he beat two of the drivers who beat him in two of those semifinals to get this far today, taking out David Connolly and Jeg Coughlin on holeshots. Humphreys and Morgan have each won once against the other in prior events.

This time it Was Morgan with the holeshot and he also had the quicker run to win by a car length.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  445 Greg Stanfield                          2 Greg Anderson                
E3                   0.013  6.710 204.91     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.683 205.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Gray      ) 0.023  6.725 204.35      (J Line      ) 0.045  6.701 205.72
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.028  6.731 204.79      (M Edwards   ) 0.013  6.727 206.48
 Qualified:            #12  6.760 203.89                        #9  6.748 204.14

Anderson is 13 - 5 against Stanfield in prior events, 3-0 in semifinals.

Stanfield was first out out of the gate and made his best run of the weekend, but it wasn't enough, Anderson took the lead past half track and won going away with low ET of the meet. Greg Anderson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.012), 660ft(-0.003), 1,000ft(0.004). MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Anderson will have lane choice against Morgan in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink