Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 01:42 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 Mike Edwards                            8 Warren Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.667 206.26                     0.081  6.651 208.23
 Qualified:             #8  6.646 206.95                        #9  6.648 208.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 2,955 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Warren has attended all of the previous 22 Fall races here and this is only fourth time he has qualified in the bottom half of the field. Edwards is 18 - 15 against Johnson in prior events. Edwards with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Mike Edwards' MOV: 0.0235 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Kurt Johnson                           10 V. Gaines                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.668 206.73                     0.035  6.690 206.13
 Qualified:             #7  6.646 207.72                       #10  6.653 206.32

Johnson is 17 - 5 against Gaines in prior events. Johnson with a big starting line advantage and takes the win light by 0.0416 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  317 Rickie Jones                           31 Johnny Gray                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.662 206.13                     0.053  6.675 206.45
 Qualified:             #6  6.642 207.30                       #11  6.658 206.26

This is the first time Jones and Gray have faced each other in eliminations. Jones with a big starting line advantage and never looks back for the win by 0.0335 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Dave Connolly                           7 Larry Morgan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.655 206.99                     0.029  6.678 206.99
 Qualified:             #5  6.640 207.46                       #12  6.661 206.48

Connolly is 13 - 5 against Morgan in prior events. Connolly is out of the gate first and runs the quickest winning E.T. of the round so far for the win by 0.0394 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                          14 Jim Yates                    
E1                  -0.008  6.666 207.62     ****WINNER****  0.078  6.676 206.86
 Qualified:             #3  6.638 208.07                       #14  6.677 206.35

Anderson is 22 - 11 against Yates in prior events. Anderson is just too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Yates the freebie. Yates will give up lane choice to Jones in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Allen Johnson                        1568 Justin Humphreys             
E1                   0.037  6.671 206.01     ****WINNER****  0.050  6.654 207.27
 Qualified:             #4  6.638 207.11                       #13  6.670 206.61

Johnson with the starting line advantage and the lead at 1000 feet, but Humphreys was able to chase him down right in the lights. Justin Humphreys' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(-0.002). MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 16 inches). Humphreys will have lane choice over Connolly in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jason Line                            445 Greg Stanfield               
E1                   0.083  6.638 207.62     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.668 206.61
 Qualified:             #2  6.632 207.91                       #15  6.689 205.85

Line is 11 - 5 against Stanfield in prior events. Stanfield with a big starting line advantage and runs his quickest pass of the weekend to hold on for the hole shot win. Line with the quickest pass of the round in a losing effort. Greg Stanfield's MOV: 0.0246 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He runs the identical E.T. as K. Johnson, but K. Johnson will get lane choice on mph, 0.12 mph faster.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jeg Coughlin                          351 Ron Krisher                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.662 206.13                     0.068  6.701 205.82
 Qualified:             #1  6.631 207.56                       #16  6.697 206.01

Coughlin is 25 - 12 against Krisher in prior events. Coughlin with a big starting line advantage and take the win light. He will have lane choice over Edwards in round two.

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