Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 04:56 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Ron Krisher                             3 Kurt Johnson                 
E2                   0.142  6.781 209.14     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.617 209.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.036  6.600 210.18      (J Gray      ) 0.049  6.642 209.49
 Qualified:             #2  6.587 209.69                       #10  6.615 209.26

1:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Johnson has a big lead on Krisher at 21 to 10, with a 7-4 record in round two.

Krisher is waaay late and is never in contention. It's Johnson wire to wire with all of the incrementals.

Ron Krisher's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.923, 660ft-4.416/164.39 mph, 1,000ft-5.701.
Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.779, 660ft-4.263/166.11 mph, 1,000ft-5.540.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Mike Edwards                           41 Rodger Brogdon               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.579 210.67                     0.003  6.642 209.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Morgan    ) 0.075  6.587 210.34      (R Humphrey  ) 0.019  6.599 209.49
 Qualified:             #1  6.562 210.64                        #9  6.613 208.65

Edwards has won both of their prior races, with only one second round encounter.

Brogdon nails the tree, but can't keep the pace after mid-track. Edwards cards another six-fifty for the easy win.

Mike Edwards' incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.763, 660ft-4.238/167.43 mph, 1,000ft-5.508.
Rodger Brogdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.995 sec., 330ft-2.788, 660ft-4.280/165.46 mph, 1,000ft-5.563.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                           8 Greg Stanfield               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.575 210.50                    -0.007  6.787 170.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Northrop  ) 0.017  6.580 210.73      (R Ondrejko  ) 0.032  6.616 209.59
 Qualified:             #4  6.604 210.18                        #5  6.604 209.59

These two have several seasons of racing against each other. Anderson has a 17-13 win record, but the both have five wins against each other in round two.

Stanfield just misses the green by -0.007 to give the free pass to Anderson. He uses the big Summit power to take lane choice over Edwards by 0.004 in the next round.

Greg Stanfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.779, 660ft-4.261/166.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.553.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jason Line                              7 Allen Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  6.571 210.77                     0.023 14.950  57.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Coughlin  ) 0.052  6.562 210.77      (V Deceglie  ) 0.040  6.648 207.18
 Qualified:             #3  6.587 209.49                        #6  6.606 209.20

Line has the career lead over Johnson at fourteen to eight, but is 3-5 in second round races.

Johnson is away first and then shakes his brains out.

Huge numbers for Line, carding another top speed.

1:51 p.m. Jason Line's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.755, 660ft-4.230/166.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.501.

Line will keep lane choice over Johnson in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink