Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 07:48 PM Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 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
    2 Greg Anderson                           3 Kurt Johnson                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.564 210.70                    -0.017  6.603 210.37
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Edwards   ) 0.024  6.576 210.70      (J Line      ) 0.001  6.624 209.56
E2    (G Stanfield ) 0.036  6.575 210.50      (R Krisher   ) 0.030  6.617 209.56
E1    (D Northrop  ) 0.017  6.580 210.73      (J Gray      ) 0.049  6.642 209.49
 Qualified:             #4  6.604 210.18                       #10  6.615 209.26

4:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,457 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Anderson has a 59-28 win/loss record with 2-3 in 2009 final round appearances. Johnson has a 39-35 record and is 0-1 in 2009. They met here last year with Anderson winning by a red light. Anderson is 29 - 17 against Johnson in prior events and Anderson is 13 - 3 against Johnson in prior final rounds.

Last race in Pro Stock for 2009 and for the second time Johnson goes red, this time by -0.017.

Anderson was right there with his own 0.005 lights and runs another strong six-fifty pass at almost two hundred eleven MPH.

Greg Anderson is the 2009 World Finals Pro Stock Champion.

Greg Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.752, 660ft-4.225/167.34 mph, 1,000ft-5.494.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink