Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 02:40 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2062 Ronnie Humphrey                         7 Allen Johnson                
E2                   0.125 13.538  61.69     ****WINNER****  0.052 12.133 101.41
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Gaines    ) 0.086  6.632 209.72      (J Gray      ) 0.072  6.594 210.11
 Qualified:            #11  6.573 211.26                        #3  6.549 211.53

1:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Johnson is 1 - 0 against Humphrey in prior events but they have never faced off in the second round before.

They put on a staging duel, but after about a minute Humphrey went in to break the deadlock. Then both cars shook violently and went silent, the cars out of gear, coasting down the track side-by-side. You could hear somebody revving the engine, trying to get it back in gear, but neither car accelerated and, in a soapbox derby finish, it was AJ by over a car length.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  730 Shane Gray                              6 Ron Krisher                  
E2                   0.045  6.622 209.23     ****WINNER****  0.051  6.604 210.08
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Line      ) 0.026  6.611 209.17      (J Humphreys ) 0.128  6.593 209.98
 Qualified:            #10  6.571 210.64                        #2  6.548 211.33

Gray and Krisher have each won 1 time against the other in prior events.

Unlike the prior pair, there were no staging games and there was no tire shake...and Krisher ran Gray down to get the win. Ron Krisher's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.007), 660ft(0.001), 1,000ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He will have lane choice against Allen Johnson in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                          50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E2                   0.111  6.657 207.91     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.589 210.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.038  6.617 209.14      (B Yonke     ) 0.024  6.582 210.64
 Qualified:             #5  6.560 211.53                        #4  6.555 211.63

Anderson is 35 - 23 against Coughlin in prior events, 11-5 in round two meetings, but Coughlin has had the better car all weekend.

Jeg left first by a bunch and won easily, Anderson never in the picture.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   41 Rodger Brogdon                          1 Mike Edwards                 
E2                   0.059  6.687 209.30     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.612 210.24
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.042  6.605 209.85      (R Jones     ) 0.041  6.572 210.97
 Qualified:             #9  6.569 211.39                        #1  6.539 211.93

Edwards is 3 - 0 against Brogdon in prior events, 2-0 in the second round.

Edwards left first and steasdily pulled away for the win, but he was not quick enough to earn lane choice agaist Coughlin in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink