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Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 04:08 PM

Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 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
    7 Allen Johnson                           6 Ron Krisher                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.628 209.95                     0.077  6.680 208.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Humphrey  ) 0.052 12.133 101.41      (S Gray      ) 0.051  6.604 210.08
E1    (J Gray      ) 0.072  6.594 210.11      (J Humphreys ) 0.128  6.593 209.98
 Qualified:             #3  6.549 211.53                        #2  6.548 211.33

3:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,635 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.
Krisher is 11 - 9 against Johnson in prior events, but 0 - 1 in their only semifinals matchup.

Aj left first, then Krisher drove through tire shake, and Johnson evened the score, winning by a car length.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Mike Edwards                           50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E3                   0.015 11.543  72.25     ****WINNER****  0.034  6.601 210.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.031  6.612 210.24      (G Anderson  ) 0.018  6.589 210.64
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.041  6.572 210.97      (B Yonke     ) 0.024  6.582 210.64
 Qualified:             #1  6.539 211.93                        #4  6.555 211.63

Coughlin is 23 - 9 against Edwards in prior events, but Edwards is 4-3 in semifinal rounds. Coughlin had lane choice, one of the few times this season where Edwards has not had his pick of the lanes, and put Edwards in left lane.

Edwards got off the line first, but Coughlin led by the 60-foot timer, Edwards with severe tire shake. Coughlin wins and will have lane choice against Allen Johnson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink