Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 01:54 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Johnny Gray                             4 Greg Stanfield               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.640 208.36                     0.063  6.683 206.95
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.061  6.658 209.01      (V Deceglie  ) 0.025  6.665 206.89
 Qualified:            #10  6.568 210.14                       #15  6.619 208.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,740 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Stanfield is 4 - 2 against Gray in prior events. Stanfield with a slight starting line advantage, but Gray has the difference made up by 250 feet. Gray takes the win light by 0.0403 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  730 Shane Gray                            406 Bob Yonke                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.632 208.65                    -0.061  6.678 207.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Johnson   ) 0.078  6.630 208.59      (V Gaines    ) 0.082  6.660 207.34
 Qualified:             #6  6.562 210.37                        #3  6.558 210.01

This is the first time Gray and Yonke have faced each other in eliminations. Yonke is too quick on the starting line turning on the red light and Shane will face his dad for the first in his young career. Shane will have lane choice in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Mike Edwards                            2 Greg Anderson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  6.604 209.46                     0.044  6.655 207.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Humphreys ) 0.096  6.621 208.88      (L Morgan    ) 0.047  6.635 208.01
 Qualified:             #1  6.513 211.49                        #8  6.564 210.34

Anderson is 31 - 12 against Edwards in prior events. Anderson gets the big starting line advantage, but Edwards is able to chase him down by 1000 feet. Mike Edwards' MOV: 0.0193 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Allen Johnson                          50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E2                   0.022  6.976 155.02     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.616 209.20
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Line      ) 0.052  6.620 209.49      (R Brogdon   ) 0.056  6.637 209.26
 Qualified:            #13  6.584 209.30                        #5  6.562 211.00

Coughlin is 23 - 10 against Johnson in prior events. Johnson has problems with the burnout, going back to the waterbox after his initial burnout, and then gets real sideways on the second burnout. Johnson with the starting line advantage, but Coughlin has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Johnson had problems and Coughlin runs the second quickest pass of the round, but will have to face Edwards with the quickest pass of the round so he will give lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink