Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 01:34 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                        7406 Vinnie Deceglie              
E1                   0.050  6.728 205.04     ****WINNER****  0.034  6.743 205.10
 Qualified:             #9  6.761 203.83                        #8  6.760 204.39

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.53 inches, adjusted altitude 4,188 feet, track temperature 131 degrees.

Anderson is 1 - 0 against Deceglie in prior events. This is Deceglie's 20th Pro Stock start. Deceglie with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Vinnie Deceglie's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches). This is Deceglie's first Pro Stock round win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  730 Shane Gray                              3 Jason Line                   
E1                   0.036  6.762 204.11     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.741 203.46
 Qualified:             #7  6.757 203.80                       #10  6.761 203.74

Gray and Line have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Line with the slight starting line advantage and the win by 0.0245 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Johnny Gray                            50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E1                  -0.004  6.776 204.14     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.750 204.42
 Qualified:             #6  6.757 204.08                       #11  6.764 204.35

Coughlin is 4 - 1 against Gray in prior events. Gray is just a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Rickie Jones                           41 Rodger Brogdon               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.742 204.01                    -0.159  6.750 202.03
 Qualified:             #5  6.754 204.08                       #12  6.766 203.92

Jones is 2 - 0 against Brogdon in prior events. Brogdon with problems staging as he was staging the car it just rolled on through and turned on the green light. Jones with his quickest pass of the weekend for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Kurt Johnson                            4 Greg Stanfield               
E1                   0.045  6.744 204.66     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.767 203.37
 Qualified:             #3  6.735 204.39                       #14  6.776 203.86

Johnson is 11 - 7 against Stanfield in prior events. Stanfield with a great light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Greg Stanfield's MOV: 0.0173 seconds (approximately 5 feet). This is the seventh hole shot win for Stanfield, but he will give up lane choice to Coughlin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Mike Edwards                          406 Bob Yonke                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  6.720 205.04                     0.017  6.788 202.55
 Qualified:             #2  6.725 204.94                       #15  6.786 203.31

Edwards is 1 - 0 against Yonke in prior events. Yonke with a great light and the lead until around 900 feet. Edwards with the quickest pass of the weekend to take the win by 0.0204 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Edwards will have lane choice over Line in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Allen Johnson                         208 Warren Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.744 205.04                     0.078  6.760 204.32
 Qualified:             #1  6.722 205.10                       #16  6.799 204.63

W. Johnson is 19 - 12 against A. Johnson in prior events. Johnson got the eighth spot in the K&N Horsepower Challenge. Allen Johnson with the starting line advantage over Warren Johnson and then drives away for the win by about 19 feet. Allen Johnson will give up lane choice to Deceglie in the next round. Warren Johnson with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Ron Krisher                           357 Larry Morgan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.739 205.38                     0.026  6.784 203.22
 Qualified:             #4  6.736 204.32                       #13  6.772 202.82

Krisher is 5 - 4 against Morgan in prior events. Morgan with the starting line advantage, but Krisher chases him down by 330 feet. Krisher is just a few ticks off his qualifying time for the win. Ron Krisher's MOV: 0.0351 seconds (approximately 10 feet). Krisher will have lane choice over Jones in the next round.

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