Sun, 11 Jul 2010, 03:20 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   55 V. Gaines                             730 Shane Gray                   
E1                   0.111  7.968 115.81     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.803 178.19
 Qualified:             #9  6.635 208.30                        #8  6.631 208.42

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 1,696 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Gray is 1 - 0 against Gaines in prior events.Gray with the starting line advantage and slows from his qualifying time, but still takes the win. Gaines got loose around half track and pushed in the clutch.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  208 Warren Johnson                          6 Ron Krisher                  
E1                   0.079  6.636 208.30     ****WINNER****  0.079  6.624 207.50
 Qualified:            #10  6.636 209.82                        #7  6.617 208.94

Johnson is 16 - 4 against Krisher in prior events. They leave together and then Krisher grabs the lead and takes the win by 0.0123 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Kurt Johnson                            3 Jason Line                   
E1                         No Time                                 No Time      
 Qualified:            #11  6.639 208.91                        #6  6.612 209.01

These two did their burnouts and then Rick Stewart shut them off...apparently the Pro Stock drivers were having problems with the track and refused to race with these track conditions, so NHRA moved on to the next category.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink