Sun, 19 Sep 2010, 04:04 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Kurt Johnson                         2062 Ronnie Humphrey              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.064  6.699 207.56                     0.091  7.848 168.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Line      ) 0.030  6.671 208.04      (J Gray      ) 0.049  6.645 208.91
 Qualified:            #16  6.657 208.30                        #8  6.628 209.14

3:46 p.m. The start of the round was delayed for an oil cleanup following the final pair of Funny Cars...the Safety Safari is getting lots of track time today.

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 3,186 feet, track temperature 131 degrees.

This is the first time Johnson and Humphrey have faced each other in eliminations. Humphrey is KJ's 86th different opponent.

Johnson qualified on the bump spot, so far he has beaten two of the three Summit cars, Humphrey with problems right off the starting line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                          41 Rodger Brogdon               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  6.666 208.62                     0.054  6.675 207.50
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Morgan    ) 0.035  6.614 209.98      (V Deceglie  ) 0.040  6.660 208.23
 Qualified:             #4  6.613 209.10                        #5  6.617 208.59

Anderson is the lone survivor of the three Summit Cars. Anderson is 4 - 0 against Brogdon in prior events, 2-0 in round two.

Anderson had a small edge at the tree and a slightly better ET, but they traded the lead back and forth early in the race. Anderson notched the win and that give KJ a chance to take out all three Summit cars today - but Anderson will have lane choice when they meet in the semifinals. Greg Anderson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0157 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   55 V. Gaines                             208 Warren Johnson               
E2                   0.103  6.650 208.88     ****WINNER****  0.079  6.663 208.71
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Connolly  ) 0.046  6.625 209.79      (R Krisher   ) 0.118  6.663 208.62
 Qualified:            #14  6.652 208.62                       #11  6.639 208.71

Johnson is 12 - 7 against Gaines in prior events, 3-0 in round two.

WJ was first off the line and gets his second holeshot win of the day. The last time he had a string of holeshot wins, he won the event! Warren Johnson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.015), 1,000ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0113 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Greg Stanfield                         50 Jeg Coughlin                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.652 207.72                     0.045  6.671 208.55
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gray      ) 0.006  6.654 207.98      (M Edwards   ) 0.032  6.621 209.30
 Qualified:            #10  6.638 208.17                       #15  6.656 207.82

Wow! Stanfield slapped a big holeshot on one of the best "leavers" in the business and came away with the win, also outrunning Coughlin. That's the quickest winning time of the round (Gaines was quicker, but lost) and Stanfield will have lane choice against WJ in the semifinals. Father and Son are in the semifinals...could be....maybe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink