Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 03:06 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Mike Edwards                          154 Vincent Nobile               
E3                   0.037 20.995  33.64     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.629 210.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.021  6.562 211.13      (J Line      ) 0.028  6.568 210.87
E1    (R Krisher   ) 0.040  6.538 211.76      (R Humphrey  ) 0.025  6.554 210.93
 Qualified:            #12  6.538 211.79                        #8  6.527 211.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,650 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Edwards had problems with his first burnout, and went back to the water and got a good burnout the second time. Edwards is 1 - 0 against Nobile in prior events. Nobile is out of the gate first and never trailed as Edwards had problems as soon as he let the clutch out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Allen Johnson                           2 Greg Stanfield               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.555 210.70                     0.040  6.559 210.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Enders    ) 0.029  6.533 211.23      (S Gray      ) 0.016  6.566 210.70
E1    (K Johnson   ) 0.038  6.536 211.86      (G Anderson  ) 0.019  6.570 210.05
 Qualified:             #6  6.514 212.53                       #10  6.532 210.93

Johnson is 12 - 6 against Stanfield in prior events. This is a great drag race as Johnson gets the starting line advantage and never trails. Allen Johnson's MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Johnson will lane choice over Nobile in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink