Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 12:28 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Greg Anderson                           6 Allen Johnson                
E1                   0.070  6.604 208.52     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.629 208.59
 Qualified:             #9  6.602 208.88                        #8  6.602 209.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.07 inches, adjusted altitude 2,891 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Anderson is 30 - 10 against Johnson in prior events. Johnson with the big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Allen Johnson's MOV: 0.0197 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  357 Larry Morgan                           55 V. Gaines                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.507 139.95                    -0.016  6.633 208.23
 Qualified:             #7  6.600 208.49                       #10  6.602 208.52

Morgan is 7 - 4 against Gaines in prior events. Gaines is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Morgan with problems early and pushed in the clutch, but got the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5037 Richard Freeman                      2062 Ronnie Humphrey              
E1                   0.059  6.639 207.88     ****WINNER****  0.040  6.626 207.66
 Qualified:            #12  6.604 208.14                        #5  6.592 208.94

This is the first time Freeman and Humphrey have faced each other in eliminations. Humphrey with the starting line advantage and never trailed with the quickest pass of the round for the win. Ronnie Humphrey's MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Ron Krisher                             3 Mike Edwards                 
E1                   0.095  6.583 209.01     ****WINNER****  0.049  6.620 208.07
 Qualified:            #11  6.603 209.36                        #6  6.596 208.84

Edwards is 15 - 10 against Krisher in prior events. Edwards with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Mike Edwards' MOV: 0.0099 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Krisher runs low E.T. of the event in the losing effort. Edwards runs the quickest E.T. of the winning cars.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shane Gray                              5 Jason Line                   
E1                   0.031  6.616 208.46     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.599 207.82
 Qualified:            #14  6.616 208.23                        #3  6.589 208.68

Line is 5 - 2 against Gray in prior events. Gray with the starting line advantage, but Line chases him down by just before half track. Jason Line's MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 21 inches). Line now with the quickest E.T. of the winning cars and will have lane choice over Edwards.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Stanfield                         48 Erica Enders                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.603 208.59                     0.024  6.778 208.33
 Qualified:            #16  6.622 207.82                        #1  6.585 209.10

This is the first time Stanfield and Enders have faced each other in eliminations. This is the third time Enders has qualified No. 1 and the second time this year. Enders is out of the gate first, but then spun bad and Stanfield drives away with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Stanfield will have lane choice over A. Johnson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   21 Kurt Johnson                            9 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                   0.006 12.064  96.39     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.627 208.01
 Qualified:            #15  6.620 208.39                        #2  6.587 209.07

Johnson and Brogdon have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Johnson with a great light and then had severe tire shake and clicked it off. Brogdon was straight down the groove into round two and will have lane choice over Morgan in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  208 Warren Johnson                        154 Vincent Nobile               
E1                   0.049 11.978  78.13     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.600 208.33
 Qualified:            #13  6.611 208.91                        #4  6.592 209.07

Nobile is 1 - 0 against Johnson in prior events. Nobile is out of the gate first and never trailed as WJ had severe tire shake and clicked it off. Nobile will have lane choice over Humphrey in the next round.

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