Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 03:40 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 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
  154 Vincent Nobile                          2 Greg Stanfield               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.616 208.26                    -0.010 23.020 NS
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Humphrey  ) 0.048  6.616 208.14      (A Johnson   ) 0.031  6.622 208.42
E1    (W Johnson   ) 0.031  6.600 208.33      (E Enders    ) 0.033  6.603 208.59
 Qualified:             #4  6.592 209.07                       #16  6.622 207.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,047 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Nobile is 2 - 1 against Stanfield in prior events. Stanfield was just a tick too quick on the tree and turned on the red light. Nobile matched his time from round two for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  357 Larry Morgan                            5 Jason Line                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  6.641 207.94                     0.075  6.644 208.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.035  6.662 208.30      (M Edwards   ) 0.026  6.609 208.55
E1    (V Gaines    ) 0.040  7.507 139.95      (S Gray      ) 0.043  6.599 207.82
 Qualified:             #7  6.600 208.49                        #3  6.589 208.68

Line is 14 - 6 against Morgan in prior events. Morgan with the starting line advantage and takes the win light by 0.0135 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Morgan will give up lane choice to Nobile in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink