Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 05:17 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  445 Greg Stanfield                          6 Kurt Johnson
E3                   0.018  6.798 203.31     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.775 203.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Schmidt   ) 0.029  6.806 202.67      (B Allen     ) 0.013  6.834 199.23
E1    (M Pawuk     ) 0.021  6.778 203.31      (S Geoffrion ) 0.012  6.791 202.91
 Qualified:             #6  6.794 202.73                       #15  6.814 202.24

Current weather conditions: 66 degrees, 31 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, with a track temperature of 101 degrees.

Stanfield with the slight starting line advantage, but Johnson with his quickest pass of the session to take the win by about seven feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Greg Anderson                           1 Jeg Coughlin
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.040  6.814 201.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edwards   ) 0.029  6.784 203.98      (R Krisher   ) 0.024  6.825 201.52
E1    (J Yates     ) 0.018  6.751 204.23      (D Connolly  ) 0.024  6.780 202.09
 Qualified:             #1  6.761 203.58                       #12  6.806 201.22

Anderson was not able to get it out of gear to get the car to start. the crew frantically trying to get the car out of gear, but no luck and Jeg will get the freebie. Jeg will give up lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink