Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 04:13 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 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
    6 Kurt Johnson                           50 Bruce Allen
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.834 199.23                     0.042  6.838 202.18
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Geoffrion ) 0.012  6.791 202.91      (D Alderman  ) 0.015  6.788 202.91
 Qualified:            #15  6.814 202.24                        #7  6.795 202.15

Current weather conditions: 66 degrees, 35 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.10 inches, with a track temperature of 103 degrees.

They just swapped lanes. Kurt with the big starting line advantage and never looked back to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Ron Krisher                             1 Jeg Coughlin
E2                   0.046  6.832 201.70     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.825 201.52
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Marnell   ) 0.040  6.798 202.15      (D Connolly  ) 0.024  6.780 202.09
 Qualified:             #4  6.792 202.12                       #12  6.806 201.22

These two swapped lanes too. Jeg got out of the gate first and the win by about nine feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   30 Steve Schmidt                         445 Greg Stanfield
E2                   0.046  7.615 134.82     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.806 202.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Adams     ) 0.022  6.802 202.30      (M Pawuk     ) 0.021  6.778 203.31
 Qualified:             #3  6.789 201.94                        #6  6.794 202.73

Another lane switch here. Stanfield with the big starting line advantage and never looked back. Stanfield will have lane choice over Kurt in the semifinal. Schmidt got out of the groove and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Mike Edwards                            3 Greg Anderson
E2                  -0.011  6.808 201.61     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.784 203.98
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Grant     ) 0.005  6.797 202.33      (J Yates     ) 0.018  6.751 204.23
 Qualified:             #8  6.797 201.43                        #1  6.761 203.58

And just like the three previous pair these guys switch lanes.

Edwards turned on the red light taking a shot at the tree. Anderson with the quickest pass of the session again and lane choice over Jeg in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink