Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:01 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Mike Edwards                            6 Kurt Johnson
E3                   0.044  6.861 201.22     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.829 202.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Pawuk     ) 0.023  6.887 201.10      (J Yates     ) 0.033  6.833 202.39
E1    (B Allen     ) 0.034  6.833 201.19      (J Carr      ) 0.067  6.831 202.91
 Qualified:            #14  6.871 200.17                        #2  6.838 201.76

2:51 PM Current weather conditions: 73 degrees, 31 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.10 inches under partly cloudy skies.

KJ came in with a 14-9 edge over Edwards in their careers and he bumped that up to 15-9 by leaving first and then running away from Edwards.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Warren Johnson                          3 Greg Anderson
E3                   0.039  6.849 202.24     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.818 202.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Lastor III) 0.014  6.845 201.52      (J Coughlin J) 0.004  6.830 202.82
E1    (T Adams     ) 0.029  6.868 200.74      (V Gaines    ) 0.035  6.823 202.85
 Qualified:            #12  6.860 201.55                        #1  6.825 202.15

Even before seeing the result of the first pair, Anderson amde a last-second lane swap, moving over to the right lane under the tower. WJ held an 8-4 edge over Anderson before today, but was unable to match Anderson's pace today and Anderson will have lane choice against KJ in the finals, trying to sweep the Johnson family and extend his points lead. Since Greg leads Kurt by just 11 points, the winner of the race will leave with the points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink