Sun, 17 Feb 2013, 19:34 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  445 Greg Stanfield                          3 Vincent Nobile               
E3                   0.020  6.588 209.75     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.575 210.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C McGaha    ) 0.023  6.616 208.68      (S Gray      ) 0.018  6.592 210.01
E1    (G Anderson  ) 0.051  6.599 209.56      (M Hartford  ) 0.023  6.580 210.60
 Qualified:             #9  6.582 210.11                        #5  6.551 211.46

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,227 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Nobile is 7 - 1 against Stanfield in prior events. Stanfield with the starting line advantage and the lead until right before the finish line when Nobile was able to chase him down for the win by 0.0022 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Jeg Coughlin                            7 V. Gaines                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.574 208.42                     0.079  6.538 212.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Johnson   ) 0.036  6.569 210.47      (A Johnson   ) 0.034  6.566 211.06
E1    (S Kent      ) 0.010  6.572 211.10      (D Kramer    ) 0.040  6.557 211.93
 Qualified:             #6  6.572 210.97                        #2  6.538 211.49

Coughlin is 16 - 7 against Gaines in prior events. Coughlin with the startinng line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Jeg Coughlin's MOV: 0.0304 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Coughlin will have lane choice over Nobile in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink