Mon, 01 Sep 2014, 12:31 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jeg Coughlin 442 Aaron Stanfield
E1 -0.003 6.643 207.66 ****WINNER**** 0.035 6.653 207.56
Qualified: #9 6.623 208.07 #8 6.621 208.33
12:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,617 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.This is Stanfield's Pro Stock debut and he outqualified his tough round 1 opponent to get lane choice. Coughlin has an overall round win record of 563-263 and he is 247-84 in round 1.
Stanfield made a
last-minute lane change. That probably was not a factor, but Coughlin went red and Stanfield got his first-ever round win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Greg Anderson 13 Jonathan Gray
E1 0.013 6.685 201.58 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.628 208.84
Qualified: #7 6.611 209.14 #10 6.623 207.78
This is only the second time Anderson and Jonathan Gray have raced each other. The first was in Round 1 at Englishtown this year
and Anderson won that one. This matchup is very important to both drivers' Countdown hopes since Anderson leads Gray by 34 points
after qualifying here and they are both in contention for the final (10th) Countdown position.
A win by Anderson gives him that position. A win by Gray gives him the opportunity to take that spot away, but he also must win in
round 2.Anderson had the starting line advantage, but Gray took the lead before the 330-foot marker and held it the rest of the way.
Jonathan Gray's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.003), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.016), 1,000ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0457 seconds (approximately 14 feet).
If he can turn on the win light in round 2, he will be the tenth competitor in the
Countdown. If not, Anderson gets the final spot.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 4264 Chris McGaha 2 Allen Johnson E1 0.057 17.994 45.80 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.640 208.52 Qualified: #11 6.624 207.85 #6 6.610 208.81AJ holds a 4-1 record against McGaha, 3-1 in round 1.
McGaha shook and slowed. Johnson had a clean run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 19 Richie Stevens 6 Erica Enders-Stevens E1 0.086 6.643 208.52 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.619 208.52 Qualified: #12 6.627 208.59 #5 6.607 208.55Richie Stevens holds a 3-1 edge against now-wife Erica in prior events, all in round 1.
Let the conspiracy theories begin.
Erica had the better reaction time and the quicker ET to win by a car length. She ran low ET of the round so far.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 V. Gaines 51 Dave Connolly
E1 0.000 6.653 208.26 ****WINNER**** 0.037 6.614 208.39
Qualified: #13 6.629 208.71 #4 6.605 208.23
Connolly holds a 16-3 record against Gaines, 11-2 in round 1.Gaines was perfect on the tree and it still wasn't enough. Gaines led past the 660-foot timing mark, they were dead-even at 1,000 feet, then Connolly edged ahead.
Dave Connolly's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(-0.001), 1,000ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 8 inches).
Connolly ran low ET of the round and he will have lane choice against Enders-Stevens in round
2.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 666 Matt Hartford 154 Vincent Nobile E1 -0.141 8.889 107.90 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.637 207.98 Qualified: #15 6.661 207.85 #2 6.601 208.49This is only the second time Nobile and Hartford have squared off against each other. The other was at the 2013 Winternationals, also in round 1. Nobile won that one.
Hartford went red. Nobile made a good run, but won't have lane choice against Jonathan Gray
in the all-important second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Rodger Brogdon 3 Jason Line E1 0.067 6.867 174.46 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.632 208.55 Qualified: #16 6.675 207.43 #1 6.589 209.98Line holds a 10-3 record against Brogdon, 6-1 in round 1. Line is on a streak, with three event wins in a row, including the Brainerd final run yesterday.
Line had a nice starting line advantage and turns on his 13th consecutive win light. He will have
lane choice against Stanfield in round 2.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 29 Shane Tucker 11 Shane Gray E1 0.052 6.651 208.71 ****WINNER**** 0.050 6.641 208.88 Qualified: #14 6.637 207.53 #3 6.603 209.17The "Battle of the Shanes." This Tucker's first season and the first time he and Gray have faced each other. It is Tucker's 11th round of competition and he is 4-6 in the prior 10 rounds, but 3-3 in round 1. It is Gray's 200th round of competition, with an overall 96-103 record at prior events, 59-47 in round 1.
After an almost dead-even start, Gray slowly edged ahead and stayed there for the win. Shane Gray's incremental margins: 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.006), 660ft(0.009), 1,000ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0124 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
The TV replay showed a shower of sparks under Gray's car when he lifted at the stripe - looked like a dragging header.
Gray lost lane choice to Allen Johnson in round 2 by a thousandth.
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