Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 16:02 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  154 Vincent Nobile                         11 Shane Gray                   
E3                   0.051  6.677 209.65     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.617 210.18
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Line      ) 0.051  6.625 209.72      (G Anderson  ) 0.029  6.604 210.14
E1    (A Stanfield ) 0.069  6.581 210.77      (J Gaydosh   ) 0.048  6.566 210.70
 Qualified:             #5  6.582 209.72                        #1  6.566 210.08

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 3,505 feet, track temperature 139 degrees.

Gray with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Shane Gray's MOV: 0.0655 seconds (approximately 20 feet). Gray moves into third in the points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Dave Connolly                          13 Jonathan Gray                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.616 209.85                     0.013  6.651 207.21
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Johnson   ) 0.005  6.603 209.33      (E Enders-Ste) 0.023  6.597 209.92
E1    (S Tucker    ) 0.071  6.597 210.57      (V Gaines    ) 0.034  6.572 210.83
 Qualified:             #7  6.592 209.95                        #3  6.575 210.77

Connolly is 1 - 0 against Gray in prior events. Gray with the starting line advantage, but Connolly is able to chase him down just past half track and take the win. Dave Connolly's MOV: 0.0175 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Connolly will have lane choice over his teammate in the final by 0.001 seconds. He moves into fourth place in the point standing.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink