Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 16:59 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Drew Skillman                           6 Vincent Nobile               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.658 208.42                     0.044 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Grose     ) 0.036  6.642 208.68      (A Strong    ) 0.150  6.675 209.01
 Qualified:             #4  6.616 209.20                        #5  6.623 208.26

1:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,948 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Nobile is 3 - 1 against Skillman in prior events, 1 - 0 in the second round.

This was wild - Nobile's car shook hard, then made a hard left turn. He got it pointed down the track, but the car kept sliding sideways and pancaked the wall. Fortunately it was a slow-speed wallbanger, but the car is flat-sided now, on the driver's side.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Jason Line                              3 Allen Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.623 209.72                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Gaines    ) 0.109  6.606 210.21      (A Laughlin  ) 0.045  8.381 115.66
 Qualified:             #2  6.592 210.14                       #10  6.653 208.33

Line is 22 - 21 against Johnson in prior events, but it's 8 - 11 in round two.

For the first time we had one of the problems the teams reported during testing - Johnson's car stalled on the burnout and would not refire. Line made a good, unopposed run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  361 Bo Butner                             730 Shane Gray                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  6.623 208.91                     0.056  6.716 208.17
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kramer    ) 0.070  6.601 209.79      (C McGaha    ) 0.022  6.693 208.59
 Qualified:             #3  6.594 209.30                       #11  6.660 208.68

Gray is 1 - 0 against Butner in prior events. This is the first time they have met in round two.

Bo Butner's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.051), 660ft(0.066), 1,000ft(0.075). MOV: 0.0824 seconds (approximately 25 feet).

Both Butner and Line ran 6.623, Line has lane choice in the semifinals on speed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                          25 Jeg Coughlin                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.615 207.85                    -0.002  7.767 128.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hartford  ) 0.068  6.593 208.14      (E Enders-Ste) 0.015  6.671 207.88
 Qualified:             #1  6.585 209.62                        #8  6.645 208.55

Last pair. Anderson is 44 - 39 against Coughlin in prior events, 15 - 11 in round two.

Coughlin leaned a little too hard on the tree, went red. That's the 22nd red light in Coughlin's career.

Anderson once again ran low ET of the round, he will have lane choice against Skillman in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink