Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 15:41 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, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Drew Skillman                         730 Shane Gray                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.670 209.04                     0.039  6.681 209.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Line      ) 0.016  6.647 208.91      (B Butner    ) 0.039  6.626 209.10
E1    (C McGaha    ) 0.037  6.630 209.10      (A Strong    ) 0.046  6.608 209.56
 Qualified:             #9  6.614 210.67                        #4  6.591 209.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,264 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Gray is 4 - 3 against Skillman in prior events. Skillman with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Drew Skillman's MOV: 0.0376 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   40 Alex Laughlin                           2 Greg Anderson                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  6.637 208.59                     0.062  6.659 209.14
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Tucker    ) 0.063  6.668 208.39      (A Johnson   ) 0.035  6.623 208.91
E1    (J Coughlin J) 0.076  6.620 209.01      (E Enders-Ste) 0.057  6.607 209.46
 Qualified:             #3  6.586 208.46                        #2  6.579 210.11

Anderson is 5 - 0 against Laughlin in prior events. Laughlin with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Alex Laughlin's MOV: 0.0355 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Laughlin will have lane choice over Skillman in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink