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Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 13:23 PM

Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas -=20 Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello = Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
    6 Drew Skillman                           7 Chris McGaha             =
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E1                  -0.001  6.571 212.26     ****WINNER****  =
0.056  6.565 211.86
 Qualified:             #7  6.587 210.87                        #8  =
6.598 209.95

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 47 = percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 1,126 feet, track temperature 102 = degrees.
Chris McGaha was runner-up here in 2015.
Skillman is 3 - 1 against McGaha in prior events. =
Skillman is a tick too quick on the tree and turned on the red light.
McGaha with his quickest = pass of the weekend for the win.

Skillman with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing = effort...he runs the fastest pass of the event.


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
    1 Jason Line                              5 Vincent Nobile           =
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E1                   0.040  6.581 210.97     ****WINNER****  =
0.056  6.548 211.89
 Qualified:             #6  6.576 209.79                        #9  =
6.604 209.36

Jason Line has won this race twice. He starts for the #6 spot and = this is the first time this year he hasn't qualified #1. The last time he won a race when starting = from the 6th spot was in 2005.
Vincent Nobile won here in back-to-back years of 2011 & = 2012.
Line is 22 - 15 against Nobile in prior events.

Line with the starting line advantage, but = Nobile has the lead by half track and runs low E.T. of the event for the win. Vincent Nobile's MOV: = 0.0173 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
   15 Tanner Gray                            40 Alex Laughlin            =
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E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.555 212.03                     =
0.037  6.563 210.90
 Qualified:             #5  6.575 209.23                       #10  =
6.611 208.68

This is the first time Gray and Laughlin have faced each other in = eliminations.
Gray with a great light and never trailed for the win. Tanner Gray's MOV: 0.0292 = seconds (approximately 9 feet). Gray with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the = win.

Laughlin with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
    9 Erica Enders                           19 Richie Stevens           =
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E1                  -0.009  6.523 213.37     ****WINNER**** =
-0.003  6.589 210.64
 Qualified:             #4  6.573 210.14                       #11  =
6.615 208.52

Erica Enders won here in 2014 & 2015. She meets her husband, Richie = Stevens, in this first round race=85.Richie is making his first Pro Stock start since Denver of = last year and it is only his fifth start since the start of the 2015 season.
Stevens is 3 - 2 = against Enders in prior events.
Enders is a few ticks too quick and turns on the red light and then = runs low E.T. and top speed of the event in the losing effort. She sets speed track record on this = pass.

Stevens with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up = lane choice to Gray in the next round.


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
    2 Greg Anderson                         106 Alan Prusiensky          =
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E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.536 211.46                     =
0.010  6.588 211.03
 Qualified:             #3  6.563 211.10                       #12  =
6.625 208.71

Greg Anderson is the defending event champion. His three wins are = the most for any active Pro Stock driver at this event.
Anderson is 3 - 0 against Prusiensky in = prior events.
Prusiensky with a great light, but Anderson has the difference made up by 200 feet = and never trails from there on for the win. Anderson with his quickest and fastest pass of the = weekend for the win. Anderson will have lane choice over Nobile in the next round.

Prusiensky with = his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
    4 Bo Butner                               8 Allen Johnson            =
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E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.523 213.33                     =
0.055  6.567 211.16
 Qualified:             #2  6.560 210.80                       #13  =
6.645 207.94

Johnson is 5 - 1 against Butner in prior events.
Butner with the = starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He ties Enders for low E.T. of the event and = second fastest pass of the event for the win. He will have an bye in the next round. Bo Butner's = incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.747, 660ft-4.205/169.30 mph, 1,000ft-5.464. =

Johnson with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.


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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---=
Speed
   10 Jeg Coughlin                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  6.499 213.03    =20
 Qualified:             #1  6.557 210.70                     Bye

Jeg Coughlin won this race twice in Pro Stock. He starts from the #1 = spot for the first time since the Las Vegas race in 2014. It is the 3rd time he has been the #1 = qualifier at this event...The top Pro Stock qualifier has only won here once in the last = 11 years=85In his 386 races in Pro Stock this is only the second time that Jeg has had a bye = run.
Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the event and set the = track E.T. record. Jeg Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.724, = 660ft-4.180/169.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.439.

He will have lane choice over McGaha in the next round.