Sun, 11 Nov 2018, 15:30 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 666 Matt Hartford 1 Bo Butner E1 0.013 11.592 77.76 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.522 212.26 Qualified: #8 6.543 211.20 #9 6.553 211.39Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,275 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.
Matt Hartford is making his 82nd start and his 12th from the top half of the field. Bo Butner is the defending event champion.
Butner is 4 - 1 against Hartford in prior events.
Hartford with a great light, but severe tire shake and pushed in the clutch.
Butner is straight down the groove with his
quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He runs top speed of the event in the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Chris McGaha 40 Alex Laughlin
E1 0.049 6.546 211.39 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.552 210.64
Qualified: #10 6.560 211.89 #7 6.541 210.87
McGaha is 2 - 1 against Laughlin in prior events. Laughlin with the starting line advantage
and never trailed for the win. He had the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one.
Alex Laughlin's MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 19 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 15 Tanner Gray 730 Shane Gray E1 ****WINNER**** 0.002 6.531 210.57 0.067 6.549 211.00 Qualified: #6 6.534 211.33 #11 6.564 210.08Tanner Gray clinched the championship yesterday. He was the runner-up last year at this race. Shane Gray, Tanner's dad, has raced three members of the Gray family (including his father, Johnny, and other son, Jonathan) and Tanner is the only one he hasn't beaten.
T. Gray is 2 - 0 against S. Gray in prior events.
They both do long burnouts...
Tanner with a near perfect light and never
trailed for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Greg Anderson 410M Fernando Cuadra
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.068 6.525 212.26 0.063 6.608 209.88
Qualified: #5 6.533 211.66 #12 6.568 209.85
Greg Anderson's six wins here are the most for any active Pro Stock driver. Greg starts the day
with 798 round wins and only three professional drivers have won 800 or more rounds in NHRA
history. Fernando Cuadra is the 87th driver to face Greg in eliminations. Cuadra with a slight starting line advantage, but Anderson has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed for the win.
Anderson ties Butner for top speed of the event in
the winning pass.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Drew Skillman 106 Alan Prusiensky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.515 211.59 0.049 11.796 75.91
Qualified: #4 6.532 211.16 #13 6.569 209.49
Skillman is 4 - 0 against Prusiensky in prior events. Skillman with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs the second quickest pass of the event for the win. Skillman will have lane choice over Anderson in the next round.
Prusiensky with severe tire
shake right at the hit and pushed in the clutch.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Erica Enders 52 Deric Kramer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 6.517 211.13 0.038 6.568 211.03
Qualified: #3 6.530 211.39 #14 6.570 210.50
Erica Enders won here in 2014. This is a rematch of the final round in Topeka, a final that
Deric Kramer won.Enders is 4 - 2 against Kramer in prior events.
Kramer with the starting
line advantage, but Enders had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree
and never trailed form there on for the win. She runs the third quickest pass of the weekend. She
will face the new champ Tanner Gray in the next round and will have lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Jason Line 10 Vincent Nobile
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 6.518 212.19 0.036 9.984 92.09
Qualified: #2 6.529 212.06 #15 6.584 209.95
Jason Line has been to the final round four times at this event, but he is still looking for
his first win here. This is Jason's 898th round and only 14 pro drivers have competed in 900 or
more rounds.Nobile with the starting line advantage, but has severe tire shake right at the hit
and pushes the clutch back in to give Line the win. He runs the fourth quickest pass of the event
for the win and lane choice over laughlin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Jeg Coughlin 150 Kenny Delco
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.516 211.96 0.053 12.694 69.89
Qualified: #1 6.510 211.49 #16 6.597 209.36
Jeg Coughlin has six final round appearances and three Pro Stock wins at this event. This is
his 993rd round and that is 12th most in all the pro classes. He is winless from the top spot in
his last 13 tries including five this year. In 176 races this is just the ninth time that Kenny
Delco has qualified 16th.Coughlin is 3 - 1 against Delco in prior events.
Coughlin with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Coughlin now has the third quickest pass of the weekend and the win. He will have lane choice Butner in the next round.
Delco had problems
on the burnout and then had severe tire shake right at the hit and pushed in the clutch.
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