Sun, 08 Mar 2020, 13:27 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ORLANDO, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the Drag Illustrated, World Doorslammer Nationals presented by CTech Manufacturing:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   52 Deric Kramer                           29 Shane Tucker                 
E1                   0.077  6.504 212.49     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.529 211.76
 Qualified:             #5  6.472 212.16                       #12  6.502 212.23

Tucker with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Shane Tucker's MOV: 0.0190 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Shane Tucker's incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.028), 660ft(0.026), 1,000ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0190 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  107 Kyle Koretsky                           7 Greg Anderson                
E1                   0.040  6.528 211.30     ****WINNER****  0.051  6.513 209.26
 Qualified:             #7  6.480 212.29                        #4  6.470 213.37

Koretsky with the starting line advantage, but Anderson chases him down in the light for the win in a close one. Greg Anderson's MOV: 0.0040 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jeg Coughlin                            3 Bo Butner                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.487 212.16                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #6  6.478 212.76                       #10  6.497 211.76

Butner was a no-show.

Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of race day.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  471 Marty Robertson                       154 Vincent Nobile               
E1                   0.043  6.552 210.37     ****WINNER****  0.069  6.538 210.24
 Qualified:            #13  6.513 211.46                       #14  6.532 211.23

Robertson with the starting line advantage but Nobile chases him down for the win. Vincent Nobile's MOV: 0.0120 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Erica Enders                          300 Troy Coughlin Jr.            
E1                   0.099  6.500 213.50     ****WINNER****  0.053  6.528 210.90
 Qualified:             #3  6.468 213.64                        #8  6.481 212.26

Troy Coughlin Jr. and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Troy Coughlin Jr.'s MOV: 0.0180 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   40 Alex Laughlin                          10 Val Smeland                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.564 211.66                     0.140 11.335  77.85
 Qualified:             #9  6.489 211.89                       #15  6.533 211.63

Laughlin with the starting line line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Smeland shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hartford                           4 Jason Line                   
E1                   0.026  6.573 212.27     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.503 211.59
 Qualified:             #1  6.460 211.89                       #11  6.500 212.39

Hartford with the starting line advantage, but Line grabs the lead around just past the 330-foot mark and takes the win. Jason Line's MOV: 0.0510 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  128 John Gaydosh Jr                       442 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                   0.032  6.759 205.29     ****WINNER****  0.055  6.471 212.39
 Qualified:            #17  7.199 157.76                        #2  6.467 212.43

Gaydosh with the starting line advantage, but Stanfield has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win. Stanfield runs low E.T. of race day.

Round two parings with driver with lane choice listed first Line vs. Robertson; Anderson vs.Tucker; Stanfield vs. Laughlin and Jeg Coughlin vs. Troy Coughlin Jr.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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