Mon, 3 Sep 2001, 02:52 PM INDY - Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 47th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Mark Osborne        6.879 200.68  Q    5 Jim Yates           6.889 199.82
   (D Alderman  ) 0.469  6.937 199.55  E1   (T Martino   ) 0.502  6.948 198.88
   (B Jeter     ) 0.476  6.978 199.11  E2   (R Krisher   ) 0.479  6.995 197.97
 *****WINNER***** 0.493  6.987 198.90  E3                  0.470  7.011 197.57

3:37 PM This was so very close, just 14 TEN thousandths of a second. No more than two inches at the finish. Osborne didn't lead more than those two inches, he didn't catch Yates till the very end.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Greg Anderson       6.880 199.91  Q    6 Bruce Allen         6.891 198.90
   (H Blakeney  ) 0.508  6.948 198.35  E1   (G Marnell   ) 0.500  6.951 198.26
   (M Edwards   ) 0.484  6.953 198.76  E2   (W Johnson   ) 0.475  6.982 197.94
 *****WINNER***** 0.505  6.970 198.29  E3                  0.489  7.080 197.22

Allen got the better light, but Anderson steadily chopped down the advantage. At the 60-foot mark he trailed Allen by .019 second, by the 330-foot mark he had passed Allen and lead by six hundredths. The run was good enough to get lane choice against Osborne in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink