Sun, 12 Sep 2021, 12:24 PM Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris McGaha                           52 Deric Kramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.616 207.56                     0.050  6.638 206.92
 Qualified:             #8  6.563 209.56                        #9  6.565 206.92

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 2,027 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Chris McGaha is 10 - 4 against Deric Kramer in rd. 1.

McGaha with a great light and never trailed for the win. Chris McGaha's MOV: 0.0657 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hartford                         400 Mason McGaha                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.589 208.33                     0.023 10.019  93.44
 Qualified:             #7  6.556 209.69                       #10  6.573 210.21

Matt Hartford wins 67% of his rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.

McGaha with problems on the burnout, he does a second one and it looked fine.

McGaha with the starting line advantage, but has problems right at the hit and pushes the clutch back in.

Hartford is straight down the groove with a good clean pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  154 Vincent Nobile                        300 Troy Coughlin Jr.            
E1                   0.023 10.390  86.39     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.588 206.76
 Qualified:            #11  6.575 207.02                        #6  6.552 208.42

Troy Coughlin is 9 - 9 in rd. 1 in Pro Stock. Vincent Nobile "leaves first" 65% of the time in rd. 1.

Nobile is 1 - 0 against Coughlin Jr. in prior events.

Coughlin Jr. with a great light and never trailed for win.

Nobile with 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
  150 Kenny Delco                           107 Kyle Koretsky                
E1                   0.080  6.693 185.03     ****WINNER****  0.065  6.600 207.59
 Qualified:            #12  6.603 208.65                        #5  6.547 209.98

Kyle Koretsky has qualified in the top half of the field at 13 of his 20 races.

Koretsky is 1 - 0 against Delco in prior events.

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

Delco started to drift out of the groove toward the centerline.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  136 Bob Benza                             660 Dallas Glenn                 
E1                   0.071  6.682 205.82     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.590 207.75
 Qualified:            #13  6.614 208.62                        #4  6.537 208.39

Bob Benza's 1st race was here in 1996.

This is the first time Benza and Glenn have faced each other in eliminations.

Glenn is driving the car that Jason Line drove to the Winner Circle the last time we were here.

Glenn with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Koretsky in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  106 Alan Prusiensky                         7 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                   0.042  6.621 206.67     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.599 206.76
 Qualified:            #14  6.629 206.45                        #3  6.534 209.88

Alan Prusiensky is making his 76th start.

Stanfield with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Aaron Stanfield's MOV: 0.0375 seconds (approximately 11 feet). He will give up lane choice to Coughlin Jr. in the next round.

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  128 John Gaydosh Jr                         4 Greg Anderson                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.012  6.555 208.55
 Qualified:            #15  6.640 208.10                        #2  6.530 209.79

Greg Anderson is 57 - 9 in rd. 1 when qualified #2. John Gaydosh's first race was here in 2008.

This is the first time Gaydosh Jr and Smith have faced each other in eliminations.

Gaydosh's cute deploys on his burnout. They get Gaydosh stopped has he starts to back up.

Anderson runs low E.T. of race day on the single. He will have lane choice over Hartford in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  357 Larry Morgan                            1 Erica Enders                 
E1                   0.024  6.717 205.07     ****WINNER****  0.054  6.587 207.08
 Qualified:            #16  6.665 207.72                        #1  6.524 209.56

This is the 23rd #1 for Erica Enders and that is tied for 10th most in PS. She is 20 - 2 in rd. 1 when starting #1.

Morgan with the starting line advantage, but enders has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. She will have lane choice over Chris McGaha in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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