Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 02:53 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Bruce Allen                            43 Rickie Smith
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.721 205.32                     0.030  6.728 205.22
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.027  6.717 205.26      (J Line      ) 0.019  6.727 204.98
 Qualified:            #12  6.699 205.79                       #13  6.705 205.88

1:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 1,407 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Smith gets a slight jump off the line and hangs on to the lead until they go through the lights.

Bruce Allen's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(-0.006), 660ft(-0.002), 1,000ft(-0.001). MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jeg Coughlin                            1 Greg Anderson
E2                   0.028  6.713 206.67     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.704 206.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Koretsky  ) 0.036  6.688 206.48      (J Carr      ) 0.030  6.690 206.32
 Qualified:             #9  6.685 206.23                        #1  6.661 207.21

Anderson moves on to the next round and will have lane choice over Allen.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   55 V. Gaines                            1021 Steve Johns
E2                   0.061  6.749 205.26     ****WINNER****  0.054  6.728 205.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Edwards   ) 0.075  6.720 205.79      (M Whisnant  ) 0.073  6.682 206.39
 Qualified:            #11  6.698 206.10                        #3  6.670 206.48

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  335 Dave Connolly                         357 Larry Morgan
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.714 205.13                     0.062  6.704 205.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Krisher   ) 0.010  6.709 205.69      (A Johnson   ) 0.045  6.674 206.67
 Qualified:             #2  6.667 206.64                        #7  6.680 206.57

Connolly gets the hole-shot and takes the win. He will have lane choice over Johns in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink