Sun, 12 Nov 2000, 08:16 PM POMONA-2 - Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 36th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Jeg Coughlin        6.878 199.67  Q    6 Kurt Johnson        6.896 199.85
   (K Koretsky  ) 0.456  6.864 199.20  E1   (A Delgado   ) 0.461  6.899 199.29
   (B Nickens   ) 0.453  6.862 199.40  E2   (R Stevens   ) 0.469  6.885 199.14
   (W Johnson   ) 0.442  6.875 198.96  E3   (B Allen     ) 0.449  6.887 199.73
                  0.447  6.887 199.55  E4 *****WINNER***** 0.448  6.854 200.59

5:06 PM Jeg comes in with 10 event wins this year, but he's never beaten Kurt in a final round - including two times this year. Make that three times, the two cars leaving together and then Kurt slowly drawing ahead in "the bad lane," the margin of victory = 0.032 seconds (approximately 9 feet). That breaks a three-event win streak here for Coughlin, who has been in the last seven straight final rounds at Pomona. Next year these two will bear competition numbers 1 and 2, but tonight Kurt is number 1.