David Allio Photos
Kurt
Johnson posted the low elapsed time and top speed of the day, driving
his ACDelco Cobalt to the provisional pole with a 6.687 e.t. at 206.16
mph.
Qualifying for the third annual Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown got underway today at
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with three rounds of time trials. One
round of qualifying still remains to be completed on Saturday before the field
is set for the 16-car eliminator.
Team Chevy's Kurt Johnson posted the
low elapsed time and top speed of the day, driving his ACDelco Cobalt to the
provisional pole with a 6.687 e.t. at 206.16 mph. Parked in the No. 2 position
is Jeg Coughlin Jr. who drove his Chevy Cobalt to a 6.701 second run at 205.44
mph, and Ron Krisher is No. 3 in the Valvoline Chevy Cobalt with a 6.711 e.t. at
204.23 mph.
Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown Kicks Off at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway
David Allio Photos
Kurt
Johnson posted the low elapsed time and top speed of the day, driving
his ACDelco Cobalt to the provisional pole with a 6.687 e.t. at 206.16
mph.
Qualifying for the third annual Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown got underway today at
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with three rounds of time trials. One
round of qualifying still remains to be completed on Saturday before the field
is set for the 16-car eliminator.
Team Chevy's Kurt Johnson posted the
low elapsed time and top speed of the day, driving his ACDelco Cobalt to the
provisional pole with a 6.687 e.t. at 206.16 mph. Parked in the No. 2 position
is Jeg Coughlin Jr. who drove his Chevy Cobalt to a 6.701 second run at 205.44
mph, and Ron Krisher is No. 3 in the Valvoline Chevy Cobalt with a 6.711 e.t. at
204.23 mph.
Ron Krisher is the second quickest in his second season with Victor Cagnazzi horsepower.
"It pumps us up when you can run a number like that,"
Johnson said. "We didn't have the opportunity to test when we wanted to under
decent conditions all winter, and that shows that we paid attention to what we
were doing and what we had to get done. We worked on this ACDelco Chevy Cobalt
for 10 weeks straight, went over the car with a fine-toothed comb and kind of
set it up the way we figured it needed to be. You never know. The first run this
morning, the practice run, you just want to let the clutch out at least once and
see if it's going to go right or left. This Cobalt went straight down the
boulevard. We were real pleased. That's what it's all about."
Summit
Racing's Greg Anderson is driving one of the new Pontiac GXPs this weekend and
he's currently qualified in the No. 4 spot with a 6.720 e.t. at 205.51
mph.
Greg Anderson is breaking in his new Pontiac GXP this weekend.
"We really haven't given this Pontiac GXP a fair chance yet,"
Anderson said. "The first run we didn't have enough clutch in the car and we had
to abort - that certainly wasn't the car's fault. The second run, we got closer
but there still wasn't enough clutch in the car, and the third run we got even
closer, yet. This new GXP wants to run, we're just not letting it. The car's
fine though, and when it asks for more clutch, that's a good thing. We like
that, but we're shocked that we have to feed it that much. We'll feed the
monster and see what she'll run.
Jeg Coughlin, Jr. begins his title-defense season with this warm-up. He's currently the second quickest.
"It's very cool our here, and without a
doubt we probably won't see this next week in California. But you have to race
the track you're on and master it. We're not close yet, but maybe after a couple
of more laps, we'll get closer and then we'll worry about Pomona when we get
there. This is certainly an extreme in terms of weather and air conditions,
without a doubt, but we have to figure it out."