1998 NHRA Pioneer Keystone Nationals
Round-by-round Results
Pro Stock
Sunday
Elimination Round #1 Driver Car ET MPH
(-) Larry Morgan '98 Camaro 7.705 140.77 .486 (W) Jim Yates '98 Firebird 6.964 196.89 .478 Morgan shook the tires hard and rode the centerline all the way down, forcing him to lift.
(-) George Marnell '98 Firebird 6.990 195.31 .489 (W) Troy Coughlin '97 Cutlass 7.018 196.46 .452 Coughlin scores a .007 margin of victory holeshot win.
(-) Shawn Collins '98 Firebird 7.005 196.67 .435 (W) Jeg Coughlin '97 Cutlass 6.980 196.80 .434 Coughlin unloads a 6-sec pass to take out Collins.
(W) Steve Schmidt '98 Firebird 7.004 196.07 (-) Mark Pawuk '98 Firebird 7.014 196.12
(W) Mike Edwards '97 Firebird 7.038 194.84 .445 (-) Richie Stevens '97 Firebird 6.986 196.89 .582 Edwards. Holeshot. 'Nuff said.
(-) John Noile '97 Cutlass 7.027 196.33 .268 (W) Warren Johnson '98 Firebird 6.948 (missed).459
(-) Robert Patrick '97 Probe 7.033 195.48 .494 (W) Kurt Johnson '98 Camaro 6.971 197.19 .419
(W) Mike Thomas '97 Firebird 6.984 196.07 .412 (-) Mark Osborne '96 Firebird 6.958 197.71 .466 Thomas puts a great holeshot on the board to take the win. His parachute gets tangled in the wheelie bars, and he gets it stopped *just* before the sandtrap.
Elimination Round #2
(W) Mike Edwards '97 Firebird 7.061 195.14 .423 (-) Steve Schmidt '98 Firebird 7.056 195.14 .458 Nice holeshot win by Edwards.
(-) Mike Thomas '97 Firebird 7.040 195.60 .449 (W) Jeg Coughlin '97 Cutlass 7.012 196.37 .447
(-) Troy Coughlin '97 Cutlass 7.006 195.52 .457 (W) Kurt Johnson '98 Camaro 7.026 196.37 .434 Kurt gets a holeshot win by .003.
(-) Jim Yates '98 Firebird 7.013 196.54 .487 (W) Warren Johnson '98 Firebird 6.968 197.67 .460
Elimination Round #3 - Semifinals
(W) Kurt Johnson '98 Camaro 6.970 196.97 .451 (-) Jeg Coughlin '97 Cutlass 7.032 197.02 .442
(W) Mike Edwards '97 Firebird 7.030 195.82 .464 (-) Warren Johnson '98 Firebird 7.034 197.80 .087 WJ played the staging game, and Rick Stewart let him wait as long as he made him. WJ couldn't wait that long and left just as the tree was activated.
Elimination Round #4 - Finals
(W) Kurt Johnson '98 Camaro 6.984 196.63 .443 (-) Mike Edwards '97 Firebird 7.034 195.86 .428 Edwards had a good starting line advantage, but could not hold off the Johnson horsepower. Margin of victory was .035 seconds