Rookie Pro Stock driver Justin Humphreys gave his category rivals a glimpse Sunday of what is to come from the Knoll-Gas Energy Pontiac GTO Pro Stock team when he reached the semifinals of the Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway.
He not only picked up the first round win of his seven-race NHRA career, but did it against No. 2 qualifier Jason Line. And then the driver from Monrovia, Md., added another win before eventual race winner Dave Connolly sidelined him.
Humphreys got the starting-line jump against Line –. 045-second to. 107 – and never looked back. His slower 6.711-second elapsed time at 206.35 mph was enough to edge Line’s charging 6.663 at 207.85 by 14-thousandths of a second. He made it two straight by eliminating Warren Johnson in the quarterfinals – 6.719 at 206.23 to a shutting off 13.295 at 72.73.
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