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Sun, 4 Jun 2000, 01:08 PM

GRAND BEND - Mopar Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Mopar Pro Modified at the Inaugural Mopar Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   9 Ed Hoover           6.431 218.92  Q    8 Roy Wasko           6.414 217.81
                  0.538  6.535 216.65  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.538  6.511 210.92

12:40 PM We open with a close race, the margin of victory = 0.024 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Both cars were a bit loose, leaving wandering tire tracks in the middle of the run.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  10 Mitch Stott         6.443 218.12  Q    7 Ronnie Hood         6.404 217.44
                  0.487 11.420  75.40  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.441  6.473 214.69

Stott's car veered right on the launch, getting the right rear tire off the track before he shut it down.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  15 Pat Moore           6.548 214.38  Q    2 Carl Spiering       6.313 221.45
                  0.465  6.613 213.16  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.511  6.552 215.72

Moore got the holeshot but the Canadian ECW car gets the win light. Margin of victory = 0.015 seconds (approximately 5 feet). After the run the track crew takes to the left lane, cleaning up some liquid on the launch pad and picking up some pieces from the rest of the lane. Spiering advances, but loses lane choice to Hood in round two.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Quain Stott         6.446 218.23  Q    6 Alan Pittman        6.381 213.82
 *****WINNER***** 0.492  6.439 219.61  E1                  0.496  6.475 215.93

Good drag race! These two were side-by-side all the way down the track. Margin of victory = 0.040 seconds (approximately 13 feet).


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Dale Brinsfield     6.447 215.62  Q    5 Al Billes           6.377 222.60
                  0.466  7.067 150.00  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.516  6.438 218.44

Brinsfield did all he could do with a big holeshot, but his car let him down and Billes won easily.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  17 Chris Cline         6.563 210.37  Q    4 Steve Cossis        6.375 217.02
                  0.467  8.205 103.77  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.468  6.468 216.60

Cossis took a crooked way to the win, but Cline was on an even crookeder run and had to give it up. Cossis loses lane choice to Billes in round two by 0.03 seconds.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  14 Tommy Gray          6.478 210.32  Q    3 Troy Critchley      6.362 212.81
                  0.447  6.800 185.75  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.550  6.366 223.49

Two very popular cars end up opposite each other here, the Undertaker and the Iron Horse. Gray won the tree, by a tenth of a second, but had to slow on the top end and Critchley finally gets a round win in 2000. He also gets lane choice against Pittman in round two.


 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Shannon Jenkins     6.551 218.39  Q    1 Fred Hahn           6.179 226.87
                  0.455  8.719  10.03  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.493  6.292 223.65

The #1 and #2 number plates from 1999 end up racing each other in round one - who'd a thunk it? It was thrilling, both cars drifting toward the centerline and almost kissing fenders. Jenkins lifted. Hahn stayed on the throttle, turned hard right, and continued with another awesome run, also winning lane choice against Wasko in the quarterfinals.