Sat, 17 Jun 2000, 06:24 PM CORDOVA - Mopar Performance Parts Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CORDOVA, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Mopar Performance Parts Pro Modified at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   9 Dale Brinsfield     6.397 219.36  Q    8 Quain Stott         6.396 212.59
 *****WINNER***** 0.464  6.439 219.97  E1                  0.461  6.478 215.93

Stott with a slight advantage on the tree, Brinsfield with a little wiggle around half track, but had the power to hold on for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  15 Alan Pittman        6.456 218.09  Q    2 Troy Critchley      6.336 225.00
                  0.506  6.331 217.77  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.526  6.308 225.63

Pittman out of the gate first, but then has smoke trailing him through the lights. Critchley with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  10 Billy Harper        6.422 213.06  Q    7 Shannon Jenkins     6.386 221.96
 *****WINNER***** 0.490  6.383 215.75  E1                  0.466  6.429 220.80

Viper a pair, this really looks cool. Jenkins with the hole shot, but Harper almost had it made up by the 60-foot mark and they were glued together from there on.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Brian Gahm          6.439 218.94  Q    6 Ronnie Hood         6.385 215.68
                  0.473  6.486 214.83  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.480  6.413 218.19

Hood not as quick as qualifying, but quick enough to send Gahm home.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Steve Cossis        6.439 218.72  Q    5 Ed Hoover           6.376 220.84
                  0.490  6.616 205.10  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.522  6.472 206.23

Cossis did his job on the tree, but Hoover had the power to chase him down.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  13 Carl Spiering       6.441 216.51  Q    4 Mike Castellana     6.367 221.34
 *****WINNER***** 0.472  6.409 218.34  E1                  0.485  6.397 216.06

Spiering with hole shot win this war a great drag race. Margin of victory = 0.001 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Pat Moore           6.345 221.31  Q   14 Tommy Gray          6.454 216.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  6.389 220.84  E1                  0.478  6.495 214.21

They leave together, but from there on it was all Moore.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Chuck Nuytten       6.503 203.37  Q    1 Fred Hahn           6.300 225.37
                  0.874  7.706 128.63  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.533  6.245 226.58

Hahn with a great looking pass and the quickest and fastest pass of the weekend. Nuyttenn real late and then got real close to the centerline.




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