Sat, 30 Oct 2004, 09:13 PM
Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth
annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
237 Von Smith 2813 Scott Cannon Jr
E1 0.064 6.361 224.17 ****WINNER**** 0.083 6.274 225.94
Qualified: #8 6.285 227.00 #9 6.296 226.39
Smith with the starting line advantage, but Cannon drives around him just before 330 feet
and takes the win by about 23 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
38 Dan Rowe 69 Al Billes
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.312 225.82 0.104 6.285 224.14
Qualified: #7 6.281 226.85 #10 6.297 226.13
Rowe with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. The
way I have the points figured is this will give Rowe's teammate Mike Ashley the championship.
Dan Rowe's MOV: 0.0471 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1010 Troy Critchley 5082 Zach Barklage
E1 0.094 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.410 222.22
Qualified: #5 6.274 224.32 #12 6.314 226.32
Barklage with the big starting line advantage and the win. Critchley broke and coasted to a
stop on the track around half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4015 Frankie Taylor 1313 Chip King
E1 0.093 6.985 151.32 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.287 226.96
Qualified: #11 6.313 223.50 #6 6.276 227.42
King was out of the gate first and never looked back for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
294 Dennis Radford 19 Richie Stevens Jr.
E1 0.067 6.336 221.42 ****WINNER**** 0.079 6.304 226.20
Qualified: #13 6.321 221.23 #4 6.269 228.27
Radford with a slight starting line advantage and has the lead until 1000 feet. Stevens was
able to drive around him on the top end. Richie Stevens Jr.'s MOV: 0.0207 seconds
(approximately 7 feet). Stevens will have lane choice over Barklage in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1722 Wayne Torkelson 4 Shannon Jenkins
E1 0.058 6.503 218.02 ****WINNER**** 0.094 6.241 223.80
Qualified: #14 6.330 222.91 #3 6.259 223.39
Torkelson with the starting line advantage, but Jenkins has the difference made up by 150
feet and never looked back after that.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1211 Mike Ashley 1853 Thomas Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.210 225.45 0.056 6.418 216.31
Qualified: #2 6.249 225.45 #15 6.331 227.27
Ashley with the starting line advantage and never looked back with the low E.T. of the
round. Ashley will have lane choice over his teammate Rowe in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
44 Mike Castellana 710 Jay Payne
E1 0.131 6.266 224.96 ****WINNER**** 0.112 6.268 227.96
Qualified: #1 6.234 225.75 #16 6.365 219.65
Payne with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win.
Payne will have lane choice over Castellana in the next round. Jay Payne's incremental times:
60ft-1.072 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.112/181.08mph, 1,000ft-5.281
Timing data courtesy of
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