Sat, 22 Sep 2007, 06:24 PM
Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd
annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shelly Payne 7 Rick Stivers
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 6.433 209.49 No Time
Qualified: #9 6.100 236.80 #8 6.098 226.77
Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.38
inches, adjusted altitude 2,752 feet, track temperature 125 degrees.Stivers never moved when the
light turned green. Payne got real loose around half track and did a great driving job saving that
run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1090 Raymond Commisso 4610 Harold Laird
E1 0.139 10.653 68.61 ****WINNER**** 0.081 6.088 235.80
Qualified: #10 6.127 233.16 #7 6.098 235.80
Laird with his best pass of the weekend to take the win light. Commisso with violent tire
shake, shook so hard that the parachute came out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7700 Scott Bailey 3 Josh Hernandez
E1 0.111 7.683 125.97 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.080 239.02
Qualified: #13 6.356 226.62 #4 6.063 238.09
Bailey was out of the groove and close to the wall before he lifted. Hernandez with a good
clean pass for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
501 Mike Knowles 1152 Tony Pontieri
E1 0.111 6.387 226.13 ****WINNER**** 0.123 6.144 232.91
Qualified: #12 6.268 229.78 #5 6.073 235.15
Pontieri with the win, but will give up lane choice to Hernandez in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1212 Scott Ray 320 Steve Engel
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.385 6.138 239.44
Qualified: #11 6.226 228.00 #6 6.097 239.87
Ray was a no show. Engel with a good clean pass for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5835 Raymond Vettel 217 Tim Tindle
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.508 210.54 0.042 10.835 80.68
Qualified: #14 6.408 221.02 #3 6.051 236.51
Tindle was completely side ways before he lifted. Vettel will give up lane choice to Engel in
the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
24 Troy Coughlin 1986 John Russo
E1 0.178 6.488 226.01 ****WINNER**** 0.062 6.039 241.80
Qualified: #15 6.844 225.63 #2 6.022 241.63
Russo with a reall nice pass and he will have lane choice over Laird in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 1 Jay Payne
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.098 6.011 239.27
Qualified: #1 6.012 239.02
Payne with the be and runs the quickest pass of the weekend. Jay Payne's incremental times:
60ft-1.013 sec., 330ft-2.644, 660ft-3.949/189.58mph, 1,000ft-5.070 He will have lane choice over
his wife in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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