Sat, 19 Jun 2010, 04:58 PM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   24 Troy Coughlin                        1090 Raymond Commisso             
E1                   0.054  6.363 214.66     ****WINNER****  0.079  6.076 240.81
 Qualified:             #9  6.081 233.76                        #8  6.074 240.98

4:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 28.45 inches, adjusted altitude 4,372 feet, track temperature 133 degrees.

Coughlin gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Commisso reels him in before they reach the 330 foot mark, then drives around and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Roger Burgess                          14 Ed Hoover                    
E1                  -0.071  8.838 103.44     ****WINNER****  0.040  7.019 211.59
 Qualified:             #7  6.053 238.05                       #10  6.083 234.98

Burgess leaves a little too soon, then gets to half-track and gets out of the groove. Hoover gets out of the groove early, backs off the throttle, then gets back on it around half-track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1456 Mike Janis                           321A Scott Ray                    
E1                   0.089  6.211 195.14     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.008 236.63
 Qualified:            #11  6.086 236.84                        #6  6.041 236.17

Janis drifts a little to the left early, then starts moving around a little, getting close to the wall about 1000 feet down. Ray goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1152 Tony Pontieri                        2377 Von Smith                    
E1                   0.080  6.044 240.72     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.054 239.61
 Qualified:            #12  6.090 238.43                        #5  6.030 240.51

Smith gets a great move off the line, then Pontieri starts to make up ground. Pontieri makes his quickest pass of the weekend but can't make up the difference on the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  314 Rick Stivers                           43 Rickie Smith                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  6.182 236.05                     0.074 No Time      
 Qualified:            #13  6.102 236.75                        #4  6.006 237.05

Smith gets out of the groove early and makes a move to the left. He fights to get it back in the groove, then makes another hard move and crosses the center line just past half-track. Stivers makes a nice pass for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5012 Kenny Lang                              4 Danny Rowe                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.075 236.75                     0.027  6.109 240.89
 Qualified:            #14  6.106 236.46                        #3  5.999 241.80

Lang gets out of the gate first then makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Rowe makes a decent pass but not up to his qualifying standards.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Brad Personett                          3 Jay Payne                    
E1                   0.093  6.091 248.02     ****WINNER****  0.107  6.015 239.70
 Qualified:            #15  6.107 247.25                        #2  5.998 237.13

Personett gets a little advantage off the line, then Payne drives around him quickly and extends his lead all the way through the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Joe Baker                            1794 Mike Castellana              
E1                   0.061  6.112 235.56     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.002 238.30
 Qualified:            #16  6.133 234.86                        #1  5.993 239.10

Castellana gets the hole-shot and pulls away for the win with the quickest pass of the session.

In the next round it will be Castellana with lane choice over Commisso, Smith vs. Stivers, Payne vs. Hoover, and Ray vs. Lang.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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