Sat, 25 Jun 2011, 07:28 PM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5011 Mike Knowles                         1090 Raymond Commisso             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067  5.986 240.29                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #9  5.953 240.81                        #8  5.947 246.66

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,749 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Commisso with problems before he does the burnout and they can't get the car to refire....Knowles was straight the groove with a good pass for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  213 Chip King                             770 Donald Martin                
E1                   0.077  6.121 245.23     ****WINNER****  0.053  5.997 244.07
 Qualified:            #10  5.968 253.28                        #7  5.938 245.00

Martin is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jay Payne                               6 Kenny Lang                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.986 240.77                     0.024 No Time      
 Qualified:            #11  5.988 241.93                        #6  5.937 245.14

This is the first time Payne and Lang have faced each other in eliminations. Lang got real loose and out of the groove and scraped the wall. Payne with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Troy Coughlin                        6294 Dennis Radford               
E1                   0.043  6.096 240.38     ****WINNER****  0.073  5.974 236.96
 Qualified:            #12  5.990 247.97                        #5  5.913 238.93

Coughlin and Radford have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Coughlin with the starting line advantage, but Radford had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Ed Hoover                             327 Khalid Balooshi              
E1                   0.027  6.098 223.43     ****WINNER****  0.090  5.942 240.64
 Qualified:            #13  6.021 239.06                        #4  5.879 241.97

Hoover with the starting line advantage, and Balooshi chased him down around 500 feet and takes the win. Balooshi will have lane choice over Radford in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  328 Chuck Cheeseman                      1794 Mike Castellana              
E1                   0.134  6.051 234.00     ****WINNER****  0.066  5.900 239.19
 Qualified:            #14  6.072 235.97                        #3  5.871 241.93

Castellana is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. Castellana will have lane choice over Payne in the next round

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1518 Pete Farber                           375 Rickie Jones                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.063  5.912 240.55
 Qualified:            #15  6.079 238.09                        #2  5.868 241.93

Farber with problems getting the car to fire and is shut off. Jones with another nice pass for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1456 Mike Janis                              2 Danny Rowe                   
E1                   0.176 32.558  62.17     ****WINNER****  0.092  5.904 246.57
 Qualified:            #16  6.130 238.93                        #1  5.863 246.93

Rowe is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win...Rowe will have lane choice over Knowles in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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