Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:32 AM Castellana Races to Second Win of the Season During Get Screened America Pro Mod Series

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NORWALK, Ohio -- Race

Castellana vs. Rowe

Mike Castellana raced to his second win of the season during the Get Screened America Pro Mod Series event that took place during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Sunday.  In the finals he was pitted against No. 1 qualifier Mike Rowe, who was in his third consecutive finals.

Castellana had a .066 reaction time to a .073 for Rowe and was able to use that to his advantage and posted a winning pass of 5.869 seconds at 243.24 miles per hour to the losing effort of Rowe’s at 5.960 seconds at 244.78 mile per hour.

Khalid Balooshi, who was defeated in the second round, retains the series points lead by 23 points over Rowe and with the win Castellana holds down the fifth place position in the points.

The Get Screened America Pro Mod Series returns to action during the 57th annual Mac Tools U. S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Aug. 31 – Sept. 5th.

Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series final round-by-round results from the Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, the seventh of ten events.

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ROUND ONE -- Mike Knowles, Chevy Camaro, 5.986, 240.29 def. Raymond Commisso, Camaro, broke; Donald Martin, Camaro, 5.997, 244.07 def. Chip King, Dodge Daytona, 6.121, 245.23; Jay Payne, Camaro, 5.986, 240.77 def. Kenny Lang, Camaro, DQ; Dennis Radford, Plymouth Duster, 5.974, 236.96 def. Troy Coughlin, Pontiac GTO, 6.096, 240.38; Khalid Balooshi, Camaro, 5.942, 240.64 def. Ed Hoover, Camaro, 6.098, 223.43; Mike Castellana, Camaro, 5.900, 239.19 def. Chuck Cheeseman, Chevy Corvette, 6.051, 234.00; Rickie Jones, Camaro, 5.912, 240.55 def. Pete Farber, Daytona, broke; Danny Rowe, Camaro, 5.904, 246.57 def. Mike Janis, Ford Mustang, 32.558, 62.17;

QUARTERFINALS -- Radford, 6.051, 235.43 def. Balooshi, 6.086, 238.60; Jones, 5.944, 239.23 def. D. Martin, 7.970, 118.44; Rowe, 5.949, 245.94 def. Knowles, 7.552, 138.02; Castellana, 5.997, 238.34 def. Payne, 6.049, 239.36;

SEMIFINALS -- Rowe, 5.955, 244.65 def. Radford, broke; Castellana, 6.019, 235.02 def. Jones, 6.347, 214.35;

FINAL -- Castellana, 5.896, 243.24 def. Rowe, 5.960, 244.78.

Point standings (top 10) for Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series following the Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, the seventh of ten events.

1.  Khalid Balooshi, 508; 2.  Danny Rowe, 485; 3.  Ed Hoover, 359; 4.  Kenny Lang, 355; 5.  Mike Castellana, 351; 6.  Roger Burgess, 342; 7.  Raymond Commisso, 325; 8.  Rickie Smith, 317; 9.  Mike Janis, 298; 10.  Melanie Troxel, 291.

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