Fri, 13 May 2016, 16:20 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Chuck Little Runs 12.773/68.41, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 3,270 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Little with violent tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 6.296/228.04, Now #1
Right Lane: Eric Latino Runs 7.296/140.94, Now #2

Knowles drove through some tire shake and gets a number on the board. Latino makes it out to about 100 feet and then has tire shake and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Gerry Capano Runs 6.065/236.67, Now #1
Right Lane: Ruben Tetsoshvili Runs 22.246/32.99, Now #5

Capano is straight down the groove with a clean pass. Gerry Capano's incremental times: 60ft-1.046 sec., 330ft-2.700, 660ft-4.000/190.51 mph, 1,000ft-5.115. Tetsoshvili with a lot of tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jim Bell Runs 6.080/214.89, Now #2
Right Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 7.189/189.34, Now #4

Bell was loose at the hit, but stayed with it and clicked it off early. Satterfield was real loose early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Dan Stevenson Runs 8.625/101.95, Now #6
Right Lane: Bill Glidden Runs 8.785/104.03, Now #7

Both cars with a lot of tire shake and both cars clicked them off about the same time.

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Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 15.703/40.45, Now #10
Right Lane: Kevin Fiscus Runs 6.318/236.05, Now #4

Whiteley coming off his first event win at the last race in Houston. Whiteley with severe tire shake at the hit and clicked it off. Fiscus is straight down the groove with a clean pass. Kevin Fiscus' incremental times: 60ft-1.063 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.222/183.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.363.

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Left Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 10.768/91.27, Now #10
Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.995/241.93, Now #1

Lang with severe tire shake early and clicked it off. Winters launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Doug Winters' incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.665, 660ft-3.961/192.17 mph, 1,000ft-5.065.

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Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 6.007/242.63, Now #2
Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 23.582/31.60, Now #15

Smith with a good clean pass, straight down the groove to the number two spot. Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.005 sec., 330ft-2.669, 660ft-3.968/190.32 mph, 1,000ft-5.077. alBalooshi with severe tire shake and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 9.214/96.72, Now #12
Right Lane: Shane Molinari Runs 8.859/100.28, Now #11

Janis with tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off. Molinari with tire shake and he too clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 7.682/127.76, Now #9
Right Lane: Pete Farber Runs 11.460/86.36, Now #15

Whiteley starts to shake and get out of the groove around 300 feet and clicks it off. Farber with tire shake right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.058/241.71, Now #3
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 13.905/67.50, Now #18

Matusek gets it to hook up and goes to the number three spot. Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-1.036 sec., 330ft-2.729, 660ft-4.032/192.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.129. King with tire shake and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 8.771/105.31, Now #12
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 9.950/90.25, Now #16

Biehle shook and made a move toward the wall and clicked it off. Castellana with tire shake and he clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 8.872/103.34, Now #15
Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 11.903/79.83, Now #20

Coughlin starts to shake hard around 300 feet and clicks it off. Rowe with tire shake early and he clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 6.238/238.64, Now #7
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.899/247.02, Now #1

Rahaim starts to shake and pedals it and gets it to hook up to get into the top half of the show. Bob Rahaim's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.741, 660ft-4.146/180.79 mph, 1,000ft-5.290. Smith launched hard and keep it hooked up and was straight down the groove into the number one spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.624, 660ft-3.905/195.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.988.

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