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COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Right Lane: Chip King Runs 15.550/47.77, Now #27; Best prior run: 13.905/67.50, Was #27 Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 2,920 feet, track temperature 117 degrees. King with severe tire
shake and makes a quick move toward the wall before he clicks it off. Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 13.053/95.78, Now #26; Best prior run: 10.245/91.68, Was #25 Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.960/246.71, Now #11; Best prior run: 11.903/79.83, Was #26 Whiteley with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off. Rowe was soft off the line, but keep it hooked up to get into the show. Left Lane: Dan Stevenson Runs 9.672/94.68, Now #23; Best prior run: 8.271/125.26, Was #23 Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 14.087/68.87, Now #25; Best prior run: 9.950/90.25, Was #25 Stevenson starts to lose traction around 150 off the starting line and clicks it off, he will not get into the show. Castellana with tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off, he will not get in the show. Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 13.519/80.99, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.274/205.07, Was #20 Right Lane: Chuck Little Runs 10.368/83.50, Now #24; Best prior run: 9.732/96.26, Was #24 Janis with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off, he will not get in the show. Little gets to about 200 feet before he starts to lose traction and he clicks it off, he will not get in the show. Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 9.847/90.44, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.238/238.64, Was #18 Right Lane: Pete Farber Runs 5.932/246.62, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.407/167.70, Was #21 Rahaim gets to about 200 feet when he started to shake and clicks it off and he will not get into the show. Faber was able to get it hook up and get into the show. Pete Farber's incremental times: 60ft-0.992 sec., 330ft-2.643, 660ft-3.925/194.02 mph, 1,000ft-5.017. Left Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 6.046/233.64, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.147/227.46, Was #18 Right Lane: Ruben Tetsoshvili Runs 15.017/45.55, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.239/239.19, Was #20 Knowles with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show...just misses. Tetsoshvili with severe tire shake and clicks it off he will not get in the show. Left Lane: Jim Bell Runs 7.912/126.80, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.080/214.89, Was #18 Right Lane: Kevin Fiscus Runs 6.025/243.77, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.995/244.03, Was #14 Bell starts to shake and clicks it off, he will not get in the show. Fiscus with a goo pass, but will not improve on his numbers from yesterday and will stay in the number 14 spot. Kevin Fiscus' incremental times: 60ft-1.028 sec., 330ft-2.727, 660ft-4.009/194.63 mph, 1,000ft-5.101. Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 5.885/246.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.007/242.63, Was #16 Right Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 10.177/91.22, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.954/246.71, Was #11 Smith launched with the front end in the air and keeps it hooked up with the quickest pass of the day to get into the top half of the show. Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.613, 660ft-3.887/195.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.970. Satterfield with severe tire shake and clicks it off. Left Lane: Gerry Capano Runs 6.042/238.64, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.998/239.91, Was #16 Right Lane: Bill Glidden Runs 7.741/121.35, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.915/242.36, Was #9 Glidden was on good pass, but then started to get out of the groove and clicked it off. Capano with a clean pass, but will not improve and will stay on the bump. Left Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 8.291/103.51, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.931/242.28, Was #10 Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 6.973/133.39, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.893/240.94, Was #8 Lang with tire shake early and then clicked it off. Winters launched hard and then started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 5.936/247.29, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.853/248.80, Was #5 Right Lane: Eric Latino Runs 6.032/245.90, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.857/247.57, Was #6 Matusek with another good looking pass, the third quickest of the day. He has gotten down the track on every pass. Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.659, 660ft-3.944/194.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.026. Latino with a clean pass. Left Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.999/249.21, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.845/252.14, Was #4 Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 9.328/88.03, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.816/247.20, Was #3 Biehle gets loose and pedals it and gets it to hooked up and makes a full pass. Biehle with the fifth quickest pass of the day. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-1.046 sec., 330ft-2.742, 660ft-4.021/195.79 mph, 1,000ft-5.096. alBalooshi was real loose early and clicked it off. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 5.913/252.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.806/253.14, Was #2 Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 8.147/110.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.781/250.51, Was #1 Coughlin launched hard and was straight down the groove with a nice pass with the second quickest pass of the day. Troy Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-1.011 sec., 330ft-2.701, 660ft-3.960/198.90 mph, 1,000ft-5.021. Smith started to get loose around 330 feet and clicked it off. Smith will hold on to the number one spot for the second time this season and the seventh time in his career.
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