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Sat, 06 Oct 2018, 14:49 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #3
By Rick Green





ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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:
Left Lane: Pete Farber Runs 10.346/88.02, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.053/202.55, Was #24
Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 5.808/256.89, Now #4; Best prior run: 9.180/93.16, Was #26

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.38 inches, adjusted altitude 2,970 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Farber with severe tire shake and was real loose before he clicked it off.

Hord launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot. Rick Hord's incremental times: 60ft-1.004 sec., 330ft-2.649, 660ft-3.884/201.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.930.

Left Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 8.850/122.02, Now #24; Best prior run: 5.999/245.09, Was #23
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.870/245.94, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.971/134.54, Was #26

Satterfield shook and shut off.

Whiteley was straight down the groove to get in the show. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.586, 660ft-3.860/194.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.953.

Left Lane: Doug Winters Runs 10.610/82.19, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.925/241.45, Was #21
Right Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 6.055/245.72, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.032/243.24, Was #25

Winters with severe tire shake and clicked it off.

No help here for Oksas...

Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 5.891/246.48, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.918/244.47, Was #20
Right Lane: Erica Enders Runs 5.868/249.90, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.962/249.58, Was #23

Rahaim improves, but is still bumped back by a spot by Enders.

Enders is straight down the groove to get in the show. Erica Enders' incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.650, 660ft-3.902/198.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.968.

Left Lane: Brandon Pesz Runs 5.963/230.21, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.887/243.41, Was #20
Right Lane: Keith Haney Runs 5.842/246.84, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.933/224.32, Was #23

No help here for Pesz as he uses up an engine on the top end. Brandon Pesz was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points.

Haney launched hard and kept it hooked up to make a career quickest and fastest pass to get in the show. Keith Haney's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.596, 660ft-3.857/196.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.933.

Left Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 9.135/100.02, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.880/244.03, Was #19
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 5.887/248.16, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.882/248.61, Was #20

Snider with severe tire shake and clicked it off.

No help here for Matusek as he is just a few ticks off his time from yesterday.

Left Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.852/249.49, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.875/248.52, Was #18
Right Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 5.848/246.17, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.871/245.36, Was #17

A good side-by-side drag race as these two get in the show...

Rowe is straight down the groove to go to the number 15 spot. Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.602, 660ft-3.873/196.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.950.

Tutterow with his quickest pass to get back into the show. Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.566, 660ft-3.841/194.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.931.

Left Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.824/246.62, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.831/246.48, Was #12
Right Lane: Jader Krolow Runs 5.825/252.43, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.858/248.80, Was #16

This is a great side-by-side drag race...

Jackson moves up the ladder one spot with his quickest pass of the weekend. Steve Jackson's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.571, 660ft-3.833/195.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.914.

Krolow gets off the bump spot with a great pass in his NHRA debut. Jader Krolow's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.625, 660ft-3.872/199.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.933.

Left Lane: Jeremy Ray Runs 5.803/246.80, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.821/247.02, Was #10
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.804/248.71, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.829/247.84, Was #13

Ray launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot. Jeremy Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.542, 660ft-3.808/195.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.891.

Smith was right there with him to go to the number five spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.583, 660ft-3.834/198.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.902.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 5.837/246.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.814/247.47, Was #9
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.809/250.46, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.820/249.86, Was #11

Green with another good pass, but will not improve. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-1.000 sec., 330ft-2.603, 660ft-3.855/197.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.926.

Castellana was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.587, 660ft-3.839/198.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.909.

Left Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.803/251.25, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.811/250.64, Was #9
Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.815/250.27, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.818/249.21, Was #11

Whiteley launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.576, 660ft-3.834/197.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.906.

alBalooshi with his quickest of the weekend, but stays in the number 11 spot.

Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.830/243.94, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.808/245.23, Was #8
Right Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 5.779/256.50, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.795/256.89, Was #3

Janis with another good pass, but will not improve...

Frigo launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Sidnei Frigo's incremental times: 60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.622, 660ft-3.853/202.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.900.

Left Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.805/253.75, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.793/255.82, Was #3
Right Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.832/254.66, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.780/256.89, Was #2

Bond with another great pass, straight down the groove, but will not improve. He stays in the number three spot. Justin Bond's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.628, 660ft-3.866/201.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.919.

Biehle with a good pass, but will not improve and stays in the number two spot. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-1.031 sec., 330ft-2.652, 660ft-3.892/200.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.946.

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