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Fri, 12 Oct 2018, 17:14 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Rick Green





CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters 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: Bob Rahaim Runs 5.798/248.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 9.191/114.09, Was #15
Right Lane: Jader Krolow No Time, Now #22; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,365 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Rahaim is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. Bob Rahaim's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.574, 660ft-3.826/198.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.893.

Krolow rolled the beam as he was staging...

Left Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.738/247.84, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.990/192.14, Was #13
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 5.764/248.89, Now #9; Best prior run: 12.284/85.30, Was #21

Jackson kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot with a real nice pass. Steve Jackson's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.515, 660ft-3.765/198.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.834.

King was straight down the groove with a good clean pass, his career quickest. He goes to the number nine spot. Chip King's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.539, 660ft-3.790/198.29 mph, 1,000ft-4.860.

Left Lane: Pete Farber Runs 6.705/151.63, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.924/244.56, Was #14
Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 5.891/240.55, Now #14; Best prior run: 11.932/68.16, Was #21

Farber gets loose on the top end and clicks it off.

Hord is straight down the groove to get in the show. Rick Hord's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.588, 660ft-3.855/193.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.957.

Left Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 5.859/250.92, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.868/249.90, Was #13
Right Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.753/254.14, Now #6; Best prior run: 11.845/73.57, Was #21

Satterfield with another good pass, but gets bumped back one spot by Whiteley. Clint Satterfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.642, 660ft-3.896/198.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.961.

Whiteley kept it hooked up to move into the top half of the show. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.547, 660ft-3.801/198.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.864.

Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 5.857/249.72, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.820/251.44, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.708/252.61, Now #2; Best prior run: 10.914/81.11, Was #21

Matusek with another good pass, but will not improve. Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.612, 660ft-3.883/196.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.956.

Castellana launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.523, 660ft-3.760/200.77 mph, 1,000ft-4.817. Castellana makes the seventh quickest pass in the history of Pro Mod.

Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.755/247.52, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.788/245.27, Was #12
Right Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.814/257.53, Now #14; Best prior run: 10.176/100.24, Was #21

Janis is straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.524, 660ft-3.780/197.71 mph, 1,000ft-4.850.

Biehle kept it hooked up to get in the show. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-1.007 sec., 330ft-2.656, 660ft-3.893/201.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.938.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 5.728/250.64, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.758/244.83, Was #9
Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.809/246.03, Now #14; Best prior run: 9.938/108.54, Was #21

Green kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his career quickest pass to go to the number five spot. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.541, 660ft-3.778/201.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.832.

Winters is loose, but stayed with it to get in the show. Doug Winters' incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.555, 660ft-3.821/196.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.899. Winters runs his career quickest pass.

Left Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.776/254.38, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.750/253.99, Was #7
Right Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 9.227/98.38, Now #21; Best prior run: 8.053/117.68, Was #21

Rowe with another good pass, but will not improve. Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.577, 660ft-3.831/199.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.889.

Tutterow shook and shut off.

Left Lane: Justin Bond Runs 9.418/96.17, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.718/258.52, Was #4
Right Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 5.824/244.60, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.017/197.94, Was #20

Bond is loose early and clicks it off.

Snider is straight down the groove and just misses getting in the show. Brandon Snider's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.815/194.74 mph, 1,000ft-4.905.

Left Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 5.753/258.27, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.713/259.31, Was #3
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.745/251.34, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.764/250.60, Was #11

Frigo with another great pas, but will not improve. Sidnei Frigo's incremental times: 60ft-1.016 sec., 330ft-2.616, 660ft-3.841/203.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.879.

Smith launched hard and was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.551, 660ft-3.793/199.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.851.

Left Lane: Jeremy Ray Runs 5.710/250.83, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.705/252.10, Was #1
Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 6.870/149.13, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.759/251.91, Was #11

Ray launched hard and kept it hooked up, but will not improve. He holds on to the number one spot. Jeremy Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.513, 660ft-3.754/200.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.814.

alBalooshi is loose and out of the groove over by the centerline before he clicks it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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