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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota 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: Left Lane: Rick Distefano Runs 6.092/238.93, Now #21; No Prior Run Right Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 8.582/109.38, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.417/133.42, Was #22 Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,722 feet, track temperature 96 degrees. Distefano sat on the starting line for over seven seconds, but then gets a full pass. He will not get in the show. Snider got loose early and clicked it off. Left Lane: Chip King Runs 11.260/107.49, Now #26; Best prior run: 11.323/95.88, Was #26 Right Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 9.177/104.82, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.861/243.50, Was #13 King was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Rahaim got got loose around 330 feet and clicked it off. Left Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 5.721/243.85, Now #2; Best prior run: 10.910/81.43, Was #25 Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.710/252.80, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.744/252.10, Was #1 This a great side-by-side drag race. Tutterow launched hard and kept it hooked up to go the number two spot. Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.494, 660ft-3.740/198.61 mph, 1,000ft-4.807. Castellana is straight down the groove with a great pass to go to the number one spot. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.530, 660ft-3.767/200.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.820. Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.179/185.23, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.862/247.66, Was #15 Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.850/246.30, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.863/245.63, Was #16 Matusek slowed on the top end and gets bumped back one spot by Whiteley. Whiteley with his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number 13 spot. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.574, 660ft-3.850/194.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.937. Left Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.869/249.63, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.431/134.71, Was #25 Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 5.838/250.23, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.749/253.33, Was #3 Rowe with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.611, 660ft-3.891/195.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.967. Hord with another looking pass, but will not improve. Rick Hord's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.614, 660ft-3.870/197.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.939. Left Lane: Shane Molinari Runs 6.053/251.91, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.736/205.82, Was #24 Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.894/242.80, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.946/241.11, Was #21 Molinari with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up the ladder one spot. Winters also with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the number 19 spot. Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.747/249.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.787/247.88, Was #5 Right Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 13.724/89.48, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.910/238.60, Was #21 Janis kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number three spot. Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.527, 660ft-3.779/197.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.846. Oksas was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Harry Hruska Runs 8.926/104.12, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.985/249.63, Was #22 Right Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 10.397/99.60, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.851/248.39, Was #14 Hruska made a quick move toward the centerline before he clicked it off. Satterfield shook and shut off. Left Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.788/246.21, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.894/241.41, Was #20 Right Lane: Marc Caruso Runs 5.801/246.26, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.849/245.23, Was #12 Jackson with his quickest pass of the weekend to go from the outside of the shot into the top half of the show. Marc Caruso's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-3.802/194.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.887. Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.855/244.29, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.894/243.63, Was #19 Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.944/204.63, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.814/247.43, Was #12 alBalooshi is straight down the groove to get in the show on the bump. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.586, 660ft-3.857/195.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.939. No help here for Smith. Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 5.789/246.98, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.827/245.23, Was #13 Right Lane: Jose Gonzalez Runs 5.742/258.07, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.797/256.50, Was #8 Green with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up to the number nine spot. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.564, 660ft-3.815/198.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.883. Gonzalez launched hard and kept it hooked up to the number three spot. Jose Gonzalez's incremental times: 60ft-1.004 sec., 330ft-2.605, 660ft-3.830/202.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.868. Left Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.776/251.25, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.799/251.06, Was #10 Right Lane: Jeremy Ray Runs 5.732/247.93, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.787/247.29, Was #7 Whiteley is straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.554, 660ft-3.812/197.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.880. Ray kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Jeremy Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.753/197.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.825. Left Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.788/255.87, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.808/254.95, Was #12 Right Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 5.753/256.50, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.769/256.99, Was #7 Biehle with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder three spots. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.620, 660ft-3.859/200.71 mph, 1,000ft-4.907. Frigo with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number seven spot. Sidnei Frigo's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.605, 660ft-3.834/202.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.876.
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