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Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 19:43 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 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: Brandon Snider Runs 5.888/241.89, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.417/133.42, Was #25
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 6.998/109.52, Now #26; Best prior run: 11.260/107.49, Was #26

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 4,570 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Snider with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Brandon Snider's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.583, 660ft-3.863/193.40 mph, 1,000ft-4.959.

King hurt the engine just past half track as there is a lot of engine smoke.

Left Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 5.931/248.02, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.910/238.60, Was #22
Right Lane: Rick Distefano Runs 6.092/239.70, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.092/238.93, Was #25

Oksas with another good pass, but will not get in the show.

Distefano sits on the starting line again for a long time, he matches his qualifying time from earlier today.

Left Lane: Doug Winters No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.894/242.80, Was #21
Right Lane: Shane Molinari Runs 5.809/255.63, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.053/251.91, Was #24

Winters broke...

Molinari launched hard and was straight down the groove to get in the show. He goes to the number 13 spot. Shane Molinari's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.642, 660ft-3.882/200.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.928.

Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 5.887/242.63, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.861/243.50, Was #18
Right Lane: Harry Hruska Runs 5.981/248.84, Now #24; Best prior run: 5.985/249.63, Was #24

Rahaim with a clean pass, but will not get in the show. Bob Rahaim's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.616, 660ft-3.883/195.68 mph, 1,000ft-4.965.

Hruska with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 5.914/240.38, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.851/248.39, Was #16
Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.910/246.30, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.869/249.63, Was #20

No help here for Satterfield, but he holds on to the bump spot. Clint Satterfield's incremental times: 60ft-1.007 sec., 330ft-2.664, 660ft-3.912/198.99 mph, 1,000ft-4.994.

Rowe with a clean pass, but he will not improve and will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.881/245.32, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.850/246.30, Was #15
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 6.012/236.96, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.862/247.66, Was #19

Whiteley is straight down the groove, but will not improve.

Matusek slowed and he will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.836/246.62, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.814/247.43, Was #14
Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.851/246.35, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.855/244.29, Was #17

Smith with another good pass, but will not improve. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.596, 660ft-3.856/196.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.928.

alBalooshi with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.600, 660ft-3.866/196.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.940.

Left Lane: Marc Caruso Runs 5.911/243.99, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.801/246.26, Was #12
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 5.813/244.92, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.789/246.98, Was #11

Caruso with a clean pass, but will not improve.

Green with another good pass, but will not improve. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.572, 660ft-3.830/197.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.902.

Left Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 8.335/113.15, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.753/256.50, Was #7
Right Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 9.708/91.48, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.788/246.21, Was #10

Frigo shook and clicked it off.

Jackson with tire shake early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Rick Hord Runs 16.344/64.05, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.749/253.33, Was #6
Right Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.803/255.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.788/255.87, Was #9

Hord with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

Biehle with another good pass, the quickest pass of the session. He will not improve. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-1.005 sec., 330ft-2.628, 660ft-3.869/200.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.919.

Left Lane: Jose Gonzalez Runs 5.762/256.16, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.742/258.07, Was #4
Right Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.791/250.97, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.776/251.25, Was #8

This was a good side-by-side drag race.

Gonzales with a good looking pass, the quickest of session. He will not improve...Jose Gonzalez's incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.618, 660ft-3.840/201.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.884.

Whiteley with the second quickest pass of the session, he will not improve. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.566, 660ft-3.824/197.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.893.

Left Lane: Jeremy Ray Runs 5.747/247.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.732/247.93, Was #3
Right Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.787/247.34, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.747/249.53, Was #5

Ray launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. He will not improve. Jeremy Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.762/196.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.838.

Janis with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.543, 660ft-3.804/196.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.879.

Left Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.787/249.81, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.710/252.80, Was #1
Right Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 5.806/246.57, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.721/243.85, Was #2

Castellana with good looking pass, but will not improve. He holds on to the number one spot for the fourth time this season and the 14th time of his career. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.566, 660ft-3.819/197.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.887.

Tutterow with a good pass, but will not improve and will start Sunday from the number two spot. Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.546, 660ft-3.812/195.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.893.

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