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MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest 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: Lyle Barnett Runs 6.865/129.99, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.542/172.47, Was #11 Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 1,437 feet, track temperature 112 degrees. Barnett launched hard but started to drift out of the groove toward the centerline before he clicked it off. Left Lane: JR Gray No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.636/126.92, Was #13 Right Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.819/246.03, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.847/245.54, Was #9 Gray with problems on the burnout. He can't get the car to go into reverse. He finally gets the car into revers and gets it back to the starting line. Now he can't get the car to go forward. Finally the NHRA shuts him off. Rivenbark on the single is straight down the groove and into the top half of the show. Kevin Rivenbark's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.556, 660ft-3.821/195.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.904. Left Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.740/250.23, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.203/131.50, Was #12 Right Lane: Mike Thielen Runs 5.812/240.81, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.820/244.07, Was #9 Castellana kept it hooked up to go to the number 12 spot. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.538, 660ft-3.780/199.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.842. Thielen with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up the ladder one spot into the top half of the field. Mike Thielen's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.812/196.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.888. Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.862/243.37, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.870/207.46, Was #11 Right Lane: Kris Thorne Runs 5.785/227.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.761/253.42, Was #7 alBalooshi is out of the groove over by the wall. He reels it back into the groove. He still makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 11 spot. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.564, 660ft-3.841/193.40 mph, 1,000ft-4.935. Thorne was on good pass until the top end when he started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.766/252.28, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.767/250.97, Was #8 Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 8.819/102.44, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.753/248.52, Was #6 Smith makes a quick move toward the wall, he reels it in. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number eight spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.574, 660ft-3.819/199.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.874. Winters with severe tire shake and clicked it off. Left Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.704/252.85, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.678/252.38, Was #2 Right Lane: Stan Shelton Runs 8.751/101.02, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.747/253.95, Was #5 Bond with another good looking pass. He will not improve and stays in the number two spot. Justin Bond's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.519, 660ft-3.756/200.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.812. Shelton shook and shut off. Left Lane: Daniel Pharris Runs 5.695/251.30, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.673/251.34, Was #1 Right Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.718/256.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.693/257.04, Was #3 This is a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up Pro Mod qualifying. Pharris launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. He will not improve, but holds on to the number one spot. Daniel Pharris' incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.501, 660ft-3.737/199.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.797. Pharris qualifies number one for the first time in his career. Jackson is straight down the groove with the third quickest pass of the session. He will qualify in the number three spot.
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