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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 14:02 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Scott Widgust Runs 5.837/248.11, Now #1
Right Lane: Michael Stavrinos Runs 11.318/73.93, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,230 feet.

A couple new guys to the NHRA Pro Mod Series.

Widgust is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Stavrinos is loose early and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Tony Wilson Runs 5.864/241.67, Now #2
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 12.774/78.93, Now #4

Wilson straight down the groove with a good clean pass.

King overpowered the track right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Lyle Barnett Runs 5.810/246.57, Now #1
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 10.604/101.47, Now #4

Barnett kept it hooked up with a good pass.

Januik mad a quick move toward the centerline and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Paul Daigrepont Runs 5.881/239.10, Now #5
Right Lane: Dwayne Wolfe Runs 5.767/249.95, Now #1

Daigrepont is skating around early and stays with it.

Wolfe straight down the groove with a good clean pass.

Left Lane: Ken Quartuccio Runs 5.822/245.18, Now #3
Right Lane: Jerico Balduf Runs 5.862/245.45, Now #5

A couple good clean passes...

Left Lane: Billy Banaka Runs 5.877/246.44, Now #7
Right Lane: Jason Scruggs Runs 8.377/109.15, Now #9

Banaka with a nice pass, he was straight down the groove.

Scruggs was real loose around 300 feet and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.954/230.17, Now #10
Right Lane: Jose Gonzalez Runs 5.826/247.61, Now #4

Winters with a big cloud of smoke at the finish line, but the track is all clear.

Gonzalez with a good clean pass.

Left Lane: Mike Thielen Runs 5.796/251.49, Now #2
Right Lane: Mason Wright Runs 7.258/129.78, Now #12

Thielen kept it hooked all the way down the tack with a good looking pass. Mike Thielen's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.602, 660ft-3.847/199.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.903.

Wright was out of the groove early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: JR Gray Jr. Runs 5.795/251.86, Now #2
Right Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.824/242.63, Now #6

Gray straight down the groove to the number two spot. JR Gray Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.578, 660ft-3.839/197.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.901.

rivenbark with a good clean pass to get in the top half of the show.

Left Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 10.040/117.08, Now #16
Right Lane: Stan Shelton Runs 11.933/74.18, Now #19

Both cars with tire shake right at the hit nd they both click them off.

Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 8.160/105.41, Now #16
Right Lane: Dmitry Samorukov Runs 5.984/209.59, Now #14

alBalooshi with tire shake early and clicked it off.

Samorukov with a good clean pass to get in the show.

Left Lane: Jason Lee Runs 6.112/221.20, Now #16
Right Lane: Kris Thorne Runs 5.841/243.11, Now #9

Lee with a clean pass to in the show on the bump.

Thorne kept it hooked up all the way down the track.

Left Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.710/249.35, Now #1
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.783/246.66, Now #3

This was a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up round one of qualifying.

Bond launched hard and kept it hooked to go the number one spot. Justin Bond's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.503, 660ft-3.743/198.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.809.

Castellana with a good looking pass to go to the number three spot. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.539, 660ft-3.797/196.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.872.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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