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Fri, 25 Sep 2026, 13:26 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 7.437/141.51, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 1,249 feet.

Winters is back at the NHRA event for the first time since Las Vegas last season. He clicked it off early.

Left Lane: Shane Gray Runs 5.763/247.52, Now #2
Right Lane: Tony Wilson Runs 5.636/253.24, Now #1

Gray is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Wilson launched hard and kept it hooked up with his career quickest and fastest pass. Tony Wilson's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.497, 660ft-3.709/205.10 mph, 1,000ft-4.749.

Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.640/252.10, Now #2
Right Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.661/255.10, Now #3

Smith is straight down the groove to go to the number two spot.

Jackson with a good clean pass to start the weekend.

Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.680/255.54, Now #4
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 5.749/247.80, Now #5

Januik with a good clean pass to the number four spot.

Collins is straight down the groove to go to the number five spot.

Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.917/246.31, Now #7
Right Lane: Mike Castellana No Time, Now #9

Laughlin with a clean pass.

Castellana is shut off and pushed off the starting line.

Left Lane: Chip King Runs 10.006/86.37, Now #10
Right Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.704/253.52, Now #5

King shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

Rivenbark with a good clean pass, straight down the groove.

Left Lane: Lyle Barnett Runs 5.751/250.42, Now #7
Right Lane: Mike Thielen Runs 10.880/80.03, Now #12

Barnett kept it hooked up to get into the top half of the show.

Thielen shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Stan Shelton Runs 5.715/253.66, Now #7
Right Lane: JR Gray Runs 5.673/254.09, Now #4

Shelton is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Gray had it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number four spot.

Left Lane: Derek Menholt Runs 5.757/252.81, Now #11
Right Lane: Billy Banaka Runs 5.749/254.24, Now #8

Menholt with a clean pass.

Banaka goes to the number eight spot with a good pass.

Left Lane: Mike Stavrinos Runs 5.665/253.95, Now #5
Right Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.637/257.58, Now #2

Stavrinos kept it hooked up and goes to the number five spot.

Bond launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot.