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Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 02:06 PM

Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   43 Rickie Smith                         1794 Mike Castellana              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.081  6.174 230.84                     0.046  6.283 234.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Smith     ) 0.041  6.075 230.96      (S Ray       ) 0.085  6.050 238.47
 Qualified:            #14  6.019 235.97                       #11  6.002 238.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,209 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Castellana with the starting line advantage, but smith has him chased down by 200 feet and then blast on through for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Ed Hoover                             133 Pat Musi                     
E2                   0.056  6.135 236.05     ****WINNER****  0.090  6.083 237.30
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Lang      ) 0.040  6.081 236.84      (T Coughlin  ) 0.075  6.020 239.10
 Qualified:             #5  5.963 239.02                        #4  5.961 229.98

Hoover with the starting line advantage and the lead until right at 1000 feet. Musi takes the win by 0.0184 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Danny Rowe                            348 Brad Personett               
E2                   0.047  6.322 237.75     ****WINNER****  0.122  5.993 251.95
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Baker     ) 0.044  6.104 243.06      (M Troxel    ) 0.101  6.020 253.52
 Qualified:            #10  5.994 244.16                       #15  6.020 250.55

rowe with a big starting line advantage and then starts shake and pedals it and that is all Personett needed to chase him down. Personett with the low E.T. of the round and this speed is fast enough to back up his early speed of 253.52 for National record. Brad Personett's incremental times: 60ft-1.024 sec., 330ft-2.744, 660ft-4.024/195.08 mph, 1,000ft-5.098. Personett will have lane choice over Rickie Smith in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1090 Raymond Commisso                        1 Burton Auxier                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.096  6.050 243.33                     0.030  6.276 233.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Stivers   ) 0.067  6.029 244.16      (M Knowles   ) 0.022  5.994 237.17
 Qualified:             #1  5.910 248.20                        #8  5.989 237.30

Auxier with a big starting line advantage, but Commisso is able to chase him down by 200 feet and take the win. He will have lane choice over Musi in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink