Mon, 01 Sep 2014, 15:55 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  324 Bill Glidden                            8 Pete Farber                  
E3                  -0.215  6.007 215.79     ****WINNER****  0.046  5.926 243.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Stevenson ) 0.028  5.970 219.65      (S Matusek   ) 0.044  5.923 243.46
E1    (D Walsh     ) 0.034  5.902 237.71      (S Whiteley  ) 0.024  5.957 241.97
 Qualified:            #16  5.995 239.40                       #13  5.953 243.46

3:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,708 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

This is the first time Glidden and Farber have faced each other in eliminations. They had to sit through a brief shower before they could fire their engines.

Glidden got the "yips" and went way red. Farber gets the easy win/

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Troy Coughlin                           1 Rickie Smith                 
E3                   0.066  5.893 245.40     ****WINNER****  0.058  5.898 245.45
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Knowles   ) 0.053  5.890 247.97      (J Naiser    ) 0.015  5.908 246.17
E1    (M Janis     ) 0.069  5.864 247.84      (D Rowe      ) 0.052  5.895 244.38
 Qualified:             #2  5.866 248.52                        #6  5.924 245.14

Smith is 5 - 3 against Coughlin in prior events.

On a small holeshot, Smith gets the win, then Coughlin's car disappears in a huge cloud of white smoke. It was a close race all the way.

Rickie Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.052), 660ft(0.028), 1,000ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

Smith will have lane choice against Farber in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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