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Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 15:04 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #3
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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:
Left Lane: Chip King Runs 5.792/246.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.860/243.77, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.812/246.75, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.880/245.05, Was #14

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,028 feet.

King is straight down the groove to move up the ladder four spots.

Castellana with his quickest pass of the weekend and goes to the number 12 spot.

Left Lane: Mike Thielen Runs 5.748/245.32, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.800/244.56, Was #10
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 5.792/245.81, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.833/245.54, Was #14

Thielen kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number five spot. Mike Thielen's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.507, 660ft-3.760/197.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.834.

Collins is straight down the groove to move up the ladder three spots.

Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 9.445/123.23, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.801/243.94, Was #12
Right Lane: Shane Gray Runs 5.797/245.23, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.812/243.99, Was #14

Laughlin with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off.

Gray with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder a couple spots.

Left Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.734/249.44, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.766/248.02, Was #9
Right Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.805/228.85, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.759/248.61, Was #8

Bond launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Justin Bond's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.530, 660ft-3.765/199.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.831.

Rivenbark with another good pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.740/247.57, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.754/247.29, Was #8
Right Lane: Mike Stavrinos Runs 5.708/248.84, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.751/247.66, Was #7

Januik kept it hooked up and straight down the groove to go to the number five spot.

Stavrinos is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number two spot. Mike Stavrinos' incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.511, 660ft-3.742/199.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.805.

Left Lane: Derek Menholt Runs 5.708/246.80, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.737/245.90, Was #4
Right Lane: JR Gray Runs 5.703/249.81, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.745/247.66, Was #7

Menholt with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number four spot. Derek Menholt's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.486, 660ft-3.722/206.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.796.

Gray launched hard and was straight down the groove to the number two spot. JR Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.737/198.03 mph, 1,000ft-4.802.

Left Lane: Billy Banaka Runs 5.694/251.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.700/252.00, Was #1
Right Lane: Stan Shelton Runs 5.747/249.63, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.745/249.76, Was #7

Banaka launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the event to improve on his number one qualifying spot. Stan Shelton's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.784/199.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.847.

Shelton with another good pass, but will not improve.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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