Sun, 29 Oct 2006, 04:05 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  247 Mike Bell                            4901 Joshua Hernandez             
E2                   0.057  6.367 222.62     ****WINNER****  0.083  6.121 235.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Z Barklage  ) 0.033  6.233 228.65      (R Stivers   ) 0.243  6.136 236.09
 Qualified:             #9  6.196 229.20                        #1  6.084 236.01

Bell was out of the gate first, but Hernandez had him chased down by 330 feet and blast on down the 1320 for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5083 Cody Barklage                        1853 Thomas Patterson             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  6.128 233.20                     0.230  6.185 227.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Engel     ) 0.127  6.100 233.12      (H Laird     ) 0.197  6.131 230.76
 Qualified:             #6  6.137 232.63                        #3  6.100 233.03

Patterson is real late and Barklage with a nice pass for the win light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1010 Troy Critchley                        775 Shelly Payne                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  6.122 237.17                     0.038  6.381 199.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C King      ) 0.099  6.084 236.55      (K Kuhns     ) 0.045  6.178 227.19
 Qualified:             #2  6.091 236.22                        #7  6.143 232.47

Payne with a slight starting line advantage, but then had problems on the top end. Critchley had the difference made up by the time they drove by the Christmas tree and blast into round two with lane choice over Barklage by 0.006 seconds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2003 Joey Martin                             2 Jay Payne                    
E2                   0.078  6.106 233.08     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.113 235.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ray       ) 0.121  6.101 233.76      (J Sciapli   ) 0.049  6.126 234.37
 Qualified:             #4  6.120 233.60                        #5  6.135 221.60

Payne with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold off the hard charging Martin for the hole shot win. Jay Payne's MOV: 0.0394 seconds (approximately 13 feet). With the win Payne wraps up the AMS Leasing Pro Mod championship. Payne will have lane choice over Hernandez in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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