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Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 07:38 PM

Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2805 Bryan Seward                          217 Tim Tindle                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  6.209 229.90                    -0.002  6.127 235.76
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C King      ) 0.105  6.193 231.12      (E Ware      ) 0.042  6.020 238.68
 Qualified:            #10  6.255 230.45                        #2  6.000 239.19

6:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,247 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Tindle went red and =eward is in the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1212 Scott Ray                            1000 Raymond Commisso             
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.165  7.781 118.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Engel     ) 0.031 14.234  69.67      (D Rowe      ) 0.109  6.016 230.84
 Qualified:             #9  6.227 232.27                        #1  5.985 243.94

Ray had a broken rocker arm after round one and his crew thrashed to get here, but when he fired the car it was spraying fluid and they shut it off. Commisso made a hard charge on the single, then started to get out of shape at half track and clicked it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4903 Joshua Hernandez                        1 Jay Payne                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.076 239.82                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Russo     ) 0.033  6.009 241.67      (M Hagan     ) 0.046  6.060 237.92
 Qualified:            #14  7.269 140.40                        #6  6.065 238.30

Another single - Payne's car never fired. It would have been a good race, hernandez right down the groove to earn lane choice against Seward in the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2813 Scott Cannon Jr                      1010 Troy Critchley               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.091  6.018 237.84                     0.024 11.961  70.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Pontieri  ) 0.053  5.998 238.85      (B Pesz      ) 0.072  6.122 239.14
 Qualified:             #4  6.046 238.13                        #5  6.052 240.59

Last pair. Critchley's car got up on the tires and started to shake about 100 feet out. Cannon laid down low ET of the round and will have lane choice against Commisso in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink