Sun, 19 May 2024, 13:58 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  205 Lyle Barnett                          269 Billy Banaka                 
E2                   0.006  8.866 101.71     ****WINNER****  0.131  6.019 193.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Rivenbark ) 0.016  5.759 249.49      (D Samorukov ) 0.010  5.741 249.67
 Qualified:             #6  5.756 247.88                        #3  5.736 249.72

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,501 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Barnett with a great light, but the car makes a quick move toward the centerline and he had to lift. Banaka started too lose traction on the top end, but gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  327 Khalid alBalooshi                     168 Ken Quartuccio               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  8.086 111.07                    -0.014  5.738 250.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.064  5.725 248.75      (D Wolfe     ) 0.019  5.716 166.11
 Qualified:             #8  5.766 247.88                        #1  5.718 247.88

alBalooshi is 1 - 0 against Quartuccio in prior events.

Quartuccio goes red to give alBalooshi the win who clicks it off early. He coast the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2890 Eric Dillard                         6280 Justin Bond                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  5.758 250.09                     0.038  5.850 249.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Shelton   ) 0.056  5.769 250.69      (M Wright    ) 0.071  5.700 249.16
 Qualified:             #2  5.732 246.62                       #10  5.773 247.38

Bond is 1 - 0 against Dillard in prior events.

Bond with the starting line advantage, but Dillard has the lead by 150 feet and never trails from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Banaka in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Kris Thorne                          6042 Jordan Lazic                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  5.762 250.64                     0.044  7.829 118.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gray Jr   ) 0.041  5.777 248.52      (M Thielen   ) 0.049  5.687 253.04
 Qualified:             #4  5.737 251.20                       #12  5.784 249.26

This is the first time Thorne and Lazic have faced each other in eliminations.

Thorne with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Lazic shook and clicked it off. Thorne will have lane choice over slBalooshi in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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