Fri, 26 Oct 2007, 07:24 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Dennis Radford Runs 18.312/33.19, Now #1

3:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,296 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Radford launched hard and the car went into a huge wheel stand on one tire. It looked like he broke the wheelie bar on the hit.

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Left Lane: Mike Moran Runs 9.656/119.50, Now #1
Right Lane: Gary Mason No Time, Now #4

Mason broke something in the driveline and the car wouldn't move either forward or backward at the end of his burnout. Moran's car fishtailed wildly to the 330-foot mark where he lifted.

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Left Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 6.170/232.63, Now #1
Right Lane: Kirk Kuhns Runs 6.556/165.54, Now #2

Kuhns moved to the left of the groove just past half track and he had his chute deployed by the 1000-foot mark.

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Left Lane: Glen Kerunsky Runs 6.214/229.74, Now #2
Right Lane: Billy Harper Runs 6.235/226.58, Now #3

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Left Lane: Kip Dupuis Runs 6.533/218.55, Now #5
Right Lane: Roger Burgess Runs 6.214/233.88, Now #2

Both drivers were skating around for most of this pass.

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Left Lane: Scott Bailey Runs 12.542/69.70, Now #9
Right Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 6.172/230.10, Now #2

Bailey made a hard move to the right just past the tree and he had to lift.

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Left Lane: Raymond Vettel No Time, Now #14
Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 6.118/232.71, Now #1

Vettel broke on the burnout.

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Left Lane: John Russo Runs 6.499/182.62, Now #7
Right Lane: Scott Ray Runs 7.692/125.94, Now #10

Both drivers were off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Rick Stivers Runs 6.148/233.92, Now #3
Right Lane: Harold Laird Runs 6.136/230.84, Now #2

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Left Lane: Steve Engel Runs 6.131/235.51, Now #3
Right Lane: Tim Tindle Runs 6.087/235.60, Now #1

Tindle carried the front wheels in the air past the 330-foot mark.

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Left Lane: Tony Pontieri Runs 6.250/228.81, Now #11
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 6.950/176.51, Now #15

Payne lifted early, the reason not apparent from here.

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Left Lane: Raymond Commisso Runs 6.239/233.28, Now #11
Right Lane: Josh Hernandez Runs 14.074/63.30, Now #20

Hernandez made a move to the right and he was close to the retaining wall at about 150 feet.

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