Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 07:15 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Jonathan Adams

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Thomas Patterson                     6695 Rick Distefano
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.336 221.27                     0.055 No Time
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mc Amis   ) 0.054  6.336 221.31      (C King Jr   ) 0.070  6.338 205.82
 Qualified:             #3  6.271 222.80                        #7  6.307 225.26

Patterson is in a must-win situation. He needs to win this event to win the AMS Pro Modified season title. First, he'll have to get past Distefano's stunning '53 Corvette.

Patterson runs his second straight 6.336, and Distefano was all over the track and crossed the centerline, taking out the foam block at the 1/8 mile.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  237 Von Smith                            6294 Dennis Radford
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.262 228.15                     0.045  6.350 221.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Castellana) 0.079  6.261 227.50      (S Jenkins   ) 0.027  6.381 220.87
 Qualified:             #1  6.247 228.11                        #4  6.279 222.91

Another dominant performance by Smith as he rolls into the final. He'll have lane choice over Patterson.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink