Sun, 4 May 2008, 02:02 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   38 Danny Rowe                            763 Kirk Kuhns                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.108  6.060 241.11                     0.082  9.448  93.12
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Knowles   ) 0.095  6.734 225.86      (T Tindle    ) 0.146  6.043 232.83
 Qualified:             #4  5.987 241.02                        #5  6.050 234.78

Kuhns runs into shake and is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1941 Eddie Ware                           1212 Scott Ray                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.126  6.066 237.88                     0.063  6.471 168.87
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Ashley    ) 0.091  6.005 236.71      (H Laird     ) 0.128  6.301 184.90
 Qualified:             #7  6.097 236.30                       #15  6.384 180.02

Ray left first and was clearly in the lead but the car started moving around on the back half, allowing Ware to take the win.

Eddie Ware's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.091), 330 ft(-0.145), 660ft(-0.124), 1,000ft(0.048). MOV: 0.3420 seconds (approximately 85 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1152 Tony Pontieri                        2103 Joe Baker                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  5.952 241.11                     0.047 10.013  89.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Saitz     ) 0.170  5.980 234.37      (T Lastor    ) 0.065  6.324 232.55
 Qualified:             #3  5.969 239.53                       #11  6.204 229.55

Baker goes into shake and spin, Pontieri doesn't. End of story.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jay Payne                               1 Joshua Hernandez             
E2                   0.026  9.949  82.79     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.994 236.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Burgess   ) 0.037  5.920 240.29      (B Personett ) 0.078  6.006 239.48
 Qualified:             #9  6.107 236.80                        #1  5.955 241.89

This time, it's Payne in the left lane who overpowers the track.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink