Sun, 18 May 2008, 09:14 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1211 Mike Ashley                           402 Taylor Lastor                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  6.573 229.08                     0.059  7.596 144.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Payne     ) 0.214  6.257 236.01      (R Commisso  ) 0.065  7.265 188.73
E1    (H Laird     ) 0.043  6.001 240.68      (S Ray       ) 0.082  6.427 187.52
 Qualified:             #8  6.065 239.53                       #18  6.258 234.25

Ashley is out of the gate first and never looked back to go to the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  763 Kirk Kuhns                            320 Steve Engel                  
E3                   0.024  6.133 231.99     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.027 238.89
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Stivers   ) 0.061  6.111 231.99      (T Pontieri  ) 0.009  6.118 238.17
E1    (T Tindle    ) 0.053  6.108 225.94      (J Baker     ) 0.014  6.126 239.27
 Qualified:             #2  6.006 234.98                        #6  6.039 240.68

Kuhns with the starting line advantage, but Engel had the difference made up by 150 feet. Engel takes the win light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink