Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 06:50 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Joshua Hernandez                     1152 Tony Pontieri                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.021 237.13                     0.082  6.185 234.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Tindle    ) 0.055  6.065 235.64      (R Commisso  ) 0.112  6.109 235.60
E1    (V Budano    ) 0.132  6.047 239.87      (J Baker     ) 0.023  6.124 235.15
 Qualified:             #4  6.043 240.72                        #9  6.099 239.31

6:45 p.m. Hernandez had his best reaction time and lowest ET of the day, Pontieri's car was trailing from the start, with a very loose run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 Mike Castellana                      1986 John Russo                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.059  6.048 239.65                     0.028 13.157  64.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Kuhns     ) 0.066  6.098 235.60      (D Rowe      ) 0.031  6.049 240.59
E1    (T Lastor    ) 0.050  6.089 238.98      (T Gray      ) 0.087  6.095 240.29
 Qualified:            #11  6.196 232.35                        #2  5.993 242.80

Castellana made a pretty run, the quickest and fastest nitrous pass ever for the JEGS ProMod Challenge, while Russo shook violently on the launch and had to lift. It will be Castellana against Hernandez in the final round and Hernandez has lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink