Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 07:50 PM Pro Modified Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 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                       44 Mike Castellana              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.983 240.51                     0.055  6.911 150.16
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Pontieri  ) 0.037  6.021 237.13      (J Russo     ) 0.059  6.048 239.65
E2    (T Tindle    ) 0.055  6.065 235.64      (K Kuhns     ) 0.066  6.098 235.60
E1    (V Budano    ) 0.132  6.047 239.87      (T Lastor    ) 0.050  6.089 238.98
 Qualified:             #4  6.043 240.72                       #11  6.196 232.35

7:39 p.m. The end of a long day and a tragic weekend finds two very good drivers facing off in very different machines, Hernandez with a supercharged engine, Castellana with a big-displacement nitrous engine, both in '68 Camaros.

This was a good race almost to the eighth-mile, then Castellana's car nosed over and the race was anticlimactic.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink