Sun, 6 Jul 2008, 05:06 PM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

EDMONTON, Alb. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Torco Pro Modified at the 2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, CARS RV & Marine & Motorsports Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by TORCO Racing Fuels:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  112 Pat Stoken                             44 Mike Castellana              
E1                   0.104  7.812 129.12     ****WINNER****  0.077  6.933 196.96
 Qualified:            #16  7.111 142.03                        #8  6.291 219.15

2:46 p.m. This matchup features the two quickest Pro Mods in IHRA history and they almost had a meeting of the minds at half track! Both cars were shaking and dancing, darting back and forth, side-by-side at half track. Stoken led early, but had to lift to stay in his own lane and it took him longer to recover than Castellana.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6601 Gary Mason                           1057 Carl Spiering                
E1                   0.147  6.413 228.00     ****WINNER****  0.163  6.197 228.58
 Qualified:            #15  6.809 209.04                        #7  6.243 207.94

Our view is obstructed, the numbers will have to tell the story. Carl Spiering's incremental margins: 60ft(0.063), 330 ft(0.136), 660ft(0.166), 1,000ft(0.191). MOV: 0.2005 seconds (approximately 67 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   63 Ross Hogenson                        1853 Thomas Patterson             
E1                   0.063  9.504  93.63     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.165 229.51
 Qualified:            #14  6.481 213.43                        #6  6.240 228.81

Patterson sawed the tree down, then ran low ET of the weekend for an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Quain Stott                          1962 Tommy D'Aprile               
E1                   0.093 10.456  86.38     ****WINNER****  0.065  6.096 233.76
 Qualified:            #13  6.421 220.76                        #5  6.235 230.57

Stott had problems with early tire shake, D'Aprile made a great run to take low ET honors away from Patterson - and he ran top speed of the meet as well. Tommy D'Aprile's incremental times: 60ft-1.014 sec., 330ft-2.665, 660ft-3.991/186.38mph, 1,000ft-5.133

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  698 Joe Delehay                             4 Ed Hoover                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  7.900 156.99                     0.065 15.406  56.24
 Qualified:            #12  6.344 227.04                        #4  6.230 227.77

The rear of Hoover's car jumped striaght up at the hit and the car started "basketballing," forcing him to come to come almost to a complete stop to tame it down. Delehay had problems of his own, the car shaking and very loose in the middle of the run, but he managed to stay between the lines to get the win. He lost lane choice to Castellana in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  547 Dan Vogt                                1 Scott Cannon                 
E1                   0.080  6.556 213.47     ****WINNER****  0.117  6.373 231.28
 Qualified:            #11  6.323 220.37                        #3  6.211 231.28

Cannon shook hard about 100 feet out and had to backpedal to tame it down. He did a very good job of pedaling, taking the lead past half track and Vogt could not run with him on the top end.Scott Cannon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.038), 330 ft(-0.039), 660ft(-0.002), 1,000ft(0.070). MOV: 0.1464 seconds (approximately 46 feet).However, Cannon lost lane choice to Spiering in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6890 Lee Frank                               6 Kenny Lang                   
E1                   0.081  6.436 216.20     ****WINNER****  0.179  6.316 229.24
 Qualified:            #10  6.295 221.27                        #2  6.207 231.36

Lang brought the RPMs up, rolled forward and turned the pre-stage light out, then hesitated, giving Frank a big head start. The points leader chased his opponent all the way past the 1,000-foot marker before taking the lead and a close win. Kenny Lang's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.180), 330 ft(-0.108), 660ft(-0.051), 1,000ft(-0.018). MOV: 0.0225 seconds (approximately 7 feet). However, he was not quick enough to earn lane choice against Patterson in the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3710 Jason Stock                             2 Mike Janis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.292 225.67                     0.071  6.336 233.03
 Qualified:             #9  6.292 221.34                        #1  6.173 232.19

Stock had a huge holeshot and made it stick with a good run, taking out the #1 qualifier. However, he won't have lane choice against D'Aprile in round two.

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