Sun, 6 Jul 2008, 11:36 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

EDMONTON, Alb. - Results of round 3 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
  698 Joe Delehay                          1853 Thomas Patterson             
E3                   0.026  6.576 224.32     ****WINNER****  0.136  6.372 227.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M CASTELLANA) 0.141  6.430 226.20      (K LANG      ) 0.071  6.298 229.16
E1    (E HOOVER    ) 0.064  7.900 156.99      (R HOGENSON  ) 0.023  6.165 229.51
 Qualified:            #12  6.344 227.04                        #6  6.240 228.81

9:29 p.m. Patterson shook and danced ealry, regained traction, then had to pedal again at half track, still managed to run Delehay down. Delehay had a tenth in the bank early, but could not run the number on the big end to back it up. Thomas Patterson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.095), 330 ft(-0.003), 660ft(0.044), 1,000ft(0.075). MOV: 0.0942 seconds (approximately 31 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1057 Carl Spiering                        1962 Tommy D'Aprile               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.177  6.249 227.61                     0.146  6.301 227.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S CANNON    ) 0.116  8.234 209.75      (J STOCK     ) 0.112  6.136 225.37
E1    (G MASON     ) 0.163  6.197 228.58      (Q STOTT     ) 0.065  6.096 233.76
 Qualified:             #7  6.243 207.94                        #5  6.235 230.57

Good drag race - both drivers were very late on the tree and the race was close all the way, Spiering taking the lead on the top end. Carl Spiering's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.003), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(-0.004), 1,000ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0214 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Spiering will have lane choice against Patterson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink