Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 02:56 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  507 Melanie Troxel                        314 Rick Stivers                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  6.018 244.74                     0.068  6.184 237.71
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Payne     ) 0.115  6.222 242.50      (T Coughlin  ) 0.072  6.041 211.43
 Qualified:            #16  6.072 243.99                        #8  5.941 243.90

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Troxel with the starting line advantage and never trailed. Stivers with some tire shake, but drove through it.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1088 Burton Auxier                           5 Joe Baker                    
E2                  -0.052  6.139 241.11     ****WINNER****  0.112  6.029 238.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Commisso  ) 0.017  6.872 155.06      (T Tindle    ) 0.032  5.976 240.51
 Qualified:            #15  6.010 234.98                       #10  5.951 243.50

Auxier turned on the red light and Baker moves into the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6294 Dennis Radford                       2377 Von Smith                    
E2                   0.039  6.029 221.34     ****WINNER****  0.032  5.944 244.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Knowles   ) 0.016  5.948 237.84      (R Smith     ) 0.036  5.881 247.16
 Qualified:            #12  5.978 237.88                        #4  5.879 246.62

Smith is out of the gate first and never trailed...Smith with the quickest pass of the session and will have lane choice over Troxel in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Danny Rowe                           1794 Mike Castellana              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.937 248.02                     0.035  6.186 237.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C King      ) 0.048  5.919 247.84      (T Pontieri  ) 0.206  5.912 241.89
 Qualified:             #3  5.864 249.35                        #6  5.913 240.64

Castellana with the starting line advantage, but Rowe chases him down by 150 feet and then runs low E.T. of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Baker in the semifinal.

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