Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 04:24 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 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                       2377 Von Smith                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.013 245.00                     0.021  7.652 123.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Stivers   ) 0.055  6.018 244.74      (D Radford   ) 0.032  5.944 244.92
E1    (J Payne     ) 0.115  6.222 242.50      (R Smith     ) 0.036  5.881 247.16
 Qualified:            #16  6.072 243.99                        #4  5.879 246.62

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,635 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Smith is out of the gate first and then has a lot of tire shake and Troxel is straight down the groove to take the win light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Danny Rowe                              5 Joe Baker                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.128  9.094 130.62                     0.076 10.627  98.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Castellana) 0.068  5.937 248.02      (B Auxier    ) 0.112  6.029 238.89
E1    (C King      ) 0.048  5.919 247.84      (T Tindle    ) 0.032  5.976 240.51
 Qualified:             #3  5.864 249.35                       #10  5.951 243.50

Baker with starting line advantage and then has problems Rowe then has a lot of problems and they are both coasting then right on the top end Rowe was able to get the car to fire again and takes the win. Rowe will give up lane choice to Troxel in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink