Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 05:20 PM Pro Modified Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2377 Von Smith                               3 Jay Payne                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025  5.994 241.54                     0.013  6.039 240.38
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Commisso  ) 0.009  6.033 241.37      (S Ray       ) 0.075  5.991 240.68
E2    (R Stivers   ) 0.035  6.014 242.28      (E Hoover    ) 0.072  6.012 240.00
E1    (T Pontieri  ) 0.019  6.054 239.61      (B Personett ) 0.107  6.015 239.70
 Qualified:             #5  6.030 240.51                        #2  5.998 237.13

5:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.46 inches, adjusted altitude 4,414 feet, track temperature 134 degrees.

Smith won the event last week and also won earlier this year at Saint Louis. This is Payne's first final round this year. Payne is 8-4 vs. Smith in the TAFC class.

Payne has been running just a little better all weekend but you can throw that out the window now. Payne gets out of the gate first, then Smith reels him in quickly, drives around at the sixty foot mark, then pulls away for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink