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Sun, 5 Sep 2010, 03:10 PM

Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: John Russo Runs 6.323/217.32, Now #21; Best prior run: 14.465/56.35, Was #23
Right Lane: Pat Musi Runs 6.059/235.31, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.623/175.46, Was #21

2:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,672 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Raymond Commisso is on the bump spot at 6.052.

Musi's return to competition isn't quite what he needed, as he finally gets the full pass he was looking for, only to miss the bump by 0.007.

Russo finally gets a near full pass and will end up in the 21st position.

John Russo's incremental times: 60ft-1.025 sec., 330ft-2.791, 660ft-4.172/181.01 mph, 1,000ft-5.328.
Pat Musi's incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-2.674, 660ft-3.988/188.17 mph, 1,000ft-5.108.

Left Lane: Chuck Cheeseman Runs 6.133/234.45, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.902/122.99, Was #23
Right Lane: Billy Harper No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.092/231.48, Was #20

Harper gets away first and is making a fair pass until right after the 330 lights, where the car starts to do some tail wagging. It powers out of the groove and tags the 660 reflectors to get a DQ.

Left Lane: Raymond Commisso Runs 6.048/240.72, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.052/239.70, Was #16
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 6.081/242.71, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.088/241.84, Was #19

Raymond Commisso is on the bump spot at 6.052 and Jay Payne could bump him out.

Commisso does what he needs to do and powers the bump stop further away on a clean and straight pass.

Payne's Mustang is slow off the line and the has the back end step out a little before the 330 lights. He improves on his prior best, but it's just not enough.

Raymond Commisso's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.675, 660ft-3.998/188.96 mph, 1,000ft-5.112.
Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-1.034 sec., 330ft-2.735, 660ft-4.048/190.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.154.

Left Lane: Scott Ray Runs 5.950/239.87, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.006/236.88, Was #11
Right Lane: Dennis Radford Runs 6.048/232.47, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.064/232.11, Was #18

Ouch! Radford matches Commisso's ET on an improving pass, but not his speed and will end up #17 for now.

Great looking pass for Ray into the fives and the current top half of the field in the number seven position. Nice!

Scott Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.596, 660ft-3.904/189.68 mph, 1,000ft-5.014.
Dennis Radford's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.637, 660ft-3.958/187.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.086.

Left Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 6.055/239.87, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.001/241.54, Was #11
Right Lane: Rick Stivers Runs 6.040/239.23, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.027/241.41, Was #15

Two good passes, but way different RT's.

Knowles is almost a half a second late and then runs close to his prior best. Stivers has the best ET, but they both hold at their current positions.

Mike Knowles' incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.674, 660ft-3.998/188.33 mph, 1,000ft-5.116.
Rick Stivers' incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.659, 660ft-3.982/187.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.101.

Left Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 6.002/239.48, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.987/237.96, Was #10
Right Lane: Ed Hoover Runs 5.994/240.38, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.019/240.42, Was #14

They leave together and Hoover gets the best of it with a move into the fives and three positions up the ladder.

Lang runs close to his prior best and stays close to his prior best.

Kenny Lang's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.641, 660ft-3.946/189.12 mph, 1,000ft-5.061.
Ed Hoover's incremental times: 60ft-1.013 sec., 330ft-2.643, 660ft-3.947/189.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.058.

Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 14.267/58.11, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.943/244.96, Was #6
Right Lane: Dave Pierce Runs 11.185/78.24, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.015/238.93, Was #14

Both car leave together, spin together, and move hard towards their guard rails together. No joy here!

Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 6.177/183.77, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.928/238.51, Was #4
Right Lane: Joe Baker Runs 8.197/134.62, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.006/236.17, Was #13

Baker strikes the tires at the hit.

Coughlin runs right down the track and then shut down early for no apparent reason.

Left Lane: Roger Burgess Runs 9.680/91.96, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.926/244.74, Was #3
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 6.080/212.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.958/237.75, Was #9

Smith has returned the Camaro to competition condition after a major nitrous explosion earlier. He makes a full pass, but slows from his prior best.

Burgess gets the front end up and has to lift, when the car makes a move towards the guard rail.

Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.649, 660ft-3.962/189.31 mph, 1,000ft-5.078.

Left Lane: Brad Personett Runs 5.923/254.52, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.896/252.33, Was #2
Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 5.956/247.66, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.951/247.16, Was #8

Two clean passes and Personett's turbo car shows big top end power with a monster MPH. It's a new season best and a new national speed record.

Troxel show a lot of consistency and runs another strong mid five ninety to stay in the top half of the field.

Brad Personett's incremental times: 60ft-1.052 sec., 330ft-2.722, 660ft-3.978/198.64 mph, 1,000ft-5.037.
Melanie Troxel's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.665, 660ft-3.962/192.96 mph, 1,000ft-5.047.

Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 15.494/53.61, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.887/244.16, Was #1
Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.986/245.99, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.930/247.16, Was #5

Janis's car is in trouble at the green and finally gets sideways before the 330 lights. He clicks it early.

Rowe makes a full run with another five ninety time to stay #5.

Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-1.159 sec., 330ft-3.985, 660ft-7.609/060.59 mph, 1,000ft-11.580.
Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-1.023 sec., 330ft-2.684, 660ft-3.979/192.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.071.

3:01 p.m. Raymond Commisso is on the bump spot at 6.048.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink