Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 04:42 PM Pro Modified Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Joe Baker                             348 Brad Personett               
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.203  6.001 221.42
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Commisso  ) 0.013  6.027 236.80      (E Hoover    ) 0.087  5.958 250.78
E2    (D Rowe      ) 0.045  6.004 238.47      (K Lang      ) 0.086  5.897 255.39
E1    (T Coughlin  ) 0.033  6.003 237.17      (R Stivers   ) 0.601  6.006 248.93
 Qualified:            #13  6.006 236.17                        #2  5.896 252.33

4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,413 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

In the semifinals, it was Personett's car that trailed a huge cloud of smoke at the end of the run, but it is Baker's car that is too wounded to answer the call for the final round.

Personett spooled it up and made a hard charge to half track, then slowed with "the laundry out," ready to accept his "Wally" and the biggest prize in drag racing, a win at Indy.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink