Fri, 17 Sep 2010, 06:50 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Larry Sullivan |
CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals 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: Dina Parise Runs 6.153/232.27, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Billy Harper Runs 6.092/233.24, Now #12; No Prior Run
6:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 3,338 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.
Harper broke and Parise lost her series-best run after the run was over, either fuel or weight.
Both f=got down the track with respectable runs this time out.
Left Lane: Rick Stivers Runs 5.941/241.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.137/131.54, Was #23
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 6.733/157.71, Now #24; No Prior Run
Stivers' car was moving around a bit, but he never lifted and the moves didn't appear to slow him down much. King ran hard to half track, then slowed.
Rick Stivers' incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.607, 660ft-3.906/191.43 mph,
1,000ft-5.011.
Left Lane: Pat Musi Runs 8.631/109.63, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.316/226.43, Was #22
Right Lane: Ed Hoover Runs 6.125/238.17, Now #16; Best prior run: 11.894/70.42, Was #26
Musi shook and slowed before half track. Hoover's car went left, then right, then left again, but he muscled it through to get into the field, though he ended up on the bump spot.
Left Lane: Pete Farber Runs 6.333/229.39, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.268/228.85, Was #22
Right Lane: Ike Maier Runs 6.319/225.22, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.386/132.39, Was #26
A couple of plastic bags blew out from under Maier's car during the run. Both made full passes, neither made it into the field.
Left Lane: Brad Personett Runs 5.843/249.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.143/234.13, Was #17
Right Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.980/244.34, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.475/173.78, Was #25
Both cars posted 1.009 60-foot times, Rowe led briefly, then Personett steadily drove away from Rowe. Rowe made a good run, Personett made a great run.
Brad Personett's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.670, 660ft-3.915/201.31 mph,
1,000ft-4.961.
Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.666, 660ft-3.966/192.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.062.
Left Lane: Joe Baker Runs 6.070/238.26, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.099/237.42, Was #17
Right Lane: Andrew Parise Runs 11.286/68.60, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.221/232.91, Was #22
parise's Corvette chattered the tires, then got very sideways and he lifted. Meanwhile, Baker improved slightly, enough to get back into the field. That put Billy Harper on the bump spot at 6.092.
Left Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 6.049/239.57, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.093/238.01, Was #17
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 5.980/236.46, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.205/226.35, Was #21
Good runs in both lanes, bumping Harper and Mike Janis. Coughlin went all the way up to fourth with his nitrous-injected, mountain-motor Camaro.
Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 8.565/108.12, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.083/240.04, Was #17
Right Lane: Chuck Cheeseman Runs 6.139/236.13, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.176/234.29, Was #21
Janis shook and lifted before half track. Cheeseman improved slightly, failed to make the field.
Left Lane: Tommy Gray Runs 6.037/240.12, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.083/240.17, Was #16
Right Lane: Dennis Radford Runs 8.467/107.61, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.056/235.89, Was #12
Radford got about 300 feet out, then the rear end snapped left and right and he lifted. Gray made a nice run to get off the bump spot. Now Joe Baker is on the bump spot at 6.070.
Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 5.987/246.57, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.070/244.25, Was #15
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.948/244.16, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.008/242.45, Was #9
Both drivers improved over their initial runs with good-looking passes and both moved a few rungs up the ladder, into the top half.
Left Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 14.252/49.35, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.065/237.05, Was #15
Right Lane: Roger Burgess Runs 15.089/54.25, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.007/244.60, Was #10
Oh-for-two, both cars shaking hard early in the run.
Left Lane: Raymond Commisso Runs 9.068/100.86, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.045/241.20, Was #12
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.959/238.17, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.003/237.46, Was #9
Both cars moved around a lot early in the run, then Commisso lost traction and shut off. Smith tamed the wild beast and made a strong run to move way up the ladder.
Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 5.942/244.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.982/243.15, Was #8
Right Lane: Scott Ray Runs 5.959/240.34, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.981/240.17, Was #7
This is the final pair of the session.Two excellent runs, both drivers slightly quicker than they were in the first session.
Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.629, 660ft-3.922/192.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.020.
Scott Ray's
incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.624, 660ft-3.918/191.62 mph, 1,000ft-5.024.
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