Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:10 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   24 Troy Coughlin                         507 Melanie Troxel               
E3                   0.058  6.024 235.02     ****WINNER****  0.056  5.930 244.78
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Stivers   ) 0.063  6.000 234.90      (R Commisso  ) 0.058  5.909 245.67
E1    (P Musi      ) 0.170  7.098 167.12      (C King      ) 0.076  5.895 247.07
 Qualified:             #5  5.958 236.30                        #1  5.907 246.30

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,775 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

They leave together and never trails to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Brad Personett                          3 Jay Payne                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.103  5.910 236.59                     0.062  6.216 188.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Burgess   ) 0.135  5.884 254.52      (V Smith     ) 0.057  5.941 239.48
E1    (J Baker     ) 0.125  5.929 251.86      (D Radford   ) 0.105  5.978 241.02
 Qualified:             #2  5.913 251.20                        #3  5.926 241.41

Payne is 1 - 0 against Personett in prior events. They both pre-stage and neither wants to stage...Stewart backs them both off and then Personett goes in first and Payne gets the starting line advantage, but Personett chases him down around 1000 feet when Payne slows. Personett will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink