Sun, 19 Jun 2011, 07:26 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pruett-LeDuc                     507 Melanie Troxel               
E3                   0.058  6.173 236.13     ****WINNER****  0.039  5.976 252.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Burgess   ) 0.076  5.997 243.15      (M Janis     ) 0.048  5.996 251.95
E1    (C King      ) 0.070  5.979 243.33      (M Knowles   ) 0.067  6.007 221.78
 Qualified:             #3  5.987 241.89                        #2  5.962 252.66

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.28 inches, adjusted altitude 4,012 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Troxel with the starting line advantage and never looked back...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Danny Rowe                            327 Khalid Balooshi              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039  5.990 243.02                    -0.003  5.988 239.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Personett ) 0.025  5.978 242.84      (T Coughlin  ) 0.211  5.957 239.19
E1    (D Radford   ) 0.044  5.973 242.28      (J Payne     ) 0.064  5.960 239.31
 Qualified:             #8  6.030 241.63                        #5  6.014 242.15

Balooshi was just too quick on the tree and turned on the red. Rowe will give up lane choice to Troxel in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink