Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 05:52 PM Pro Modified Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Brad Personett                          2 Danny Rowe                   
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.148  5.977 243.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Al Baloosh) 0.083  5.956 251.72      (J Payne     ) 0.094  5.960 243.19
E1    (A Flamholc  ) 0.088  5.967 247.75      (D Radford   ) 0.072  5.961 243.06
 Qualified:             #1  5.848 256.70                        #5  5.919 244.25

2:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.94 inches, adjusted altitude 4,098 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Rowe is 2 - 1 against Personett in prior events.

Personett starts to stage and the car rolls the beams. Rowe went right down the groove to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Melanie Troxel                        777 Leah Pruett                  
E3                   0.076  5.892 253.85     ****WINNER****  0.064  5.897 251.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Martin    ) 0.062  5.908 253.66      (P Farber    ) 0.055  5.927 249.95
E1    (C Hairston  ) 0.059  5.935 253.56      (J Lepone Jr ) 0.085 13.665  59.46
 Qualified:             #3  5.897 253.28                        #2  5.855 252.24

Pruett is 1 - 0 against Troxel in prior events.

Pruett gets out of the gate first and that was enough. Troxel starts to make up ground but runs out of room. Pruett gets the hole shot win and moves on to the finals with lane choice against Rowe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink