Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 07:38 PM Pro Modified Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 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
  777 Leah Pruett                             2 Danny Rowe                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.910 253.04                     0.062  5.940 243.55
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Troxel    ) 0.064  5.897 251.20      (B Personett ) 0.148  5.977 243.46
E2    (P Farber    ) 0.055  5.927 249.95      (J Payne     ) 0.094  5.960 243.19
E1    (J Lepone Jr ) 0.085 13.665  59.46      (D Radford   ) 0.072  5.961 243.06
 Qualified:             #2  5.855 252.24                        #5  5.919 244.25

4:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,436 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

They leave the line together, Rowe starts to pull away, then Pruett starts to make up ground and drives around Rowe just before the finish line.

Leah Pruett's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.051), 330 ft(-0.106), 660ft(-0.059), 1,000ft(-0.013). MOV: 0.0245 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink