Sat, 20 Apr 2013, 16:51 PM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals fueled by Full Throttle:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Pete Farber 701 Clint Satterfield
E1 -0.026 15.474 62.81 ****WINNER**** 0.075 6.090 238.68
Qualified: #9 6.030 242.45 #8 6.019 246.98
Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.44
inches, adjusted altitude 1,589 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.Farber goes red and
Satterfield ges up in smoke and pedals it to get the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 2377 Von Smith 301 Eric Latino E1 ****WINNER**** 0.109 5.884 245.67 0.090 5.928 246.80 Qualified: #10 6.033 236.92 #7 5.976 243.94Latino with the starting line advantage, but Smith has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Smith with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.Von Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(0.024), 660ft(0.038), 1,000ft(0.029). MOV: 0.0252 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.599, 660ft-3.878/194.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.968.
Latino with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort. Eric Latino's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.642, 660ft-3.935/196.90 mph, 1,000ft-5.016.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 213 Chip King 1 Troy Coughlin E1 0.065 6.015 249.81 ****WINNER**** 0.034 5.909 248.52 Qualified: #12 6.082 247.16 #5 5.963 243.72Coughlin is out of the gate first in the match up of the Turbo cars and never trailed as he runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Troy Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-1.005 sec., 330ft-2.700, 660ft-3.940/208.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.005. King with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Steve Matusek 1456 Mike Janis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.065 5.987 250.55 0.049 7.000 147.79
Qualified: #11 6.074 243.68 #6 5.969 241.63
Janis with the starting line advantage, but starts to lose traction and Matusek has the lead by
500 feet and takes the win. Matusek with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Steve
Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-1.027 sec., 330ft-2.723, 660ft-4.014/195.62 mph,
1,000ft-5.089.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Mike Castellana 191 Kevin McCurdy
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.145 5.945 243.06 0.030 6.096 239.53
Qualified: #4 5.944 238.93 #13 6.143 231.83
McCurdy with a big starting line advantage and the lead until about 800 feet when Castellana
chased him down. Mike Castellana's MOV: 0.0365 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Castellana will
give up lane choice to Coughlin in the next round.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 43 Rickie Smith 567 Chris Juliano E1 ****WINNER**** 0.137 9.215 100.24 0.100 9.285 128.38 Qualified: #3 5.936 241.45 #14 6.208 226.89Juliano is out of the gate first, but they both start to shake and pedals it and Smith and takes the win by 0.0331 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Smith will give up lane choice to Matusek in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 2105 Doug Winters 10 Kenny Lang E1 0.092 7.199 150.03 ****WINNER**** 0.150 6.401 173.52 Qualified: #15 6.592 214.55 #2 5.931 247.20Winters is out of the gate first, but Lang has the lead by the time the go by the Christmas tree and takes the win. Lang will give lane choice to V. Smith in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 5011 Mike Knowles 5 Danny Rowe E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 5.963 241.67 0.033 10.359 85.96 Qualified: #16 9.339 100.92 #1 5.867 249.07Rowe is out the gate first, but shakes hard early and clicks it off. Knowles with his quickest pass of the weekend for the upset win. Knowles will have lane choice over Satterfield in the next round.
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