Sun, 28 Apr 2013, 15:28 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Mike Castellana                            Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  7.567 122.59     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cummins Jr) 0.070  6.135 238.81   
 Qualified:             #1  5.880 244.56                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,018 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Castellan with the bye here and he started to shake and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  701 Clint Satterfield                      43 Rickie Smith                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.276 239.44                     0.074  6.278 230.57
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Knowles   ) 0.035  6.044 246.44      (S Matusek   ) 0.093  6.171 241.89
 Qualified:            #11  6.208 202.45                        #5  5.964 242.54

Smith is 1 - 0 against Satterfield in prior events. Satterfield with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Smith started to shake and pedaled it. Clint Satterfield's MOV: 0.0472 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Satterfield will have lane choice over Castellana in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Danny Rowe                           2377 Von Smith                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  6.026 245.90                     0.038  6.065 242.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C King      ) 0.107  6.428 184.52      (T Coughlin  ) 0.042  5.973 244.12
 Qualified:             #2  5.930 246.53                        #8  5.979 243.90

Smith is 2 - 0 against Rowe in prior events. Rowe with a near perfect light and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Kenny Lang                            567 Chris Juliano                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.094  5.991 245.99                     0.225 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Farber    ) 0.053  5.959 247.70      (M Janis     ) 0.173  6.264 220.87
 Qualified:             #9  5.983 245.99                       #12  6.246 220.15

This is the first time Lang and Juliano have faced each other in eliminations. Lang with a huge starting line advantage and never trailed as he runs the quickest pass of the round for the win and lane choice over Rowe in the semifinal. Juliano shook hard and got out of the groove and took out the 1000-foot timing blocks.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink