Sun, 30 Jun 2013, 13:02 PM Pro Mod Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Aeromotive Fuel Systems Pro Mod at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, ADRL Summer Drags IX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1456 Mike Janis                            277 Raymond Matos                
E1                   0.022 10.249  50.52     ****WINNER****  0.032  3.967 191.00
 Qualified:             #9  3.939 192.91                        #8  3.931 191.24

12:39 p.m. Janis' car turned into a bucking bronco on the launched, with two or three violent lurches. By then, Matos was long-gone.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jeff Lutz                             377 Harold Martin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  3.995 197.10                     0.099  4.624 122.70
 Qualified:            #10  3.961 196.75                        #7  3.930 189.65

Lutz had a big holeshot, then Martin had to backpedal to get through shake and the race was over.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  213 Chip King                            2995 Jimmy Keen                   
E1                   0.045  4.052 195.40     ****WINNER****  0.073  3.991 187.83
 Qualified:            #11  3.977 196.25                        #6  3.929 190.17

King got off the starting line first, but Keen had the muscle to take that back in the first 60 feet and pull away for the win.

Jimmy Keen's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.055). MOV: 0.0330 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Kenny Lang                            297 Travis Harvey                
E1                   0.015  4.201 146.52     ****WINNER****  0.015  3.979 189.33
 Qualified:            #12  3.998 189.61                        #5  3.928 189.59

Identical, great lights and Lang had the early lead. Then his car started dancing over toward the wall and he had to lift to stay off the concrete.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1957H Larry Higginbotham                     40 Tim Savell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  4.007 181.26                     0.070 No Time      
 Qualified:            #13  3.998 179.10                        #4  3.926 192.08

Higginbotham sawed the tree down, then Savell's car took dead aim on the 330-foot timing reflector and sent it sailing.

Higginbotham races Harvey in round two, Harvey has lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Steve Matusek                         872 Adam Flamholc                
E1                   0.013  4.008 188.85     ****WINNER****  0.051  3.935 191.03
 Qualified:            #17  4.233 173.41                        #3  3.924 191.26

Matusek left first, but Flamholc had most of the difference made up in the first 60 feet, then he pulled away for the win.

Flamholc will have lane choice against Keen in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 602G Mike Gondziola                       2008 Kevin Rivenbark              
E1                  -0.013  6.086  78.01     ****WINNER****  0.068  4.447 131.76
 Qualified:            #15  4.048 188.52                        #2  3.890 190.41

Gondziola went red and that was a big break for Rivenbark because his car kept going into tire shake. He pedaled it at least three times to get it to the stripe. Rivenbark faces Lutz in round two, Lutz has lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   23 Jason Hamstra                          43 Rickie Smith                 
E1                   0.032  6.052  78.68     ****WINNER****  0.048  3.935 192.62
 Qualified:            #16  4.058 184.15                        #1  3.873 193.79

Hamstra had a hundredth in hand at the green, but his car got the front end up and the rear tires were shaking. Smith made a clean, straight run and will have lane choice against Matos in round two.