Sun, 07 Jul 2013, 09:18 AM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Pete Farber                             5 Danny Rowe                   
E1                  -0.013  5.990 242.98     ****WINNER****  0.071  5.953 242.19
 Qualified:             #9  5.988 243.46                        #8  5.985 244.07

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,579 feet.

Farber and Rowe have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Farber to quick on the tree and turned on the red light. Rowe launched hard and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Steve Matusek                         701 Clint Satterfield            
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.074 10.590  86.65
 Qualified:            #10  6.005 242.67                        #7  5.984 245.27

Matusek is a no show. Satterfield shook hard right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Troy Coughlin                         213 Chip King                    
E1                   0.044  7.328 141.30     ****WINNER****  0.131  6.613 161.57
 Qualified:             #3  5.922 244.07                       #14  6.093 239.87

Coughlin is 1 - 0 against King in prior events. Coughlin with the big starting line advantage, but then shook hard and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up. King started to shake past half track and pedaled it for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 T217 Tim Tindle                             10 Kenny Lang                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.091  5.973 228.61                     0.051  6.062 243.06
 Qualified:            #11  6.036 243.06                        #6  5.976 243.94

Lang is 1 - 0 against Tindle in prior events. Lang with the starting line, but Tindle had made up the difference by 150 feet and took the win by 0.0497 seconds (approximately 18 feet). Tindle with his quickest pass of the weekend and he will have lane choice over King in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2377 Von Smith                             377 Harold Martin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  5.990 237.80                     0.094  7.150 161.56
 Qualified:            #12  6.069 234.82                        #5  5.962 237.25

This is the first time Smith and Martin have faced each other in eliminations. Smith is out of the gate first and never trailed as Martin shook right at the hit. Smith with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1456 Mike Janis                           1938 Eric Latino                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.147  5.931 243.85                     0.059  9.548  86.56
 Qualified:             #4  5.961 242.63                       #13  6.076 242.32

This is the first time Janis and Latino have faced each other in eliminations. Latino is out of the gate first and then started to shake and got out of the groove and close to the centerline before he clicked it off. Janis launched hard and he runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will have lane choice over V. Smith in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3969 Bill Lutz                               2 Mike Castellana              
E1                   0.015  6.038 240.21     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.878 242.80
 Qualified:            #15  6.144 211.99                        #2  5.918 240.77

Lutz making his NHRA debut and he has a great light, but Castellana has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and then runs low E.T. of the event for the win. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.593, 660ft-3.868/194.77 mph, 1,000ft-4.955. Castellana will have lane choice over Satterfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  567 Chris Juliano                          43 Rickie Smith                 
E1                   0.055  6.142 226.73     ****WINNER****  0.126  6.010 239.40
 Qualified:            #16  6.236 233.80                        #1  5.910 243.94

Smith is 2 - 0 against Juliano in prior events. Juliano is out of the gate first, but Smith was able to chase him down just before 1000 feet and took the win by 0.0611 seconds (approximately 20 feet). Smith will give up lane choice to Rowe in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink