Sat, 01 Nov 2014, 16:39 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Mike Knowles Runs 5.946/241.15, Now #4; Best prior run: 8.325/119.33, Was #28
Right Lane: Shane Molinari Runs 6.009/246.03, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.498/229.82, Was #26
Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 27.68 inches, adjusted altitude 3,849 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.
Knowles with a great
looking pass, straight down the groove to get in the show. Mike Knowles' incremental times:
60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.628, 660ft-3.923/191.92 mph, 1,000ft-5.021. Molinari with a good looking
pass to get in the show. Shane Molinari's incremental times: 60ft-1.039 sec., 330ft-2.734,
660ft-4.011/195.17 mph, 1,000ft-5.094.
Left Lane: Chris Juliano Runs 6.101/231.71, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.610/222.33, Was #28
Right Lane: Kenny Lang Runs 6.082/236.75, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.275/231.00, Was #27
Juliano with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Lang with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Eric Latino Runs 5.914/244.38, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.228/193.05, Was #27
Right Lane: Jim Bell Runs 6.108/211.03, Now #25; Best prior run: 6.232/201.67, Was #28
Latino launched hard and was straight down the groove to go the number one spot. Eric Latino's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.601, 660ft-3.890/191.78 mph, 1,000ft-4.990. Bell with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Jeffrey Cummins Jr. Runs 9.134/100.23, Now #28; Best prior run: 6.133/229.70, Was #28
Right Lane: Pete Farber Runs 5.979/242.84, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.112/238.55, Was #26
Cummins Jr. was real loose early and finally clicked it off. Farber is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Pete Farber's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.654, 660ft-3.947/190.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.051.
Left Lane: Clint Satterfield Runs 6.069/238.64, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.121/238.76, Was #27
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.966/241.32, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.066/237.75, Was #22
Satterfield with his quickest pass, but he will not get in the show. Payne keep it hooked up and was straight down the groove to get into the show and into the top half of the show.
Left Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.935/236.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.091/236.63, Was #25
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.954/238.85, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.046/235.23, Was #22
Rivenbark launched hard and was straight down the groove to get in the show all the way up to the number four spot. Kevin Rivenbark's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.607, 660ft-3.891/191.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.996. Castellana with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-1.005 sec., 330ft-2.626, 660ft-3.915/191.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.017.
Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 5.979/240.21, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.990/238.43, Was #16
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 14.793/62.77, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.044/244.16, Was #23
Rahaim with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder two spots. Bob Rahaim's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.648, 660ft-3.943/191.43 mph, 1,000ft-5.046. King with a lot of tire shake and made a move toward thew wall before he clicked it off.
Left Lane: Danny Rowe Runs 5.972/244.56, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.985/241.67, Was #16
Right Lane: Mike Janis Runs 10.397/110.78, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.035/224.25, Was #22
Rowe with his quickest pass of the weekend to get off the bubble...Danny Rowe's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.646, 660ft-3.951/191.35 mph, 1,000ft-99.999. Janis with a lot of tire shake and clicked it off and he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Richard Snavely Runs 5.928/253.09, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.982/249.67, Was #16
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 6.012/239.31, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.032/237.59, Was #21
Snavely launched hard and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to get off the bubble and into the top half of the show. Richard Snavely's incremental times: 60ft-1.016 sec., 330ft-2.718, 660ft-3.975/197.08 mph, 1,000ft-5.037. Whiteley with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 5.966/239.06, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.973/233.76, Was #14
Right Lane: Jeff Naiser Runs 23.670/26.75, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.030/226.85, Was #21
Tutterow was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder two spots. Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.613, 660ft-3.915/189.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.026. Naiser with a lot of tire shake dna he clicked it off and will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 5.921/240.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.967/239.19, Was #13
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 5.984/243.81, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.025/241.45, Was #20
Smith launched hard and keep it hooked up to go all the way up to the number three spot. Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.583, 660ft-3.882/190.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.987. Matusek with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Kevin Fiscus Runs 5.916/247.11, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.952/245.58, Was #10
Right Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.953/244.03, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.006/242.32, Was #18
Fiscus with his quickest pass of the weekend and he goes all the way up to the number three spot. Kevin Fiscus' incremental times: 60ft-1.027 sec., 330ft-2.686, 660ft-3.939/197.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.008. Whiteley with his quickest pass to get in the show. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.632, 660ft-3.930/191.02 mph, 1,000ft-5.030.
Left Lane: Dan Stevenson Runs 7.839/125.33, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.946/239.91, Was #10
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.883/243.68, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.944/242.76, Was #8
Stevenson with tire shake and clicks it off. Smith launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.600, 660ft-3.876/194.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.962.
Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Runs 5.982/245.27, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.925/248.39, Was #6
Right Lane: Don Walsh Runs 5.880/249.44, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.915/248.43, Was #3
Coughlin made a quick move toward the centerline and reeled it in, but will not improve. Troy Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.670, 660ft-3.964/189.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.064. Walsh with a great looking pass to go back to the top of the list. Don Walsh's incremental times: 60ft-1.027 sec., 330ft-2.718, 660ft-3.966/202.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.001.
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