Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 14:47 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #3 |
By Rick Green |
MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest 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:
Right Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.844/247.02, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.332/167.43, Was #19
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.54 inches, adjusted altitude 2,825 feet.
Whiteley is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.575, 660ft-3.850/194.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.933.
Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 13.671/63.38, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.892/252.57, Was #15
Right Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.975/248.39, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.871/247.97, Was #12
Laughlin shook and clicked it off.
Winters will not improve and stays in the number 12 spot.
Left Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.878/220.15, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.986/245.49, Was #19
Right Lane: Carl Stevens Runs 12.727/88.05, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.843/256.45, Was #7
Castellana is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.576, 660ft-3.835/196.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.909.
Stevens shook and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 5.766/247.84, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.838/245.90, Was #6
Right Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 5.792/247.70, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.922/244.56, Was #19
Snider launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot with his quickest pass of the weekend. Brandon Snider's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.527, 660ft-3.784/196.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.858.
Rahaim with a great looking pass, straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show up to the number four spot. Bob Rahaim's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.577, 660ft-3.824/199.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.888.
Left Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.805/248.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.864/247.61, Was #11
Right Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.776/254.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.834/252.61, Was #7
Janis was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.567, 660ft-3.826/196.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.898.
alBalooshi is loose, but stays with it for his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number three spot. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.592, 660ft-3.835/199.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.890.
Left Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.808/253.52, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.879/252.90, Was #16
Right Lane: Jason Scruggs Runs 5.904/247.93, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.877/248.57, Was #14
Biehle with his quickest pass of the weekend to get off the bubble up into the top half of the show. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.620, 660ft-3.864/199.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.918.
Scruggs is loose early and makes a move toward the centerline, before he reels it in. He will not improve.
Left Lane: Eric Latino Runs 5.792/249.44, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.897/244.47, Was #19
Right Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 9.798/83.61, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.857/253.04, Was #12
Latino kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to get in the show up to the number five spot. Eric Latino's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.816/196.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.889.
Matusek makes a quick move toward the wall before he clicks it off.
Left Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 5.880/250.55, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.893/249.53, Was #19
Right Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 5.769/249.81, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.804/247.61, Was #7
Oksas with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.
Tutterow with a great pass to go to the number three spot. Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.542, 660ft-3.797/197.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.868.
Left Lane: Rick Hord Runs 6.490/222.36, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.866/252.80, Was #14
Right Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.734/251.49, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.778/250.92, Was #5
Hord clicks it off early.
Jackson launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Steve Jackson's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-3.778/199.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.840.
Left Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 5.824/243.99, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.809/253.90, Was #10
Right Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.743/252.24, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.763/251.63, Was #2
Frigo with another good looking pass, but will not improve.
Smith with a great pass, his quickest of the weekend. He will stay in the number two spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.569, 660ft-3.804/200.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.854.
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