Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 18:00 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 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:
Left Lane: Jason Scruggs Runs 6.048/197.71, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.877/248.57, Was #16
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,851 feet.
Scruggs slows on the top end and he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Doug Winters Runs 5.885/236.34, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.871/247.97, Was #15
Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.863/251.39, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.892/252.57, Was #19
Winters with a with another good pass, but will not improve and gets moved down to the bubble. Doug Winters' incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.578, 660ft-3.858/192.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.954.
Laughlin is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Alex Laughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.647, 660ft-3.908/189.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.966.
Left Lane: Steve Matusek Runs 5.805/252.71, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.857/253.04, Was #13
Right Lane: Scott Oksas Runs 5.832/250.23, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.880/250.55, Was #19
Matusek kept it hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Steve Matusek's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.618, 660ft-3.854/199.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.913.
Oksas was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Scott Oksas' incremental times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.622, 660ft-3.869/198.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.934.
Left Lane: Steven Whiteley Runs 5.819/246.62, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.844/247.02, Was #14
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.757/248.80, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.878/220.15, Was #19
Whiteley kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He moves up the ladder one spot. Steven Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.557, 660ft-3.825/195.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.906.
Castellana launched heard and was straight down the groove to get in the show. He goes from not qualified to the number three spot. Mike Castellana's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.529, 660ft-3.782/197.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.853.
Left Lane: Carl Stevens Runs 7.940/118.29, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.843/256.45, Was #15
Right Lane: Rick Hord Runs 8.133/81.76, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.866/252.80, Was #17
Stevens shook and clicked it off.
Hord's car pulls the front end around 200 feet and makes a quick move toward the centerline. The car then darts back to the right. The car is on it's side as it slams into the lane two wall just past half track and has a quick fireball. The car flips over and slides through the lights on its roof. Hord exited the car under his own power.
Left Lane: Bob Rahaim Runs 7.123/137.18, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.792/247.70, Was #8
Right Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 10.639/94.51, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.809/253.90, Was #12
Rahaim shook and clicked it off.
Frigo with severe tire shake and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.749/255.24, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.776/254.14, Was #6
Right Lane: Michael Biehle Runs 5.791/252.24, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.808/253.52, Was #11
alBalooshi launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.575, 660ft-3.815/200.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.866.
Biehle kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Michael Biehle's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.604, 660ft-3.846/199.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.900.
Left Lane: Todd Tutterow Runs 10.015/88.61, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.769/249.81, Was #6
Right Lane: Mike Janis Runs 5.799/248.02, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.805/248.20, Was #11
Tutterow shook and was out of the groove over by the wall before he clicked it off.
Janis is straight down the groove to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Mike Janis' incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.557, 660ft-3.818/196.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.893.
Left Lane: Rickie Smith Runs 5.724/252.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.743/252.24, Was #2
Right Lane: Eric Latino Runs 5.776/248.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.792/249.44, Was #8
smith launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Rickie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.551, 660ft-3.785/201.25 mph, 1,000ft-4.834.
Latino is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Eric Latino's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.540, 660ft-3.800/196.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.872.
Left Lane: Steve Jackson Runs 5.747/250.74, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.734/251.49, Was #2
Right Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 5.749/247.34, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.766/247.84, Was #5
Jackson is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will stay second. Steve Jackson's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.549, 660ft-3.783/198.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.848.
Snider pulled the front end up around 200 feet and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Brandon Snider's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.513, 660ft-3.768/197.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.840.
Smith holds on to the number one spot for the second time this season and the ninth time in his career.
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