Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 15:14 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Jonathan Gray                        6280 Justin Bond                  
E2                   0.009  5.771 251.53     ****WINNER****  0.025  5.721 249.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Thorne    ) 0.040  5.751 251.58      (D Winters   ) 0.123  5.730 249.63
 Qualified:             #6  5.728 252.05                        #3  5.692 248.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,047 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

This is the first time Gray and Bond have faced each other in eliminations.

Gray with a great light, but bond hade the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Justin Bond's MOV: 0.0341 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Khalid alBalooshi                      43 Rickie Smith                 
E2                   0.062  5.713 251.30     ****WINNER****  0.010  5.748 251.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Diagrepont) 0.173  5.777 248.98      (M Janis     ) 0.043  5.767 250.64
 Qualified:             #4  5.693 253.66                        #5  5.710 251.95

alBalooshi is 4 - 3 against Smith in prior events.

smith with a great light, but alBalooshi with the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Rickie Smith's MOV: 0.0175 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5087 Jim Whiteley                            9 Brandon Snider               
E2                   0.033  5.758 247.84     ****WINNER****  0.022  5.721 249.95
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jones     ) 0.018  5.771 247.52      (J Jones     ) 0.039  5.858 247.25
 Qualified:             #7  5.735 247.25                        #2  5.660 252.00

This is the first time Whiteley and Snider have faced each other in eliminations.

Snider with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He ties Bond's E.T. and he will get lane choice based on his faster speed in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   40 Alex Laughlin                         463 Brandon Pesz                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.310  5.740 249.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Jackson   ) 0.025  5.731 247.75      (C Green     ) 0.041  5.742 248.71
 Qualified:            #16  6.144 217.84                        #8  5.736 249.12

This is the first time Laughlin and Pesz have faced each other in eliminations.

Laughlin broke on the burnout, the team went out and pushed him back to the starting line. They then took the front end off the car, that is when the starting line crew told him it was over. Pesz with the freebie...he will give up lane choice to alBalooshi in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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