Sat, 18 May 2024, 18:57 PM Pro Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Reporter |
JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance 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: Nick Januik Runs 6.057/237.75, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.023/239.14, Was #21
Right Lane: Mike Castellana Runs 5.816/113.04, Now #15; Best prior run: 8.782/104.74, Was #22
Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,968 feet.
Januik will not improve and will not get in the show.
Castellana is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show.
Left Lane: Mike Stavrinos Runs 5.864/243.94, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.837/244.12, Was #18
Right Lane: Kevin Rivenbark Runs 5.782/247.29, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.990/243.72, Was #21
Stavrinos with a clean pass, but will not get in the show.
Rivenbark launched hard and kept it hooked up to get in the show up to the number nine spot. Kevin Rivenbark's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.552, 660ft-3.796/196.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.872.
Left Lane: Stan Shelton Runs 6.111/222.77, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.814/246.03, Was #15
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 5.970/243.33, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.851/244.25, Was #21
Shelton clicked it off early
King with a clean pass, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Jordan Lazic Runs 5.784/249.26, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.811/247.38, Was #14
Right Lane: Jerico Balduf Runs 5.863/89.15, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.844/30.49, Was #20
Lazic is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and goes to the number 10 spot.
Balduf with a clean pass, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 5.766/247.88, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.789/248.71, Was #12
Right Lane: Tony Wilson Runs 5.825/241.58, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.827/241.07, Was #18
alBalooshi launched hard and kept it hooked up to move into the top half of the show. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.541, 660ft-3.781/196.99 mph, 1,000ft-4.858.
Wilson with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Mason Wright Runs 5.765/248.57, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.775/248.80, Was #9
Right Lane: Dwayne Wolfe Runs 5.814/247.75, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.822/247.93, Was #17
Wright kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number seven spot. Mason Wright's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.794/198.12 mph, 1,000ft-4.861.
Wolfe makes a move toward the centerline, but he stays with it and has enough to get in the show with his quickest pass of the weekend.
Left Lane: Jason Lee Runs 5.825/245.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.767/244.87, Was #9
Right Lane: Dmitry Samorukov Runs 5.815/31.76, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.797/31.49, Was #14
Lee with a clean pass, but will not improve.
Samorukov with a good pass.
Left Lane: Lyle Barnett Runs 5.773/248.34, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.756/247.88, Was #6
Right Lane: JR Gray Runs 7.728/127.07, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.795/249.16, Was #13
Barnett is straight down the groove with a clean pass.
Gray shook and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Mike Thielen Runs 8.089/116.91, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.753/250.92, Was #5
Right Lane: Justin Bond Runs 5.773/247.38, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.784/247.16, Was #12
Thielen shook and clicked it off.
Bond kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder a couple spots.
Left Lane: Kris Thorne Runs 5.805/248.52, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.737/251.20, Was #4
Right Lane: Billy Banaka Runs 5.807/247.47, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.736/249.72, Was #3
Thorne with a clean pass, but will not improve.
Banaka is straight down the groove with a good clean pass.
Left Lane: Ken Quartuccio Runs 5.779/248.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.718/247.88, Was #1
Right Lane: Eric Dillard Runs 5.785/249.76, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.732/246.62, Was #2
Quartuccio is straight down the groove with another good looking pass. He holds on to the number one spot.
Dillard with another good looking pass, straight down the groove..
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