Sat, 30 Oct 2004, 09:13 PM Pro Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  237 Von Smith                            2813 Scott Cannon Jr
E1                   0.064  6.361 224.17     ****WINNER****  0.083  6.274 225.94
 Qualified:             #8  6.285 227.00                        #9  6.296 226.39

Smith with the starting line advantage, but Cannon drives around him just before 330 feet and takes the win by about 23 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   38 Dan Rowe                               69 Al Billes
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.312 225.82                     0.104  6.285 224.14
 Qualified:             #7  6.281 226.85                       #10  6.297 226.13

Rowe with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. The way I have the points figured is this will give Rowe's teammate Mike Ashley the championship. Dan Rowe's MOV: 0.0471 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1010 Troy Critchley                       5082 Zach Barklage
E1                   0.094 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.038  6.410 222.22
 Qualified:             #5  6.274 224.32                       #12  6.314 226.32

Barklage with the big starting line advantage and the win. Critchley broke and coasted to a stop on the track around half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4015 Frankie Taylor                       1313 Chip King
E1                   0.093  6.985 151.32     ****WINNER****  0.051  6.287 226.96
 Qualified:            #11  6.313 223.50                        #6  6.276 227.42

King was out of the gate first and never looked back for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  294 Dennis Radford                         19 Richie Stevens Jr.
E1                   0.067  6.336 221.42     ****WINNER****  0.079  6.304 226.20
 Qualified:            #13  6.321 221.23                        #4  6.269 228.27

Radford with a slight starting line advantage and has the lead until 1000 feet. Stevens was able to drive around him on the top end. Richie Stevens Jr.'s MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Stevens will have lane choice over Barklage in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1722 Wayne Torkelson                         4 Shannon Jenkins
E1                   0.058  6.503 218.02     ****WINNER****  0.094  6.241 223.80
 Qualified:            #14  6.330 222.91                        #3  6.259 223.39

Torkelson with the starting line advantage, but Jenkins has the difference made up by 150 feet and never looked back after that.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1211 Mike Ashley                          1853 Thomas Patterson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.210 225.45                     0.056  6.418 216.31
 Qualified:             #2  6.249 225.45                       #15  6.331 227.27

Ashley with the starting line advantage and never looked back with the low E.T. of the round. Ashley will have lane choice over his teammate Rowe in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 Mike Castellana                       710 Jay Payne
E1                   0.131  6.266 224.96     ****WINNER****  0.112  6.268 227.96
 Qualified:             #1  6.234 225.75                       #16  6.365 219.65

Payne with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Payne will have lane choice over Castellana in the next round. Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-1.072 sec., 330ft-2.750, 660ft-4.112/181.08mph, 1,000ft-5.281

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