Sun, 31 Oct 2004, 04:01 PM Pro Modified Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
   19 Richie Stevens Jr.                   5082 Zach Barklage
E2                   0.160  6.299 219.54     ****WINNER****  0.053  6.303 227.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Radford   ) 0.079  6.304 226.20      (T Critchley ) 0.038  6.410 222.22
 Qualified:             #4  6.269 228.27                       #12  6.314 226.32

12:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 27.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Barklage gets out of the groove and drifts toward the center-line, but hangs on and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  710 Jay Payne                            2813 Scott Cannon Jr
E2                   0.171 10.345 105.52     ****WINNER****  0.091  6.229 226.70
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Castellana) 0.112  6.268 227.96      (V Smith     ) 0.083  6.274 225.94
 Qualified:            #16  6.365 219.65                        #9  6.296 226.39

Payne rattles the tires off the line, makes a hard move toward the center-line, then aborts the run. Cannon goes right down the groove and will have lane choice over Barklage in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1313 Chip King                               4 Shannon Jenkins
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.024  6.283 222.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Taylor    ) 0.051  6.287 226.96      (W Torkelson ) 0.094  6.241 223.80
 Qualified:             #6  6.276 227.42                        #3  6.259 223.39

King gets ready to stage, hits the throttle, the car then lurches forward through the staging beams, giving Jenkins the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1211 Mike Ashley                            38 Dan Rowe
E2   ****WINNER****  0.100  8.003 113.11                     0.040 13.198  61.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Patterson ) 0.032  6.210 225.45      (A Billes    ) 0.030  6.312 225.82
 Qualified:             #2  6.249 225.45                        #7  6.281 226.85

Ashley dodges a bullet here, Rowe gets out of shape early, first heading toward the wheel, then back toward the center-line. Ashley loses traction around half-track and has to back off the throttle. Jenkins will have lane choice over Ashley in round three.

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