ROWE WINS NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY PROCARE RX EVENT AT HOUSTON
BAYTOWN, Texas - No. 3 qualifier Danny Rowe earned his first NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx victory of the 2012 season Sunday at the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway.
Rowe’s Sterling Bridge ’68 Chevy Camaro powered to a winning performance of 5.969 seconds at 244.43 mph in the final round of eliminations to beat Kenny Lang’s pass of 6.043 seconds at 238.51 mph.
Rowe defeated Mike Knowles, Troy Coughlin and Danny Walsh in earlier rounds en route to his first final round appearance of the season.
The next NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx event is the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., May 31-June 3.
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Final finish order (1-16) for the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx at the 25th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway. The race is the third of ten events in the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx.
PRO MODIFIED:
1. Danny Rowe; 2. Kenny Lang; 3. Donald Walsh; 4. Steve Matusek; 5. Brad Brand; 6. Troy Coughlin; 7. Pete Farber; 8. Leah Pruett; 9. Chip King; 10. Donald Martin; 11. Mike Castellana; 12. Jay Payne; 13. Mike Knowles; 14. Rickie Smith.
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Sunday's final results from the 25th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway. The race is the third of ten events in the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx.
Pro Modified -- Danny Rowe, Chevy Camaro, 5.969, 244.43 def. Kenny Lang, Camaro, 6.043, 238.51.
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Final round-by-round results from the 25th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway, the third of ten events in the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx:
PRO MODIFIED:
ROUND ONE -- Pete Farber, Dodge Daytona, 6.052, 244.87 def. Donald Martin, Chevy Camaro, 6.338, 233.24; Troy Coughlin, Camaro, 5.997, 247.70 def. Leah Pruett, Ford Mustang, 5.972, 249.86; Kenny Lang, Camaro, 5.995, 239.95 def. Jay Payne, Camaro, 9.974, 89.93; Brad Brand, Chevy Corvette, 5.977, 245.49 def. Chip King, Daytona, 6.074, 248.25; Danny Rowe, Camaro, 5.951, 244.92 def. Mike Knowles, Camaro, 11.413, 78.30; Donald Walsh, Mustang, 6.098, 247.34 def. Rickie Smith, Camaro, 15.686, 53.51; Steve Matusek, Mustang, 6.267, 226.20 def. Mike Castellana, Camaro, 6.613, 203.46; QUARTERFINALS -- Matusek, 7.712, 133.83 was unopposed; Walsh, 6.112, 249.03 def. Farber, 6.323, 238.64; Lang, 6.019, 241.07 def. Brand, 5.987, 249.95; Rowe, 5.954, 245.45 def. Coughlin, 6.041, 247.43; SEMIFINALS -- Lang, 6.280, 231.08 def. Matusek, foul; Rowe, 5.978, 244.21 def. Walsh, 6.051, 249.76;
FINAL -- Rowe, 5.969, 244.43 def. Lang, 6.043, 238.51.
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Point standings (top 10) for the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx following the 25th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway, the third of ten events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series -
Pro Modified
1. Danny Rowe, 231; 2. Mike Castellana, 230; 3. Rickie Smith, 206; 4. Leah Pruett, 191; 5. Donald Walsh, 160; 6. Donald Martin, 155; 7. Mike Knowles, 152; 8. Steve Matusek, 149; 9. Kenny Lang, 144; 10. Troy Coughlin, 143.
