DILLARD RACES TO FIRST CAREER WIN IN PRO MOD AT THE MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS
CLERMONT, Ind. – Eric Dillard raced to his first career win Monday in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil.
Dillard powered his R2B2 Race Cars ’12 Mustang past runner-up Mike Castellana to a 5.830-second run at 253.99 mph to earn his first win in his first race appearance.
“It’s really hard to take it all in,” said Dillard. “I did some testing for Roger Burgess early in the year and he told me then that sometime this year I was going to get to race. He picked the U.S. Nationals, which you can’t do any better than that.”
Dillard held off drivers Kenny Lang, Rickie Smith and Melanie Troxel en route to the win. Kahlid Balooshi kept his top spot in the point standings with his second round appearance.
The NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will return to action at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals, Sept. 15-18 at zMAX Dragway.
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Final finish order (1-16) for Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The race is the eighth of 10 events in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.
PRO MODIFIED:
1. James Eric Dillard; 2. Mike Castellana; 3. Melanie Troxel; 4. Jay Payne; 5. Khalid Balooshi; 6. Burton Auxier; 7. Mike Janis; 8. Rickie Smith; 9. Donald Martin; 10. Troy Coughlin; 11. Scott Ray; 12. Rickie Jones; 13. Dennis Radford; 14. Kenny Lang; 15. Raymond J Matos; 16. Dave Pierce.
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Monday's Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series final results from the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The race is the eighth of 10 in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series:
Pro Modified -- James Eric Dillard, Ford Mustang, 5.830, 253.99 def. Mike Castellana, Chevy Camaro, 6.004, 239.65.
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series final round-by-round results from the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, the eighth of 10 events in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series:
PRO MODIFIED:
ROUND ONE -- James Eric Dillard, Ford Mustang, 5.863, 252.61 def. Kenny Lang, Chevy Camaro, 11.955, 73.60; Melanie Troxel, Chevy Corvette, 5.918, 250.92 def. Scott Ray, Corvette, 6.119, 234.17; Jay Payne, Camaro, 5.918, 242.06 def. Dennis Radford, Plymouth Duster, 10.274, 108.71; Rickie Smith, Camaro, 5.984, 238.55 def. Dave Pierce, Camaro, broke; Khalid Balooshi, Camaro, 5.898, 241.80 def. Troy Coughlin, Pontiac GTO, 6.106, 246.17; Mike Janis, Mustang, 6.062, 239.70 def. Rickie Jones, Camaro, 6.121, 240.29; Burton Auxier, Pontiac Firebird, 5.928, 235.47 def. Donald Martin, Camaro, 5.963, 243.94; Mike Castellana, Camaro, 6.370, 170.23 def. Raymond J Matos, Pylmouth Barracuda, 20.393, 34.25; QUARTERFINALS -- Dillard, 5.845, 252.90 def. R. Smith, 8.380, 109.24; Troxel, 5.910, 249.58 def. Auxier, 6.039, 231.40; Payne, 8.201, 125.00 def. Janis, foul; Castellana, 5.864, 240.72 def. Balooshi, 5.880, 242.06;
SEMIFINALS -- Dillard, 5.847, 252.90 def. Troxel, 5.847, 252.47; Castellana, 5.982, 236.71 def. Payne, 8.507, 107.94;
FINAL -- Dillard, 5.830, 253.99 def. Castellana, 6.004, 239.65.
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Point standings (top 10) for Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series following the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, the eighth of 10 events in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series -
Pro Modified
1. Khalid Balooshi, 563; 2. Danny Rowe, 495; 3. Mike Castellana, 432; 4. Kenny Lang, 398; 5. Rickie Smith, 374; 6. Ed Hoover, 369; 7. Melanie Troxel, 362; 8. Mike Janis, 354; 9. Roger Burgess, 342; 10. Raymond Commisso, 325.
