WALSH LEADS QUALIFYING SATURDAY DURING NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES ACTION AT CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS AT INDIANAPOLIS
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Don Walsh raced to the qualifying lead Saturday during the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing is presented by JEGS.
Walsh ran his late model Chevy Camaro to a top performance of 5.863 seconds at 252.61 mph to move around Friday top qualifier Troy Coughlin. If Walsh’s run holds during the final qualifying session on Sunday, it will be the fifth career No. 1 qualifying position for Walsh and first since 2012.
Coughlin, the 2012 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series world champ, is currently No. 2 with a 5.866 at 248.52 in a late model Corvette. Jeff Naiser also ran a 5.892 in his Naiser Racing ’69 Camaro to sit third in the qualifying order.
Pro Mod qualifying will conclude Sunday morning and eliminations will begin later that afternoon.
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Saturday’s results after the first two of three rounds of qualifying for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The race is the seventh of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. Qualifying will continue Sunday for Sunday’s first round of eliminations.
Pro Modified — 1. Don Walsh, Chevy Camaro, 5.863, 252.61; 2. Troy Coughlin, Chevy Corvette, 5.866, 248.75; 3. Jeff Naiser, Camaro, 5.892, 241.54; 4. Von Smith, Camaro, 5.906, 241.97; 5. Mike Castellana, Camaro, 5.926, 237.96; 6. Dan Stevenson, Camaro, 5.935, 242.10; 7. Danny Rowe, Camaro, 5.946, 243.72; 8. Steve Matusek, Camaro, 5.947, 243.50; 9. Pete Farber, Dodge Daytona, 5.953, 243.46; 10. Steven Whiteley, Camaro, 5.955, 243.77; 11. Jim Bell, Camaro, 5.964, 245.76; 12. Kevin Fiscus, Ford Mustang, 5.967, 245.67; 13. Rickie Smith, Camaro, 5.985, 243.68; 14. Bill Glidden, Mustang, 5.995, 239.40; 15. Eric Latino, Camaro, 5.998, 242.15; 16. Jimmy Keen, Corvette, 6.010, 237.38.
Not Qualified: 17. Jason Hamstra, 6.011, 240.59; 18. Harold Martin, 6.035, 242.19; 19. Jimmy Widener, 6.045, 236.42; 20. Jim Laurita, 6.050, 240.04; 21. Mike Knowles, 6.057, 234.53; 22. Kenny Lang, 6.107, 235.15; 23. Mike Janis, 6.166, 239.82; 24. Gerry Capano, 6.187, 233.44; 25. Clint Satterfield, 6.227, 242.76; 26. Chris Juliano, 6.260, 223.21; 27. Jim Whiteley, 6.622, 173.09; 28. Doug Winters, 6.688, 223.88; 29. Michael Biehle, 7.138, 149.35; 30. Dave Pierce, 7.527, 212.93; 31. Chip King, 8.138, 127.15; 32. Mark Martino, 9.286, 90.66; 33. Jay Payne, 11.008, 93.47.
