Tim Tindle drove his Chuck Ford-tuned 67 Mustang to the top of the AMS Pro Mod pack at the ACDelco NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas. His 6.023/236.55 run was good enough for both the No. 1 spot and the win over Scott Ray in the first round of the $50,000 ProCare Rx Pro Mod Clash.
 
"We're pretty pumped right now.  I think we hit it pretty much on the bull's eye on both runs. That's the first time in a while that we have led two back-to-back qualifying sessions. That is a big confidence builder that we've been lacking," Tindle said.
 
Also coming out on top in the Clash were John Russo, Steve Engel and Jay Payne. Payne defeated 2007 World Champion Josh Hernandez in a brilliant side-by-side drag race, 6.068/235.51 to 6.074/237.88. Payne took a huge starting-line lead with a .029 reaction time to Hernandez'.064. Tim Tindle drove his Chuck Ford-tuned 67 Mustang to the top of the AMS Pro Mod pack at the ACDelco NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas. His 6.023/236.55 run was good enough for both the No. 1 spot and the win over Scott Ray in the first round of the $50,000 ProCare Rx Pro Mod Clash.
 
"We're pretty pumped right now.  I think we hit it pretty much on the bull's eye on both runs. That's the first time in a while that we have led two back-to-back qualifying sessions. That is a big confidence builder that we've been lacking," Tindle said.
 
Also coming out on top in the Clash were John Russo, Steve Engel and Jay Payne. Payne defeated 2007 World Champion Josh Hernandez in a brilliant side-by-side drag race, 6.068/235.51 to 6.074/237.88. Payne took a huge starting-line lead with a .029 reaction time to Hernandez'.064.
 
"We needed to get as much of an advantage over Josh as possible, and I went for it on the tree, and just nailed it," Payne said.
 
In qualifying, Danny Rowe blasted to the No. 2 spot with an impressive 6.054/236.05 blast, and Richmond, Va. winner Rick Stivers rattled off a 6.148/233.92 to take the provisional lucky seven spot.
 
ProCare Rx Chairman and CEO Roger Burgess made his AMS Pro Mod debut in his primered '67 Camaro and took the No. 10 spot with a 6.214/233.88.
 
Eliminations continue tomorrow in the ProCare Rx Clash with the semifinals scheduled at 11:15 a.m. followed by the final qualifying session for the remaining cars. The finals of the Clash will be contested at 2 p.m. between the nitro and Pro Stock qualifying sessions, and the first round of eliminations is scheduled for 5 p.m. The balance of eliminations will be completed on Sunday, October 28.