After showing a tiny bit of vulnerability in the first two rounds of professional qualifying, point leader and defending JEGS ProMod Challenge champion Josh Hernandez returned to form early Saturday afternoon and posted the quickest pass in Pro Mod history, a stunning 5.900 at 242.71 mph, to earn the Ohio Crankshaft Low Qualifier Award. After showing a tiny bit of vulnerability in the first two rounds of professional qualifying, point leader and defending JEGS ProMod Challenge champion Josh Hernandez returned to form early Saturday afternoon and posted the quickest pass in Pro Mod history, a stunning 5.900 at 242.71 mph, to earn the Ohio Crankshaft Low Qualifier Award.

Hernandez had the opportunity to gain an extra 20 points in his championship battle with Tony Pontieri if he could have backed up the record with a run of 5.959 seconds but lost in the first round to past IHRA champion Mike Janis.

Pontieri, who improved to 5.905 in Round 3, backed up his run to make it official.

Both Hernandez and Pontieri's runs were quicker than the previous elapsed time record of 5.912 seconds set in March of 2007 in Gainesville, Fla.