The Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge presented by ProCare Rx once again returns to Madison, Ill. and Gateway International Raceway, a mere five minutes from downtown St. Louis and a stone's throw from the mighty Mississippi river. The premiere Pro Modified series joins the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals this weekend and will feature 17 of the nation's best drivers all competing for a coveted Get Screened America Warrior and a $10,000 prize.
 
Contestants in the ninth Pro Mod Challenge event at Madison include: Burton Auxier, Joe Baker, Roger Burgess, Mike Castellana, Raymond Commisso, Chip King, Mike Knowles, Harold Laird, Kenny Lang, Taylor Lastor, Jay Payne, Brad Personett, Danny Rowe, Rick Stivers, Tim Tindle, Kirk Wilmes, and Andy McCoy.
 

The Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge presented by ProCare Rx once again returns to Madison, Ill. and Gateway International Raceway, a mere five minutes from downtown St. Louis and a stone's throw from the mighty Mississippi river. The premiere Pro Modified series joins the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals this weekend and will feature 17 of the nation's best drivers all competing for a coveted Get Screened America Warrior and a $10,000 prize.
 
Contestants in the ninth Pro Mod Challenge event at Madison include: Burton Auxier, Joe Baker, Roger Burgess, Mike Castellana, Raymond Commisso, Chip King, Mike Knowles, Harold Laird, Kenny Lang, Taylor Lastor, Jay Payne, Brad Personett, Danny Rowe, Rick Stivers, Tim Tindle, Kirk Wilmes, and Andy McCoy.
 
Leading the nitrous-powered team from Al-Anabi and Qatar is current points-leader Mike Castellana - no stranger to the winner's circle in Madison, having won here in 2003. Castellana has already won once this season, and his hoping his familiarity with the track will give him the competitive advantage he needs to return to victory.
 
Still reveling in his win in the most recent Pro Mod Challenge event in Houston, Danny Rowe also has a victorious history at Gateway. Rowe won in 2001, the inaugural season of the Challenge, and again in 2004.
 
"I'm just excited to get back on the track, and I'm hoping the weather cooperates to give us a great weekend," Rowe said. Forecasts call for heavy rain on Friday and scattered showers Saturday and Sunday.
 
Floridian Tim Tindle is fresh from a victorious outing in IHRA competition and said he is more confident heading into this weekend.
 
"We are hoping to carry the momentum over into St. Louis," Tindle said. "We have been working really hard to deliver a competitive program and I think we are headed in the right direction.  The win at Rockingham, more than anything, raised our confidence heading into this weekend's race.
 
"Our plan is to run consistent and focus on one round at a time," Tindle said. 

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