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Green races to preliminary No. 1 qualifying position at Heartland Motorsports Park

Chad Green powered to the qualifying lead Friday during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by presented by J&A Service portion of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park.
18 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Chad Green powered to the qualifying lead Friday during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by presented by J&A Service portion of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing, presented by Summit Racing Equipment, is the fourth of 12 events this season.

Green ran a 5.762-second pass at 250.13 mph in the second of two qualifying sessions in his Bond-Coat, Inc. ’17 Corvette to take the current No. 1 position.

“We’ve been struggling a bit with this car, but it is starting to come around now,” Green said. “It felt like a good run, but we were really pleasantly surprised when we saw our time.”

Steven Whiteley is currently qualified second with a 5.805 at 252.28 pass and Khalid alBalooshi is initially qualified third with a run of 5.821 at 248.25.

Green is in his first season in the Pro Mod class, as he currently sits 8th in the points standings.

E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service qualifying continues Saturday at 1:00 p.m.