ASHLEY, PAYNE RIVALRY CONTINUES

Pro Mod Clash Report FIRST CAREER POLE NETS KERUNSKY $2,000 Las Vegas (April 16, 2005) — For the second consecutive week, a Canadian driver scored a $2,000 bonus from FLOWMASTER for finishing as the top qualifier at an AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge presented by TLR event. Read More (Click Here)

Defending AMS/TLR Pro Mod World Champ Mike Ashley has to like the way the 2005 Pro Mod season is going so far. His supercharged Mustang has yet to set on the pole at a single NHRA event this year.

On race day he and his Chuck Ford tuned Mustang have been the picture of consistency, and if it weren’t for the superstar team of driver Jay Payne and engine builder/tuner Brad Anderson, Ashley would probably be leading the Pro Mod points chase in the AMS/TLR series.

Instead, after a convincing win over archrival Jay Payne and Brad Anderson at Las Vegas, Ashley and his crew are just about one round out of first place.

At Vegas Canadian Pro Mod racer Glen Kerunsky, who gets tuning help from race car builder and former Pro Mod World Champ Tim McAmis, just edged Ashley off of the pole with a 6.223/228 lap that covered Ashley’s 6.229/227 performance. That was just about the last time during the race that Ashley’s Mustang wasn’t the quickest car in the field. In fact Ashley was quickest in every round of eliminations save one.