IHRA racing during the Nitro Jam Palm Beach Nationals Presented By Sunoco Race Fuels concluded with a home state winner in the Pro Modified class category…..

Jimmy Keen, of Parrish, Florida, driving his nitrous-injected ’63 Corvette defeated 5 other entries for the Palm Beach International Raceway event, to take the events Crower Pro Mod presented eliminator.

In round one Keen defeated Dina Parise’s 2015 Cadillac, then topped Bill Lutz turbocharged Camaro in the semi-final to face Bradenton Nitro Jam winner Isaias Rojas. Rojas’ 2006 Cobalt suffered mechanical failure at the starting line and Keen singled for the win.  Keen ran a winning 6.330 secs at 166.37 mph – to earn his first career class victory.

“I want to thank IHRA for bringing Pro Mod back,” said Keen. “We appreciate PBIR for having a good track to race on. It was a hot day. Making runs all day, we’re happy for the win. The air was not good but there’s nothing you can do about it. We just kept making adjustments. We finally got it worked out for the final and it worked pretty good.”

FINAL QUALIFYING RESULTS –  CROWER PRO MOD:

Isaias Rojas (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 2006 Cobalt 5.983 sec./239.06 mph
Jimmy Keen (Parrish, Florida) 1963 Corvette 6.030 sec./236.01 mph
Ruben Tetsoshvili (Wesley Chapel, Florida) 6.177 sec./227.00 mph
Bill Lutz (Canal Winchester, Ohio) Camaro 6.285 sec./233.12 mph
Dina Parise (New Freedom, Pennsylvania) 6.442 sec./213.30 mph
Mike Pruss (West Palm Beach, Florida) 1951 Chevrolet 7.434 sec./132.31 mph

Posted with files from John Bisci & Bruce Biegler

Photos by: Holloway Sanders & John Bisci