Sun, 23 Sep 2001, 07:07 PM IMPORT -3 - Hot Rod Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Hot Rod at the Nitto Extreme Performance Import Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  99 JoJo Callos        No Data        Q    8 Rafael Estevez     10.710 146.16
 *****WINNER***** 0.493  9.244 149.81  E1                  0.222  9.851 146.69

Estevez left the line way too soon so Callos got the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Kenny Tran          9.833 149.41  Q   10 Viren Singh        11.106 131.27
 *****WINNER***** 0.740  9.337 152.19  E1                  0.694 10.864 137.01

Margin of victory = 1.481 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Lisa Kubo           9.439 151.85  Q   11 Juan Fermin        16.576  48.79
 *****WINNER***** 0.515  9.344 155.78  E1                  0.831 11.732 117.89

Margin of victory = 2.704 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Gary Gardella      10.369 137.96  Q    6 Angela Proudfoot   10.300 132.04
 *****WINNER***** 0.528  9.251 157.01  E1                  0.000 No Time

Proudfoot broke and did not make the run.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Myles Bautista      9.888 149.85  Q    9 Sav Leone          11.061 133.54
 *****WINNER***** 1.133 11.350 147.88  E1                  0.000 No Time

Leone broke and did not make the race so Bautista cruised to the next round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  99 Mike Crawford      No Data        Q        Bye
 *****WINNER***** 0.648  9.902 116.89  E1

Crawford was the number one qualifier and drew the first round bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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