Sun, 23 Sep 2001, 08:49 PM IMPORT -3 - Hot Rod Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 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
   7 Gary Gardella      10.369 137.96  Q   99 Mike Crawford      No Data
   (A Proudfoot ) 0.528  9.251 157.01  E1                  0.648  9.902 116.89
                  0.645  9.470 146.46  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.554  9.222 157.58

Crawford's 1998 Neon has been running well all day and the quarter-final round was no exception. He beat Gardella off the line and increased his lead move into the semi-final round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  99 JoJo Callos        No Data        Q    2 Lisa Kubo           9.439 151.85
   (R Estevez   ) 0.493  9.244 149.81  E1   (J Fermin    ) 0.515  9.344 155.78
 *****WINNER***** 0.578  9.277 149.55  E2                  0.000 No Time

Callos had a strong start but it wasn't needed as Kubo broke coming off the line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Kenny Tran          9.833 149.41  Q    4 Myles Bautista      9.888 149.85
   (V Singh     ) 0.740  9.337 152.19  E1   (S Leone     ) 1.133 11.350 147.88
                  0.087 14.000  77.43  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.513  9.875 149.58

Tran barely waited for the tree to start when he left the line more than three-tenths of a second too soon.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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