Sun, 30 Sep 2001, 10:40 PM IMPORT -6 - Street Tire Round 2 Eliminations

By Michael L Jex

PONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Street Tire at the Mazda NHRA Import World Finals Presented by Toyo Tires:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Ari Yallon         10.624 144.23  Q    8 Michael Rickman    12.745 113.70
                  0.911 10.501 136.17  E1   (W Lai       ) 0.661 12.529 117.63
 *****WINNER***** 0.927 10.503 139.77  E2                  0.685 12.541 118.46

Yallon is 10.50 'ing the field to death today.... Margin of victory = 1.796 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Joel Tanzman       11.337 133.47  Q    4 Ken Scheepers      12.090 121.76
   (S Kan       ) 0.600 10.430 134.22  E1   (J Lehmann   ) 0.830 13.012 111.77
 *****WINNER***** 0.705 10.636 137.74  E2                  0.878 12.226 119.53

There was a brief delay after the burnout - then Tanzman calmly blasted into the final. Ari Yallon has clinched the title, but Tanzman will have a chance to win his first NHRA "Wally" and spoil a perfect season for Yallon. Ari will have lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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