Sat, 21 Oct 2006, 06:03 PM Hot Rod Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Hot Rod at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, Sixth Annual Nitto Tire NHRA Sport Compact World Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Stephanie Eggum Runs 20.799/40.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.242/182.62, Was #1
Right Lane: Jason Ames Runs 9.382/151.17, Now #3; Best prior run: 9.390/158.56, Was #3

Eggum was slow off the line. Ames didn't do a burnout, but improved over his round one effort.

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Left Lane: Ricky Dela Cruz Runs 9.733/153.89, Now #4; Best prior run: 10.967/101.76, Was #5
Right Lane: Chuck Seitsinger Runs 13.033/65.39, Now #5; Best prior run: 9.777/107.21, Was #4

Chuck was pulling away, then the motor went silent. Big top end improvement for Dela Cruz.

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Left Lane: Eric Del Rosario Runs 9.139/161.63, Now #4; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Kenny Tran Runs 8.402/169.91, Now #2; Best prior run: 11.968/124.94, Was #6

Del Rosario got very close to the centerline at the top end, but was able to stay in his lane till he crossed the stripe. When his chutes deployed he moved back over to the groove in the left lane. Nice pass for Tran!

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Left Lane: Bryan Bridges Runs 9.192/149.45, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Ron Lummus Runs 8.463/173.81, Now #3; Best prior run: 8.422/174.03, Was #3

Ron slowed just tic after the team had to reweld one of the sensors in the exhaust system between rounds. 2:25 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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