Sat, 15 Jun 2013, 17:34 PM Pro X-Treme Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro X-Treme at the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League, X-Treme Gateway Showdown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  360 Duane Rister                          412 Randell Reid                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.119  3.807 198.44                    -0.003  3.953 193.40
 Qualified:             #9  3.758 200.29                        #8  3.741 205.66

3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,915 feet.

Duane Rister gets the easy win. MOV: opponent's -0.003 red light.

Reid's engine looks to have expired in the lights to boot!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  202 Todd Tutterow                          91 Dan Millen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  3.768 201.67                     0.046  4.970 104.11
 Qualified:            #10  3.765 201.40                        #7  3.725 203.98

3:48 p.m. No oil on the track.

Todd Tutterow gets the starting line advantage and just drives away, as Millen's car drives to the center line about 100 feet out.

Todd Tutterow's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.543.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  167 Mike Recchia                         4607 Todd Martin                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.092  3.812 200.41                           No Time      
 Qualified:            #11  3.773 202.52                        #6  3.725 204.82

Martin's starter battery won't start the engine, so Recchia will get a single to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  277 Terry Leggett                         526 Jon Stouffer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.088  3.757 204.82                     0.035  3.891 188.02
 Qualified:             #5  3.714 206.07                       #12  3.891 187.44

Terry Leggett comes from behind after the 330 lights to take the win MOV: 0.0818 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  316 Danny Lowry                          1101 Quain Stott                  
E1                   0.034  4.196 147.84     ****WINNER****  0.114  3.764 201.34
 Qualified:            #13  3.930 197.25                        #4  3.707 203.86

Stott was way late, but had the power to get back on by right before Lowery's Mustang turned dead right and drove across the center line and nailed all of the reflectors.

4:04 p.m. Leggett will be in the other lane in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4561 Aaron Wells                             5 Tim Tindle                   
E1                   0.058  4.663 119.86     ****WINNER****  0.051  3.746 202.18
 Qualified:            #14  4.071 189.87                        #3  3.703 204.35

4:23 p.m. Back to racing.

Wells leaves with Tindle and then slows. Tindle runs on down the track without any drama for the easy win.

He will race Recchia in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   38 Neal Wantye                            10 Frankie Taylor               
E1                  -0.093  4.249 138.83     ****WINNER****  0.061  3.758 203.55
 Qualified:            #15  4.114 136.22                        #2  3.686 207.08

Wantye goes red and then has the car get loose after the 2-3 shift.

Taylor gets the easy win and meets Tutterow in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  463 Brandon Pesz                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.678  3.769 201.97     
 Qualified:             #1  3.628 208.91                     Bye

Pesz hasn't run out of left side doors yet and will get the bye run to round two. He races Rister.

4:30 p.m. By the way: The doors stayed on this time!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink