Mon, 5 Sep 2005, 03:37 PM Pro RWD Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro RWD at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Brad Personett                       1314 Matt Hartford                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.111  6.708 214.55                     0.082  7.987 151.78
 Qualified:             #4  6.604 215.24                        #3  6.596 212.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 1,558 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Hartford was out of the gate first, but then had severe tire shake and got out of the groove.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1078 Ara Arslanian                        1783 Vince Fourcade               
E1                  -0.232  8.087 119.75     ****WINNER****  0.100  6.641 210.83
 Qualified:             #5 13.001  87.82                        #2  6.585 212.03

Arslanian was real red and Fourcade will have lane choice over Personett in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2006 Matt Scranton                         700 Stephan Papadakis            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.121  7.165 159.91                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #1  6.564 216.24                        #6 No Time      

Papadakis is broke and Scranton with the easy win and the bye into the finals. Scranton had a lot of tire shake and even smoked them before he could get it to hook up.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink