Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 01:45 PM All Motor Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

ENGLISHOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Honda Tuning Magazine All Motor at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, 4th Annual Fall NHRA Sport Compact Nationals :

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7277 Vince Tiaga                           714 Scott Kelley
E1                  -0.014 10.856 130.95     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.158 134.77
 Qualified:             #5 10.565 131.09                        #4 10.133 136.14

1:09 p.m. We've gotten a break in the weather, in fact the sun is shining for now. The racing action will be fast to keep ahead of the weather. Tiaga had to cut a light to make up a performance difference, but cut the wick too short and got the dreaded red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  722 Leslie Durst-Armendariz              1641 Thomas Borgia
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.579 136.57                     0.065 12.437  95.40
 Qualified:             #3 10.110 139.86                        #6 11.100 121.25

Leslie cut a great light and never looked back.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Norris Prayoonoto                    7162 Saul Salceda
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  9.669 138.22                           No Time
 Qualified:             #2  9.655 140.02                        #7 12.626  40.41

Salceda's car is broken, so Prayoonoto will have a single...

Norris will race Leslie Armendariz in round two, and Prayoonoto will have lane choice. Norris Prayoonoto's incremental times: 60ft-1.413 sec., 330ft-3.983, 660ft-6.146/113.51mph, 1,000ft-8.045

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1311 Jeremy Lookofsky                           Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.230 11.435 119.80
 Qualified:             #1  9.647 137.74                     Bye

Lookofsky can clinch the 2006 season championship by winning this race, or by a runner-up and a new national record. He needs to run a 9.63 to get the national record. Jeremy elected to take things easy into the next round. He'll face Scott Kelley in round two and Kelley will have lane choice. 1:16 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink