Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 01:45 PM Hot Rod Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

ENGLISHOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Hot Rod at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, 4th Annual NHRA Sport Compact Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4519 Kenny Tran                           1125 Stephane Beauregard
E1   ****WINNER****  0.134  8.665 165.25                           No Time
 Qualified:             #5  8.998 145.63                        #4  8.277 168.91

1:16 p.m. Stephane moved less than a foot off the starting line, Tran had an easy win in round one - it's also his best pass of the weekend (so far).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1002 Saverio Leone                        2122 Mike Crawford
E1                   0.341  9.839 154.40     ****WINNER****  0.314  7.903 188.70
 Qualified:             #6  9.089 153.72                        #3  8.163 183.00

Nice pass for Crawford! Wow! Both ET and speed are well under the current national record. Mike Crawford's incremental times: 60ft-1.370 sec., 330ft-3.537, 660ft-5.240/146.26mph, 1,000ft-6.686

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   45 Ron Lummus                            315 Joe Demaree
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  8.233 174.48                     0.108 10.031 137.76
 Qualified:             #2  8.149 177.53                        #7  9.309 150.93

The winner will face Mike Crawford in the next round...

Ron had a lot of tire spin off the line, he legged things out the rest of the way.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1320 Stephen Merman                        322 Stephanie Eggum
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.490  7.926 181.28
 Qualified:             #8  9.532 157.08                        #1  7.957 179.52

Merman was unable to make the call, so Eggum will try to back up a national record.

How bout resetting it instead!!! The pass looked so easy - and that is always fast. Stephanie Eggum's incremental times: 60ft-1.314 sec., 330ft-3.492, 660ft-5.198/147.02mph, 1,000ft-6.679

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink