Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 02:45 PM Sport FWD Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

ENGLISHOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in urbanracer.com Sport FWD at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, Fifth Annual NHRA Sport Compact Fallnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  299 Mat Keller                           4250 Steven Jung
E1                   0.161 10.554 122.68     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.519 140.01
 Qualified:             #1  9.477 157.69                        #9 10.604 138.56

Two red Honda's get things started - and we start out with a big upset. Keller slowed a ton, Jung improved.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 222X John Ferguson                        4866 Theodore Aason
E1   ****WINNER****  0.274  9.998 156.28                     0.515 10.979 131.87
 Qualified:             #2  9.637 156.41                       #10 10.677 143.64

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 9495 Richard Vernon                        732 Kory Lindsay
E1   ****WINNER****  0.679 10.169 145.47                     0.359 11.348 131.11
 Qualified:             #8 10.271 143.69                       #16 11.478 130.32

Richard Vernon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.189), 330 ft(0.135), 660ft(0.392), 1,000ft(0.670). MOV: 0.8599 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7052 Steve Lockett                        2908 Dan Back
E1   ****WINNER****  0.139 10.083 137.65                     0.174 17.550  68.25
 Qualified:             #7 10.123 140.30                       #15 11.423 123.49

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7875 Chad Colfer                          4372 Andrew Barriga
E1                   0.057 14.091  70.19     ****WINNER****  0.256 11.019  96.33
 Qualified:            #14 11.247 117.89                        #6  9.883 149.68

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2351 Joe Simpson                          1616 Darren Barone
E1   ****WINNER****  1.700 14.018  99.46                           No Time
 Qualified:             #4  9.712 156.90                       #12 10.823 133.62

Simpson has a single, Barone was unable to make the call to lanes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  618 Jonathan Reynolds                    9258 Angela Galante
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.136 10.764 127.88
 Qualified:             #3  9.701 158.48                       #11 10.810 127.85

Reynolds broke yesterday, and is a no-show for round one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 8609 Felix Medina                         6221 Craig Nyce
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.992 12.955 126.20
 Qualified:             #5  9.851 155.52                       #13 11.085 146.88

Medina is also broken - Nyce will face Jung in round two. 2:42 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink