Sat, 21 Oct 2006, 06:03 PM Modified Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Modified at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, Sixth Annual Nitto Tire NHRA Sport Compact World Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Tom Shambaugh Runs 10.842/91.16, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.822/162.59, Was #7
Right Lane: Jorge Lazcano Runs 7.439/184.22, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.441/187.03, Was #2

Another nice blast for Lazcano's RX7, Shambaugh lifted early.

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Left Lane: Justin Humphreys Runs 7.508/187.08, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.617/187.73, Was #3
Right Lane: Dee Karagiannis No Time, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.997/162.12, Was #5

Dee was leaking some "stuff" and got shut off, so Humphreys will have a single. Justin was all over the track - he left big black track marks near the centerline for much of the way. We're down for a minute to clean up a puddle of something in the right lane.

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Left Lane: Paul Efantis Runs 7.388/184.50, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.432/183.34, Was #1
Right Lane: Ken Scheepers Runs 8.373/157.61, Now #7; No Prior Run

Efantis hiked up the tires and thundered! This run is just .06 off the current national record, it's good enough to smash the old track record by over half a second.

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Right Lane: Rene Franco Runs 8.868/155.02, Now #9; Best prior run: 8.926/156.64, Was #9

2:41 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink