Sat, 21 Oct 2006, 08:21 PM Modified Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 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 9.229/151.56, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.822/162.59, Was #7
Right Lane: Ken Scheepers Runs 8.061/165.29, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.049/158.32, Was #6

The bump is currently held by Rene Franco - there are nine cars here this weekend, so someone's day is about to end...

Neither driver improve, but they should be safe for action tomorrow.

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Left Lane: Dee Karagiannis Runs 8.383/126.42, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.997/162.12, Was #5
Right Lane: Ali Afshar No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 8.986/115.01, Was #9

The weekend ended for Ali on the line - he rolled thru the beams and got no timeslip. Dee's motor was smoking till he let the clutch out, he lifted well before the stripe.

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Left Lane: Rene Franco Runs 8.700/153.56, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.868/155.02, Was #8
Right Lane: Jorge Lazcano Runs 7.403/184.22, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.439/184.22, Was #2

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Left Lane: Paul Efantis Runs 7.403/184.60, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.388/184.50, Was #1
Right Lane: Justin Humphreys Runs 7.546/186.56, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.508/187.08, Was #3

Humphrey's occupation is listed as "Hmmmm...." on his card this weekend...

Efantis won this battle of bragging rights, he had a puff of smoke out the pipes when he lifted off the throttle.

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Right Lane: Steve Topletz No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.896/134.34, Was #4

Topletz did a burnout, but then smoke started coming from under the hood. Looks like he had a minor fire, it was put out, and he's being pushed back.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink