Sun, 22 Oct 2006, 02:57 PM Sport FWD Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in urbanracer.com Sport FWD at the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, Sixth Annual Nitto Tire NHRA Sport Compact World Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  402 Tony Palo                             415 Coleman Lau
E1   ****WINNER****  0.175  9.588 155.29                     0.968 No Time
 Qualified:             #1  9.546 156.32                        #9 10.579 142.46

Lau broke right on the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4791 Aweis T B                            4866 Theodore Aasen
E1                  -0.008 10.693 132.69     ****WINNER****  0.176 10.094 145.67
 Qualified:            #13 10.923 143.34                        #5 10.276 143.76

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 9031 Tyler Hara                            999 Phil Lam
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  9.977 147.63                     0.015 10.137 147.76
 Qualified:             #8 10.388 141.92                       #16 11.018 129.89

Tyler Hara's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.104), 1,000ft(0.115). MOV: 0.1066 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  626 Elton Lo                             6981 William Jameson
E1                   0.396 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.031 11.405 135.80
 Qualified:             #7 10.377 142.06                       #15 10.978 138.30

Lo broke on the line...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7004 Mike Laskey                           367 Jeremy Bretschneider
E1   ****WINNER****  0.101 10.234 132.61                     0.107 10.642 140.52
 Qualified:             #6 10.306 139.18                       #14 10.955 135.33

Mike Laskey's MOV: 0.4143 seconds (approximately 85 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3901 Paul Ho                                 4 Arturbo Ortiz
E1   ****WINNER****  0.288 13.007 110.38                     0.251 14.853  80.25
 Qualified:            #12 10.659 132.48                        #4 10.206 145.63

Ho may have missed a gear - he slowed in the middle of the run, then got things moving again. Ho will race Hara in round two, and Ho will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  419 Kyle Herrera                          472 Mike Barreraz
E1   ****WINNER****  0.293 10.885 116.40                     0.151 15.167  80.27
 Qualified:             #3 10.118 145.59                       #11 10.644 138.24

The winner will face William Jameson in round two...

And Herrera will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  801 Maria Gordon                         9752 Cortney Green
E1                   0.494 11.511 141.28     ****WINNER****  0.516 10.944 119.23
 Qualified:            #10 10.618 142.29                        #2  9.836 150.08

Maria Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-2.265 sec., 330ft-5.694, 660ft-7.983/111.98mph, 1,000ft-9.912
Cortney Green's incremental times: 60ft-1.655 sec., 330ft-4.558, 660ft-6.957/101.87mph, 1,000ft-9.092

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink