Sun, 22 Oct 2006, 04:41 PM Modified Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Modified 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
 1568 Justin Humphreys                     4557 Ken Scheepers
E1                   0.014 16.900  45.40     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.768 169.66
 Qualified:             #3  7.508 187.08                        #6  8.049 158.32

THe left lane is clean - and this is a huge upset! The points championship just got more interesting.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  701 Rene Franco                          2607 Jorge Lazcano
E1                   0.347 10.975  83.46     ****WINNER****  0.066  7.392 183.97
 Qualified:             #7  8.700 153.56                        #2  7.403 184.22

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1952 Paul Efantis                         7444 Tom Shambaugh
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  8.025 178.52                     0.060  8.739 158.48
 Qualified:             #1  7.388 184.50                        #8  8.822 162.59

Efantis won this easily, he's hanging on to his 15 point lead. Paul Efantis' incremental times: 60ft-1.249 sec., 330ft-3.571, 660ft-5.287/143.11mph, 1,000ft-6.772

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 0007 Dee Karagiannis                      4011 Steve Topletz
E1   ****WINNER****  1.276  9.014 108.68                           No Time
 Qualified:             #5  7.997 162.12                        #4  7.896 134.34

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink