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

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro 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
    2 Marty Ladwig                          780 Ron Townsend
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.724 182.97                     0.100  7.801 192.11
 Qualified:             #6  8.334 135.92                        #3  7.770 192.77

1:15 p.m. Ladwig us lucky we don't race to 1500 feet, Ron was gaining, but ran out of race track. Marty Ladwig's incremental margins: 60ft(0.083), 330 ft(0.173), 660ft(0.165), 1,000ft(0.156). MOV: 0.1331 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Jerrold Rhodes                        750 Ed Bergenholtz
E1                   0.242 11.991 139.07     ****WINNER****  0.179  7.790 185.66
 Qualified:             #7  9.948 147.67                        #2  7.713 192.17

Bergenholtz will claim the 2006 championship by taking the green. Ed Bergenholtz's incremental times: 60ft-1.357 sec., 330ft-3.526, 660ft-5.179/148.61mph, 1,000ft-6.591

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 141G Christian Rado                             Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  3.433 27.697  29.33
 Qualified:             #1  7.650 160.29                     Bye

Rado elected to take it easy - he'll have another single in the next round, as Brian Jimenez and Gary Gardella are both broken. 1:20 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink