Sun, 22 Oct 2006, 06:25 PM Quick 16 Round 3 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Quick 16 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
 8733 Pete Selders                         7960 Paul Sarnelri
E3   ****WINNER****  0.208 10.537 109.80                     0.275 10.955 119.45
        Q16  Dial: 10.67 (+/-): -0.133            Q16  Dial: 10.97 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K KOPPENHAVE) 0.063 14.191  3.521      (R MEYER     ) 0.112 11.015  0.045
E1    (D NGUYEN    ) 0.128 20.756 10.086      (A RHEE      ) 0.232 10.972 -0.008
 Qualified:             #6 10.675 124.13                       #12 10.981 119.18

Collectively these two VW's are 91 years young.... The younger, 41 year old VW is going to the final round

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 P791 Karl Martin                          1169 Hector Urias
E3                   0.246 11.016 107.10     ****WINNER****  0.193 10.581  98.18
        Q16  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.546            Q16  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.431
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M ROLLER    ) 0.119 11.192  0.762      (B MOUNLACHAC) 0.132 13.933  3.783
E1    (D DELCID    ) 0.584 14.863  4.433      (H FUH       ) 0.463 10.515  0.365
 Qualified:             #3 10.439 124.45                        #1 10.159 142.81

Martin had problems and slowed - Urias makes it an all VW final in Quick 16. Hector Urias' MOV: 0.1685 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink