Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 04:58 PM Pro FWD Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro FWD at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  750 Ed Bergenholtz                       1014 Jason Hunt                   
E1                   0.073  8.039 178.64     ****WINNER****  0.130  7.270 198.26
 Qualified:             #5  7.538 192.17                        #2  7.242 199.02

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 2,780 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 141G Chris Rado                             44 Gary Gardella                
E1                   0.155  7.966 185.15     ****WINNER****  0.109  7.228 199.73
 Qualified:             #4  7.447 184.72                        #3  7.244 201.19

Gardella with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  699 Marty Ladwig                            3 Bryan Jimenez                
E1                         No Time                                 No Time      
 Qualified:             #1  7.181 201.55                        #6  7.791 181.50

Both cars with staging problems and they will both get DQ'ed.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink