Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 10:54 PM Quick Rod Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Quick Rod at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  190 Mark Payne                           9265 W.G. Lankas                  
E7   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.923 160.82                     0.033  8.892 170.28
         QR Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.023              QR Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E6                   -0.012  8.876 -0.024      (C MANUEL    ) 0.016  8.900  0.000
E5    (D COLLINS   ) 0.058  8.876 -0.024      (R COOK      ) 0.017  8.922  0.022
E4    (K COOKE     ) 0.031  8.910  0.010      (J ALBERTSON ) 0.007  8.811 -0.089
E3    (M FURR      ) 0.028  8.876 -0.024      (F LIPKE     ) 0.001  8.914  0.014
E2    (M BERTOZZI  ) 0.006  8.872 -0.028      (D RAMSEY    ) 0.002  8.998  0.098
E1    (S CARSON    ) 0.013  8.825 -0.075      (S SMITH     ) 0.014  8.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #16  8.872 -0.028                        #8  8.998  0.100

10:48 p.m. They two finalist leave almost together and wheel race on the top end. Lankas punches the throttle one time too many and gives the 2007 IHRA World Finals Quick Rod Championship to Payne.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink