Mon, 13 Oct 2003, 11:41 AM Ibarra Clocks First Six-Second Rotary Pass

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ENNIS, Texas --

Abel Ibarra

Abel Ibarra made sport compact drag racing history on Saturday when he clocked the first six-second pass by a rotary-powered vehicle. Ibarra powered his three-rotor K&N Filters Mazda RX-7 to a run of 6.95-seconds at 199-mph during Saturday's second StreetGlow Extreme Rush test-and-tune pass at Texas Motorplex.

"I feel pretty good about it," said Ibarra. "I wish we could have gotten the 200 mph also. This helps out for all the problems we've had. I'm still bummed because we hurt a motor on Saturday and we don't know what the problem is. The six was great, but we need consistency to win races. This is great for Mazda and K&N. I hope we can do the 200-mph on Sunday. I had a hunch it would happen this weekend because the Motorplex has been good to me."