Sun, 12 Oct 2003, 03:45 PM Pro Rear Wheel Drive Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Rear Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1314 Matt Hartford                        1850 Craig Paisley
E1   ****WINNER****  0.113  7.096 191.28                     0.008  7.431 185.45
 Qualified:             #2                         #7

2:34 PM Paisley gets a big hole-shot but doesn't have the power to hold off Hartford. Hartford gets out of the groove, moves around a little but takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1078 Ara Arslanian                         700 Stephan Papadakis
E1                   0.039  7.058 199.77     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.748 206.23
 Qualified:             #4                         #5

Papadakis makes a great pass, right down the groove, and he takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1079 George Ioannou                       2006 Matt Scranton
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.814 206.42                     0.006 12.262  73.23
 Qualified:             #3                         #6

Scranton gets out of the groove, heasds for the wall and gives up on the run. Ioannou will have lane choice over Hartford in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7715 Abel Ibarra                             3 Manny Cruz
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  7.062 175.30                     0.132 No Time
 Qualified:             #1                         #8

Cruz comes off the line and breaks. Ibarra makes a good run but will give up lane choice to Papadakis in the next round.

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