Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 06:27 PM Pro Front Wheel Drive Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Keith Burgan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Pro Front Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Nelson Hoyos                          777 Jerrold Rhodes
E3   ****WINNER****  0.259  8.348 181.47                     0.128 18.340  57.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Brown     ) 0.123  8.329 182.03      (E Bergenholt) 0.207 11.548 120.48
E1    (B Mortensen ) 0.209  8.544 187.65      (J Silvers   ) 1.075 11.818 102.56
 Qualified:             #1  1.513   NS                          #3  3.301   NS

Although Rhodes had the reaction time advantage he was outmatched here and Hoyos sped to a predictable victory with another 8.3 clocking.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink