Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 05:31 PM Pro Rear Wheel Drive Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Rear 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
 1079 George Ioannou                          1 Grant Downing
E2   ****WINNER****  0.283  6.707 205.54                     0.149  7.462 190.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Cruz      ) 0.442 10.254  88.39      (S Papadakis ) 0.726  9.335  95.49
 Qualified:             #1  1.472   NS                          #4  4.341   NS

Downing had the better reaction time but Iaonnou passed him just past the 60' clocks on his way to the quickest and fastest run of the event for the sport compacts.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2587 Jorge Lazcano                        2006 Matt Scranton
E2                   9.999  9.999   NS       ****WINNER****  0.307  6.991 199.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Arslanian ) 1.380  7.105 186.20      (A Ibarra    ) 0.021  6.972 198.85
 Qualified:             #6  6.304   NS                          #2  2.407   NS

Lazcano could not make the call so Scranton soloed into the final with a representative pass from the V-6 Celica considering the lower boost levels that the team is running today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink