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

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 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                         2302 John Brown
E2   ****WINNER****  0.123  8.329 182.03                     0.081  8.653 168.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Mortensen ) 0.209  8.544 187.65                     0.646  9.222 162.72
 Qualified:             #1  1.513   NS                          #4  4.301   NS

Brown is out of the hole first but Hoyos soon runs him down with his quickest run of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Jerrold Rhodes                        750 Ed Bergenholtz
E2   ****WINNER****  0.207 11.548 120.48                           No Time
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Silvers   ) 1.075 11.818 102.56      (S Carlson   ) 0.202  8.506 171.40
 Qualified:             #3  3.301   NS                          #2  2.000   NS

Bergenholtz broke on the line and Rhodes solos into his first ever final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink