Fri, 04 May 2012, 22:03 PM Nostalgia Fuel Altered Round 1 Competition

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Nostalgia Fuel Altered at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day One:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7171 Ron Maroney                           601 Tom Padilla                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.113  6.870 180.14                     0.221  9.998  81.35

8:58 p.m. Both drivers had to backpedal several times to get down the track, but Maroney did a better job of regaining traction, even though he got very close to the centerline.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  760 Mike Hilsabeck                        784 Kyle Hough                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.223  7.656 138.54                     0.159  8.098 159.63

Hiksabeck is a rookie in Nitro Jam competition, but he gets a big win and will face Maroney in the championship matchup.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink