Sat, 05 May 2012, 01:05 AM Nostalgia Fuel Altered Final, Round 3 Competition

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of final, round 3 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                           760 Mike Hilsabeck               
E3                   0.125 10.250 146.17     ****WINNER****  0.141  9.072 156.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T PADILLA   ) 0.113  6.870 180.14      (K HOUGH     ) 0.223  7.656 138.54

11:54 p.m. Maroney has been the dominant driver so far this year, while this is Hilsabeck's first Nitro Jam outing.

It was a pedalfest, starting just off the starting line. Stab and steer and the rookie beat the veteran at his own game tonight. Hilsabeck leade all the way and gets the champions share of the purse and the first-day Iron Man.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink