Sat, 05 May 2012, 21:40 PM Pro Fuel Dragster Round 1 Competition

By Larry Sullivan

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  265 Cherissa Smallwood                    326 Robin Samsel                 
E1                   0.208  7.232 141.33     ****WINNER****  0.100  5.776 246.71

8:30 p.m. Smallwood had earl\y tire shake and abandoned the run around half track. Samsel, on the other hand, had a relatively error-free run and will be in the championship round tonight.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Bill Evans                            498 Kristen Dennis               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.510 257.51                     0.291  8.727  95.11

Dennis rattled the tires and lost traction before half track, but Evans came back to his old form with a nice run. He will have lane choice when he races Samsel for the champion's purse and the Iron Man.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink