Fri, 25 May 2012, 21:10 PM Hot Rod Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Hot Rod at the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour, Renegades Division 4, day two at State Capitol Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Van Arnold                           403V Bart Nelson                  
E5                   3.953 24.888  44.79     ****WINNER****  0.026 11.220 102.04
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): 13.988            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.320
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M ALLEMAND  ) 0.022 10.938  0.038      (J FARMER    ) 0.025 10.883 -0.017
E3    (D BOUDREAUX ) 0.030 10.850 -0.050      (B WILBURN   ) 0.027 10.945  0.045
E2    (C PARKER    ) 0.006 10.887 -0.013      (M WILLIAMSON) 0.017 10.838 -0.062
E1    (R DEW       ) 0.007 10.932  0.032      (J WILBURN   ) 0.077 10.928  0.028

Arnold burned a piston in his '67 Chevy pickup on a time trial run just before the finals. He was permitted to make a car change because of the rainout, borrowed a '55 Chevy. He made Nelson go green and not break out, but made a leisurely run in the unfamiliar car.