Sat, 01 Jun 2013, 20:21 PM Nostalgia Fuel Altered Round 1 Competition

By Larry Sullivan

PITTSBURGH - Results of round 1 eliminations in Nostalgia Fuel Altered at the 2013 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Pittsburgh Nitro Jam:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  201 Ron Hope                              760 Mike Hilsabeck               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  5.533 198.85                     0.275  5.419 205.67

Hilsabeck had some tire chatter on the burnout and again on the launch, He backpedaled, then Hope did the same and Hilsabeck almost ran him down, but gave up way too much at the start. then his engine started leaking oil, lots of it.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  784 Kyle Hough                           7171 Ron Maroney                  
E1                   0.125  8.315  82.36     ****WINNER****  0.900  5.282 205.76

Hough shook, pedaled, and threw in the towel. Maroney will have lane choice against Hope in the championship round.