Sat, 15 Jun 2013, 19:10 PM Pro X-Treme Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro X-Treme at the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League, X-Treme Gateway Showdown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  463 Brandon Pesz                          360 Duane Rister                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.070  3.747 202.55                     0.254  4.290 123.66
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.678  3.769 201.97      (R REID      ) 0.119  3.807 198.44
 Qualified:             #1  3.628 208.91                        #9  3.758 200.29

5:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.48 inches, adjusted altitude 2,856 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Rister is late at the green and then has a big flash from the engine after the 330 lights. There is a fire on the engine and he pulls quickly over to the wall. He is quickly out of the car and the X-DRL Safety Team is quickly on the scene and managing the problem. Good job!

Pesz seems to have fixed the departing door situation and takes the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  202 Todd Tutterow                          10 Frankie Taylor               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  3.760 201.61                     0.083  3.757 204.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D MILLEN    ) 0.037  3.768 201.67      (N WANTYE    ) 0.061  3.758 203.55
 Qualified:            #10  3.765 201.40                        #2  3.686 207.08

5:58 p.m. Fire the next pair!

Taylor is late and gives Todd Tutterow the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0552 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  277 Terry Leggett                        1101 Quain Stott                  
E2                   0.122  3.730 205.66     ****WINNER****  0.052  3.737 203.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J STOUFFER  ) 0.088  3.757 204.82      (D LOWRY     ) 0.114  3.764 201.34
 Qualified:             #5  3.714 206.07                        #4  3.707 203.86

Another hole shot victory, as Leggett's RT started with a one! Stott takes the easy win.

He races Pesz in round three later today.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  167 Mike Recchia                            5 Tim Tindle                   
E2                   0.046  3.777 200.98     ****WINNER****  0.015  3.748 203.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T MARTIN    ) 0.092  3.812 200.41      (A WELLS     ) 0.051  3.746 202.18
 Qualified:            #11  3.773 202.52                        #3  3.703 204.35

It's Tim Tindle from start to finish, as Recchia runs close to his weekend best, but is too late on the light. MOV: 0.0605 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

6:06 p.m. He will be up against Tutterow later today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink