Sun, 23 Sep 2001, 06:58 PM IMPORT -3 - Street Tire Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Street Tire at the Nitto Extreme Performance Import Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Ari Yallon         10.424 141.19  Q    8 Clinton Nong       12.867 112.42
 *****WINNER***** 0.823 10.484 140.99  E1                  1.023 12.097 118.43

Margin of victory = 1.813 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Warren Rattray     11.629 124.32  Q    6 WRC Racing         12.145  87.59
 *****WINNER***** 1.023 11.223 125.51  E1                  0.841 12.271 124.18

Margin of victory = 0.866 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Jeff Hill          11.118 142.03  Q    9 Elliot Pomeranz    12.899 102.91
 *****WINNER***** 0.776 11.853  83.41  E1                  0.990 No Time

Pomeranz ran as an alternate for Michael Portaro, who qualified but did not return this weekend. Pomeranz broke coming off the line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 John Duarte        12.073 121.97  Q    4 Keith Loforte      11.687 123.86
                  1.008 11.849 125.66  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.790 11.656 124.01

Margin of victory = 0.411 seconds (approximately 76 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink