Sun, 30 Sep 2001, 09:01 PM IMPORT -6 - Street Tire Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L Jex

PONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Street Tire at the Mazda NHRA Import World Finals Presented by Toyo Tires:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Michael Rickman    12.745 113.70  Q    7 Wen Lai            12.738 110.38
 *****WINNER***** 0.661 12.529 117.63  E1                  1.030 12.472 112.00

Ouch! What else can you say when you run .05 quicker than the driver in the other lane, but had breakfast, lunch and dinner at the starting line.... Margin of victory = 0.312 seconds (approximately 51 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  14 Jon Lehmann        14.930  94.50  Q    4 Ken Scheepers      12.090 121.76
                  1.187 13.297 104.25  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.830 13.012 111.77

Ken is part of the RX7.COM contingency from Texas, and rolls into round two.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Joel Tanzman       11.337 133.47  Q   99 Steven Kan         No Data
 *****WINNER***** 0.600 10.430 134.22  E1                  0.843 11.911  95.57

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Ari Yallon         10.624 144.23  Q        Bye
 *****WINNER***** 0.911 10.501 136.17  E1

Yallon is so dominant - he runs over 1.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field to end the round. In round two Tanzman will race Scheepers and Yallon will race Rickman.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink