Sun, 11 Nov 2001, 06:22 PM POMONA 3 - Summit Pro ET Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Pro ET at the 37th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Richard Ariotti                  Q    3 Mike LaRosa
       PRO  Dial: 11.52                        PRO  Dial: 10.66
                  0.624 11.511 -0.009 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.594 10.669  0.009

LaRosa with the starting line advantage and Ariotti breaks out trying to chase him down.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Steve Pearsons                    Q    7 Bruce Wilson
       PRO  Dial: 12.55                        PRO  Dial: 11.30
 *****WINNER***** 0.554 12.589  0.039 E1                  0.522 11.279 -0.021

Wilson with the starting line advantage and took too much stripe to break out.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Jeromy Hefler                     Q    2 Tyler Cassil
       PRO  Dial: 11.30                        PRO  Dial: 10.49
 *****WINNER***** 0.526 11.328  0.028 E1                  0.609 10.490  0.000

Hefler with the big starting line advantage and the power to hold off Cassil as he ran right on his dial in. Margin of victory = 0.055 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
        Bye                           Q    1 Cory Thompson
                                               PRO  Dial: 11.24
                                      E1 *****WINNER***** 0.483 11.250  0.010

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