TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in StreetGlow Extreme Rush Pro Rear Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:
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Left Lane: Matt Scranton No Time, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 7.336/7.336, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 28.41 inches, adjusted altitude 3,130 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
This is first of two time trials for the Sport Compact Extreme Rush Rear Wheel Drive.

Scranton rolled the lights and turned on the red light, he then got on the throttle and got real loose. He made a quick move toward the wall and then corrected it and when he did the car got completely side ways and rolled on to it's top. It skated down the track on it's top for a long ways, Scranton is out of the car and is okay. Hartford with a good clean pass.

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Left Lane: Manny Cruz Runs 11.061/11.061, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00
Right Lane: Ara Arslanian Runs 13.253/13.253, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00

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Left Lane: Craig Paisley Runs 7.516/7.516, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00
Right Lane: George Ioannou Runs 7.061/7.061, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00

Ioannou gets close to the 200 mph mark.

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Left Lane: Brad Personett Runs 15.146/15.146, Now #0 RWD Index: 0.00

 

Pro Rear Wheel Drive Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green







TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in StreetGlow Extreme Rush Pro Rear Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run:
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Left Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 7.077/7.077, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Matt Scranton Runs 9.266/9.266, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Ara Arslanian Runs 7.508/7.508, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Manny Cruz Runs 11.551/11.551, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Brad Personett Runs 7.520/7.520, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run
Right Lane: George Ioannou Runs 6.915/6.915, Now #0; RWD Index: 0.00, No Prior Run

Ioannou is the first one to dip into the 6.90s this weekend.

 

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Results for Elimination Round 1

TOPEKA, Kan. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in StreetGlow Extreme Rush Pro Rear Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed

(W) Matt Scranton ('04 Celica) 0.162 7.598 193.57
(L) Manny Cruz ('02 Cougar) 0.339 11.376 109.56

Cruz had problems right off the starting line and clicked it off.
(W) Ara Arslanian (Street Glow/Bullish Racing '00.210 7.294 197.94
(L) Abel Ibarra (K&N Filters '04 RX-8) 0.118 9.073 135.59

Ibarra had problems early in the run and clicked it off.
(W) George Ioannou (Street Glow/Bullish Racing '0.058 6.764 203.77
(L) Matt Hartford (Summit Racing '04 Cavalier) 0.099 7.138 169.70

Ioannou with a great looking pass here, the quickest and fastest of the weekend.
(W) Brad Personett ('04 Celica) 0.080 7.178 193.05
(L) Craig Paisley (Paisley Racing '03 Tundra) 0.050 7.295 185.15

This was the best drag race of the session. Paisley was out of the gate first, but Personett was able to chase him down just past half track. Personett will have lane choice over Scranton and Ioannou will have lane choice over Arslanian in the semifinals.






Modified by DVSshoeco at 1:47 PM 5/30/2004

 

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Results for Final Round

TOPEKA, Kan. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in StreetGlow Extreme Rush Pro Rear Wheel Drive at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed

(W) George Ioannou (Street Glow/Bullish Racing '0.121 6.767 204.98
(L) Brad Personett ('04 Celica) 0.066 10.271 102.50

4:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 28.45 inches, adjusted altitude 2,757 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.
Personett headed for the retaining wall right after the hit. Ioannou is running a bracket car this weekend, laying down another six-seventy.


Modified by DVSshoeco at 2:45 PM 5/30/2004

 

wait did titan crash????????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TyCooley &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wait did titan crash???????? </TD></TR></TABLE>
No Titan did not crash, jus got a little loose.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he then got on the throttle and got real loose. He made a quick move toward the wall and then corrected it and when he did the car got completely side ways and rolled on to it's top. It skated down the track on it's top for a long ways, Scranton is out of the car and is okay.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I was thinking the same thing... someone crashed. Looks like Scranton...


But... then it shows him qualifying in the final round? SO did they flip the car over and run ??? IM confused.

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I shoulda read further donw in the thread list....

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=879563

 

He used his teammates car.

 

Pro Fwd didnt run at this event or do they even run?

 

They said they didn't field the Pro FWD cars as planned...so in other words, no

 

Was it because of the lack of fwd cars to field a field of 8?

 

Something to that extent. I just spoke to JB and he said they contacted him the Thursday before this past weekend and they cancelled. Kubo and GM backed out which only left JoJo and JB pretty much, so they cancelled

Sucks too, FWD needs to get more love.

 

FYI, ProFWD was NOT cancelled, according to my sources. Five drivers qualified for Topeka, but no one showed.

There's an old saying that "Luck is when opportunity meets preparation." NHRA provided the opportunity........................

 

Hmmm............... *** HAT lol good info bottle