oroso Motorsports Park hosted the 2nd annual
BFGoodrich Tires NHRA Sport Compact Nationals.
With national records falling faster than the
mosquitoes being swatted off the arms of the
capacity crowd, the compact racers saw a race
ready track in their second stop on the tour.
With help from her husband and crew chief, Gary Kubo, and the first Top Fuel Funny Car driver to 300-mph and Director of Saturn Motorsports, Jim Epler, Lisa Kubo and her Saturn Ion Quad Coupe qualified No. 1 with a spectacular run of 7.963 seconds at 180.83 mph in the first round of qualifying, shattering the eight-second barrier and giving her the national e.t. record for ProFWD.
Nelson Hoyos' '03 Chevy Cavalier went 7.997 seconds at 185.56 mph in the second round of qualifying for the second seven-second run in ProFWD.
Ed Bergenholtz in his
'04 Mazda 6 qualified third and met Hoyos in
the first round of eliminations. Hoyos' 11.720
beat the Mazda's 8.729. Bergenholtz threw in
a little extra entertainment with the demolition
of the 330-ft cones.
Lisa Kubo and Saturn's
Jim Epler celebrate in the winners circle.
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For the fifth time in a row, Kubo and Hoyos
met in the final round on Sunday, with Kubo
beating Hoyos' holeshot with a 8.003/186.87,
backing up her national record and setting new
track speed record.
ProRWD's first round of qualifying saw Matt Scranton go 6.942/199.42 in the
'03 Celica for the No. 1 spot. George Ioannou
grabbed the No. 2 spot with a 7.062 at 207.13
mph for the fastest mile per hour in sport compact
drag racing history. Brad Personett's '04 Titan
Celica went 7.263/192.80 for No. 3, followed
by Carlos Montano, Brent Rau, Manny Cruz, Brendan
Alvarez, and Henry Garcia on the bump.
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