Cardino Fornataro of Newark, OH had a .001 light during qualifying earning him a bye-run through the first round as the #1 qualifier in this scant 15 car field. Way to go Cardino!
Lucas Oil’s RJ Thacker of Minford, OH advanced past the Jazzster [Jasmyn Wilson of Wellston, OH] when she red lit back to the trailer. Sorry Jasmyn…see you in Rockingham.
Caleb Ellison of Beaver Creek, OH seriously treed St Louis’ semi finalist Kyle Dvorak of McHenry, IL with a .023 light giving him an easy victory to round 2.
ADRL’s KJ Nowling of Dardenne Prairie, MO was given a pass to the 2nd round by Justin Dempsey of Lenore, WV when he turned that ugly
red-eye on.
Superman Timmy Clifton, Jr of Yemesee, SC ran a tight race to make up for some lost tree-time against Eric Castle of Paintsville, KY. Eric had a .019 RT against Timmy’s .060, but Timmy ran 8.122 on his 8.12 dial eaking him past and into the next round.
Edmond Ellison of Beavercreek, OH had a lot of ground to make up against Alexander Open of Kendsha, WI in their
heads up 7.95 race considering Alexander’s .016 RT to Edmond’s .063…but he pulled it off when he ran an 8.017 to Alexander’s 8.091 run. Great Race, Guys!
VMP’s hero, Morgan Benefield of Virginia Beach, VA met up with ADRL’s St Louis finalist Trevor Haisma of Wonder Lakes, IL in round 1…Morgan took the holeshot and ran a tight 8.079 on an 8.00 dial, and Trevor’s 8.123 on an 8.10 was not enough to fill the gap.
Team Barklage’ Kendall Thiesse of Montreal, MO gave Friday’s top qualifier Jeremy Curran of Bartlett, IL a serious race with nearly identical reaction times…but her 8.296 run on a 8.21 dial was enough to put her over the top and enter round 2.
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