In Ivan we trust!
Geronimo racing and another starlet set the bar high with cars both running 8.90's for the number one and number two Qualifying position, It didnt look like Ivans 9.65 qualifying pass was going to cut the mustard......
Thats where consistency comes in!
In the second round of eliminations Ivan drew geronimo racing (#1 qualifier) and Ivan did what he does best....he beat him on the tree, ran a 9.40 and was the first to cross the beams. The difference in the win was his .3 second better reaction time. One more to go!
As expected the other 8.90 (#2 qualifier) bested his opponent in the second round (Gen of Y2K Motorsports) and put him self into the finals with Ivan.
The stage was set Ivan the terrible Vs The mighty 8 Sec starlet.
Ivan knew he had his work cut out for him. To date his best pass was a 9.22, still 3 tenths off of The starlets Qualifying time. Martin Cracked open the laptop downloaded some files and tweaked the AEM hoping to squeeze a little bit more out of Ivans 240.
After two impressive burnouts both cars rolled to the beams and staged up. The light droped and The black starlet jumped early and tripped a red light. Ivan meanwhile shot out of the hole like a canon lifting the front wheels off the ground about an inch, he stayed ahead of the starlet the entire way and put together his best pass to date 9.15 @ 157 MPH!!!! 1st place Finsiher in the Frantic 7!!!!!
A big congrats goes out to Ivan for putting together one hell of a show. He got consistently faster with each pass over the day in a car that had not yet been to the track in 07.
Here are some pictures, video coming soon!!!
Eric
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