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Street Stock Eliminators Round Two

Five races - and they were all pretty close...

   

Rebecca's Boxster delivered a super-quick time to surprise Jane. It wasn't anywhere near quick enough to beat her... but it did surprise her. The Nissan clocked 0.648 to win by 0.038 seconds. Rebecca's 0.684 was her best of the event. Jane would have a bye round next.

   

The first of two races to decide who met Jane in the semi-final saw Clive beat Pete quite comfortably. The winning margin was 0.089 and the ETs 0.663 and 0.742.

   

The race between Iain and Jeff was very close. Iain's yellow Jag had the lead, although Jeff blasted through the finish line. The crowd needed the results screen to call it - a 0.011 second win for the Texas Audi R8. Their ETs were 0.686 and 0.696.

   

Another close call was the race between Bill and Laura. Bill had the lead and Laura's Aston just didn't have the pace to get by the stocker. The gap at the line was 0.017 seconds and the ETs 0.672 and 0.692.

   

The final race of Round Two was dramatic - with something we'd not seen before on the Rock County Eighth Mile. Jerome's win was routine - leading from start to finish and with a gap of 0.020 seconds. However, the drama unfolded when Jeremy's Veyron exploded in the final stages. The Bugatti's body attachment has been rather dubious for a while and this time it flew off most dramatically, nearly demolishing the finish line gantry. No-one was injured - and the gantry quickly repaired - but the Veyron's tab will need some work before next time.