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Street Stock Eliminators - Round 1

Eight first round races started with top and bottom qualifiers, Jane and Kev...

   

Although Kev improved on his best qualifying time, this was an easy 0.120 second win for Jane's Nissan - the ETs 0.621 to 0.747.

   

This was the classic 8th vs 9th place qualifier bout... but Mary had an awful start, allowing Sue a 0.076 second win. Their ETs were 0.707 and 0.753.

   

Iain's Boxster was no match for Nico's Veyron - a 0.047 second win and ETs of 0.651 and 0.693.

   

Clive's Dreamies bribe worked. Rose let him win by 0.076 seconds - 0.640 to 0.704.

   

Would 'Smokey Joe' make it down the strip in one piece? It did. Was it quick enough to beat Pete? It was. A big 0.119 second win for the Veyron - the ETs 0.633 and 0.736.

   

This one was the humdinger of the round. Jerome up against Anna. I'm not sure of their exact relationship - cousins? aunt & nephew? - but this race was family affair. Jerome got a horrible stutter at the start and had to pedal hard to catch up... Had he done it? The win margin was 0.001 of a second  - in favour of the Audi. Congrats to Anna who scored a great holeshot win - her ET was 0.708 and Jerome's 0.695. The lad will be fuming.

   

Back to a routine win for third place qualifier Bill in this North American bout. Ken's ET was 0.724 and Bill's 0.633 - the winning margin 0.098 seconds. USA 1 - Canada 0.

   

Finally, it was Rebecca vs Andy - Porsche vs Alfa. The Alfa has been uncharacteristically quick today, but Rebecca's Porsche was quicker - a winning margin of 0.040 seconds and ETs of 0.670 and 0.705.

Round 2 coming up soon...