E-Town Extravaganza

" I am so happy to finally get that monkey off my back." Said Hoyos. "The Cavalier ran great and now I feel like I can start to make a habit of winning these races. The team has worked really hard to get us into the winners circle so I have got to thank them all for what they've done."

Of all of the classes in the NHRA Sport Compact series, the Pro-RWD is now probably the most exciting to watch. The battle between the Streetglow Solaras and the Turbonetics Celica has produced some awesome races as records have tumbled. The addition of several other bad-ass cars to the mix has only served to spice up the class even more as the fastest sport compacts in the world go head-to-head.

After qualifying, George Ioannou sat at the top of the hill with Scranton and Papadakis chewing at his heels. Adam Saruwatari claimed a spot in the field in his NSX after the K&N RX7 of Abel Ibarra failed to show due to engine problems.

At the end of the day this was Ioannou's home event and it was going to take a lot to beat him on his own turf. George made a statement in the first round of eliminations as he flew to a new national record with an incredible 6.786 at 205.35mph.

Matt Scranton was not going to make it easy for Ioannou. In the very next race, Scranton ran a 6.745 at 203.46mph to record the quickest ever pass in the NHRA sport compact series.

Unfortunately Scranton did some damage to his Turbonetics Celica during that pass and failed to show up for the semi final race against Saruwatari. On the other side of the ladder, the Streetglow boys put on a show by staging the first ever side-by-side 200mph sport compact race.George Ioannou took the win with a 6.883 at 204.42mph against his teammates 7.221 at 200.32mph. The final race of the weekend saw the Streetglow Solara lined up against the A&L NSX.

When the tree dropped, Saruwatari cut a killer 0.446 light to get the early advantage but the ground pounding Solara simply had too much for the NSX. Iaoannou caught and passed the NSX quickly and passed through the traps with a 6.810 at 204.60mph to clinch the win. What a weekend for Ioannou, as he celebrated the second victory in a row for the Streetglow Solara. " The car ran great and we did what we had to at our home event. The fans were awesome and I had a ball. "

The next event on the NHRA calendar is in Gainesville, Florida on May 17th-18th. This time Scranton will have the home advantage and will be looking for revenge.

By Chris Harrington

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