oroso Motorsports Park hosted the 2nd annual BFGoodrich Tires NHRA Sport Compact Nationals. With national records falling faster than the mosquitoes being swatted off the arms of the capacity crowd, the compact racers saw a race ready track in their second stop on the tour.

With help from her husband and crew chief, Gary Kubo, and the first Top Fuel Funny Car driver to 300-mph and Director of Saturn Motorsports, Jim Epler, Lisa Kubo and her Saturn Ion Quad Coupe qualified No. 1 with a spectacular run of 7.963 seconds at 180.83 mph in the first round of qualifying, shattering the eight-second barrier and giving her the national e.t. record for ProFWD.

Nelson Hoyos' '03 Chevy Cavalier went 7.997 seconds at 185.56 mph in the second round of qualifying for the second seven-second run in ProFWD.


Ed Bergenholtz in his '04 Mazda 6 qualified third and met Hoyos in the first round of eliminations. Hoyos' 11.720 beat the Mazda's 8.729. Bergenholtz threw in a little extra entertainment with the demolition of the 330-ft cones.

Lisa Kubo and Saturn's Jim Epler celebrate in the winners circle.

For the fifth time in a row, Kubo and Hoyos met in the final round on Sunday, with Kubo beating Hoyos' holeshot with a 8.003/186.87, backing up her national record and setting new track speed record.

ProRWD's first round of qualifying saw Matt Scranton go 6.942/199.42 in the '03 Celica for the No. 1 spot. George Ioannou grabbed the No. 2 spot with a 7.062 at 207.13 mph for the fastest mile per hour in sport compact drag racing history. Brad Personett's '04 Titan Celica went 7.263/192.80 for No. 3, followed by Carlos Montano, Brent Rau, Manny Cruz, Brendan Alvarez, and Henry Garcia on the bump.








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