Justin Pawlak – a great run, lots of smoke, 73mph coming off the bank, jtp’s car is loud and billowing smoke off the wheels!! That run looked great!! Judges give him an 89.25
Taka Aono – decent run, not lots of smoke but a good line, 68mph exiting the bank. Score in the mid 80’s
Ross Petty – tons of smoke on the bank!! But shallow near the clipping zone after the power alley, score in the mid 80’s.
Pat Mordaunt – the Banana Split is now driving the Cherry Sunday Braille Auto 350z, he has a great run! High on the bank, good smoke, 73mph exiting the bank, he’s showing us why he was number 1 qualifier yesterday! Judges give him an 89.75
Gushi in the FIRST rwd Scion in the world – good smoke and angle thru the course, the car is a little shallow on the second half of the course and only 70mph on the exit of the bank. 88.75
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Robbie Nishida – Hankook 350Z – good clean run, 70 mph exiting the bank. 89.5.
Ryuji Miki – Super high on the bank, tons of smoke!! He’s very comfortable now that the car is RHD , his score is in the mid 90s!
Steph Verdier with a pretty solid run, high 80’s on the score.
Darren McNamara’s sky purrs like a kitten! Good run, low 90’s for the score.
Conrad Grunewald – One of the meanest sounding cars out here!! Good run, pretty good smoke although we’ve seen more from others. 69mph exiting the bank, 93.17
JR – high on the bank but he’s into the wall!! JR drives the car off the track, but the front drivers wheel is jerking around, looks like a broken control arm. 0 for the run.
Rhys Millen – he goes to initiate and isn’t going sideways!! He reinitiates mid-bank, and drifts the rest of the track but the run is a 0.
Ryan Tuerck – good run, 73mph exiting the bank, he taps the barriers on the last clipping point but they don’t move much. 93.42
Michihiro Takatori – great run, high on the bank, tons of smoke!! I think that’s the most smoke we’ve seen so far! Only 65 mph exiting the bank, 93.08
Chris Forsberg – super high on the wall, it almost looked like he brushed at the first corner but kept full angle! 67 mph exiting the bank, great run! 94.08
Dai Yoshihara – great run, he’s very comfortable in the gto! 74mph coming off the bank, 94.33 score.
Sam Hubinette – good run, sam never leaves any doubt. 66mph exiting the bank, he pushes the final clipping poiint out of his way! 93.83
Tanner Foust – great run, mid 90’s.
Top 16 After 1 Qualifying Run
Dai Yoshihara
Ryuji Miki
Forsberg
Hubinette
Conrad Grunewald
Takatori
Foust
Ryan Tuerck
Kyle Mohan
Tony Angelo
Tony B
Pat Mordaunt
Darren McNamara
JTP Justin Pawlak
Kazu Hayashida
Robbie Nishida
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Gushi
Verdier
Joon Maeng
Aono
Ross Petty
0’s
Millen
JR
Yamanaka
