NIRA event at Texas Motorplex - June 28th 1998

Ennis, TX - The weather was hot (100+) and so was the racing at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, near Dallas, June 28. Kyle K. and Brad B. had their 3rd gens entered in Power 6 class competition. During FAST 8 qualifications, Kyle's car was running very strong and qualified in the low 13s, Brad's car was hampered with low boost (7 lbs.) and qualified at 13.5. In the eliminations,

Kyle first beat Ari Yallon (Rotary Performance 3rd gen) and then Andy Mages from RP, (RP 1st gen turbo) to reach the finals against the fast 3rd gen Supra of Lance W. from Houston's Motorsport Technologies. Kyle ran an amazing 12.514 at 114.8 on his street Yoko A008s, but was not enough for the dedicated drag machine of Lance who runs in the 10s on slicks.

All in all, it was a great showing by Kyle, who won the respect of the Dallas crew with his tenacity. The event was a blast, we got to see Adam Saruwatari's drag car run 9.77 at 139.8 (his fastest run ever) in the morning run, along with seeing RX-7s dominate the Power 6 qualifiers. The new club T-shirts were everywhere including on ESPN2 which covered the event.

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