Chris Rado and WORLD Racing Finish 2nd at the Battle of the Imports and Are Awarded 2nd Place for the Season

WORLD Racing made their way to the last official Battle of the Imports event of the 2008 season this past weekend at the hot California Dragway. Chris Rado would be going head-to-head with Marty Ladwig to compete for the second place position in the points race for the PRO FWD Championship. However, Ladwig trailed the WORLD Racing team by 76 points going into the weekend’s race. Chris and the rest of the team were still hot off their win at Battle of the Imports in Woodburn, Oregon three weekends earlier and weren’t going to let anyone get in their way of a successful weekend and a 2nd place series finish.

Saturday morning, Chris and the WORLD Racing PRO FWD Scion tC lined up for the first round of qualifying and ran a 7.58 ET at 193 mph. Not a bad way to start the day.

In the second round of qualifying, the track was a bit hotter as Chris backed up his first time with a 7.61 ET at 191 mph.

Going into the third qualifier of the day, which happened to be during the evening, the track temperatures had dropped. Chris managed to put down a 7.57 ET at 196.8 mph, which was not only the best ET of the weekend for the WORLD Racing team, but also the team’s highest mile-per-hour thus far of the season.

After three terrific and consistent qualifying runs, there were no signs of fatigue coming from the WORLD Racing Scion tC. Even better, Chris was in the number one qualifying spot.

Sunday morning, the team was prepared to lay down a faster qualifying run if by chance Ladwig ran an ET higher than theirs the day before. But due to Ladwig’s car problems, the WORLD Racing Scion tC did not need to complete another run and remained the 1st place qualifier.

For the first round of eliminations, Chris laid down a 7.54 ET at 193.5 mph, which become the WORLD Racing team’s new fastest ET of the weekend. The team was just getting faster and faster every round!

For the final round, Ladwig and Chris lined up ready to battle it out for the top podium position. Chris launched first and was ahead of Marty until he reached third gear, where Ladwig started to creep up, passing him before the finish line.

Chris had run a 7.49 ET at 195.8 mph, which was his absolute best run of the weekend. His time was a mere 0.19 seconds behind Ladwig.

Chris and WORLD Racing had finished in 2nd place for the weekend’s event and in 2nd place overall for the Battle of the Imports season.

“The WORLD Racing Scion tC was the most consistent car at the event and the most consistent it has ever been,” says Chris. “It’s been a great weekend, a great season, and I can’t wait till next year. With the modifications that the team will be making to the car, it will be an unstoppable machine to be feared next year. Thank you to all my sponsors, fans, and friends who have supported me through such a great season.”

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