Team Chevy/Ecotec/Pro FWD Finals/NOPI Fla. Nationals

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 7, 2008 -- Team Chevy's Marty Ladwig started off the 2008 NOPI Drag Racing campaign with a record-setting victory at today's NOPI Florida Nationals. Ladwig established a new Pro FWD national elapsed time mark and earned the season-opening win by defeating 2007 NHRA Pro FWD champion Gary Gardella in an all-Chevy Cobalt final-round at Moroso Motorsports Park.

In the title match, the two Chevrolets were even to half track before Ladwig's car edged ahead to take the win light with a national record 7.337 e.t. at 199.87 mph. Gardella's car got slightly loose, and he clicked it off early crossing the stripe in 9.531 seconds at 80.45 mph.

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