Battles Intensify To Earn Championship Points

Final Race for the 2015 Championship and PBIR Team Finals Spots 

JUPITER, FL – When the IHRA Summit SuperSeries Bracket Racing Series returns from its summer vacation on Saturday, August 1 at Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR), drivers and teams will have the points championship and the postseason on the line.

Of course at the top, there are the fights for season championships, however this race is also the cutoff for the IHRA Team Finals, drivers are jockeying for 40 positions available on the PBIR team.

The 2015 season in Top Eliminator (Box) Sponsored by South Florida Choppers has seen Bill Pollard atop the championship standings since February. Pollard boasts only a 50 point lead over second place Randy Weber and 82 point lead over third place James Snyder. With the standings this close Pollard will have to hold off the competition to take home the championship.

In Super Eliminator (No Box) Sponsored by Chassis Engineering it is Sonny Freeland with a commanding lead of 93 points over John Taylor in second and 124 points over third place Richard Mortell. Freeland has dominated the 2015 season from the very first race where he took victory and is now poised to win the championship.

In Street Bike there has been a good fight all year among the top four riders. Clarence Goins, Randy Mackail, Rodney Pimetal, and Tom Ivy have all seen several finals throughout the year putting together consistent races every time they unload. Tom Ivy leads this group by 94 points over second with his 2 wins, 2 runner ups, and several quarter final appearances this year.

The championship battle in Jr. Dragster is a very close one with only 14 points separating first and second place. Amanda Foley leads with 416 points, followed by Jennifer Craft at 402 points, and Kyle Philhower at 352 points. Foley and Craft have traded the championship lead several times throughout the year. Keep an eye on this battle as it should prove to be very exciting season finale for the up and coming stars of drag racing.

In the Quick 16 classes the competition is undoubtedly the closest out of all classes competing. In Quick 16 Door Car only 73 points separate the top 21 drivers. Steve Hatfield leads the way with 91 points, followed by David O’Bryon at 82 and David Friedenberg at 80. This class has been dominated by Chevy power which is being used by 15 out the top 20 competitors. The battle in the Quick 16 Dragster tells almost the same story. Only 71 points separate the top 15 drivers. Johnny Tolisano leads the way with 101 points, followed by Claude Debonis with 82 points and Andrew Pearce at 71 points. Once a champion is crowned in both classes they would have definitely proved they should be at the top.

In addition to the championship battles, drivers will be vying for the final spots on Team PBIR which will compete in the Division 2 Team Finals in South Carolina in September.

Gates on Saturday open at 3 p.m. with timed runs beginning at approximately 5 p.m. The weekend gets started on Friday night with Test N Tune. Gates open at 6 p.m. with the track hot from 6:30-11 p.m. Admission is $20 to race for Test & Tune, $10 to watch either Friday or Saturday and children 12 and under are free.