WEST LEBANON, NY – The Lucas Oil Drag Series, NHRA Northeast Division event concluded at Lebanon Valley Dragway Sunday evening. Winners hoisted their Wally trophies in the air as they celebrated in winner’s circle with their teams.

Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., traveled across the country and took the victory in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round. Shields ran 5.431 seconds, 269.65 mph to outrun Karen Stalba, Hammonton, N.J., who clocked in at 5.992 seconds, 236.67 mph.

In the Top Alcohol Funny Car finale, Dan Pomponio, Berlin, N.J., took the starting line advantage and never let Phil Burkart, Yorkville, N.Y., back into the race, completing a victory pass of 5.829 seconds, 253.52 mph. Burkart runner upped at 6.593 seconds, 154.08 mph.

Comp Eliminator standout Frank Aragona, Freehold, N.J., had an easy final round as the 2016 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series World Champion, Doug Doll, Douglas, Mass., turned on the red light, giving Aragona the win. The New Jersey racer cruised down the track at 7.907 seconds, 129.94 mph.

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INDIANAPOLIS – The NHRA North Central Division Summer Spectacle will be at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on July 6-8. The event is one of 44 scheduled across the country where drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s Oakley Motorsports Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Series will also run in conjunction with the event.

Gates at Lucas Oil Raceway open at 7 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday.  Qualifying and time trials start at 8:30 a.m. Friday and continue Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Top Dragster, Comp Eliminator and Top Sportsman qualify Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny qualify at 5 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 and 5 p.m. on Saturday. Eliminations begin on Saturday at noon and will continue Sunday at 9 a.m. with first round of eliminations for Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car at noon on Sunday.

Tickets for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event are $10 each day. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.

For more information call the track, (317) 969-8600, or visit www.LucasOilRaceway.com.

WEST LEBANON, NY – Lebanon Valley Dragway will host the NHRA Northeast Division on June 29 – July 1. The event is one of 44 scheduled across the country where drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s MXI/Magnaflux Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Series presented by Select Performance will also run in conjunction with the event.

Gates at Lebanon Valley Dragway open at 8 a.m. Friday, 7:30 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. Qualifying and time trials start at 9 a.m. Friday and continue Saturday at 8 a.m.

Comp Eliminator qualify Friday at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Comp Eliminator will run eliminations on Saturday at 12:30 and 2:45 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualify Friday at noon, 3 and 6 p.m. and will have all three rounds of eliminations on Saturday at 11:30 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Top Dragster and Top Sportsman run round 1 of eliminations at 3:30 p.m. Eliminations for all classes will continue Sunday 9:30 a.m. beginning with Stock presented by ATI.

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NORWALK, OH –  In the final results from Summit Motorsports Park and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Megan Meyer, Olathe, Kan., and Ray Drew, Hales Corners, Wis., took home the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car respectively for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

Meyer, worked her way through the field and ran 5.320 seconds at 277.94 mph in her final round victory over home state racer Troy Coughlin Jr., Delaware, Ohio, who clocked in at 5.369 seconds, 275.67 mph.

Drew faced off against Ulf Leanders, Viksjofors, Sweden, and posted an easy win as Leander’s left early and triggered the red light. Drew coasted across the finish line in his ’14 Mustang for his first national event win.

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DENVER, CO – In the final results from Bandimere Speedway and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Joey Severance, Woodburn, Ore., and Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., took home the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car respectively.

Severance, worked his way through the field and ran 5.468 seconds at 265.43 mph in his final round victory over Dean Dubbin, Royalton, Minn., who clocked in at 5.611 seconds, 248.89 mph. Severance dominated the field running low elapsed time in reach round of eliminations after qualifying No. 1.

Whiteley, faced off against Jirka Kaplan, Calgary, AB., and posted a winning run of 5.765 seconds, 355.87 mph in her ’15 Camaro. Kaplan was out first with a big holeshot but Whitely had the power as Kaplan drove to a 5.822 second, 248.57 mph lap for his runner up finish.

Both the Super Stock and Super Gas finals saw impressive reaction times this weekend as Chris Chaney, Claremore, Okla., had a reaction time of .009 seconds and ran 10.935 at 123.38 mph taking the win in the Super Stock class over Robert Cruzen Sr. Mike Boehner, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., was even better with a .006 second start and a 10.498 second run at 145.25 mph to take home the victory in Super Gas against local runner Mike Miller, Littleton, Colo.

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BRISTOL, TN – Joseph Welch raced to victory in the SAM Factory Stock Showdown to lead the list of winners at the 18th annual Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.

Eddie Longhany Jr. and Aaron Stanfield joined Welch as they took home wins in Stock Eliminator and Top Dragster presented by Racing RV’s respectively along with Scott Stillings, Tyler Caheely, Steve Furr and Jeff Brooks who also won this weekend.

Welch ran consistent 8.20’s through most of eliminations with an 8.275 second lap at 164.67 mph in the final of the School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown in beating Arthur Kohn who left early with a red-light foul start.  The win was Welch’s first in his first final round at the NHRA national event level.

Longhany meet up with former NHRA Lucas Oil World Champion Joe Santangelo in the Stock Final which proved to be one of the closest finals of the day. Longhany was out first and ran 10.698, 118.70 which held off Santangelo’s 10.686, 113.69 by about 9 inches.

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MISSION, BC – The Northwest division LORDCO Auto Parts B.C. Nationals Double-Header came to a conclusion Sunday evening at Mission Raceway. Racers cheered with their teams in the winner circle after completing an eventful race weekend.

Northwest rivals Kim Parker, Graham, Wash., and Shawn Cowie, Surrey, B.C., squared off the in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round. Cowie took the lead and pulled away running 5.319 seconds, 274.97 mph to keep Kim Parker at bay and earning the Wally trophy. Parker finished up at 5.345 seconds, 271.73 mph.

In the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round, Chris Marshall, McMinnville, Ore., ceded the starting line advantage to fellow Oregon runner Brian Hough of Junction City. But Marshall recovered and surpassed Hough for the final round victory hitting 5.573 seconds, 265.33 mph. Hough runner upped at 5.620 seconds, 264.62 mph.

After taking home the Super Comp Wally in the first half of the double header, Randy Beck, Tacoma, Wash., entered Sunday’s final round against Len Mayer, Vegreville, Alb. Beck took the lead, running 8.908 seconds, 168.00 mph to earn his second Wally of the weekend in Super Comp. Mayer brokeout chasing Beck.

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NUMIDIA, PA – Richard Preiser and Kyle Bigley scored big wins this weekend at Numidia Dragway and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.

Preiser recorded a perfect .000 second reaction time in his ’67 Mustang against Marty Rinehart in the Super Stock presented by ATI final round. The .043 holeshot forced Rinehart to chase Preiser down, and ultimately break out by just .002 seconds as Preiser, Jackson, N.J., took the win.

Bigley also parlayed a holeshot of .002 into a win over Mike Robilotto in Super Comp. Bigley clocked in at 8.921 seconds at 170.64 to barely hold on as Robilotto came charging with an 8.903 run on the 8.90 index.

In Comp Eliminator, Jay Schonberger out of Philadelphia bagged his first win after James Primozic went red with the foul start. Peter Luciano won in similar fashion in Super Gas when Derek Clark left .005 seconds too quick giving Lucian his first win since 2015 and his first ever in Super Gas.

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Mission, BC – Drivers rounded out winner’s with their teams Saturday during the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division LORDCO Auto Parts B.C. Nationals.

Ryan Warter of Olalla, Wash., squared of against fellow Washington runner Jeff Lane of North Bend. The Northwest racers put on a competitive race. Warter came out on top of the Comp Eliminator showdown, running 8.723 seconds, 150.07 mph. Lane finished at 7.940 seconds, 166.75 mph.

The Stock Eliminator final round yielded another Washington showdown between Bill Bushmaker of Auburn and Larry McLanahan of Kennewick. Bushmaker took home the divisional Wally trophy with ease, as McLanahan triggered the red light. Bushmaker ran 11.323 seconds, 115.11 mph.

Quentin Chambers, Bellingham, Wash., took the starting line advantage but could not hold off the hard charging Ryan Carlson of Maple Valley. Carlson scored the Top Dragster final round victory, running 6.193 seconds, 224.71 mph.

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CATAWISSA, PA – NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast division arrives at Numidia  Dragway on June 15-17.  The event is one of 44 scheduled across the country where drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series earn points leading to divisional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s MXI/Magnaflux Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Series’ presented by Select Performance will run in conjunction with the event.

Gates at Numidia Dragway open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials begin Friday at 9 a.m. and continue Saturday at 9 a.m. Comp Eliminator qualify Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 11:30 and 2 p.m. Eliminations for all classes begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday with Comp Eliminator rounds 1 and 2 at 4:15 and 5:30 p.m. On Sunday eliminations continue at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets for Numidia Dragway  are $10 each day. Kids 6-11 are $5 and children 5 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. For more information call Numidia Dragway, (570) 799-5090, or visit www.numidiadragway.com.