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50TH ANNUAL NHRA LUCAS OIL DIVISION 1 POINTS MEET FINISHES THE NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Old Bridge Township Raceway Park host the 50th Annual NHRA Lucas Oil Division 1 Points 
Meet for conclusion of the Northeast Division season on September 9-11. The event is one of 45 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 along with the Ultimax Pro Stock Snowmobile.
Gates at Raceway Park open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials are Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. Comp Eliminator will qualify Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. with elimination rounds at 4 and 5 p.m. Top Dragster and Top Sportsman will have qualify Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. with eliminations at 4:15 and 7 p.m. Eliminations continue at 10 a.m. on Sunday with Top Dragster and Top Sportsman at 10:30 a.m.
PACIFIC RACEWAYS TAKES TEAM TITLE, FOUR HEADED TO NHRA SUMMIT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
MISSION, BC – Pacific Raceways captured the team championship while Sean Shaffer, John Leage, Mark Owens 
and Kevin Bromley took home the individual honors at this weekend’s NHRA Northwest Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Mission Raceway Park.
Shaffer worked his way through the field in Super Pro and ran 7.283 seconds at 183.11 mph in his final round victory over Emily Lewis who clocked in at 8.473 seconds, 154.95 mph.
In Pro, it was Leage who outlasted the competition knocking out Rob Lindley in the final with a pass of 10.532 seconds, 125.48 mph while Owens defeated Martin Dykstra with a time of 13.181 at 101.53 mph for the Sportsman title.
PAGE AND LINDBERG WIN BIG AT INDY NATIONALS
BROWNSBURG, IN – Multiple winners were crowned in the action packed Chevrolet Performance US Nationals at 
Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind. Champions were recognized in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, as well as Comp Eliminator, Stock, Super Comp and the rest of the classes that encompass the nationwide series.
Fans in attendance were forced to the edge of their seats when the Top Alcohol Dragsters hit the starting line in the final round. Dan Page, Hampstead, N.H., and Shawn Cowie, Surrey, B.C., raced down to the wire. Page posted a victory run of 5.352 seconds, 270.32 mph edging out Cowie by a small margin, who made a runner up pass of 5.369 seconds, 270.27 mph.
However in the Top Alcohol Funny Car finale there was little discrepancy as to who the victor was. Jonnie Lindberg, Upplands Vasby, SWE ran to a resounding victory of 5.673, 263.00 defeating Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., who suffered problems and could only watch Lindberg disappear down track.
HART AND BOHL WINNERS IN BOWLING GREEN
BOWLING GREEN, KY – The NHRA North Central division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series finished up yesterday at Beech Bend Raceway Park with a winner’s circle celebration recognizing champions in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, as well as Top Dragster, Top Sportsman, Comp Eliminator, Stock, Super Comp and the rest of the classes that encompass the nationwide series.
In the Top Alcohol Dragster final round, Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla. made the winning run of 5.319 seconds, 272.83 mph.. Robin Samsel, Marion, Ind., had a runner pass of 5.376 seconds, 263.10 mph. Andy Bohl, Racine, Wis., made a winning pass of 5.596 seconds, 263.87 mph taking home the victory in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round. Dan Pomponio, Berlin, N.J., hit a runner up pass of 5.745 seconds, 252.61mph.
MISSION RACEWAY TO HOSTS 2016 NHRA NORTHWEST DIVISION SUMMIT SERIES FINALS
MISSION, BC – NHRA’s top drag racers from tracks across the Northwest division will be at Mission Raceway to square off in head-to-head competition at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northwest Division Finals, September 2-4. Drivers in seven classes: Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Motorcycle/Snowmobile, High School and two Summit Jr. Drag Racing League classes, will be on hand to compete for team and individual honors at the event.
Gates at Mission Raceway Park will open at 7 a.m. each day. The Gambler Race and Time Trials will start Friday morning at 9 a.m. Time Trials continue Saturday at 8 a.m. with eliminations scheduled for Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
ELROD CROWNED MOSER CHAMPION; BROWN WINS COMP SHOOTOUT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Reigning Super Gas National Champion Jacob Elrod collected $5,000 in winning the Moser Sportsman Shootout at Beech Bend Raceway Park and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The Harrod, Ohio, racer was near perfect on the tree (.004 second reaction time), then clocked in at 6.924 seconds at 132.22 mph in his ’92 Corvette to hold off Mark McDonald, Boonville, Ind., with a 4.353, 164.21 in his ’67 Mustang.
Elrod was one of two wild card entries that were drawn to fill out the 16-car field that puts racers in seven different classes in head to head competition over a 1/8th mile track. Top Sportsman entry, McDonald pocketed $2000 for his runner up finish.
In the Spitzer Race Cars / Indy Gear Comp Shootout it was Rick Brown, Lebanon, Ohio, capturing his first Comp Shootout win as he downed Greg Kamplain, Brownsburg, Ind., with a pass of 8.255, 162.12.
MILLER AND HUNTZBERRY TAKE A HOME WINS AT CECIL COUNTY
RISING SUN, MD – The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Shootout hit the quarter-mile drag strip at Cecil County Dragway this past weekend. Drivers from all over the northeast visited the strip to battle head-to-head. Winners were crowned in the Lucas Oil Series classes as well as the MXI/Magnaflux Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Series presented by Select Performance, and the Ultimax Pro Stock Snowmobile.
Thomas Miller, Nottingham, Pa., got to a great start at the line, hitting 7.585 seconds at 170.43 mph to defeat Joseph Carnasciale, Cranston, R.I., 8.939 seconds at 149.61 mph in the Comp Eliminator final round. Brad Huntzberry, Smithsburg, Md., brought gold back to Maryland. Huntzberry ran 10.047 seconds at 129.00 mph outlasting Marty Rinehart, Thomasville, Pa., 9.674 seconds at 134.93 mph in the Super Stock final round.
Other drivers visiting the winner’s circle were; Todd Hoven, Milltown, N.J., in Stock Eliminator; Kevin Robb, Denver, Pa., in Super Comp; Edward Alessi, Bethpage, N.Y. in Super Gas; James Stack, Gilbertsville, Pa., in Super Street; and Frank Berard Jr, Troy, N.Y., in Pro Stock Snowmobile.
WINNERS WERE CROWNED AT PACIFIC RACEWAYS
KENT, WA – Elimination rounds ensued from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event presented by Les 
Schwab Tires at Pacific Raceways. Hundreds of racers squared off in head to head competition. Winners were recognized in Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock and the rest of the classes that make up the nationwide series.
Garret Bateman, Albany, Ore., and Megan McKernan, Sierra Madre, Calif., faced off in the final round of Top Alcohol Dragster. Bateman ran 5.336 seconds, 267.64 mph to handedly defeat McKernan 5.923 seconds, 194.72 mph. In the Top Alcohol Funny Car finale, Chris Marshall, McMinnville, Ore., ran 5.774 seconds, 252.52 mph to defeat Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., 5.761 seconds, 257.33 mph.
Sunday’s event produced multiple home state winners at Pacific Raceways. Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., hit 8.085, 155.20 mph defeating Ryan Warter, Olalla, Wash., 8.801 153.70 in the Comp final round. In the Stock Eliminator final, it was Greg Kielman, Vancouver, Wash., who went 11.585, 109.50 defeating Larry Peterson, Eugene, who had a runner up pass of 10.540, 122.67.
SEVERANCE AND LINDBERG WIN NATIONAL EVENT AT BRAINERD
BRAINERD, MN – At the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Joey Severance captured his 14th National event win in Top Alcohol Dragster. While Jonnie Lindberg rode a string of 5.40s to the national event title in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
In the Top Alcohol Dragster final, veteran racers Duane Shields of Boulder City, Nevada, and Joey Severance of Woodburn, Oregon faced off. Severance had the lead at the start and finished with a 5.275 second pass at 273.22 mph. Shields had trouble as he hit the throttle and coasted down the track with an 11.502 second run at 77.68 mph. Severance has earned his fourth National event Wally this year.
In Top Alcohol Funny Car, Lindberg captured his fourth national event win overall with a pass of 5.443 seconds at 270.54 mph in his ’10 Monte Carlo. Lindberg faced off against Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colorado who had a 5.457second, 269.83 mph lap for her runner up finish.
NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION CONCLUDES THE SEASON AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY PARK
BOWLING GREEN, KY – Beech Bend Raceway Park host the final race in the Lucas Oil North Central division on August 26-28. The event is one of 45 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 Brodix/Steve Schmidt Top Sportsman Series and Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster Series will also run in conjunction with the event.
Saturday’s action will be highlighted by the Moser Sportsman Shootout that will pit racers from seven entirely different classes against each other in head to head competition with $15,000 up from grabs. The top points earners in seven classes, along with two wild card entries will make up the 16-car field. Round one is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday.
