NHRA
LUCAS WINNERS CROWNED FOR PROTECT THE HARVEST NORTHWEST NATIONALS
KENT, WA – It took a little longer than expected but winners were crowned at Pacific Raceways for the Protect the 
Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series as the father-son duo of Jeff and Cody Lane out of North Bend, Ore., led the charge with wins in Comp and Super Stock.
Jeff faced off with Ralph Van Paepeghem, Garden Valley, Idaho, posting an 8.055 second run at 163 mph to Van Paepeghem’s quicker but losing 7.275, 182.48 after the pair left the line together. Jeff’s son Cody went 10.555 seconds at 124.33 for his victory lap when Darrell Stobbe, Abbotsford, B.C., left early with a red light foul start for his second win of the year having won the national event in Las Vegas back in April. The win was Jeff’s second as well having won the Northwest division season opener at Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho.
RACING COMPLETED AT SPOKANE COUNTY RACEWAY
KENT, WA – Elimination rounds from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event presented by Napa Auto Parts that was postponed earlier this year at Spokane County Raceway were completed at Pacific Raceways on Thursday, prior to the start of the Pacific Raceways event set for this weekend. All classes were given a single time run, followed by all rounds of eliminations and the winner’s circle celebration.
The elimination rounds delivered three home state champions. Washington bragging rights were on the in line in the Stock Eliminator final round. Jody Lang, Puyallup, Wash., ran 12.939 seconds, 79.32 mph picking up an easy victory as Brad Burton, Snohomish, Wash., fouled at the starting line. Dave Kelly, Walla Walla, Wash., ran 9.913 seconds, 160.75 mph to outlast Gary Culp, Hermiston, Ore., 9.899 seconds, 138.77 mph in Super Gas. And in the Super Street final round, Josh Dalrymple, Sunnyside, Wash., ran dead on the 10.900 second index at 155.15 mph for the victory as Steve Lowe, Langley, B.C., fouled out.
MOSER SPORTSMAN SHOOTOUT FIELD SET FOR BOWLING GREEN
The Moser Sportsman Shootout heads into Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 27, for the North 
Central Division Lucas Oil Finals with a stellar line up and the assurance of its fifth different winner. Twelve of the sixteen qualifiers for the unique allstar-type event are making their first shootout appearance with the Super Comp duo of Troy Coughlin, Jr. and 2013 shootout runner-up Philip Smida making their third shootout show.
The Moser Sportsman Shootout is unique in that racers from seven entirely different class structures will be racing each other head-to-head to see who, is the best of the best. The top two in Moser points in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Sportsman and Top Dragster along with two additional “Wild Card” entries drawn from an online registration will make up the 16-car field.
PACIFIC RACEWAYS WILL HOST THE LUCAS OIL REGIONAL PRESENTED BY LES SCHWAB TIRES
KENT, WA – The Lucas Oil Regional presented by Les Schwab Tires will take place at Pacific Raceways on August 18-21. 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 JBS Top Sportsman Series, Rig Rentals Top Dragster Series and the Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson will also run in conjunction with the event.
The event will kick off on Thursday with elimination rounds for the postponed Lucas Oil event from Spokane County Raceway originally scheduled earlier this year. All classes will get one time trial followed by all rounds of eliminations and the winner’s circle ceremony.
CECIL COUNTY DRAGWAY HOST THE NHRA NORTHEAST SHOOTOUT
RISING SUN, MD – NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast division arrives at Cecil County Dragway for the 
Northeast Shootout on August 19-21. 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 NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series and the Ultimax Pro Stock Snowmobile
Gates at Cecil County Dragway open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials are Friday at 9 a.m. and Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Comp Eliminator qualify Friday at 2 and 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 with eliminations at noon. The Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualify at 4 p.m. on Friday and noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday followed by round one at 6 p.m. Harley-Davidson qualify on Friday at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. and run all three rounds of eliminations on Saturday at 3, 5, and 7 p.m. Eliminations continue Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Round two of Top Dragster and Top Sportsman will start at 11 a.m.
GREENHECK, SPEER LEAD WINNERS IN BRAINERD
BRAINERD, MN – In the final results from Brainerd International Raceway and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing 
Series Thunder at the Lakes, Jim Greenheck took the win in Comp Eliminator along with a slew of home state racers led by local runner Brett Speer in Super Stock.
Greenheck, Schofield, Wis., faced off with former national champion Bruno Massel as the pair left the line together. Greenheck motored down the quarter mile clocking in at 7.318 seconds, 184.80 mph for the win in his ’12 Camaro as Massel was off the pace with problems.
Speer, Little Falls, Minn., won a close one with Byron Worner, Duncannon, Pa., with Speer winning by about 11 inches in 10.152 seconds, 125.56 mph to Worner’s quicker 9.940, 129.80.
BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY RUMBLES WITH THE THUNDER AT THE LAKES
BRAINERD, MN – Brainerd International Raceway hosts the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series West Central Division for Thunder at the Lakes on August 13-14. 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 Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman, Fineline Graphics & Madcap Racing Top Dragster and NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson are also in competition.
MULTIPLE HOME STATE WINNERS IN ATCO
ATCO, NJ – The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series made its way to the quarter mile strip this weekend at Atco Dragway with hundreds of racers competing in head to head competition. Winners were crowned in Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator and the rest of the classes that comprise the nationwide series.
The blazing power of the alcohol classes was on fully display this weekend as Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., posted a 5.344 second, 269.56 mph run narrowly defeating Dan Page, Hampstead, N.H., 5.401 seconds, 270.16 mph in Top Alcohol Dragster. In the Top Alcohol Funny Car class, DJ Cox Jr., Whiteford, Md., ran 5.782 seconds, 254.18 mph to hold off Matt Gill, W. Bridgewater, Mass., 5.738 seconds, 258.37 mph.
The New Jersey crowd was treated to multiple home state winners. Joe Lisa in Super Stock , and hometown racer Stephen Sisko in Super Street. In an all New Jersey affair, Lisa, Vernon, N.J., ran 10.131, 115.93 to edge out Douglas Linke, Old Bridge, N.J., 10.223, 129.17. In another N.J. tussle, hometown favorite Sisko, Atco, N.J., outlasted William Phillips, Monroe Township, N.J. Sisko ran 10.916, 138.27 to defeat Phillips, 10.918, 140.02.
BURTON LONE CHAMPION IN RAIN DELAYED NORTHWEST NATIONALS
KENT, WA – Brad Burton was the lone champion for the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals and the 
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series as rain washed out all remaining final rounds this past weekend at Pacific Raceways.
After multiple rain delays, NHRA officials announced that the final rounds of competition for Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car will be completed at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, Oct. 13-16, at Texas Motorplex, and all other Lucas Oil Series final rounds will be contested at the upcoming NHRA Lucas Oil Regional event at Pacific Raceways, August 19-21.
Burton, Snohomish, Wash., drove his familiar red ’72 Firebird to his seventh NHRA national event victory in taking out Ryan Warter, Ollala, Wash. Burton was better at the start by about hundredth of a second and ran it out for the win.
TEDESCO, MCVEY WIN; RECORDS FALL AT ALL-AMERICAN HOT ROD SHOWDOWN AT GATEWAY MOTORSPORTS PARK
MADISON, IL – More than 400 racers from the U.S. and Canada converged on Gateway Motorsports Park for the All 
American Hot Rod Showdown and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series with Mia Tedesco and Scott McVey taking home big wins.
Tedesco of Murrysville, Pa., won the final round of Top Alcohol Dragster eliminations over Megan Meyer of Spring Hill, Kan. Tedesco set a new track E.T. (elapsed time) record of 5.269 seconds during qualifying, then eclipsed that still-new mark with a pass of 5.230 seconds in the final round of eliminations. Tedesco began eliminations as the points leader as number two in points Brandon Booher failed to qualify for the eight-car field.
The GMP win was Tedesco’s second consecutive victory and her fifth of the 2016 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season. Tedesco also was entered in the Super Gas class and made it to the semifinal but was eliminated.
