PBIR IHRA SUMMIT SUPERSERIES Race #5 & 6 Results 

The day started out the wrong way with an out of nowhere rain shower causing a four hour delay. A big THANKS! to all the racers and fans who patiently waited while the PBIR Track Prep Team got the 1320 back ready for racing. Once running commenced, fans saw fierce battles throughout the day, across all race classes. As a good rhythm began to develop, a freak power outage took out the overhead track lights, putting a brief stop to the racing action until power was restored. Racing concluded at 11:55 pm.

Top Eliminator (Box)
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Points Leader: Bill Pollard – 242

Race #5
The 2015 points leader, Bill Pollard from Lake Worth, FL. lost during round 4 due to a red light to Claude Debonis. Debonis, the winner of that match up, from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. went on to battle Jupiter native Keith Hnasko in the finals. Hnasko red lighted to give Debonis, who had a .008 RT, running a 4.805 ET at 117.63 mph, the victory.

Race #6

The only perfect reaction time of the two races came during Round 1 as Gus Mascarenhas of Deerfield Beach, FL. advanced to Round 2 firing off the .000 RT, with a 5.45 D/I, running a 5.513 ET at 124.83. Gus was eventually eliminated during Round 4 by Paul Schultz of Lake Worth, FL. Shultz went on to make it into the finals facing Randy Weber of Loxahatchee, FL. The pass made for an exciting end of the race with both drivers having dial-ins only .28 apart. The result saw Weber taking victory after making a near perfect pass of 4.949 ET at 137.18 mph on a dial-in of 4.94 compared to the 4.670 ET at 147.71 mph, dialed in at 4.66 put down from the #1 qualifier, Shultz.

Super Eliminator (No Box)
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Points Leader: Sonny Freeland – 305

Race #5
If you asked Rob Reynolds after his loss from a red light during Round 1, “Would you win today?” He probably would not have been feeling very positive about it. However winning is exactly what the West Melbourne native did. Facing John Taylor of Ft. Pierce, FL in the final, Reynolds dialed in at a 6.14 to run a 6.154 ET at 102.71 mph and defeat Taylor seizing the victory.

Race #6

During this race, John Taylor had another impressive drive placing his 1970 Dart into the final round for a second consecutive time. Unfortunately, Taylor came home with the second runner -up finish of the day as he was defeated by Ryan Moore of Merritt Island, FL. Both drivers made very impressive passes to complete this race. Moore dialed in at 7.14 to run 7.161 at 94.01 mph while Taylor dialed in at 6.41 to run a 6.416 at 106.56 mph. The reaction time was the deciding factor in this one with Moore’s .064 RT besting the .104 RT laid down by Taylor.

Junior Dragster

Points Leader: Ariana Foster – 232

Race #5
The race started out with 20 future drag racing stars competing for the victory. Current points leader Ariana Foster of Jupiter, FL got knocked out during Round 4 by Aaron Reynolds. Reynolds from W. Melbourne, FL went on to face Amanda Foley of Pompano Beach, FL in the finals. Foley drove it home for the victory dialing in a7.90 to run a 7.944 ET at 79.28 mph boasting a RT of .017 on the tree.

Race #6

After a Round 1 loss, Keith Philhower of Pompano Beach, FL was happy he bought back into the race. He took his Jr. dragster all the way to the finals to face up against another Pompano Beach native, Julian Puya. Both drivers had comparable R/T’s with Philhower reacting in .148 and Puya .171 the race ended up being very close. Puya dialed in at 11.90 running a 11.93 ET at 54.84 mph only to be defeated by Philhower, who dialed in at 7.95 with a 7.981 ET at 81.39.

Street Bike

Points Leader: Tom Ivy – 217

Race #5
In a class that yielded only two fouls throughout the entire race, this was two-wheeled excitement at its best. The Finals featured Jupiter, FL native Randy Mackail as he faced Tom Ivy of Southwest Ranches, FL. Ivy dialed in at 5.35 to run a 5.417 ET at 117.06 mph to take the victory home after Mackail dialed a 6.57 to run a 6.693 ET at 106.29 mph.

Race #6

After getting knocked out in the second round of race #5 Joshua Howard of Stuart, FL made it to the final round in this race. Howard had stiff competition as he faced Tom Ivy who was hot off the win earlier in the day. Once again it was Ivy taking home victory as he dialed in a 5.34 to run a 5.480 ET at 112.27 mph. After two wins in the same day Ivy increased his points lead in the championship to 65 points over second.