Pittsburgh Raceway Park takes D3 Summit Team Finals crown
By IHRA Media
Sep 24, 2012



 

Pittsburgh Raceway Park hosted the Division 3 North Stars Summit Team Finals presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering over the weekend, welcoming 10 teams to the Pennsylvania facility. Host team Pittsburgh Raceway Park won the overall team standings by 5 points over Beaver Springs Dragway. Quaker City Motorsports Park, Dragway 42 and Skyview Drags rounded out the top five. In the Summit SuperSeries presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering runoff Rich Zemrose of Pittsburgh Raceway Park Sheldon Gerlach from Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park advanced in Top ET, Randy Biddle Jr. of Quaker City and John Janu moved on in Mod ET and Randi Teed and Lewie Wortman advanced in Junior Dragster representing Skyview and Thompson respectively. Below are the complete results from the event.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. Pittsburgh Raceway Park – 61 points
2. Beaver Springs Dragway – 55.5 points
3. Quaker Motorsports Park – 53.5 points
4. Dragway 42 – 48 points
5. Skyview Drags – 47.5 points
6. Dunn Tire Raceway Park – 39 points
7. Empire Dragway – 31 points
8. Thompson Raceway Park – 26 points
9. Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park – 13 points
10. Oxford Dragway – 0 points

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RESULTS

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF TOP ET – Rich Zemrose (Pittsburgh) 5.050, 136.07 def. Sheldon Gerlach (Kanawha Valley) FOUL

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF MOD ET – Randy Biddle Jr. (Quaker City) 6.990, 93.69 def. John Janu (Thompson) 6.845, 96.98

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF JUNIOR – Randi Teed (Skyview) 7.997, 80.00 def. Lewie Wortman (Thompson) 7.947, 81.29

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Main Event Top ET – Brad Slaughter (Quaker City) 4.800, 141.02 def. Lou Greco (Quaker City) 5.974, 115.77

Main Event Mod ET – Jeff Pishner (Dragway 42) 6.685, 101.28 def. Randy Biddle Jr. (Quaker City) 7.967, 79.97

Main Event Junior – Randi Teed (Skyview) 7.886, 81.45 def. Dunham Hall (Skyview) 7.869, 83.50

Main Event Street – Bob Klock (Beaver Springs) 7.531, 89.75 def. Jerry Coblentz (Quaker City) FOUL

Main Event Motorcycle – Brian Snyder (Beaver Springs) 6.280, 109.92 def. Tim Kauffman (Beaver Springs) 5.171, 129.65

Thursday Gamblers Top – Mike Raynish (Pittsburgh) def. Trent Harrison (Kanawha Valley) 6.330, 107.19

Thursday Gamblers Mod – Joe Karosik (Dunn-Tire) 6.390, 104.14 def. Randy Biddle Jr. (Quaker City) 6.954, 97.42

Thursday Gamblers Junior – Haley Teed (Skyview) 7.970, 82.78 def. Amanda Hammond (Pittsburgh) 7.979, 78.89

Thursday Gamblers Motorcycle – Tony Despenes (Thompson) 6.099, 108.75 def. Randy Teed (Skyview) 7.005, 94.12

Friday Gamblers Top – Keith Gerlach (Quaker City) 4.899, 134.05 def. Darrell Rimbey (Quaker City) 5.249, 131.31

Friday Gamblers Mod – Randy Biddle Jr. (Quaker City) 7.003, 94.52 def. Jose Diaz (Dragway 42) 6.722, 92.01

Friday Gamblers Junior – J.J. Passero (Dunn-Tire) 7.985, 81.20 def. Dunham Hall (Skyview) 7.916, 82.19

Friday Gamblers Motorcycle – Anthony Despenes (Thompson) 6.098, 113.84 def. Mike Nearhoof (Dunn-Tire) 5.572, 110.67

Sunday Last Chance Top – Paul Cochi (Dunn-Tire) 6.158, 106.56 def. Tim Alfred (Thompson) 5.965, 114.33

Sunday Last Chance Mod – Steve Obertanec (Dragway 42) 6.544, 103.88 def. John Sahli (Quaker City) FOUL

Sunday Last Chance Junior – Sarah Gruber (Quaker City) 7.967, 79.97 def. Thomas Vasbinder (Pittsburgh) 7.957, 78.17

SPECIAL AWARDS

Best Appearing Open Bodied Car – Chuck Sanders

Best Engineered Open Bodied Car – Carl Drake Jr.

Best Appearing Full Bodied Car – David Underwood

Best Engineered Full Bodied Car – Joey Bieganowski

Best Appearing Junior – Kevin Kohn

Best Engineered Junior – Lewie Wortman

Best Appearing Motorcycle – Frank Amalfi

Best Engineered Motorcycle – Mike Nearhoof

Best Team Spirit – Beaver Springs Dragway

Best Appearing Sponsor Banner – Empire Dragway

Best Appearing Team – Dunn-Tire Raceway Park

Best Decorated Grandstands – Thompson Dragway