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Three winners, three champions crowned at IHRA World Finals

POSTED: 2009-10-25 22:47:00  EMAIL TO A FRIEND  PRINT VIEW



Three different winners and three different champions were crowned in the professional categories during final eliminations at the IHRA World Finals Sunday at Rockingham Dragway.

Del Cox Jr. (Top Fuel), a rookie, and John Montecalvo (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock), a seasoned vet, each clinched their first career championships while Kenny Lang (Pro Mod) claimed his second consecutive title during the wild weekend.

And while all three were busy winning championships, Bruce Litton (Top Fuel), Chris Russo (Pro Modified) and Bob Bertsch (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock) took care of winning the race during the championship finals Sunday in Rockingham, N.C.


Davey Boyd defeated Todd Hohn in the Summit SuperSeries No Box Final on Sunday.

Less than favorable conditions on the track also created a unique situation as all of the classes were forced to switch to eighth mile racing to finish Sunday’s eliminations.

In other on-track action Davey Boyd picked up the win in the Summit SuperSeries No Box championship by defeating Todd Hohn and Scotty Phillips won the Summit SuperSeries Box championship with a win over Joey Anderson.

On top of picking up a championship, Lang also won the Mickey Thompson Ten Grand Slam over Tony Pontieri.


Scotty Phillips defeated Joey Anderson to win the Summit SuperSeries Box Final on Sunday.

Despite three champions being crowned and five victories awarded, the finals of the Champion System Sportsman Nationals presented by VP still needs to be finished on Monday, along with the crowning of champions in all of IHRA’s seven sportsman categories, the Elite 8 Pro Stock Shootout and the Summit All-Star race.

Racing will get underway at 9 a.m. on Monday and will end with the crowning of sportsman champions Monday night.


Kenny Lang defeated Tony Pontieri to win the Mickey Thompson Ten Grand Slam on Sunday.

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Sunday's final results from the IHRA World Finals at Rockingham Dragway. The race is the tenth of 10 in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series:

Top Fuel -- Bruce Litton, 3.327 seconds, 259.66 mph  def. Todd Paton, 5.739 seconds, 85.87 mph.
Pro Modified -- Chris Russo, Chevy Corvette, 4.142, 179.25  def. Adam Flamholc, Chevy Camaro, 6.005, 86.31.
Ten Grand Slam -- Kenny Lang, Chevy Corvette, broke  def. Tony Pontieri, Chevy Camaro, no time.
Pro Stock -- Bob Bertsch, Ford Mustang, 4.124, 176.10  def. Pete Berner, Pontiac GXP, foul.
Summit SuperSeries No Box -- Davey Boyd, Plymouth Satellite, 6.953, 96.03  def. Todd Hohn, Pontiac Grand Prix, 6.819, 117.67.
Summit SuperSeries Box -- Scotty Phillips, Dragster, 5.469, 132.57  def. Joey Anderson, Chevy Camaro, DQ.


ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Final round-by-round results from the IHRA World Finals at Rockingham Dragway, the tenth of 10 events in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE -- Bobby Lagana Jr., 5.669, 75.74 def. Mitch King, broke; Bruce Litton, 3.213, 264.91 def. Dom Lagana, 3.415, 227.65; Del Cox Jr., 3.360, 257.68 def. Rhonda Hartman-Smith, 6.657, 76.63; Todd Paton, 3.315, 249.49 def. Smax Smith, 3.610, 228.42;
SEMIFINALS -- Litton, 3.210, 265.01 def. Cox Jr., foul; Paton, 3.263, 220.66 def. Lagana Jr., 4.367, 106.50;
FINAL -- Litton, 3.327, 259.66 def. Paton, 5.739, 85.87.

PRO MODIFIED:
ROUND ONE -- Harold Martin, Martin M 4, 5.109, 128.21 def. Nick Montana, Chevy Bel Air, 7.917, 84.70; Adam Flamholc, Chevy Camaro, 4.459, 169.13 def. Mark Nielsen, Camaro, 4.875, 145.38; Andy Jensen, Camaro, 4.712, 129.73 def. Fidelio Montrond, Chevy Corvette, broke; Benny Alfonso, Pontiac Firebird, 4.465, 140.30 def. Dina Parise, Corvette, 10.226, 45.82; Chris Russo, Corvette, 4.102, 183.49 def. Andrew Parise, Corvette, 8.326, 57.15; Pete Farber, Dodge Daytona, 4.093, 181.30 def. Tony Pontieri, Camaro, 4.637, 118.51; Frederick Scriba, Corvette, 5.257, 124.48 def. Frank Patille III, Buick Special, 9.778, 58.86; Kenny Lang, Corvette, 3.952, 176.58 def. Tommy Gray, Camaro, 14.348, 28.51;
QUARTERFINALS -- Flamholc, 4.125, 175.57 def. Scriba, 7.895, 90.81; Russo, 4.134, 184.35 def. Alfonso, 6.010, 78.75; Farber, 4.205, 164.49 def. Jensen, 5.678, 95.49; Lang, 3.963, 190.94 def. Martin, 4.633, 146.29;
SEMIFINALS -- Flamholc, 5.182, 97.49 def. Farber, foul; Russo, 4.098, 183.79 def. Lang, 6.116, 82.63;
FINAL -- Russo, 4.142, 179.25 def. Flamholc, 6.005, 86.31.

PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE -- Ned Katuran, Chevy Cobalt, 4.202, 167.38 def. John Pluchino, Mercury Cougar, 4.420, 137.75; Rocky Watford, Cobalt, 4.360, 156.95 def. Mark Martino, Cobalt, 4.604, 146.40; Trevor Eman, Ford Escort, 6.378, 74.35 def. John Konigshofer, Ford Mustang, broke; Pete Berner, Pontiac GXP, 4.097, 176.70 def. JR Carr, GXP, 4.194, 173.49; Richard Freeman, GXP, 4.123, 175.75 def. Lester Cooper, Mustang, 4.305, 153.44; Frank Gugliotta, GXP, 4.131, 175.25 def. Bert Jackson, Chevy Cavalier, 4.209, 171.62; Bob Bertsch, Mustang, 4.137, 173.65 def. Carl Baker, Escort, 4.250, 169.02; John Montecalvo, Cobalt, 4.639, 152.55 was unopposed;
QUARTERFINALS -- Katuran, 4.151, 175.37 def. Montecalvo, 6.333, 114.06; Bertsch, 4.156, 174.93 def. Watford, 4.208, 156.30; Gugliotta, 4.137, 175.41 def. Eman, foul; Berner, 4.104, 176.58 def. Freeman, 4.116, 175.21;
SEMIFINALS -- Bertsch, 4.101, 176.19 def. Gugliotta, 4.205, 154.85; Berner, 4.105, 176.37 def. Katuran, 11.652, 36.73;
FINAL -- Bertsch, 4.124, 176.10 def. Berner, foul.

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