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Friday
Results for Qualifying 1
MARTIN, Mich. - MARTIN - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels Pro
Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
Northern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position
in order following run:
Left Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.703/207.05, Now #2
Right Lane: Hank Hill Runs 6.698/209.07, Now #1
12:03 PM It's 87 degrees, 67 percent relative humidity, and overcast.
Things should pick up a bit in the evening session.
We open with two clean
runs, no shake, no wasted motion.
Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.751/206.48, Now #4
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.698/209.01, Now #2
Jones' Neon spun the tires hard on the launch and still recorded a 1.039
60-foot time! Collins clocked a 1.040 and was quicker on the top end.
Left Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.695/207.50, Now #1
Right Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 6.696/208.10, Now #2
That's four 6.69s so far, in six cars - must be that "parity" thing.
Left Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.719/207.82, Now #6
Right Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.725/207.75, Now #7
Both drivers lost a hundredth or two to the earlier 6.69s in the first 330
feet and never made it up.
Left Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.688/207.53, Now #1
Right Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.721/208.14, Now #8
Peppers bumps the ante with a 6.68 after a 1.024 second 60-foot time.
Dobbins was 0.03 seconds slower in the first 60 feet and never got it back.
Left Lane: Ed Machacek Runs 6.830/204.45, Now #12
Right Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.804/205.35, Now #11
Both carded 1.06 60-foot times and their elapsed times reflect the off-pace
launches.
Left Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.695/207.08, Now #3
Right Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.722/207.02, Now #10
Rice posted a 1.026 60-foot time and got a 6.69 for his efforts. Nabors'
1.055 led to a predictably slower run.
Left Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.690/207.27, Now #2
Right Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.804/205.88, Now #14
Miller had the quickest launch yet, a 1.009, and carried it through for the
#2 spot.
Left Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.728/206.54, Now #13
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.808/203.28, Now #17
Montecalvo had a 1.038 short time, but lost ground to the quicker cars in the
first half of the track. Stroupe's 60-foot time was a 1.065 and he missed the
cut.
Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.693/206.92, Now #3
Right Lane: Pete Berner Runs 6.754/207.24, Now #16
Spiess posted a 1.024 short time and joined the "6.69 club." Benner squeaked
in, but that time won't keep him in.
Left Lane: Richard Penland Runs 6.871/202.55, Now #22
Right Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.711/205.91, Now #10
Bartunek had a nice 1.028 60-foot time, but fell off the pace on the top
end.
Left Lane: Mike Del Nagro Runs 6.935/201.55, Now #23
Del Nagro had a very off-pace 1.120 60-foot time.
Right Lane: Robert Killian Runs 6.914/201.88, Now #23
Killian debuts a new, great-looking Mustang to replace the gorgeous Probe he
totaled. He had a solid 1.04 60-foot time, but lost a lot in the first 330
feet.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 1
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one round of
qualifying in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st
annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.688 207.53
2. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.690 207.27
3. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.693 206.92
4. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.695 207.50
5. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.695 207.08
6. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.696 208.10
7. Hank Hill Probe 6.698 209.07
8. Jason Collins Cougar 6.698 209.01
9. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.703 207.05
10. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.711 205.91
11. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.719 207.82
12. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.721 208.14
13. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.722 207.02
14. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.725 207.75
15. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.728 206.54
16. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.751 206.48
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Pete Berner Mustang 6.754 207.24
18. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.804 205.88
19. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.804 205.35
20. Ed Machacek Firebird 6.830 204.45
21. Richard Penland Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.871 202.55
22. Mike Del Nagro Camaro 6.935 201.55
23. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am DQ
24. Robert Killian Mustang DQ
Friday
Results for Qualifying 2
MARTIN, Mich. - MARTIN - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels Pro
Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
Northern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round,
position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in
order prior to run:
Left Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.682/206.99, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.711/205.91, Was #10
Right Lane: Richard Penland Runs 6.788/203.77, Now #18
Best prior run: 6.871/202.55, Was #21
7:24 PM It's 87 degrees and 47 percent humidity for this round, no clouds in
sight and the Sun low in the West,
Virtually all the teams underestimated
the track in the first session - it has lots of bite and is very smooth. These two
stepped up nicely, but so will most of the others in this round.
Left Lane: Pete Berner Runs 6.734/207.46, Now #16
Best prior run: 6.754/207.24, Was #17
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.699/206.64, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.693/206.92, Was #4
Not much change here...
Left Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.739/206.16, Now #17
No Prior Run
Right Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.692/207.82, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.728/206.54, Was #15
Montecalvo stepped up nicely with a few hundredths improvement. Stroupe got
down the track.
Left Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.762/205.57, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.804/205.35, Was #21
Right Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 10.563/94.88, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.695/207.50, Was #6
Demory stepped up, but he had a long way to go. Holbrook had the first real
case of the shakes we've seen today.
Left Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.655/208.97, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.725/207.75, Was #15
Right Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.726/207.46, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.695/207.08, Was #7
Rice left hard, the M/T slicks hooking hard, but Gahm left even harder and
pulled away when Rice fell off the pace in the middle of the run.
Left Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.714/206.54, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.722/207.02, Was #15
Right Lane: Ed Machacek Runs 6.790/204.88, Now #21
Best prior run: 6.830/204.45, Was #22
Two clean runs, small improvements in both lanes.
Left Lane: Hank Hill Runs 6.683/209.07, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.698/209.07, Was #10
Right Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.708/206.83, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.690/207.27, Was #4
These two were together to half track, then Miller started losing
ground.
Left Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 11.430/96.35, Now #22
Best prior run: 6.804/205.88, Was #22
Right Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.736/206.73, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.751/206.48, Was #18
Mopars, a pair. O'Brien's car shook and turned hard right on the launch,
forcing him to back off. Jones trimmed a couple hundredths off his first run, but
needed to improve another couple hundredths to get in the field.
Left Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.693/208.36, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.721/208.14, Was #15
Right Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.685/208.42, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.688/207.53, Was #4
Good drag race, just a thousandth apart on reaction time and two thousandths
apart at half track, Dobbins leading, but Peppers was a bit quicker on the top
end.
Left Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 7.271/166.23, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.696/208.10, Was #11
Right Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.736/206.61, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.703/207.05, Was #13
Morton shook on the launch with a 1.113 60-foot time, killing his elapsed
time. Kirk was better off the line with a 1.066, but couldn't run with the big
dogs after that.
Left Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.704/208.78, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.698/209.01, Was #12
Right Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.701/208.62, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.719/207.82, Was #15
Almost identical runs, clean and straight.
Left Lane: Robert Killian Runs 6.942/201.58, Now #24
No Prior Run
Killian skipped the scales on his first pass, so that aborted run was DQ'ed.
This one may meet the same fate, his car with the wheels in the air and headed for
the centerline, forcing him to pedal.
Right Lane: Mike Del Nagro Runs 6.842/202.91, Now #23
Best prior run: 6.935/201.55, Was #23
Clean run for Del Nagro, just not enough power to make the cut.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 2
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 2 rounds of
qualifying in Sunoco Race
Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st
annual CARQUEST Auto
Parts Northern Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.655 208.97
2. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.682 206.99
3. Hank Hill Probe 6.683 209.07
4. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.685 208.42
5. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.690 207.27
6. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.692 207.82
7. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.693 208.36
8. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.693 206.92
9. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.695 207.50
10. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.695 207.46
11. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.696 208.10
12. Jason Collins Cougar 6.698 209.01
13. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.701 208.62
14. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.703 207.05
15. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.714 207.02
16. Pete Berner Mustang 6.734 207.46
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.736 206.73
18. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.739 206.16
19. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.762 205.57
20. Richard Penland Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.788 203.77
21. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.804 205.88
22. Ed Machacek Firebird 6.830 204.45
23. Mike Del Nagro Camaro 6.842 202.91
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 3
MARTIN, Mich. - MARTIN - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels Pro
Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
Northern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round,
position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in
order prior to run:
Left Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.662/209.33, Now #2
Best prior run: 6.698/209.01, Was #12
Right Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.664/208.59, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.701/208.62, Was #13
1:03 PM This session is an hour late due to rain and the weather radar looks
like we may see more rain this afternoon. It's overcast, 81 degrees, 61 percent
relative humidity.
Two good runs to open the session, Baker and Collins
picking up almost four hundredths from yesterday.
Left Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 6.744/205.85, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.696/208.10, Was #13
Right Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.722/206.54, Now #14
Best prior run: 6.703/207.05, Was #14
These two go the wrong way, losing a couple hundredths from yesterday despite
good 1.04 60-foot times.
Left Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.689/208.71, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.693/208.36, Was #9
Right Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.704/208.49, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.685/208.42, Was #6
Dobbins' car went left, out of the groove, on the launch and he smoothly
brought it back, but that cost him a bit in the elapsed time department and eh only
improved four thousandths, enough to move two spots up the ladder.
Left Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.675/208.59, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.655/208.97, Was #1
Right Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 11.588/90.84, Now #9
Best prior run: 6.692/207.82, Was #9
Montecalvo's car shook and turned right on the launch. Good pass by Gahm,
but he failed to improve.
Left Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.785/204.98, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.762/205.57, Was #19
Right Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.694/207.02, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.736/206.73, Was #17
Jones made a good recovery after struggling yesterday, bumping Pete Berner.
That puts Tim Nabors on the bubble at 6.714.
Left Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.683/205.41, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.682/206.99, Was #4
Right Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.714/207.94, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.695/207.08, Was #13
Bartunek was consistent, Rice lost a couple hundredths.
Left Lane: Hank Hill Runs 6.695/209.43, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.683/209.07, Was #5
Right Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.688/206.64, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.690/207.27, Was #8
Miller improved two thousandths and stepped up one spot on the ladder. Hill
made a good run, not his best, however.
Left Lane: Pete Berner Runs 6.755/207.11, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.734/207.46, Was #17
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.704/206.92, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.693/206.92, Was #10
Berner loses ground and fails to get back in. Spiess lost a hundredth from
yesterday and stayed tenth.
Left Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.674/206.92, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.714/206.54, Was #16
Right Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.692/208.36, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.695/207.50, Was #12
Nabors improved four hundredths and moved from the bubble to the top four!
Holbrook improved three thousandths and moved up two spots! Tight field, just 48
thousandths of a second between first and sixteenth.
Left Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.725/206.45, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.804/205.88, Was #21
Right Lane: Richard Penland Runs 6.797/203.68, Now #21
Best prior run: 6.788/203.77, Was #20
O'Brien stepped up eight hundredths and came up a couple hundredths short of
the bump time. Penland lost ground.
Left Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.726/206.01, Now #18
Best prior run: 6.739/206.16, Was #19
Right Lane: Ed Machacek Runs 6.862/204.73, Now #22
Best prior run: 6.830/204.45, Was #22
Stroupe looked good early with a 1.037 60-foot time, then virtually
duplicated O'Brien's run.
Right Lane: Floyd Cheek Runs 6.828/203.22, Now #22
No Prior Run
After two troubled passes yesterday, Robert Killian withdrew his entry and
Floyd Cheek re-entered the car - looks like he's ready to unretired
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 3
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 3 rounds of
qualifying in Sunoco Race
Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st
annual CARQUEST Auto
Parts Northern Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.655 208.97
2. Jason Collins Cougar 6.662 209.33
3. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.664 208.62
4. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.674 207.02
5. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.682 206.99
6. Hank Hill Probe 6.683 209.43
7. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.685 208.49
8. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.688 207.27
9. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.689 208.71
10. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.692 208.36
11. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.692 207.82
12. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.693 206.92
13. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.694 207.02
14. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.695 207.94
15. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.696 208.10
16. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.703 207.05
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.725 206.45
18. Pete Berner Mustang 6.734 207.46
19. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.739 206.16
20. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.762 205.57
21. Richard Penland Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.788 203.77
22. Floyd Cheek Mustang 6.828 203.22
23. Ed Machacek Firebird 6.830 204.73
24. Mike Del Nagro Camaro 6.842 202.91
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 4
MARTIN, Mich. - MARTIN - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels
Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
Northern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round,
position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in
order prior to run:
Left Lane: Mike Del Nagro Runs 6.958/189.79, Now #24
Best prior run: 6.842/202.91, Was #24
Right Lane: Floyd Cheek Runs 10.512/84.73, Now #22
Best prior run: 6.828/203.22, Was #22
7:44 PM The final session opens with Doug Kirk on the bubble at 6.703.
Cheek left with a stout 1.023 60-foot time, but the car shook and he shut it down
quickly. Del Nagro also had a good launch, 1.029, but was off the pace the rest of
the way to the line.
Left Lane: Ed Machacek Runs 6.779/204.76, Now #21
Best prior run: 6.830/204.45, Was #23
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.748/205.79, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.739/206.16, Was #19
Big improvement for Machacek, but he had a long way to go.
Left Lane: Richard Penland Runs 6.761/203.80, Now #20
Best prior run: 6.788/203.77, Was #22
Right Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.745/206.54, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.725/206.45, Was #17
No help here...by the way, it's 80 degrees, 70 percent relative humidity, not
really ideal conditions for these normally aspirated engines.
Left Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.676/207.05, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.688/206.64, Was #8
Right Lane: Pete Berner Runs 6.685/208.52, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.734/207.46, Was #18
Big improvements in both lanes, Berner vaulting ten spots up the ladder,
right into the middle of the field. That bumps Kirk, putting Elijah Morton on the
bump at 6.696.
Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.687/207.53, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.694/207.02, Was #14
Right Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.691/206.83, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.674/206.92, Was #4
Jones gets a nice run with the Neon and moves away from the bump spot.
Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.677/207.30, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.693/206.92, Was #14
Right Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.686/208.65, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.689/208.71, Was #11
Nice run for Spiess, moving into position to have lane choice in the first
round. Dobbins also improved, but Spiess leapfrogged him and pushed him right back
down to where he was before the run.
Left Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.656/208.23, Now #2
Best prior run: 6.695/207.08, Was #15
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.673/209.26, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.662/209.33, Was #2
Rice makes an even bigger move up the ladder, three hundredths enough to go
from next to the bump spot to next to the top spot.
Left Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.685/208.23, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.692/208.36, Was #14
Right Lane: Hank Hill Runs 6.697/208.88, Now #9
Best prior run: 6.683/209.07, Was #9
Holbrook sneaked away from the bump spot a couple slots.
Left Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.792/205.91, Now #15
Best prior run: 6.692/207.82, Was #15
Right Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.688/208.46, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.655/208.97, Was #1
Montecalvo lost a lot of ground in the first 330 feet.
Left Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.663/208.94, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.664/208.59, Was #4
Right Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 6.722/206.39, Now #16
Best prior run: 6.696/208.10, Was #16
Baker improved, but only by a thousandth, improving slightly on each of his
four passes in qualifying.
Left Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.716/206.54, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.703/207.05, Was #17
Right Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.737/205.38, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.682/206.99, Was #8
Kirk started the round on the bump spot. Unfortunately, he went the wrong
way and his weekend is over.
Left Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.684/208.14, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.685/208.42, Was #11
Right Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.792/205.54, Now #21
Best prior run: 6.762/205.57, Was #21
Peppers improves a thousandth and moves up one spot on the ladder. We end
with the 16-car field spanning just 0.041 seconds from top to bottom, a very tight
field indeed!
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 4
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 4 rounds of
qualifying in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing
Series, 21st annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.655 208.97
2. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.656 208.23
3. Jason Collins Cougar 6.662 209.33
4. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.663 208.94
5. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.674 207.02
6. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.676 207.27
7. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.677 207.30
8. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.682 206.99
9. Hank Hill Probe 6.683 209.43
10. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.684 208.49
11. Pete Berner Mustang 6.685 208.52
12. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.685 208.36
13. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.686 208.71
14. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.687 207.53
15. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.692 207.82
16. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.696 208.10
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.703 207.05
18. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.725 206.54
19. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.739 206.16
20. Richard Penland Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.761 203.80
21. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.762 205.57
22. Floyd Cheek Mustang 6.828 203.22
23. Ed Machacek Firebird 6.830 204.73
24. Mike Del Nagro Camaro 6.842 202.91
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 1
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) John Bartunek (Pearl River Auto Grand Am) 0.431 6.729 205.72
(L) Hank Hill (Probe) 0.482 6.728 208.49
12:37 PM It's 82 degrees and 72 percent relative humidity, under overcast
skies, not exactly record-breaking conditions. The closest qualifiers in this
tight field (0.041 seconds from first to sixteenth) lived up to expectations, the
difference at the finish line equal to the difference at the starting line.
Bartunek was away first and extended his lead to the 330-foot timer, then Hill
started closing the gap, but ran out of race track. It qualifies as a "holeshot
win" because Hill was a thousandth quicker, but lost. Bartunek's incremental
margins: 60ft(0.095), 330 ft(0.087), 660ft(0.076), 1,000ft(0.064). MOV: 0.0505
seconds (approximately 15 feet).
(W) Charlie Peppers (Mustang) 0.510 6.764 206.86
(L) Steve Spiess (Moser Engineering Grand Am) 0.000(R) (Broke)
Spiess broke on the burnout, leaving a trail of water from the starting line
to where he stopped. Peppers made a good run, but was almost a tenth of a second
slower than his qualifying lap.
(W) Ron Miller (Moser Engineering Cavalier) 0.463 6.734 206.35
(L) Pete Berner (Mustang) 0.507 10.926 73.80
Miller had a good light and Berner didn't, but his 1.229 60-foot time made it
clear Berner's car wasn't up to snuff and he shut it down, coasting through. Nice
pass by Miller for the conditions.
(W) Tim Nabors (Nabors Automotive Cavalier) 0.434 6.719 206.13
(L) Chris Holbrook (SRI Marble & Granite Cougar)0.440 6.765 207.56
Wow! Two good reaction times, but Holbrook has struggled all weekend and
could not stay with Nabors today. Nabors won by almost a car length, steadily
increasing his lead at every incremental timer and ran the quickest lap so
far.
(W) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.457 6.703 207.24
(L) Jeff Dobbins (Sanders Ford Probe) 0.471 6.701 208.23
Nice holeshot win for Baker, Dobbins really eating into his lead on the top
end. Baker's incremental margins: 60ft(0.032), 330 ft(0.023), 660ft(0.018),
1,000ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Baker will have lane
choice against Nabors next round.
(W) Jason Collins (Cougar) 0.462 6.709 208.78
(L) Rick Jones (Neon R/T) 0.478 6.770 206.07
Collins left first and ran away from Jones, winning by about a car length.
Collins has lane choice against Miller in round two.
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.455 6.739 205.85
(L) Dwayne Rice (Moser Engineering Grand Am) 0.488 6.720 206.99
Montecalvo, on a holeshot. Rice was running him down, but came up about four
feet short. Montecalvo's incremental margins: 60ft(0.031), 330ft(0.028),
660ft(0.025), 1,000ft(0.018). MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Montecalvo will have lane choice over Peppers in round two.
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.455 6.669 208.62
(L) Elijah Morton (Sanders Ford Mustang) 0.513 6.744 200.89
Gahm sent a message with this run, the only driver in the sixties this
morning. He will have lane choice against Bartunek in round two.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 2
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.484 6.706 206.45
(L) Charlie Peppers (Mustang) 0.165(R) 6.754 203.43
3:05 PM It's still 82 degrees and humid and overcast - but still no rain,
cross your fingers. These two put on a bit of a staging battle, then Montecalvo
rolled in and Peppers followed and then Peppers left, way early.
(W) Jason Collins (Cougar) 0.475 6.705 208.07
(L) Ron Miller (Moser Engineering Cavalier) 0.472 6.767 205.57
These two left right together, but Collins took a small lead by the 330-foot
marker and then extended it for the win. Collins' incremental margins (minus means
he's behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.031), 1,000ft(0.046). MOV:
0.0594 seconds (approximately 18 feet). Collins will have lane choice against
Montecalvo in the semifinals, by 0.001 seconds!
(W) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.411 6.704 207.34
(L) Tim Nabors (Nabors Automotive Cavalier) 0.455 6.764 206.70
Baker sawed the tree down and then ran away from Nabors for a car length
victory.
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.420 6.686 208.17
(L) John Bartunek (Pearl River Auto Grand Am) 0.442 6.696 205.82
These two ran the two best elapsed times of the round, Gahm with an awesome
light and Bartunek not far behind. It was good race, Bartunek closing the gap to
half track and then Gahm opening it back up again. Gahm's incremental margins:
60ft(0.028), 330 ft(0.013), 660ft(0.014), 1,000ft(0.021). MOV: 0.0322 seconds
(approximately 10 feet). Gahm will have lane choice against Baker in the
semifinals.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 3
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.463 6.726 206.45
(L) Jason Collins (Cougar) 0.418 7.405 144.26
4:53 PM Collins cut an unbelievable light, but his cougar got very out of
shape on the top end and he finally had to lift to save the car.
(W) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.446 6.689 207.98
(L) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.545 6.686 207.72
Baker nailed Gahm to the tree and then held on for the holeshot victory.
Baker will have lane choice against Montecalvo in the final round.
Sunday
Results for Final Round
MARTIN, Mich. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 21st annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts Northern Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.503 6.708 206.76
(L) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.457 7.208 194.86
6:11 PM There are still a few rounds to go in all the Sportsman eliminators,
but the Pro categories are about to finish their event. Baker launched hard and
first, but the car nosed over immediately with a 1.189 60-foot time and the race
was over at that point. Montecalvo gets his first event win of the year.
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