SATURDAY NIGHT THUNDER!!
It was great
FUNNY CARS

Lance Good in the Sharky's Machine got out first on Bunny but Bunny powered by with a 6.57 at 207.32 to the Shark's 6.61 at 205.80.

Bunny was back and everybody loves her. 

Army Armstrong's new Flying Dutchman Charger.

Rubber City Connection of Dennis Salzwimmer.

DC OUTLAWS
These guys are for real! Great show.

Bruce Bennett won the DC Outlaws title with a 6.69 at 204.77 MPH.

WFO Final: Dave Miller was runner up with a 7.02 at 194.59 MPH 

Doug Norberg clocked a 6.81 at 199.51 sideways!!

Joe Kaiser's blown small block set low ET with a 6.42 at 211 MPH!!

AJ, Andy Jensen qualified 8th but went to the semi's just losing to Bruce Bennett with a 7.10 at 200.66 to a 6.63 at 205.33.

 
WFO CLUB

The WFO title fell to James Houston's 447 inch `64 Fairlane over 
Tim Horney's 434 inch Camaro with an 8.11 at 172.87 MPH

Spray was in the air!!

Jim Sheaffer stood his Vega on the bumper and almost pulled off the upset of the night over #2 Tim Horney. Jim carried the wheels over 100 feet and went a 9.84 at 139.01 MPH WOW!!!

Memorial Holiday winner, Kevin Troup fell in the semi's to Tim Horney with a 9.27at 149.52 to an 8.46 at 169.55.

Matuska's Chevelle fouled in the semi's to Houston.

Al Matuska's `65 Chevelle laid down a 155 MPH pass on DOT's.

Jeff Gabriel qualified 7th and put a 10.14 at 136.92 on the board.

Art Fahey's `68 Camaro laid down a 10.18 in pure street trim!!

TOP ET

Northern Raiders in victory lane.

Tom Seward won the title over Jeff Duck


Joey Coccia made it to the semis in his 499 inch Omni.
MODIFIED

Wayne Badman returned to Modified and was back in the winners circle by defeating Troy Geyer's Nova.


IHRA BIKE

Bob Shields took the Bike title over Randy Kauffman.

STREET ET

Kevin Romeo took the Street title over Rob Olewiler's Fairmont when Bob went red.

Romeo dominated the weekend, winning Outlaw Street on Friday, and IHRA Street both Saturday and Sunday. 

HOT ROD TROPHY

Uncle Buck's Oldsmobile driven by Pete Wallace III won HRT over Brian Wagner's 302 Cougar.

TCR

The TCR title went to Richie bunting in the small block powered RX-7 over Jed Seigler in the F-150.

Richie won back to back in TCR. Winning Saturday night and Sunday. The kid is hot.
JR DRAGSTER

JR final: Samahtha Dubbs vs. DJ Clark. It was Sam.


AROUND THE TRACK






COOL BUS

Chris Fisher's School bus beat the Fire Truck in a special match race with all of the kids on board on Saturday night. 

The wheels go round and round.

WOW! That bus runs!!

The COOL BUS

Chris Fisher of CR Fisher Buses. He drove the real School Bus.

Kids are ready!!

Let's race!!

Ready to burn out.

He just got by us.

GO COOL BUS!!
 

Beavers on the Road...
Franklin DiBartolomeo wins!!
Summer Nationals - Englishtown NJ

Appearing in his first final round at an NHRA national event, the K&N Supernationals in Englishtown , New Jersey , DRC Race Products/ Drag Racing Action Magazine team driver Franklin DiBartolomeo grabbed all the gusto he could, scoring the big win for himself and the Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania-based team.

After wading his way through six grueling rounds of competition in the Super Comp class, the 22 year old engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York pulled to the starting line for the final round with a little bit of anticipation.

“I really wasn’t that nervous all day,” he said, “but pulling up there for the final round with all the photographers and thousands of people watching, I just knew I didn’t want to lose.”

The 2000 NHRA Division 1 Jr. Dragster Champion now joins his father John, a three-time national event champion himself, in adding to the team’s NHRA national event trophy case. Franklin also competed this past weekend in the team’s Stock Eliminator Chevy Nova. An untimely first round red light by two-thousands of a second derailed his chances in that class, but he more than made up for it with his Ed Quay -built dragster.

“Two years ago he missed winning the divisional championships by two points,” says John DiBartolomeo, “and he was real disappointed. But I told him he just had to keep on trying. It just proves that perseverance usually wins out in the end.”