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N.H.R.A. FINISH LINE PREVIEW
This time out we bring you the results of the running of the 2nd Annual Summit Racing Equipment N.H.R.A. Nationals being held June 26th-29th, 2008 at Summit Racing Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. It’s actually a race within a race as we also contest the K & N Horsepower Challenge for the Pro Stock Class. The Challenge is determined from the top eight points earners in the class over the past year beginning with the running of the Summit Racing Nationals and ending with the running of the N.H.R.A. Supernationals. The Challenge is held during qualifying on Saturday. To the winning team goes a check in the amount of $50,000.00 and should that team win the event on Sunday, N.H.R.A. will award that team with an additional check in the amount of $25,000.00. Your drivers for this year are; 8) Ron Krisher-2,620-pts. 7) Warren Johnson-2,770-pts. 6) Dave Connolly-2,925-pts. 5) Jeg Coughlin-3,105-pts. 4) Jason Line-3,245-pts. 3) Kurt Johnson-3,330-pts. 2) Allen Johnson-3,415-pts. and 1) Greg Anderson-3,600-pts. In qualifying on Friday we only managed to get the First Round of Pro Stock Bike in as it was found that there was water seeping up through the track on the top end. The area has been hit with over 12” of rain in the last few weeks. The N.H.R.A. Safety Safari, track personal, and even some races tried unsuccessfully to dig drainage ditches to correct the problem. Come Saturday and the seeping problem seemed to be corrected, but Mother Nature stepped in again and gave us some rain showers. We did manage to get the qualifying in and the fields set for Sunday. There were no new Track Records established. The K & N Horsepower Challenge was held and the winner was Allen Johnson who cut 0.000 light hole shot and ran a 6.725 E.T. at 204.91-mph to defeat Greg Anderson with a 6.717 E.T. at 204.91-mph. This is the first time MOPAR has won the Challenge in 17-years as driver Darrell Alderman collected the trophy back then. Race day and we have partly sunny skies and with the teams only getting two qualifying runs yesterday this will make it a crew chiefs race today. Mother Nature stepped in and we did have about a 15-minute delay during the First Round, but we go back after it and got the race completed. We had our usual upsets, disappointments and we had a first time winner in the Pro Stock Bike category. One disappointment was that Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson was unable to get the double-up win today. Here are your winners;
K & N HORSEPOWER CHALLENGE
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Allen Johnson (hole shot & 0.000 light) 6.725 204.91 (L) Greg Anderson 6.717 204.91
SUPER GAS
DRIVER E.T. (W) Alan Kenny 9.900 (L) Rock Haas (red light) 9.905
SUPER COMP
DRIVER E.T. (W) Doug Doll, Jr. 8.935 (L) Nicole Markwart 8.949
SUPER STOCK
DRIVEER E.T. (W) Tim Worner 10.800 (L) Billy Leber 9.422
COMP ELIMINATOR
DRIVER E.T. (W) David Rampy 7.340 (L) Craig Bourgeois 7.067
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Bobby Martin 5.624 256.84 (L) Steve Harker 6.629 256.60
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Tom Conway 5.368 260.76 (L) Mike Kosky 5.536 247.52
PRO STOCK BIKE
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Hector Arana (1st career win) 7.027 187.60 (L) Craig Treble 7.061 187.83
PRO STOCK
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Greg Anderson 6.704 206.04 (L) Larry Morgan (red light) 6.789 204.57
FUNNY CAR
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Tony Pedregon 4.882 306.26 (L) Robert Height 4.903 304.74
TOP FUEL
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Doug Herbert 4.636 311.70 (L) Brandon Bernstein 4.611 131.58
This was the 12th stop on the POWERade Championship Series and the half way point to the championship. It was a very emotional event in that it was a gratifying day to have Team Kalitta return to racing after their loss just last week. The Top Fuel Final was emotional also as driver Doug Herbert collected his first win since the loss of his two sons back in January. Doug stated “This is for my boys and I know they’re up there talking to Scott.” Our prayers and thoughts continue to go out to both teams and their families. We would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all the fans for sticking with us and getting to see some fantastic racing as always. We would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to the N.H.R.A. Safety Safari, the Bader family and all those that helped us get this race in. We have next weekend off but please join us July 11th-13th, 2008 for the running of the 29th Annual MOPAR Mile-High N.H.R.A. Nationals being held at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado which is just West of Denver. This is the start of the Western Swing with three races in as many weeks. Have a safe and happy July 4th weekend and we hope to see you at Bandimere Speedway!
Jim Spradlin N.H.R.A. member
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