NHRA Summit Racing Series - FRI Results from So. Ga.Motorsports Park in Cecil, Ga.

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION FINALS

SOUTH GEORGIA MOTORSPORTS PARK

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2005


Summit Racing Series Race of Champions titles settled at SGMP 

CECIL, Ga. - In the final results of the NHRA Southeast Division Summit
Racing Series Race of Champions, Leon Robertson, Derek Putnam, Dennis
Stewart and Kevin Roberts all scored wins in their respective
categories. 

In the Super Pro final, Robertson, of Nashville, Tenn., earned the win
for the team from Music City Raceway when he beat David Scigliuto of
Seminole, Fla., in the final round. Robertson is a multi-time division
champion and has contended for the Summit Racing Series National
Championship in Pomona, Calif., twice in the Sportsman category.

Scoring the victory in Pro, behind the wheel of his '70 Nova, was
Gainesville, Fla., racer Putnam. Putnam, a former Southeast Division
champion, was racing for Gainesville Raceway, and took out the dragster
of defending Race of Champions winner and U.S. 19 Dragway representative
Franky Bishop of Albany, Ga., in the final round. 

Racing for Sunshine Dragstrip, Roberts, of St. Petersburg, Fla., took
out Joey Branhof of Crestview, Fla., to claim the crown in the Sportsman
category.

            For the second consecutive year, the Motorcycle Race of
Champions victory went to Stewart of St. Petersburg, Fla. In the final,
Stewart, racing for Sunshine Dragstrip, eliminated Bradenton Motorsports
Park's Roy Hagadorn of Venice, Fla. 

In the High School class, Montgomery Motorsports Park racer Timmy Smith
of Roanoke, Ala., took out Brian Lawson of Bonaire, Ga.

            The Summit Racing Series Finals are expected to wrap up
tomorrow with the crowning of the individual championships in Super Pro,
Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle. The victors in those categories will
qualify to compete for national championship honors at the NHRA Summit
Racing Series National Finals, to be held at the Automobile Club of
Southern California NHRA Finals next month at Pomona Raceway in Pomona,
Calif. 

Gates at South Georgia Motorsports Park will open tomorrow at 7 a.m.
with eliminations set to begin at 8:30 a.m. For more information on the
event please call South Georgia Motorsports Park at (229) 896-7000 or
visit them online at www.SGMPRacing.com. Additional information may also
be obtained at www.NHRA.com.

            The following are the results from Friday's Race of
Champions at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals
being held this weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park:

 

SUPER PRO

Leon Robertson, Nashville, Tenn., '69 Chevelle, 6.916 seconds, 96.92 mph
def David Scigliuto, Seminole, Fla., dragster, 4.906, 137.64.

 

PRO

Derek Putnam, Gainesville, Fla., '70 Nova, 7.319 seconds, 92.01 mph, def
Franky Bishop, Albany, Ga., dragster, 6.847, 100.33

 

SPORTSMAN

Kevin Roberts, St. Petersburg, Fla., '69 Camaro, 7.752-seconds, 86.32
mph, def. Joey Branhof, Crestview, Fla., '90 Honda CRX, 9.998, 70.35. 

 

MOTORCYCLE

Dennis Stewart, St. Petersburg, Fla., '78 Kawasaki, 5.859 seconds,
113.42 mph def. Roy Hagadorn, Venice, Fla., '81 Suzuki, 5.754, 118.47

 

HIGH SCHOOL

Timmy Smith, Roanoke, Ala., 8.129 seconds, 86.66 mph def. Brian Lawson,
Bonaire, Ga., 10.711, 64.71