NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES-FINAL RESULTS FROM IRP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, INDIANAPOLIS
Thursday, July 4, 2002
NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION COMPETITORS COMPLETE RAINED-OUT NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG
RACING SERIES EVENT AT IRP
INDIANAPOLIS - NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors
returned to Indianapolis Raceway Park to complete the event that was rained
out May 17-19. The race is one of six in NHRA North Central Division
competition.
Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Ken Perry and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver
Chuck Cheeseman took home the honors.
Perry, of Gormley, Ont., Canada, took on Ben Marshall of New Carlisle,
Ohio, in the final. Perry laid down a 5.676-second, 250.20 mph pass to take
the win.
Galena, Ohio, resident Cheeseman faced his No. 1 division rival, Marc White
of Glendale Heights, Ill, in the final. Cheeseman's 5.945-second run at
245.29 mph was enough to turn on the win lights, but not enough to take the
points lead away from White.
Winners in other categories are Steve Ambrose of Woodhaven, Mich., in Comp
Eliminator; Bill Yates Sr. of Johnstown, Ohio, in Super Stock; Josh Wiseman
of Elizabethtown, Ky., in Stock; Steve Eckard of Pataskala, Ohio, in Super
Comp; David Connolly of Elyria, Ohio, in Super Gas; and Robert Richardson
of Fort Wayne, Ind., in Super Street.
The North Central Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series makes its next stop
at Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, Ohio, Aug. 2-4.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event at IRP:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round 1 (completed May 19, 2002)
8) Ben Marshall, New Carlisle, Ohio, 5.577, 264.08 def. 1) Russ Lindert,
Manteno, Ill., 5.727, 220.10
2) Ken Perry, Gormley, Ont., Can., 5.423, 259.36 def. 7) Dave Hirata,
Lowell, Ind., 12.528, 56.57
6) Jeff Bohr, Plymouth, Mich., 5.526, 254.45 def. 3) Bill Reichert, Owosso,
Mich., 7.708, 124.80
5) Shawn Bowen, Montrose, Mich., 5.478, 257.28 def. 4) Keith Stark,
Danville, Ill., 5.698, 257.65
Semi-Finals
Perry, 5.694, 249.51 def. Bohr, 5.928, 246.98
Marhall, 6.248, 230.41 def. Bowen, 6.906, 156.44
Final Round
Perry, 5.676, 250.20 def. Marshall, 6.364, 229.70
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round 1 (completed May 19, 2002)
1) Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., '01 Firebird, 5.709, 251.32 def. 6)
John Reikas III, Glendale Hts., Ill., '97 Camaro, 6.332, 220.80
2) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '01 Firebird, 5.724, 248.61 def. 5) Steve
Addleman, Fishers, Ind., '01 Pontiac, no show
3) Todd Veney, Indianapolis, '98 Firebird, 5.985, 236.53 def. 4) Kim
Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Firebird, broke
Semi-Finals
White, 8.418, 106.73 def. BYE
Cheeseman, 6.833, 148.31 def. Veney, NO TIME RECORDED (Veney did not return
to IRP for the completion of the event.)
Final Round
Cheeseman, 5.945, 245.29 def. White, 8.418, 106.73
COMP ELIMINATOR
Steve Ambrose, Woodhaven, Mich., '23 roadster, J/AA, 8.025 seconds,
-0.044 under index def. Bo Butner, Floyd Knobs, Ind., '01 Pontiac, D/AA,
8.065 seconds, -0.335 under index
SUPER STOCK
Bill Yates Sr., Johnstown, Ohio, '98 Pontiac, SS/BM, 9.086 seconds, 0.096
over index, def. Lynn McCarty, Plainfield, Ind., '90 Firebird, GT/CA, 10.
516 seconds, 0.126 over index
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Josh Wiseman, Elizabethtown, Ky., '71 Buick, L/SA, 12.235 seconds,
-0.055 under index def. Frank Calhoun, Shepherdsville, Ky., '80 Malibu,
K/SA, 12.157 seconds, -0.143 under index
SUPER COMP
Steve Eckard, Pataskala, Ohio, dragster, 8.939 seconds, 0.039 over index
def. Steve Dillman, Indianapolis, dragster, 8.894 seconds, -0.006 under
index
SUPER GAS
David Connolly, Elyria, Ohio, dragster, 9.933 seconds, 0.033 over index
def. Sean Graham, Sunburg, Ohio, '63 Corvette, 9.939 seconds, 0.039 over
index
SUPER STREET
Robert Richardson, Fort Wayne, Ind., '68 Firebird, 10.922 seconds, 0.022
over index, def. Jeff Staub, Whiteland, Ind., '78 Fairmont, 10.896 seconds,
-0.004 over index
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