LODRS-Sunday from Atalanta

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION
ATLANTA DRAGWAY, COMMERCE, GA.
Sunday, August 11, 2002

EWING, GRIGGS EARN SECOND WINS IN ATLANTA DRAGWAY'S NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG
RACING SERIES RACE

        COMMERCE, Ga. - NHRA Southeast Division competitors finished the
sixth of seven races on their NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule
today at Atlanta Dragway.  Super Comp racer Todd Ewing and Super Street
competitor Ernest Griggs each earned their second wins of the year, while
Larry Pritchett drove his Comp Eliminator Grand Am to the winner's circle
after two consecutive runner-up finishes.
        Pritchett, of Clarkrange, Tenn., beat Lumberton, N.C., resident
Jeff Taylor.  Ewing, a resident of Cullman, Ala., took the stripe over
David Tatum of Palmetto, Ga., and Griggs, who hails from Ocala, Fla., was
in the final against Kevin MacNicol, from North Port, Fla.
        The Super Stock winner was Everette Keesley of Edgefield, S.C.  He
drove his '82 Firebird to the win over Wetumka, Ala., resident Jason Davis.
 And in Super Gas Jimmy Daniel of Montgomery, Ala., beat Edmond Richardson
of Greenbriar, Tenn.  In Top Sportsman, Sandy Wilkins, Fuquay Varina, N.C.,
beat Jim Perry of Orlando, Fla. 
With his win at Atlanta Dragway, Stock competitor Scott Welborn catapulted
himself into a berth on the team that will represent the Southeast Division
at the Jeg's Allstars event at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., in
September.  Coming into this weekend's race, the last opportunity for
racers to earn points for the 2002 Allstars, the West Columbia, S.C.,
resident was in sixth place in the point standings.
Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car ran eliminations on Saturday
night.  John Haley of Wayzata, Minn., won in TAD, and Jay Payne of
Claremont, Calif., won in TAFC.
The final race on the Southeast Division's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series schedule is Oct. 4-6 at Darlington International Dragway in
Darlington, S.C.

        The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event at Atlanta Dragway:

COMP ELIMINATOR
Larry Pritchett, Clarkrange, Tenn., '98 Grand Am, A/SM, 8.112 seconds,
167.50 mph def. Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, N.C., '01 Grand Am, C/A, 7.626,
179.31

SUPER STOCK
Everette Keesley, Edgefield, S.C., '82 Firebird, GT/DA, 10.294, 124.39 def.
Jason Davis, Wetumpka, Ala., '00 Firebird, GT/MA, 11.388, 115.56

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Scott Welborn, West Columbia, S.C., '68 Chevelle, G/SA, 11.752, 112.28 def.
Brian Rowe, New Bern, N.C., '69 Camaro, H/SA, 11.757, 111.51


SUPER COMP
Todd Ewing, Cullman, Ala., '02 dragster, 9.192, 131.38 def. David Tatum,
Palmetto, Ga., '01 dragster, 9.375, 116.15

SUPER GAS
Jimmy Daniel, Montgomery, Ala., '90 Trans Am, 9.905, 155.62 def. Edmond
Richardson, Green Briar, Tenn., '91 Cavalier, 9.907, 134.48

SUPER STREET
Ernest Griggs Jr., Ocala, Fla., '72 Camaro, 10.903, 135.15 def. Kevin
MacNicol, North Port, Fla., '78 Trans Am, 10.926, 124.03

TOP SPORTSMAN
Sandy Wilkins, Fuquay Varina, N.C., '01 Camaro, 7.408, 184.84 def. Jim
Perry, Orlando, Fla., '00 S-10, 7.911, 174.21