NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals-Thursday Results from Cecil County Dragway

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALS
CECIL COUNTY DRAGWAY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003

Summit Racing Series Finals Underway at Cecil County 
	RISING SUN, Md. - Over 600 racers, representing NHRA's Northeast division took to the track today for the first day of time trials at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals.  
A total of 14 member tracks from NHRA's Northeast Division are expected to complete for team honors, with defending track champions, Cecil County Dragway, hoping to defend their championship title. 
	Friday morning, racers will once suit up for a round of time trials. Friday afternoon, the top racers from each track in Super ET, Heavy ET, Bike/Sled and Street will compete in the RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions. With over $4,500 total up for grabs, the competition for the cash prizes will no doubt, be fierce.  
Friday will also feature time trials for the High School Eliminator Challenge presented by Luzerne County Community College.  Open to competitors currently enrolled in High School, or 2003 graduates, the High School Eliminator Challenge is a no-electronics eliminator. The winner of the eliminator will receive a $1000 U.S. Savings Bond to be presented at the NHRA Northeast Division Championship banquet in January. 
Saturday's action will feature the highly regarded individual championships in Super ET, Heavy ET, Bike/Sled and Street, which will qualify four drivers for the Summit Racing NHRA National Finals, to be held at the Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Finals, at Pomona Raceway in November. There the drivers will complete for a "winner-takes-all" $5000 purse.   
Gates will open tomorrow at 7 a.m. Time trials begin at 8:30 a.m., with eliminations for the Race of Champions set to begin at 4 p.m.
The following is the list of racers who will be competing in the NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions:

75-80 Dragway; Monrovia, Md.
Scott Bodmer
Tommy Seibert
Michael Keefer Jr.
Kermit Garnett III

Atco Raceway; Atco, N.J.
Roland Bonner
Chris Fareri
Danny Tice
John Snyder

Capital Raceway; Crofton Md.
Kevin Graulich II
Kenny Dick
Carlos De Jesus
Jimmy Miller 

Cecil County Dragway; Rising Sun, Md.
Joe Di Pasquale
Butch Weinreich
Dave Raser
Danny Boyer

ESTA Safety Park; Cicero, N.J.
John Cooper
Steve Doss
Bobby O'Mally
Jeff Darrow

Island Dragway; Great Meadows, N.J.
Jim Nedo   
James Perrone  
Bruce Cooke
Barry Stephans Sr. 

Lebanon Valley Dragway; West Lebanon, N.Y.
Mike Fitts
Bill Kirpens, Jr.
Mike Petro-Roy
Jonathan Tisdale

Maple Grove Raceway; Reading, Pa. 
Bob Engelman
Jody Ames
Tom Kline
Maurice Concordia

Mason-Dixon Dragway; Hagerstown, Md.
Megan Etzler
Bradley Doss
Frank Giallonardo
Jerry Heil

Numidia Raceway; Numidia Pa.
Jason Waldron
Vince Isabella
Dave Hock
Charlie Herit

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park; Englishtown, N.J.
Scott Albrecht
Jeff Pasquariello Jr. 
Brian Mullaney
Ron Reagan

South Mountain Dragway; Boiling Springs, Pa.
Bryan Seeger 
Brian Shaffer
Bobby Zoller
Howard Gibbs

Spencer Speedway; Williamson, N.Y.
Mark Talmadge
Tim Vassallo
Crystlyn Guererri
Tom Frank

U.S. 13 Dragway; Delmar, Del.
Mike Hooper
Lyle Jarrett III
Bruce Alexander
James Farmer