NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing  Series
JEG’S Northern SPORTSnationals
National Trail  Raceway
Columbus, Ohio
July 29-31
 
 
 
Jeg’s Northern SPORTSnationals underway in  Columbus
 
The inaugural Jeg’s NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals is underway at National  
Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. Nearly 600 competitors are expected to  
participate in the event, which began this morning and continues through Sunday,  
July 31. 
 
In early qualifying action, Allyn Armstrong, Brian Oakes, and Keith Lynch  
are the provisional leaders in Comp, Super Stock, and Stock, respectively. 
 
Armstrong, of Kingston, N.S., drove his L/A Opel GT to a run of  
9.106-seconds to pace the 32-car Comp field. Comp racers will participate in  their 
first-ever class eliminations run-offs tomorrow afternoon. 
 
Oakes, who resides in DeBary, Fla., leads the Super Stock field with a  9.386 
behind the wheel of his SS/DS ’69 Chevy Camaro. Super Stock racers will  get 
two more qualifying runs on Friday and will participate in class  eliminations 
on Saturday, setting the field for Sunday’s final  eliminations.
 
Former two-time NHRA World Champion Lynch, of Mt. Ayr, Iowa is the early  
leader in Stock with a run of 10.423-seconds in his ’70 Camaro. Stock drivers  
will also receive two more qualifying runs tomorrow, and will take part in class 
 eliminations on Saturday. 
 
Team Jeg’s Members John, Troy and Mike Coughlin are participating in the  Jeg’
s Northern SPORTSnationals. John is driving in Super Stock and Super Comp.  
He is currently qualified third in Super Stock. Troy is also doing double duty  
by driving his Jeg’s Mustang in the AMS Staff Leasing/TLR Pro Mod series and 
the  Team Jeg’s Corvette in Super Gas.  Mike, who won the Jegs.com NHRA Cajun  
SPORTSnationals earlier this year in Belle Rose, La., is racing in Super  
Comp.
 
Not all of the festivities took place on-track Thursday. At the conclusion  
of qualifying, event sponsor Jeg’s Mail Order hosted a free racer appreciation  
picnic featuring a barbecue, live band, and other fun and games including a 
dunk  tank where racers were able to submerge NHRA Northeast, Southeast, and 
North  Central Division Directors Bob Lang, Bill Holt, and Jay Hullinger.  

Racing at the inaugural Jeg’s NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals will  continue 
Friday. 


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