NHRA FMDRS: Rain leaves its mark at Englishtown

12 August 2000

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – With showers drenching areas around Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the uninvited guest finally showed up at approximately 2 p.m. bringing with it, thunder and lightning and a four hour delay.

Prior to the delay, Stock and Super Stock were the only categories to complete their first round of qualifying. After the lengthy delay, all categories were able to complete at least one round of qualifying and time trials. The only two categories that were not able to make their second pass of the day before the 10 p.m. curfew, were Stock and Super Gas.

"We tried our best to get everyone at least two passes today, but Mother Nature wasn’t on out side," said Northeast Division Director Bob Lang. "We’ll start at 10 a.m. tomorrow and hopefully have a rain-free day of racing."

Qualifying in the Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny categories are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. with the second and final qualifying attempt at 6 p.m.

The following are Friday’s qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park:

COMP ELIMINATOR

    1.. Ian Landies, Chardon, Ohio, ’34 Chevrolet A/SR, 8.077 seconds, 
    (0.603 seconds under Index)

    2.. Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, N.C., ’00 Camaro D/A, 7.959,(-0.601)
    3.. Frank Aragona, Franklin Square, N.Y.,’98 Dragsrer G/ED, 9.10,(-0.597)
    4.. Dave Northrop, Perkasie, Pa., ’96 Cutlass H/A, 8.401,(-0.589)
    5.. Jonathan Aloisio, West Chester, Pa., ’98 Grand Am E/SM,(-0.550)
    6.. Frank Affronti, Ontario, N.Y., ’97 Camaro C/A, 7.672,(-0.548)
    7.. Don Stratton, Beloit, Ohio, ’37 Roadster B/SR, 8.195,(-0.545)
    8.. Bob Rossi, Woodbridge, N.J., ’92 Dragster A/A, 6.866,(-0.524)
    9.. David Fiore, Altonna, Pa., ’97 Dragster D/ED, 7.618,(-0.512)
    10.. Michele Costa, Freehold, N.J., ’96 Dragster G/D, 9.560,(-0.490)
SUPER STOCK

    1.. Joe Scott, Sanbury, Pa., ’00 S-10 GT/TD, 11.75 seconds, 
    (1.136 seconds under Index)

    2.. Ray Scardelli, Manalapan, N.J., ’97 Probe GT/H, 10.156,(-0.994)
    3.. Russell Linke, Surf City, N.J., ’73 Corvette SS/JA, 10.327,(-0.973)
    4.. Arnie Martel, Tewksbury, Mass., ’98 Achieva SS/BM, 8.729,(-0.971)
    5.. Peter Biondo, Clarksburg, N.J., ’99 Firebird GT/FA, 10.154,(-0.946)
    6.. Michael Volkman, Pittsburgh, Pa., ’00 Seabring GT/IA, 10.554,(-0.946)
    7.. Brian McCormick, Montoursville, Pa., ’00 S-10 GT/TC, 10.553,(-0.897)
    8.. Dennis Steward, Dover, Pa., ’91 Daytona GT/EA, 10.071,(-0.879)
    9.. Anthony Cretalla, Newington, Conn., ’86 Camaro GT/AA, 9.553,(-0.847)
    10.. Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, N.C., ’98 Grand Am SS/CM, 9.058,(-0.842)
STOCK ELIMINATOR

1. Dennis Chapman, Toms River, N.J., ’88 Shelby AF/SA, 14.099 seconds, 

        1.. Seconds under index)
2. Paul Reich, Bel Air, Md., ’67 Camaro F/SA, 11.202,(-0.948)

    1.. Cecil Frazier, Canton, Mass., ’91 Camaro D/SA, 12.507,(-0.943)
    2.. Dean Ribeiro, Candia, N.H., ’78 Firebird K/SA, 12.008,(-0.942)
    3.. Ray Valpreda, Lawrenceville, N.J., ’98 Dakota FT/SA, 12.821,(-0.929)
    4.. Joseph Garbarine, Neptune, N.J., ’99 Firebird G/SA, 11.411,(-0.889)
    5.. Jim Penta, Pawtucket, R.I., ’98 Firebird D/S, 10.913,(-0.887)
    6.. Marty Bernard, Brewerton, N.Y., ’66 Caprice Q/S, 13.076,(-0.874)
    7.. John Presing, North Haldeon, N.J., ’88 Mustang L/S, 12.140,(-0.860)
    8.. Bill Belden, Linden, N.J., ’64 Chevelle M/S, 12.294,(-0.856)

Due to a rain cancellation at the previous Northeast Division race at Numidia Raceway in Numidia, Pa., the finals in the below classes were run today after qualifying was completed;

COMP ELIMINATOR 

Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, N.C., ’00 Camaro D/A, 8.62,(-0.651) def.

Don Stratton, Beloit, Ohio, ’37 Roadster B/SR, 8.74,(-0.557)

SUPER STOCK

Peter Biondo, Clarksburg, N.J., ’99 Firebird, 10.161, 134.34 def.

Angelo DiTocco, Bronx, N.Y., ’00 Firebird, 10.193, 123.06

STOCK ELIMINATOR

Ronald Urquhart, Piscataway, N.J., ’68 Camaro E/SA, 11.135, 115.48 def.

Billy Nees, Millmont, Pa., ’70 Nova V/SA, 14.911, 84.95

SUPER COMP

Bob Bielaszka, Lancaster, N.Y., ’00 Dragster, 8.936, 158.20 def.

Ken Moses, Colonia, N.J., ’98 Dragster, 8.923, 163.59

SUPER GAS

Jeff Szilagyi, Bethlehem, Pa., ’27 Roadster, 9.913, 143.12 def.

Todd Bean, Reading, Pa., ’76 Vega, 9.902, 135.36

SUPER STREET

Mike Giuliano, Wantagh, N.Y., ’67 Camaro, 10.926, 139.76 def.

Eric Reiff, Boyertown, Pa., ’67 Camaro, 10.834, 138.10 (foul)