FMDRS Event- Saturday From Edgewater

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES- NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
EDGEWATER SPORTS PARK
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2001

                        

REICHERT AND WHITE CAPTURE VICTORIES


        CLEVES, Ohio- In the final results from Edgewater Sports Park,
Federal-Mogul Dragster driver Bill Reichert and Federal-Mogul Funny Car
pilot Marc White took home top honors.
        Reichert of Owosso, Mich., took on Ken Perry of Gormley, Ont.,
Can., in the final and laid down a crowd-pleasing 5.910-second, 245.56-mph
pass to take the win.
        Glendale Heights, Ill., resident White squared off against Chuck
Cheeseman of Galena, Ohio, in the Funny Car final.  His 6.083-second run at
228.71 mph was enough to turn on the win lights.
        Winners in other categories are Jerry Arnold of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
in Comp; Brent Voges of Defiance, Mo., in Super Stock; Bill Semprott of
Middletown, Ohio, in Stock; Ron Erks of Clinton, Ohio, in Super Comp; Rusty
Cook of Cynthiana, Ky., in Super Gas; and Jeff Goodman of Hendersonville,
Tenn., in Super Street.
        In other racing action, taking home the Best Engineered Car award
was Middletown, Ohio resident Ken Sharp for his '90 Eldorado Cadillac.  The
Best Appearing crew award was given to Jared Dreher and his Federal-Mogul
Dragster team from Clinton, Ind.  The award for Best Appearing Car went to
the '32 Bantam driven by McConnelsville, Ohio, resident Rhett Matheny.
        The North Central Division Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series makes
its next stop at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky., August
24-26.

        The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA
Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Edgewater Sports Park:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
First Round
8. Ken Perry, Gormley, Ont., Can., 5.854 seconds, 238.91 mph def. 1. Jeff
Wilson, Winfield, Mo., 6.328, 234.25

2. Bill McCornack, Lexington, Ky., 5.782, 246.17 def. 7. Mick Snyder,
Demotte, Ind., 5.887, 242.91

3. Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 5.707, 250.06 def. 6. Tim Rudy, Mason,
Ohio, 6.062, 219.08
5. Russ Lindert, Manteno, Ill., 5.613, 252.59 def. 4. Shawn Bowen,
Montrose, Mich., 5.754, 255.53

Semi-Finals
Perry, 7.932, 109.21 def. Lindert, Broke
Reichert, 6.213, 217.49 def. McCornack, 9.605, 91.19

Final
Reichert, 6.023, 245.56 def. Perry, 5.910, 235.41

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
First Round
1. Marc White, Glendale Heights, Ill., '01 Firebird, 5.973 seconds, 243.83
mph def. 8. Fred Hagen, Chicago, Ill., '00 Avenger, 8.209, 126.70

2. Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '00 Pontiac, 5.908, 245.70 def. 7. David
Kovar, New Lenox, Ill., '00 Trans Am, 6.297, 227.79

6. Wayne Butler, Manito, Ill., '98 Firebird, 6.139, 226.81 def.
3. Kim Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Pontiac, 7.651, 119.61
  
4.Todd Veney, Indianapolis, Ind., '98 Pontiac, 9.226, 95.93 def. 5. Bobby
Martin, Beaver Falls, Pa., '00 Avenger, Broke

Semi-Finals
Cheeseman, '00 Pontiac, 5.964, 242.84 def. Butler, '98 Firebird, 6.248,
204.59
White, '01 Firebird, 5.957, 244.96 def. Veney, '98 Pontiac, 6.109, 233.46

Final
White, '01 Firebird, 6.083, 228.71 def. Cheeseman, '00 Pontiac, 8.103,
112.19

COMP ELIMINATOR
Jerry Arnold, Kalamazoo, Mich., '98 Dragster, E/D, 8.534 seconds, 155.68
mph def. Santo Volpe, Addison, Mich., '63 Corvette, 7.003, 200.13

SUPER STOCK
Brent Voges, Defiance, Mo., '91 Calais, GT/GA, 10.451 seconds, 128.53 mph
def. Lynn Ellison, Owensboro, Ky., '67 Camaro, SS/FA, 10.382, 117.43
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Bill Sempsrott, Middletown, Ohio, '66 Nova, K/S, 11.958 seconds, 108.01 mph
def. Steve McFarland, Peebles, Ohio, '69 Mustang, B/S, 10.687, 124.65

SUPER COMP
Ron Erks, Clinton, Ohio, '97 Dragster, 8.941 seconds, 161.20 mph def. Mark
Cook, La Grange, Ohio, '99 Dragster, 8.903, 172.08

SUPER GAS
Rusty Cook, Cynthiana, Ky., '99 Corvette, 9.903 seconds, 157.67 mph def.
Keith McPherson, Leonard, Mich., 9.913, 162.80

SUPER STREET
Jeff Goodman, Hendersonville, Tenn., '67 Nova, 10.904 seconds, 128.53,
Richard Calabrese, Pittsburgh, Pa., '67 Camaro, 10.883, 129.62

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