Summit Racing North Central Division Finals

The following press release is also attached as a word
document.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUMMIT RACING SERIES – NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, INDIANAPOLIS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2001


SUMMIT RACING SERIES NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS
CONTINUE WITH FINAL ELIMINATIONS SET FOR SUNDAY AS 16
TRACKS BATTLE FOR TOP HONORS 

INDIANAPOLIS – Qualifications continued, and
eliminations in selected categories began on Saturday
in the 2001 Summit Racing Series North Central
Division Finals at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
More than 650 participants from a total of 16 National
Hot Rod Association member drag strips across the
Midwest are competing in the three-day event, which
awards more than $24,000 in prize money to competitors
participating in six classes for individual and team
honors. Individual champions will advance to a
national run-off at the NHRA Auto Club of Southern
California at Pomona, Calif., during the weekend of
Nov. 8-11.
In addition to host Indianapolis Raceway Park, other
participating tracks during the weekend’s events are
Bluegrass Raceway Park of Owingsville, Ken.;
Bunkerhill (Ind.) Dragstrip; Byron (Ill.) Dragway;
Coles County Dragway of Charleston, Ill.; Edgewater
Sports Park of Cleves, Ohio; Gateway International
Raceway of Madison, Ill.; Kil-Kare Dragway of Xenia,
Ohio; Milan (Mich.) International Dragway; National
Trail Raceway of Columbus, Ohio; Pacemakers Raceway
Park of Mount Vernon, Ohio; Route 66 Raceway of
Joliet, Ill.; St. Thomas Dragway of Ontario, Canada;
Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Dragstrip; and U.S. 131
Dragway of Martin, Mich.
Through the first round of eliminations in four
categories, Super Pro, Pro, Street and Super Pro Bike,
Bluegrass Raceway Park leads the event with 68 total
points, one more than the second-place team, Kil-Kare
Dragway. Host IRP is in third with 65 points.
On Saturday, four winners were declared in the special
“VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions” during the Summit
Racing Series North Central Division Finals. Ray Boyer
III of Logansport, Ind., in Super Pro; Rick Buyck of
Redford, Mich., in Pro; Robby Easton of Mattoon, Ill.,
in Street; and Bob Lohr of Staunton, Ill., in Super
Pro Bike took home honors. Also Saturday, four winners
were crowned in the Mac Tools Shootout, a special
event race of the Summit Racing Series North Central
Division Finals. Winners in the four categories were
Randy Norris of Kenosha, Wis., in Super Pro; David
Berry of Waynesville, Ohio, in Pro; Ray Block of
Columbus, Ohio, in Street; and Brian Poe of Cable,
Ohio, in Super Pro Bike. Four winners were also
awarded special awards for Best Appearing Car/Bike. 
Additionally, eliminations in the high school category
were completed with Will Long of Warsaw, Ind.,
defeating Jessica Coyle of Olympia, Ken., to win the
title.
The three-day 2001 Summit Racing Series North Central
Division Finals concludes on Sunday, with eliminations
continuing in all categories. Sunday’s schedule begins
at 8 a.m. with Jr. Dragster eliminations, and
continues throughout the morning. A special awards
ceremony will start at 1 p.m. before the final
eliminations in each category concludes Sunday
evening. 
For ticket information, please call IRP at
317-291-4090 or visit www.nhra.com.

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Team Point Standings through Saturday’s first round
eliminations from the 2001 Summit Racing Series North
Central Division NHRA Finals at Indianapolis Raceway
Park: 
1, Bluegrass Raceway Park, 68. 2, Kil-Kare Dragway,
67. 3, Indianapolis Raceway Park, 65. 4, Bunker Hill
Dragstrip, 64. 5, Route 66 Raceway, 62. 6, National
Trail Raceway, 60. 6, Gateway International Raceway,
60. 8, Byron Dragway, 59. 8, U.S. 131 Dragway, 59. 10,
Terre Haute Action Dragstrip, 58. 10, Milan
International Dragway, 58. 12, Edgewater Sports Park,
55. 13, Pacemakers Raceway Park, 54. 14, Coles County
Dragway, 53. 15, London Motorplex, 44. 16, St. Thomas
Dragway, 26. 

Saturday’s final round results from the 2001 Summit
Racing Series North Central Division NHRA Finals in
High School category at Indianapolis Raceway Park: 
Will Long, Warsaw, Ind., ’67 Nova, 13.491 seconds,
86.69 mph def. Jessica Coyle, Olympia, Ken., ’00 Ford
F-150, 17.983, 75.37. 

Saturday’s final round results from the 2001 Summit
Racing Series North Central Division NHRA Finals in
the “Mac Tools Shootout” at Indianapolis Raceway Park:

SUPER PRO
Randy Norris, Kenosha, Wis., ’79 Malibu, 10.046
seconds, 131.08 mph def. Marllon Carter, DeMotte,
Ind., ’67 Camaro, 10.326, 127.73. 
PRO
David Berry, Waynesville, Ohio, ’78 Malibu, 11.577
seconds, 114.85 mph def. Michael Fouts, Gahanna, Ohio,
’81 Malibu, 10.200, 128.64. 
STREET
Ray Block, Columbus, Ohio, ’92 Dakota, 14.053 seconds,
95.69 mph def. Mickey Terry, Hillsboro, Ind., ’81
Cutlass, 13.326, 99.53. 
SUPER PRO BIKE
Brian Poe, Cable, Ohio, ’93 Suzuki, 9.148 seconds,
133.33 mph def. Jim Montgomery, Byron, Ill., ’77
Kawasaki, 9.550, 134.10. 

Saturday’s final round results from the 2001 Summit
Racing Series North Central Division NHRA Finals in
the “VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions” at
Indianapolis Raceway Park:
SUPER PRO
Ray Boyer III, Logansport, Ind., ’94 Dragster, 8.444
seconds, 146.19 mph def. Al Kuefler, Naperville, Ill.,
’97 Spitzer, 8.131, 162.51. 
PRO
Rick Buyck, Reford, Mich., ’73 Camaro, 10.306 seconds,
128.15 mph def. Herman Zehnder, Tinley Park, Ill., ’78
Monza, 10.275, 123.88. 
STREET
Robby Easton, Mattoon, Ill., ’86 Fiero GT, 16.428
seconds, 80.94 mph def. Doug Caplinger, Xenia, Ohio,
’79 Malibu, 13.355, 87.48. 
SUPER PRO BIKE
Bob Lohr, Staunton, Ill., ’80 Kawaski, 9.794 seconds,
127.11 mph def. Brett Engel, Peru, Ind., ’00 Kawasaki,
8.559, 147.39. 

Saturday’s Special Awards from the 2001 Summit Racing
Series North Central Division NHRA Finals for “Best
Appearing Car/Bike” at Indianapolis Raceway Park:
Super Pro – Terry Young, Byron Dragway, 2001 Racetech
Red. Pro – Mike Rehl, National Trail Raceway, 1985
Monte Carlo. Street – Otis Isom, Indianapolis Raceway
Park, 1981 Chevelle Wagon. Super Pro Bike – Ron
Sizemore, Edgewater SportsPark,1996 Suzuki. 
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