NHRA Friday from Indianapolis Raceway Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, INDIANAPOLIS
Friday, May 17, 2002

NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES QUALIFYING CUT SHORT BY RAIN AT IRP
        INDIANAPOLIS - Qualifying and time trials at the NHRA Lucas Oil
Drag Racing Series event at Indianapolis Raceway Park were shortened by
rain today.  Competitors in Super Stock and Stock made qualifying passes
and those in Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street were able to make time
trials but qualifying sessions in Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD), Top Alcohol
Funny Car (TAFC), and Comp Eliminator were cancelled.
        According to North Central Division Director Jay Hullinger,
officials at IRP plan to pick up on Saturday as scheduled.  Gates at IRP
will open at 7 a.m. and qualifying and time trials will resume at 8a.m.,
weather permitting.  Comp Eliminator is scheduled to run at 12:30 p.m. and
3:30 p.m., while TAD and TAFC are scheduled at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
        Tickets, including pit pass, for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at IRP are $15 Saturday and $15 Sunday.  Children 12 and under
are admitted free with a paid adult.  For more information call IRP, (317)
291-4090, or visit www.IRPonline.com.

        The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series event at Indianapolis Raceway Park:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
did not run

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 
did not run

COMP ELIMINATOR
did not run

SUPER STOCK
1. Chuck Gallagher, Holly, Mich., '94 Sunbird, SS/AM, 8.416 seconds, 
   -1.134 under index
2. Ted Romero, Denver, '98 Pontiac, GT/JA, 10.575, -1.075
3. Kerri Voges, Arlington, Ohio, '00 Pontiac, GT/IA, 10.432, -1.068
4. Mike Smith, Sandyville, W.V., '68 Barracuda, SS/AA, 8.975, -1.025
5. Gene McBean, Chardon, Ohio, '69 Mustang, SS/GA, 9.853, -0.997 
6. Teresa Butner, Floyds Knobs, Ind., '96 Achieva, SS/DM, 9.221, -0.979
7. Gary Tompa, Saginaw, Mich., '84 Firebird, SS/J, 10.125, -0.975
8. Joey Wilkes, Zanesville, Ohio, '92 Camaro, GT/EA, 9.982, -0.968
9. Bo Butner, Floyds Knobs, Ind., '96 Achieva, SS/BM, 8.739, -0.961
10. Ronnie Terrell, Hebron, Ky., '85 Camaro, SS/KA, 10.600, -0.950

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. John Lovins, Riverside, Ohio, '96 Dakota, FT/SA, 12.187 seconds, 
   -1.463 under index
2. Donald Holmes, Dayton, Ohio, '78 Pontiac, K/SA, 11.630, -1.320
3. Jonathan Tarance, Bremn, Ky., '84 Chevy, V/SA, 14.577, -1.223
4. Phil Pierce, New Carlisle, Ohio, '92 Dodge Ram, GT/SA, 12.779, -1.171
5. Bert Morgan, Charleston, Ill., '75 Buick, R/SA, 13.249, -1.101
6. Robert Downing, Britton, Mich., '83 Malibu Wagon, O/SA, 12.376, 
   -1.074
7. Bruce Parsons, Lewisburg, Ohio, '85 Camaro, I/SA, 11.547, -1.053
8. Bill Sempsrott, Middletown, Ohio, '66 Nova, K/S, 11.809, -1.041
9. Joey Wilkes, Zanesville, Ohio, '01 Firebird, D/SA, 10.810, -1.040
10. Darwin Hardy, Muskegon, Mich., '84 LeSabre, U/SA, 14.119, -1.031

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