NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES-SUNDAY FROM US 13 DRAGWAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION
US 13 DRAGWAY, DELMAR, DEL.
Sunday, June 09, 2002

ELIMINATIONS COMPLETE AT US 13 DRAGWAY NHRA LUCAS OIL 
DRAG RACING SERIES RACE

        DELMAR, Del. - Final results are in from the Delaware 1st State
Championship, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, at US 13
Dragway.  Comp Eliminator national champion Don Stratton won his first
event of the season and was joined in the winner's circle today by five
other first-time winners: Sal Biondo in Super Stock; Jerry MacNeish in
Stock; Dan Northrop in Super Comp; Tom Stalba in Super Gas; and Robert
Silfies in Super Street.
        Beloit, Ohio, resident Stratton drove his '34 roadster to victory
over Patrick Ross of Avon Lake, Ohio, while Biondo, of Maspeth, N.Y., beat
Ron Morehead of Newburgh, N.Y.  MacNeish, who lives in Eldersburg, Md.,
took the stripe over John Gray of Hudson, Mass.  For Doylestown, Pa.,
resident Northrop, it was a very narrow margin of victory over Kent Hanley
of Newtown, Conn.  Stalba of Williamstown, N.J., beat out Tommy Corbett of
Hampton, Va.  Stalba took the Super Comp win at the division's season
opener in Reading, Pa.  Easton, Pa.'s Silfies beat Toya Peel of Houston,
Del., in the final.
        To recap Saturday's eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top
Alcohol Funny Car, Cliff Bozzelli and Frank Manzo each took their second
divisional event wins of the season.  Bozzelli of Absecon, N.J., took the
win in TAD over Billy Gibson of Chaptico, N.J.  Morganville, N.J., resident
Manzo drove his TAFC around Craig English of Mt. Holly, N.J.
The next stop on the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Division tour
is at Atco Raceway, June 21-23, 2002.

        The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event at US 13 Dragway: 

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Cliff Bozzelli, Absecon, N.J., 5.659 seconds, 251.04 mph def. Billy Gibson,
Chaptico, N.J., 6.670, 156.87

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Frank Manzo, Morgaville, N.J., '01 Avenger, 6.094, 211.56 def. Craig
English, Mt. Holly, N.J., '98 Mustang, broke

COMP ELIMINATOR
Don Stratton, Beloit, Ohio, '34 roadster, 8.207, 146.31 def. Patrick Ross,
'98 Pontiac, 8.456, 160.91

SUPER STOCK
Sal Biondo, Maspeth, N.Y., '91 Firebird, 10.665, 117.98 def. Ron Morehead,
Newburgh, N.Y., '90 Camaro, 10.266, 129.21

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Jerry MacNeish, Eldersburg, Md., '68 Camaro, 11.161, 114.60 def. John Gray,
Hudson, Mass., '72 Nova, 11.604, 113.15

SUPER COMP
Dan Nothrop, Doylestown, Pa., '01 dragster, 8.912, 165.86 def. Kent Hanley,
Newtown, Conn., '01 dragster 8.917, 169.61

SUPER GAS
Tom Stalba, Williamstown, N.J., '63 Corvette, 9.904, 154.93 def. Tommy
Corbett, Hampton, Va.,  '93 Daytona, 9.891, 156.27

SUPER STREET
Robert Silfies, Easton, Pa., '74 Vega, 10.837, 127.22 def. Toya Peel,
Houston, Del., '69 Camaro, 10.822, 132.84


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