NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Final Results from Douglas In t'l Raceway
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2002 BRADSHAW & WILLIAMS CONTINUE TO LEAD FIELDS Douglas, Wyo. - Alan Bradshaw in Top Alcohol Dragster and Kirk Williams in Top Alcohol Funny Car earned event wins as racing concluded at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series race, presented by Anderson Boneless Beef and Speedway Super Stop, at Douglas International Raceway. With the win, Bradshaw is one of the first racers this season in West Central Division competition to earn two event wins. Competing in only his second divisional event this year, the Odessa, Texas, racer's run of 6.226 seconds, 229.20 mph, earned him the win lights. Williams, of Glenwood, Iowa, put together his best run of the weekend in the final, 6.360 seconds, 225.33 mph, to earn him his first event win of the year. After not even qualifying for Sunday's eliminations at his first race of the season, the Top Alcohol Funny Car racer has made a dramatic turnaround, making it to the finals in his last three events. With the win, Williams is now in first place in the division in his respective class. Larry Traugott of Woodward, Okla., and Henry Coolidge of Sunburst, Mont., the two competitors who were runner-ups to Bradshaw and Williams, also made their first final round this year. Neither racer had even made it past the first round, between the four divisional events they had competed in previously. Comp racer Lucky Snyder of Longmont, Colo., also earned a second event win in West Central Division competition. Snyder, the division points leader in Comp, now has two wins and a runner-up to his credit. Winners in other categories are Bill Ringer of Longmont, Colo., in Super Stock; Kevin Helms of Mineola, Texas, in Stock; Gary Stinnett of Emporia, Kan., in Super Comp; Jim Hughes of Cave Creek, Ariz., in Super Gas; Mike Craine Jr. of Omaha, Neb., in Super Street; and Chad Olivarez of Bennett, Colo., in NHRA Kerker Motorcycle Series competition. West Central Division competition of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series makes its next stop at the O'Reilly Summer Sizzle at Nebraska Motorplex in Scribner, Neb., on August 9-11. The following are final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series race at Douglas International Raceway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER First Round 1) Alan Bradshaw, Odessa, Texas, 6.209 seconds, 229.74 mph def. 6) Greg Tacke, Great Falls, Mont., 6.421, 221.05 5) Larry Traugott, Woodward, Okla., 6.277, 225.56 def. Kent Nuckols, Albuquerque, N.M., 6.277, 228.46 3) Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., no time (timing system malfunction) def. 4) David Wells, LeMars, Iowa, 6.306, 227.96 Semi-finals Bradshaw, no time vs. BYE Traugott, 6.293, 224.36 vs. Schmeeckle, 6.369, 227.92 Final Bradshaw, 6.226, 229.20 vs. Traugott, 6.259, 225.45 TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR First Round 1) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '98 Firebird, 6.426 seconds, 222.62 mph def. 8) Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '01 Firebird, 6.662, 212.03 2) Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alta., '97 Firebird, 6.538, 222.99 def. 7) Kris Hool, Casper, Wyo., '98 Firebird, 12.059, 53.20 3) Henry Coolidge, Sunburst, Mont., '96 Firebird, 6.651, 215.79 def. 6) Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Man., '97 Cutlass, 8.220, 112.46 5) Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M., '02 Camaro, 6.632, 216.51 def. 4) Robert Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '98 Avenger, did not run Semi-finals Williams, 6.398, 223.69 def. Jones, 6.756, 215.37 Coolidge, 6.603, 221.60 def. Bateman, 6.612, 221.63 Final Williams, 6.360, 225.33 def. Coolidge, 6.629, 222.11 COMP ELIMINATOR Lucky Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '62 Sunbeam, F/A, 8.839 seconds, 148.46 mph def. Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Fritz, B/D, 7.415, 169.51 SUPER STOCK Bill Ringer, Longmont, Colo., '70 Barracuda, SS/FA, 10.530, 127.02 def. Michael Mans, Rogers, Minn., '00 Pontiac, GT/IA, 11.282, 117.12 STOCK ELIMINATOR Kevin Helms, Mineola, Texas, '69 Camaro, B/S, 11.439, 107.39 def. Dustin Lindsey, Evergreen, Colo., '70 Nova, A/SA, 11.171, 117.84 SUPER COMP Gary Stinnett, Emporia, Kan., '00 Undercover, 9.383, 157.37 def. Steve Swenson, Valley Springs, S.D., '98 Dragster, 9.336, 159.78 SUPER GAS Jim Hughes, Cave Creek, Ariz., '01 Corvette, 10.393, 143.02 def. Timothy Schell, Arvada, Colo., '27 Ford, 10.366, 132.45 SUPER STREET Mike Craine Jr., Omaha, Neb., '68 Camaro, 11.431, 132.15 def. John Tripp, Golden, Colo., '65 Satellite, did not run NHRA KERKER MOTORCYCLE SERIES Chad Olivarez, Bennett, Colo., '83 Suzuki, 9.240, 141.59 def. Tracy Helmhold, Morrison, Colo., '86 Kawasaki, 10.282, 128.07