NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Edgewater Sports Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
EDGEWATER SPORTS PARK
Saturday, August 03, 2002

FIELDS SET, ELIMINATIONS TO BEGIN AT EDGEWATER SPORTS PARK
        CLEVES, Ohio - In the final rounds of qualifying at the NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series event at Edgewater Sports Park, Russ Lindert in Top
Alcohol Dragster (TAD), and Chuck Cheeseman in Top Alcohol Funny Car (TAFC)
qualified in the No. 1 spots in their respective classes.  
        Lindert, of Manteno, Ill., made a 5.687-second, 248.96 mph pass to
take the pole away from yesterday's top finisher, Ken Perry of Toronto,
Ont.  This is Lindert's second No. 1 qualifying effort this season.
        Galena, Ohio, resident Cheeseman beat out division rival Marc White
of Glendale Hts., Ill., for the No. 1 qualifying position.  Cheeseman's
5.974-second, 244.16 mph run was enough to catapult him out of yesterday's
last place position.
        Top qualifiers in other classes include: Mike Lund of Bettendorf,
Iowa, in Comp Eliminator; Tim Cole of Collierville, Tenn., in Super Stock;
and John Lovins from Riverside, Ohio, in Stock.
        Racing continues tomorrow with eliminations at 9 a.m.  Gates open
at 8 a.m.  TAD and TAFC will run first round of eliminations at 1 p.m. 
General admission tickets are $20.  Children 6 to 12 are $5 and children 5
and under are free.  For more information, call Edgewater Sports Park,
(513) 353-4666.


        The following are Saturday's final qualifying results and Sunday's
first-round pairings for TAD and TAFC at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Edgewater Sports Park:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
1. Russ Lindert, Manteno, Ill., 5.687 seconds, 248.96 mph
2. Ken Perry, Toronto, Ont., 5.755, 238.66 
3. Mick Snyder, Demotte, Ind., 5.779, 244.76
4. Jeff Wilson, Winfield, Mo., 5.793, 245.96
5. Gary Ward, Cincinnati, 5.803, 239.55
6. Dave Hirata, Lowell, Ind., 5.810, 249.30
7. Ben Marshall, Tipp City, Ohio, 5.815, 244.43
8. Jared Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 5.887, 206.70
Not Qualified
9. Tim Rudy, Mason, Ohio, 5.962, 232.01
10. Bill McCornack, Lexington, Ky., 6.004, 231.77
11. Todd Datweiler, Herscher, Ill., 6.147, 185.41
12. Brian Badgett, Maryland Hts., Md., 6.375, 223.99
13. Bill Reichert, Owasso, Mich., 6.604, 216.65
14. Jeff Bohr, Plymouth, Mich., 8.450, 108.10
15. Robin Samsel, Marion, Ind., 17.551, 38.38

FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS
1) Russ Lindert, Manteno, Ill., 5.687 seconds, 248.96 mph vs. 8) Jared
Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 5.887, 206.70
2) Ken Perry, Toronto, Ont., 5.755, 238.66 vs. 7) Ben Marshall, Tipp City,
Ohio, 5.815, 244.43
3) Mick Snyder, Demotte, Ind., 5.779, 244.76 vs. 6) Dave Hirata, Lowell,
Ind., 5.810, 249.30
4) Jeff Wilson, Winfield, Mo., 5.793, 245.96 vs. 5) Gary Ward, Cincinnati,
5.803, 239.55

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 
1. Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '01 Firebird, 5.974 seconds, 244.16      
 mph
2. Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., '01 Firebird, 6.010, 241.22
3. Kim Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Firebird, 6.197, 237.71
4. John Reikas, Glendale Hts., Ill., '97 Camaro, 6.240, 226.87
5. James Spencer, Lawrenceburg, Ind., '00 Trans Am, 6.513, 211.11
6. Tony Bogolo, Hamilton, Ohio, '99 Mustang, 6.555, 212.26
7. Drew Tarr, Louisville, Ky., '98 Pontiac, 6.689, 200.57 

FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS
1) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '01 Firebird, 5.974 seconds, 244.16      
 mph vs. 8) BYE
2) Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., '01 Firebird, 6.010, 241.22 vs. 
7) Drew Tarr, Louisville, Ky., '98 Pontiac, 6.689, 200.57 
3) Kim Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Firebird, 6.197, 237.71 vs. 6) Tony
Bogolo, Hamilton, Ohio, '99 Mustang, 6.555, 212.26 
4) John Reikas, Glendale Hts., Ill., '97 Camaro, 6.240, 226.87 vs. 
5) James Spencer, Lawrenceburg, Ind., '00 Trans Am, 6.513, 211.11

COMP ELIMINATOR
1. Mike Lund, Bettendorf, Iowa, '34 roadster, 8.193 seconds, -0.537 under
index
2. Steve Ambrose, Woodhaven, Mich., '23 roadster, J/AA, 7.957, -0.523 
3. Richard Larsen, Tyrone, Ga., dragster, A/ND, 7.282. -0.508
4. David Billingsley, Decatur, Ill., '93 Cutlass, C/AA, 7.602, -0.498
5. Jerry Arnold, Kalamazoo, Mich., dragster, E/ED, 8.601, -0.489
6. Brian Browell, Lafayette, Ind., dragster, D/D, 7.448, -0.482
7. Mike Farrell, Louisville, Ky., '32 roadster, A/EA, 7.565, -0.465
8. Jack Slagle, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, '98 Grand Am, D/SMA, 8.936, -0.464
9. Ton Haueter, Charndon, Ohio, dragster, D/ED, 7.559, -0.451
10. David Dupps, Germantown, Ohio, '23 roadster, K/A, 8.177, -0.443

SUPER STOCK
1. Tim Cole, Collierville, Tenn., '96 Corvette, SS/AX, 8.915 seconds, 
   -1.085 under index
2. Don O'Malley, Decatur, Ill., '64 Corvette, SS/JA, 10.301, -0.999
3. Jerry Silveus, Van Buren, Ohio. '00 Firebird, GT/IA, 10.508, -0.992
4. Brent Voges, Defiance, Mo., '91 Calais, GT/GA, 10.242, -0.958
5. Robin Brown, Madisonville, Ky., '66 Nova, SS/K, 10.357, -0.943
6. Gary Russell, Sparta, Ohio, '98 Camaro, SS/KA, 10.607, -0.943
7. Jeff Sexton, Fairborn, Ohio, '97 Cutlass, SS/AX, 9.067, -0.933
8. Wayne Hansen, Wabash, Ind., '02 S-10, GT/TC, 10.525, -0.925
9. Michael Volkman, Moon, Pa., '00 Sebring, GT/IA, 10.586, -0.914
10. Gene McBean, Chardon, Ohio, '69 Camaro, SS/GA, 9.944, -0.906
 
STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. John Lovins, Riverside, Ohio, '96 Dakota, FT/SA, 12.182 seconds, 
   -1.468 under index
2. Phil Pierce, New Carlisle, Ohio, '92 Ram, GT/SA, 12.646, -1.304
3. Donald Holmes, Dayton, Ohio, '78 Firebird, K/SA, 11.662, -1.288
4. Tom Russell, E. Sparta, Ohio, '98 Firebird, D/S, 10.659, -1.141
5. David Edwards, Washington Ct. Hts., Ohio, '78 Trans Am, K/SA, 11.811,
-1.139
6. Joey Wilkes, Zanesville, Ohio, '01 Firebird, C/SA, 10.651, -1.139
7. Bruce Parsons, Lewisburg, Ohio, '86 Camaro, I/SA, 11.477, -1.123
8. Jonathan Tarrance, Bremen, Ky., '84 Chevy, V/SA, 14.693, -1.107
9. Bill Sempsrott, Middletown, Ohio, '66 Nova, K/S, 11.761, -1.089
10. Lewis Conkey, London, Ohio, '88 Camaro, N/S, 12.185, -1.065

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