NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Sunday from Edgewater Sports Park, Cleves, Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
EDGEWATER SPORTS PARK, CLEVES, OHIO
Sunday, August 04, 2002

MOTHER NATURE DEALS NHRA NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION ANOTHER BLOW

        CLEVES, Ohio - Eliminations in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Edgewater Sports Park were postponed Sunday after an
electrical storm knocked out the timing system.  The event will resume
Saturday, Aug. 10.  According to NHRA North Central Division Director Jay
Hullinger, competitors who are still in competition will get one time trial
next week before going back into eliminations.
"A wild storm moved through here earlier in the afternoon, complete with
rain, wind and lightning.  After we had the track dried and ready to go, we
discovered the timing system had been damaged," said Hullinger.  "We tried
everything we could think of to getting going again and even brought in
some parts but, unfortunately, we couldn't fix it today."
Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car had run first round of
eliminations while racers in Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock, Super
Comp, and Super Gas had completed two rounds.  Super Street running the
second round of eliminations when the storm hit.
This is the third North Central Division event to be affected by the
weather.  The first two races, at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., and at
Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indianapolis, had to be postponed earlier in
the season.  When the race at Mid-Michigan Motorplex in Stanton, Mich.,
finished on schedule, it seemed that things were looking up for the
division.

        The following are the first round results for TAD and TAFC from the
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Edgewater Sports Park:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
First Rounds
1) Russ Lindert, Manteno, Ill., 5.705 seconds, 248.82 mph def. 8) Jared
Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 7.086, 140.86
2) Ken Perry, Toronto, Ont., 5.963, 202.47 def. 7) Ben Marshall, Tipp City,
Ohio, 6.048, 240.19
6) Dave Hirata, Lowell, Ind., 5.729, 250.83 def. 3) Mick Snyder, Demotte,
Ind., 5.792, 243.90 
5) Gary Ward, Cincinnati, 5.764, 242.52 def. 4) Jeff Wilson, Winfield, Mo.,
6.378, 196.59
 

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 
First Round
1) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '01 Firebird, 6.100 seconds, 239.42      
mph def. 8) BYE
2) Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., '01 Firebird, 6.061, 235.17 def. 
7) Drew Tarr, Louisville, Ky., '98 Pontiac, 6.636, 208.81 
3) Kim Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Firebird, 6.111, 236.40 def. 6) Tony
Bogolo, Hamilton, Ohio, '99 Mustang, 6.492, 212.81 
5) James Spencer, Lawrenceburg, Ind., '00 Trans Am, 6.628, 203.20 def. 4)
John Reikas, Glendale Hts., Ill., '97 Camaro, 6.732, 208.18 


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