NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Montgomery
Motorsports Park
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION
MONTGOMERY MOTORSPORTS PARK, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Sunday, April 06, 2003
KELLY, BILLINGTON WIN IN TOP ALCOHOL; BIONDO SCORES A HAT TRICK
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Losing a qualifying run to the weather earlier
in the weekend didn't hurt Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Guy Kelly in the NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Montgomery Motorsports Park. The
Wadley, Ala., racer was in the groove all weekend, qualifying No. 1 and
taking the win today over Jason Cannon of Middleburg, Fla. In Top Alcohol
Funny Car, Mark Billington drove his Dodge Avenger to victory over Jim
Sickles while Peter Biondo won his third consecutive race, this time in
Stock.
In Kelly's first final-round appearance of the season, he made a
5.510-second, 255.10 mph pass which was enough to beat Cannon's
6.076-second, 169.55 mph pass. Kelly not only leaves Montgomery
Motorsports Park, his home track, with the win but with the track's elapsed
time record for the class, which he set Saturday at 5.410 seconds.
Billington's 6.061-second, 235.10 mph effort was enough to earn his
first win of the season when Sickles spun the tires and motored to a
10.165-second, 72.08 mph run. For Sickles it was his second final-round
appearance in as many races.
Mt. Laurel, N.J., resident Biondo took the win in Stock this
weekend and drove his Super Stock car to victory at both the season-opener
in Gainesville, Fla., and the second race in Orlando, Fla. And Jason Lynch
scored two wins this weekend. The Chapmansboro, Tenn., resident earned
trophies in Super Comp and Super Gas.
Winners in other classes include Bo Butner, Floyds Knobs, Ind., in
Comp Eliminator; Matt Alvey, Mt. Washington, Ky., in Super Stock; and
Darrin Christen, Paradise, La., in Super Street.
In the John Bleakley Motor Homes Top Sportsman Series, Casey
Spradlin of Ranburne, Ala., took the win.
Southeast Division racers will hit the mid point of their NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season at Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds,
Ga., June 6-8.
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event at Montgomery Motorsports Park:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round One
1) Guy Kelly, Wadley, Ala., 5.526, 252.66 def. bye
3) Michael Gunderson, Middleburg, Fla., 6.092, 230.00 def. 4) Artie Allen,
Jacksonville, Fla., 8.223, 98.46
2) Jason Cannon, Middleburg, Fla., 5.516, 255.10 def. 5) Don Fiorelli, Palm
Bay, Fla., 6.163, 190.96
Semifinals
Kelly, 5.476, 255.68 def. Gunderson, 9.894, 76.71
Cannon, 5.497, 256.33 def. bye
Finals
Kelly, 5.510, 255.10 def. Cannon, 6.076, 169.55.
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round One
3) Mark Billington, Apopka, Fla., Dodge Avenger, 6.037, 237.65 def. 2)
Montgomery Todd, Montgomery, Ala., Camaro, 6.055, 229.29
1) Jim Sickles, Caledonia, N.Y., Avenger, 5.929, 242.65 def. 4) John
Sullivan, Montgomery, Ala., Firehawk, 6.550, 190.15
Finals
Billington, 6.061, 235.10 def. Sickles, 10.165, 72.08.
COMP ELIMINATOR
Bo Butner, Floyds Knobs, Ind., '02 Sonoma, PSTA, 8.648, 110.97 def. Johnny
Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., '23-T Ford, E/EA, foul.
SUPER STOCK
Matt Alvey, Mt. Washington, Ky., '92 Firebird, GT/DA, 9.917, 131.44 def. Bo
Butner III, Floyds Knobs, Ind., '96 Achieva, SS/EM, 9.508, 141.33.
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Peter Biondo, Mt Laurel, N.J., '95 Camaro, C/FIA, 11.124, 112.62 def. Wayne
Shaw, Douglasville, Ga., '01 Firebird, A/FIA, 10.543, 122.31.
SUPER COMP
Jason Lynch, Chapmansboro, Tenn., Dragster, 8.843, 167.03 def. Steve
Deatherage, Rockledge, Fla., Dragster, 8.908, 165.74.
SUPER GAS
Jason Lynch, Chapmansboro, Tenn., '01 Firebird, 9.920, 149.03 def. Ralph
Barrett, Gainesville, Fla., '02 Corvette, 9.906, 147.46.
SUPER STREET
Darrin Christen, Paradis, La., '66 Chevy II, 10.928, 129.70 def. Tony
Fuller, Rogers, Ark., '69 Firebird, 10.884, 131.13.
TOP SPORTSMAN
Casey Spradlin, Ranburne, Ala., '69 Camaro, 7.969, 173.51 def. T. J.
Tracey, Bartlett, Tenn., '63 Corvette, 7.376, 188.40.
