NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Friday from Mid-Michigan Motorplex

NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
MID-MICHIAGAN MOTORPLEX, STANTON, MICH.
Friday, June 20, 2003

INITIAL QUALIFYING COMPLETE AT MID-MICHIGAN MOTORPLEX'S 
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT

        STANTON, Mich. - In the first rounds of qualifying at the NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series presented by Bar's Leaks at Mid-Michigan
Motorplex, Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD) driver Marty Thacker and Top Alcohol
Funny Car (TAFC) pilot Jeff Craig took the no. 1 qualifying positions in
their classes. 
In TAD qualifying, Thacker stood out resetting the track time record.  The
Robinson, Ill., racer made a 5.464-second, 258.76-mph pass to take the top
qualifying spot and the record.  Jeff Wilson's 5.532-second, 253.02-mph
effort was enough to put him in second place.
Craig, a resident of Muncie, Ind., ran 5.844 seconds at 266.50 mph.  He was
the last TAFC to go down the track and he took the No. 1 qualifying spot
from Dale Brand of Sully, Iowa, who ran 5.978 seconds at 246.50 mph.
The top qualifier in Comp Eliminator was Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla. 
Due to technical problems, the qualifying information for Super Stock and
Stock was not available.
        Racing continues Saturday at Mid-Michigan Motorplex.  Gates open at
8 a.m.  Qualifying and time trials start at 10 a.m.  Top Sportsman will run
at 4 and 7 p.m. and Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will run
at 5 and 8 p.m.  An array of exhibition classes, including the Bar's Leaks
Exhibition and Pro Stock Snowmobiles, will run throughout the evening
beginning at 4 p.m.  Eliminations begin Sunday at 9 a.m. 
        Tickets are $25 Saturday and $20 Sunday.  Children 6 to 12 are $5
each day.  For more information call Mid-Michigan Motorplex, (989)
762-5043.


        The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series event presented by Bar's Leaks at Mid-Michigan
Motorplex:

Top Alcohol Dragster
1) Marty Thacker, Robinson, Ill., 5.464 seconds, 258.76 mph
2) Jeff Wilson, Winfield, Mo., 5.532, 253.02
3) Jeff Bohr, Plymouth, Mich., 5.616, 251.25
4) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 5.783, 248.48
5) Jared Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 5.797, 251.60
6) Robert Ginther, Lansing, Mich., 5.909, 226.92
7) Ken Perry, Toronto, Ont., 5.932, 185.45
8) Randy Bayne, Elwood, Ind., 6.112, 190.07
Not Qualified
9) Shawn Bowen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 6.196, 236.93
10) Dave Hedges Jr., Plainwell, Mich., 6.444, 194.84
11) Bryan Weber, Vemillion, Ohio, 11.971, 66.47
12) Phil Mass, Gurnee, Ill., (no time)
13) Paul Fishburn, Rensselaer, Ind., (no time)
14) Timothy Bowgren, Valparaiso, Ind., (no time)

Top Alcohol Funny Car
1) Jeff Craig, Muncie, Ind., '01 R/T, 5.844 seconds, 246.50 mph
2) Dale Brand, Sully, Iowa, '03 Firebird, 5.978, 235.91
3) Greg Elliott, Bedford, Ind., '96 Firebird, 6.289, 221.07
4) Rick Krafft, Union Mills, Ind., '98 Avenger, 6.357, 218.81
5) David Kovar, New Lenox, Ill., '02 Firebird, 6.415, 188.99
6) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '02 Firebird, 7.367, 127.53
7) Steve Addleman, Fishers, Ind., '01 Firebird, 7.447, 124.80

Competition Eliminator
1) Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., '23 Roadster, E/EA, 8.495 seconds,
-0.585 (under index)
2) Steve Ambrose, Woodhaven, Mich., '23 Roadster, J/AA, 7.900, -0.560
3) Jerry Arnold, Kalamazoo, Mich., '32 Bantam, E/ED, 8.516, -0.554
4) Tom Schmidt, Lindstrom, Minn., '33 Ford, C/SR, 8.723, -0.547
5) Charlie Westcott Jr, Parma, Mich., '98 Grand Am, F/SM, 9.032, -0.468
6) Ralph Hope, London, Ont., '23 Roadster, J/A, 8.095, -0.465
7) Rod Dorsey, North Judson, Ind., '95 Achieva, H/SMA, 9.443, -0.457
8) Eddie Smith, Mineral Wells, W.V., '63 Corvette, G/AA, 8.766, -0.454
9) Mike Clarahan, Farmington Hills, Mich., '32 Bantam, A/AA, 7.011, -0.399
10) Ed Bennett, Carleton, Mich., '99 Neon, B/A, 7.430, -0.370