NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Final Results from Sacramento Raceway, Sacramento, CA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA PACIFIC DIVISION SACRAMENTO RACEWAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2003 Champions Crowned at Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event in Sacramento SACRAMENTO - In the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held this weekend at Sacramento Raceway, Ross Wilson, Jimmy DeFrank, Kyle Seipel, Jack Beckman, Kevin McClelland and Gary Thompson all emerged victorious in Sunday's final round competition. In Competition Eliminator, No. 3 qualifier Ross Wilson of Alta Loma, Calif., took out low qualifier Ken Duttweiler of Ventura, Calif., in the class final. In the final, Wilson ran 8.834 seconds at 153.48 mph to Duttweiler's 9.535-second pass at 109.00 mph, to take the win. In Super Stock, it was a family affair with brothers Jimmy and Tony DeFrank duking it out in the class final. In the final, older brother and two-time national champ, Jimmy, took the win over Tony, the defending NHRA Pacific Division Champion. The win was the second in a row for Jimmy. The Tarzana, Calif., native also won just over a month ago at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. In Stock Eliminator, San Lorenzo, Calif., racer Kyle Seipel earned his second NHRA Pacific Division win of the year when he defeated Vancouver, Wash., runner Tommy Gaynor in the class final. Seipel's first win was earned in Super Stock at the Pacific Division's opening race of the year at Firebird Int'l Raceway in Phoenix. In Super Comp, North Hills, Calif., racer Jack Beckman earned the class title over Auburn, Wash., runner Dustin Hentges, after Hentges fouled. This is the second win this year for Beckman, who also won the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event in Pomona, Calif., in February. Taking the win in Super Gas was Rohnert Park, Calif., runner Kevin McClelland. In the final, McClelland defeated Buffdale, Utah's Terry Keddington. In Super Street, Gary Thompson of Santa Rosa, Calif., won his third NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event of the year. In the class final Thompson defeated Famoso Raceway runner-up Jeff Fear of Sutter, Calif. In other racing action this weekend at Sacramento Raceway, Scott Pollacheck of Medford, Ore., defeated Rancho Cordovia, Calif., racer Jack Holsey in the NHRA Kerker Motorcycle Series. In Super Eliminator, Tom Hall of Guerneville, Calif., took out his nephew Dean in the class final. In Saturday's final round competition in Top Alcohol Dragster, Joey Severance of Spanaway, Wash., defeated defending NHRA Pacific Division Champion Duane Shields of Las Vegas in the class final. In Top Alcohol Funny Car, Ron August Jr., of Pleasanton, Calif., took out two-time Pacific Division Champion Steve Gasparrelli of West Covina, Calif. The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Sacramento Raceway: Top Alcohol Dragster Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.455, 258.81 def. Duane Shields, Las Vegas, 5.581, 253.11 Top Alcohol Funny Car Ron August Jr., Pleasanton, Calif., '02 Chevy Camaro, broke def. Steve Gasparrelli, West Covina, Calif., '02 Pontiac Firebird, broke. Competition Eliminator Ross Wilson, Alta Loma, Calif., '95 Achieva, D/SMA, 8.834, 153.48 def. Ken Duttweiler, Ventura, Calif., '96 Olds, BB/AT, 9.535, 109.00. Super Stock Jimmy DeFrank, Tarzana, Calif., '87 Camaro, GT/HA, 10.605, 106.31 def. Tony DeFrank, Tarzana, Calif., '98 Grand Am, GT/GA, 11.118, 85.95. Stock Eliminator Kyle Seipel, San Lorenzo, Calif., '98 Firebird, B/FIA, 11.556, 115.23 def. Tommy Gaynor, Vancouver, Wash., '96 Firebird, J/SA, 11.805, 108.25. Super Comp Jack Beckman, North Hills, Calif., Dragster, 8.925, 167.00 def. Dustin Hentges, Auburn, Wash., Dragster, foul. Super Gas Kevin McClelland, Rohnert Park, Calif., '27 Ford T, 9.934, 143.82 def. Terry Keddington, Buffdale, Utah, '67 Camaro, 9.913, 142.04. Super Street Gary Thompson, Santa Rosa, Calif., '86 Corvette, 10.910, 128.55 def. Jeff Fear, Sutter, Calif., '75 Vega, 10.966, 129.10. Sportsman Motorcycle Scott Pollacheck, Medford, Ore., '76 Kawasaki, 8.968, 140.55 def. Jack Holsey, Rancho Cordovia, Calif., '84 MC, 9.242, 137.64. Super Eliminator Tom Hall, Guerneville, Calif., Dragster, 7.913, 167.70 def. Dean Hall, Guerneville, Calif., '55 Chevy , 7.881, 172.72.