NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Sacramento Raceway Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION
SACRAMENTO RACEWAY, SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
Sunday, May 2, 2004
Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956

GORDON SCORES THIRD STRAIGHT WIN, DEMKE EARNS SECOND

        SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Top Alcohol Funny Car (TAFC) driver Doug
Gordon and Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD) pilot Chris Demke each scored wins at
the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Sacramento Raceway Park. 
Both racers came into the weekend leading in the division point standings. 
The event was the third of six in NHRA Pacific division competition.
        For Gordon, it marked his third consecutive win in division action.
 The Paso Robles, Calif., resident is the division's defending TAFC
champion and appears to be on his way to defending that title.  This time
he picked up the win against Campbell, Calif., TAFC racer Bret Williamson. 
Gordon's 5.972-second pass was more than enough to best Williamson's
7.993-second run.
        In a repeat of the final round of his first win this season, at the
season-opener in Phoenix, Demke knocked off Don Hudson of Stockton, Calif.,
in the final.  Demke, of Sunland, Calif., made his best run of the day,
5.545 seconds, in the final round.  Hudson ran 5.679 seconds.
        Winners in other classes were not immediately available and will be
posted when as soon as possible.
        Pacific Division racers head to Famoso Raceway for the division's
next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. The Bakersfield, Calif.,
facility's event is scheduled May 21-23.

The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Sacramento Raceway:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round 1
1) Chris Demke, Sunland, Calif., 6.197 seconds, 168.41 mph def. 8) Duane
Shields, Las Vegas, no time
7) Don Hudson, Stockton, Calif., 5.699, 243.22 def.2) Morgan Lucas, Upland,
Calif., 10.130, 95.97
3) Jack Beckman, North Hills, Calif., 10.057, 78.48 def. 6) Johnny Ahten,
Saugus, Calif., no show
4) Randy Johnson, Whittier, Calif., 5.859, 225.59 def. 5) Kent Nuckols,
Albuquerque, N.M., 225.59

Semifinals
Demke, 5.624, 249.87 def. Johnson, 6.017, 194.42
Hudson, 5.764, 244.19 def. Beckman, 5.858, 242.93

Final
Demke, 5.545, 258.00 mph def. Hudson, 5.679, 238.00

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 
Round 1
1) Bret Williamson, Campbell, Calif., '01 Corvette, 5.836 seconds, 244.28
mph def. bye
2) John Patton, Peoria, Ariz., '03 Trans Am, 5.917, 246.91 def. 7) Ron
August Jr., Pleasanton, Calif., '02 Camaro, 6.505, 233.44
3) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '04 Camaro, 5.957, 246.29 def. 6) Mike
Drake, Glendora, Calif., '01 Avenger, no time
4) Hannes Warnhart, Bakersfield, Calif., '02 Firebird, 6.202, 224.79 def.
5) Robert Lee, Whittier, Calif., '02 Camaro, 11.292, 81.82

Semifinals
Gordon, 6.669, 230.91 def. Patton, 7.230, 137.89
Williamson, 5.972, 225.65 def. Warnhart, 7.993, 108.94

Final
Gordon, 5.972, 225.00 def. Williamson, 7.993, 108.00

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