NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Sunday from Route 66
Raceway, Joliet, Ill.
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION
ROUTE 66 DRAGWAY
Sunday, July 18, 2004
JOLIET, Ill. - Bill Reichert in Top Alcohol Dragster and Jay Payne
in Top Alcohol Funny Car took their number one qualifying positions
straight to the winner's circle this weekend at the Chicagoland Dodge
Dealers NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Route 66 Raceway.
Reichert, driving his Bars Leaks sponsored dragster, got a bit of a
break in round one when No. 8 qualifier Ed Schmeeckle broke giving the
Owosso, Mich., racer the win with a sub-par run of 6.798 seconds at
264.13 mph. Reichert went on to defeat David Wells in a semi-final
match-up and then Ken Perry in the Final.
Reichert clocked in at 5.430 seconds at 268.76 mph to Perry's
5.515, 254.86. The win extends Reichert's North Central Division points
lead and should move him ahead of Jeff Wilson in the race for the NHRA
Jeg's Allstar Points title. Only one race remains to determine who will
represent the division at the NHRA Jeg's Allstar event back at Route 66
Raceway, October 2, during the CarQuest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
Payne, of Claremont, Calif., took out Steve Addleman and Mick
Synder in rounds one and two then faced off with Danny Townsend in the
funny car final. Payne ousted Townsend with a lap of 5.658 seconds at
256.50 mph to Townsend's 6.047, 246.80. The win gave the current
Lucas Oil National Points leader his fourth win of the season.
In Comp Eliminator, it was Brian Browell taking out Bo Butner with
a run of 8.468 seconds while Super Stock racer Jeremy Duncan drove his
'69 Camaro by Thomas Randall with a lap of 10.285 seconds, 124.26 mph.
In an all Illinois final, Tim Kirman of Morris, Ill., meet up with
Mike Radtke of Tinley Park, Ill., in Top Sportsman with Kirman taking
home the trophy with a run of 7.383, 185.77 to Radtke's 7.649 at 180.52
Doug Baker took the win in Stock over Mark Hinz; John Freeborn
outran Joe Covert in Super Comp; Steve Eckard, of Pataskala, Ohio, beat
Rock Hass in Super Gas; and Tim Gary drove his '68 Barracuda past Linn
Bebout in the Super Street Final.
The North Central Division racers head to Edgewater Sports Park for the
next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, August 6-8.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Route 66:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
ROUND ONE
3) Todd Datweiler, Herscher, Ill., 5.449, 262.08 def. 6) Jeff Wilson,
Winfield, Mo., 10.642, 83.66
7) Ken Perry, Gormley, Ont., 5.484, 256.84 def. 2) Marty Thacker,
Robinson, Ill., 7.410, 144.95
1) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 6.798, 264.13 def. 8) Edwin Schmeeckle,
Gothenburg, Neb., broke
4) David Wells, Lemars, Iowa, 5.465, 261.12 def. 5) Richard Putz,
Earlville, Iowa, 5.514, 256.75
SEMI-FINALS
Perry, 5.502, 256.75 def. Datweiler, 12.786, 67.20
Reichert, 5.495, 262.33 def. Wells, 5.518, 255.97
FINALS
Reichert, 5.430, 268.76 def. Perry, 5.515, 254.86
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
ROUND ONE
1) Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif., '04 Camaro, 5.658, 255.58 def. 8) Steve
Addleman, Fishers, Ind., '01 Firebird, 5.838, 230.69
2) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '02 Firebird, 5.740, 247.02 def. 7)
Kevin Richardson, Winnipeg, Manit., '97 Firebird, 6.010, 209.49
6) Danny Townsend, Muncie, Ind., '02 RT, 5.765, 250.27 def. 3) Paul Lee,
Gaithersburg, Md., '98 Firebird, 5.868, 233.40
4) Mick Snyder, Demotte, Ind., '02 Firebird, 5.795, 249.49 def. 5) Vern
Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '03 Camaro, 5.842, 247.02
SEMI-FINALS
Payne, 6.034, 243.28 def. Snyder, broke
Townsend, 5.936, 247.25 def. Cheeseman, 5.908, 224.55
FINALS
Payne, 5.658, 256.50 def. Townsend, 6.047, 246.80
COMP ELIMINATOR
Brian Browell, Lafayette, Ind., dragster, D/D, 8.468, 112.81 def. Bo
Butner III, Floyds Knobs, Ind., '02 Sonoma, PSTA, foul
SUPER STOCK
Jeremy Duncan, Charlestown, Ind., '69 Camaro, SS/IA, 10.285, 124.26
def. Thomas Randall, Montgomery, Ill., '90 Camaro, GT/AA, 9.584, 138.93
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Doug Baker, Newark, Ohio, '68 Mustang, C/SA, 11.047, 117.09 def. Mark
Hinz, Warren, Mich., '00 Dakota, E/FI, 11.680, 113.22
SUPER COMP
John Freeborn, Lynnville, Iowa, dragster, 8.910, 161.13 def. Joe Covert,
Saukville, Wis., dragster, 8.907, 156.73
SUPER GAS
Steve Eckard, Pataskala, Ohio, '01 Corvette, 9.885, 156.46 def. Rock
Haas, White Lake, Mich.,'63 Corvette, 9.823, 144.64
SUPER STREET
Timothy Gary, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, '67 Barracuda, 10.924, 134.06 def.
Linn Bebout Jr, Gambier, Ohio, '69 Oldsmobile, 10.930, 134.19
TOP SPORTSMAN
Tim Kirman, Morris, Ill., '01 Grand Am, 7.383, 185.77 def. Mike Radtke,
Tinley Park, Ill., '92 Camaro, 7.649, 180.52
