NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Saturday from Brainerd
Int'l Raceway
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION
BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN.
Saturday, June 4, 2005
QUALIFYING CUT SHORT BY RAIN AT BIR'S NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES RACE
BRAINERD, Minn. - Rain shortened the racing action at Brainerd
Int'l Raceway's (BIR) NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. West Central
division racers ran qualifying and time trials until the bad weather put a
halt to the activities. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car
racers were each scheduled to have two qualifying runs Saturday. In the
end, Top Alcohol Dragsters got one pass down the track and Funny Cars did
not make any runs. Qualifying is complete and eliminations will begin at 9
a.m. Sunday.
In Top Alcohol Dragster, Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., overtook
the No. 1 qualifying spot from David Wells of Lemars, Iowa. Reichert ran
5.403 seconds at 265.85 mph to take the lead. Wells slipped the third place
behind Reichert and defending division champion Randy Meyer of Spring Hill,
Kan., when it started to rain just after he made his burnout. He did not
get to make a run down the track.
Top Alcohol Funny Car racers were scheduled to run after the
Dragsters when the rain hit. Cy Chesterman, the reigning division and
national champion in the class from Sioux City, Iowa, stays in the No. 1
spot by virtue of the 5.795-second, 248.29 mph pass he made on Friday.
Racers in the other competing classes made qualifying and time
trial passes earlier in the day but all of Friday's top qualifiers kept
their positions except for in Sportsman Motorcycle where Willie Braddy of
Savage, Minn., overtook the lead from Keniesen of Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., is the best qualifier in Comp Eliminator
while Robert Jaspersen of Lakeville, Minn., and West Jordan Utah's, Keith
Lynch are No. 1 in Super Stock and Stock Eliminator, respectively.
Racing continues Sunday at BIR. Gates open at 7 a.m. and eliminations start
at 9 a.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car run first round of
eliminations at noon.
Tickets for are $20. Children 6 to 12 are half price and kids 5 and under
are admitted free. For more information call BIR, (866) 444-4455.
The following are Saturday's final qualifying results and
Sunday's first-round pairings for TAD and TAFC at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event at BIR:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
1) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 5.403 seconds, 265.85 mph
2) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.512, 257.97
3) David Wells, Lemars, Iowa, 5.518, 247.02
4) Richard Putz, Earlville, Iowa, 5.546, 253.90
5) Todd Datweiler, Herscher, Ill., 5.593, 250.97
6) John Haley, Wayzata, Minn., 5.602, 246.66
7) Jeff Hamelink, Savage, Minn., 5.694, 248.25
8) Scott Murray, Winnipeg, Manit., 11.013, 82.57
First round TAD pairings
1) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 5.403 seconds, 265.85 mph vs. 8) Scott
Murray, Winnipeg, Man., 11.013, 82.57
2) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.512, 257.97 vs. 7) Jeff Hamelink,
Savage, Minn., 5.694,
248.25
3) David Wells, Lemars, Iowa, 5.518, 247.02 vs. 6) John Haley, Wayzata,
Minn., 5.602, 246.66
4) Richard Putz, Earlville, Iowa, 5.546, 253.90 vs. 5) Todd Datweiler,
Herscher, Ill., 5.593,
250.97
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
1) Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '02 Firebird, 5.795 seconds, 248.29 mph
2) John Patton, Peoria, Ariz., '03 Firebird, 5.922, 242.45
3) Bruce Carlson, Prior Lake, Minn., '97 Firebird, 6.089, 234.70
4) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '98 Firebird, 6.239, 240.25
5) Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '02 Camaro, 6.253, 171.75
6) Gage Chaffee, Big Lake, Minn., '02 Corvette, 6.356, 180.43
7) Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Man., '00 Avenger, 6.563, 181.28
First round TAFC pairings
1) Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '02 Firebird, 5.795 seconds, 248.29 mph
vs. Bye
2) John Patton, Peoria, Ariz., '03 Firebird, 5.922, 242.45 vs. 7) Scott
McVey, Winnipeg, Man., '00 Avenger, 6.563, 181.28
3) Bruce Carlson, Prior Lake, Minn., '97 Firebird, 6.089, 234.70 vs. 6) Gage
Chaffee, Big Lake, Minn., '02 Corvette, 6.356, 180.43
4) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '98 Firebird, 6.239, 240.25 vs. 5) Vern
Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '02 Camaro, 6.253, 171.75
COMP ELIMINATOR
1) Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., dragster, B/D, 6.770 seconds, -0.580
(under index)
2) Bill Riemenapp, La Crosse, Wis., '99 Firebird, B/EA, 7.952, -0.548
3) Paul Anderson, Erie, Colo., '32 Bantam, A/EA, 7.490, -0.480
4) Thomas Schmidt, Lindstrom, Minn., '34 Chevy, C/SR, 8.809, -0.451
5) Robert Baldwin, Strasburg, Colo., '90 Camaro, E/SM, 8.870, -0.450
6) Tony Jackson, Shawnee, Kan., '97 Cutlass, D/EA, 8.546, -0.444
7) Michael Johnson, Springdale, Ark., '03 Cavalier, F/SMA, 8.955, -0.435
8) Paul Pittman, Bloomington, Minn., '02 Firebird, B/AA, 7.373, -0.427
9) Cordis Johnson, Springdale, Ark., '03 Cavalier, H/SMA, 9.314, -0.406
10) Shaun Vincent, Omaha, Neb., '02 S-10, C/TA, 8.813, -0.357
SUPER STOCK
1) Robert Jaspersen, Lakeville, Minn., '67 Chevy II, SS/IA, 10.091 seconds,
-0.909 (under index)
2) Gary Stinnett, Emporia, Kan., '92 Camaro, GT/AA, 9.493, -0.907
3) Tom Meyer, Pierce, Neb., '66 Chevy II, SS/LA, 10.898, -0.852
4) Dennis Nelson, Hugo, Minn., '80 Malibu, GT/LA, 11.067, -0.783
5) Ron Roddel, Sioux Falls, S.D., '02 Grand Am, GT/MA, 11.275, -0.775
6) Michael Mans, Rogers, Minn., '00 Formula, SS/CS, 9.915, -0.735
7) Donald Duke, Indianola, Iowa, '66 Nova, SS/H, 10.079, -0.721
8) Jim Langer, Forest Lake, Minn., '72 Mustang, SS/J, 10.392, -0.708
9) Mark Buhl, N. St. Paul, Minn., '80 Fairmont, GT/EA, 10.274, -0.676
10) Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 9.563, -0.637
STOCK ELIMINATOR
1) Keith Lynch, West Jordan, Utah, '70 Camaro, B/SA, 10.357 seconds, -1.193
(under index)
2) Clint Blezien, Bensenville, Ill., '91 Camaro, F/FIA, 11.795, -1.155
3) Donald Duke, Indianola, Iowa, '68 Camaro, B/S, 10.493, -1.007
4) Bob Swan, Belle Fourche, S.D., '67 Shelby, C/SA, 10.742, -0.958
5) Aaron Koppien, Sioux Falls, S.D., '69 Nova, B/SA, 10.597, -0.953
6) Steve Wann, Modesto, Calif., '70 GTX, B/SA, 10.601, -0.949
7) William Prince, Foreston, Minn., '87 Cutlass, K/SA, 12.034, -0.916
8) Dan Jeska, Eagan, Minn., '72 Duster, G/SA, 11.408, -0.892
9) Chad Loge, Brentwood, Calif., '70 GTX, E/SA, 11.124, -0.876
10) Bill Feist, Maple Grove, Minn., '69 Mustang, C/S, 10.775, -0.875
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE
1) Willie Braddy, Savage, Minn., '99 Kawaasaki, KMC, 0.000 seconds reaction
time
2) Ken Niesen, Brooklyn Park, Minn., '82 Suzuki, , 0.001
3) Tom Gilligan, Fremont, Neb., '79 Kawasaki, ETMX, 0.002
4) Dave Goodwill, W. St. Paul, Minn., '05 Ski Doo, KMC, 0.002
5) Bruce Meagher, Hudson, Wis., '02 Suzuki, KMC, 0.003
6) Toby Giese, Big Lake, Minn., '99 Kawasaki, KMC, 0.005
7) Bruce Schouveller, Coon Rapids, Minn., '04 Kawasaki, KMC, 0.005
8) Brian Johnson, Anoka, Minn., '04 Suzuki, SB, 0.006
9) Donnie Durenberger, Dayton, Minn., '93 Suzuki, KMC, 0.007
10) Mike Voss, Maplewood, Minn., '03 Kawasaki, KMC, 0.011
