NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Brainerd Int'l Raceway

NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION

BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN.


 

ELIMINATIONS CONTINUED TO MONDAY AT BIR'S NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES EVENT

            BRAINERD, Minn. - The rain that plagued the NHRA West Central
division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Brainerd Int'l Raceway (BIR)
all weekend finally forced officials to pull the plug late Sunday evening.
Eliminations in all classes except Top Alcohol Funny Car will begin Monday
morning.  The Top Alcohol Funny Car final will be run at the division's next
race at Bandimere Speedway in Denver.

            The Funny Car eliminations will pit defending division and
national champion Cy Chesterman of Sioux City, Iowa, against Peoria, Ariz.,
racer John Patton.  Chesterman, who was the No. 1 qualifier, had a bye run
in the first round and in the semis he beat Glenwood, Iowa's, Kirk Williams
on a hole-shot.

            In Top Alcohol Dragster, the final will feature a pair of
reigning division champs.  Randy Meyer of Spring Hill, Kan., won the West
Central division crown in 2004 and he will take on North Central division
champ Bill Reichert of Owosso, Mich.  Reichert was the event's No. 1
qualifier and Meyer was No. 2.

            West Central division racers head to Denver for the next NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. Bandimere Speedway will host the race
June 17-19.

 

The following are the results from first two rounds of TAD and TAFC
eliminations the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at BIR:

 

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER

Round one

1) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 5.457, 265.27 def. 8) Scott Murray,
Winnipeg, Manit., 5.750, 235.97

2) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.481, 253.52 def. 7) Jeff Hamelink,
Savage, Minn., foul

6) John Haley, Wayzata, Minn., 5.537, 258.27 def. 3) David Wells, Lemars,
Iowa, 5.582, 259.66

4) Richard Putz, Earlville, Iowa, 5.537, 253.04 def. 5) Todd Datweiler,
Herscher, Ill., 5.718, 246.30

 

Semifinals

Reichert, 5.460, 264.49 def. Putz, 5.528, 255.53 

Meyer, 5.441, 246.48 def. Haley, 5.538, 247.79

 

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR

Round one

1) Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '02 Firebird, 5.874, 247.38 def. bye

2) John Patton, Peoria, Ariz., '03 Firebird, 5.906, 243.02 def. 7) Scott
McVey, Winnipeg, Manit., '00 Avenger, 6.308, 225.90

3) Bruce Carlson, Prior Lake, Minn., '97 Firebird, 6.169, 240.47 def. 6)
Gage Chaffee, Big Lake, Minn., '02 Corvette, 6.520, 230.37

4) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '98 Firebird, 5.855, 245.85 def. 5) Vern
Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '02 Camaro, 6.448, 190.08

 

Semifinals

Chesterman, 5.865, 249.90 def. Williams, 5.826, 247.29 

Patton, 5.986, 241.89 def. Carlson, 7.233, 141.64