NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Div. Finals- FINAL results from Brainerd Int'l raceway

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS

BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN.

SATURDAY, Sept. 17, 2005

BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY TEAM

DEFENDS NHRA WEST CENTRAL SUMMIT TITLE

 

 

 

            BRAINERD, Minn. - After three days of non-stop action on
their home track the team from Brainerd International Raceway (B.I.R.)
took the coveted NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Team
Championship Sunday, showing little hospitality to racers visiting the
race track from all over the Northern Plains states.  It was the second
West Central Division title in a row for the B.I.R. team, backing up
their victory of 2004 in Topeka, Kan.

            Helping the team to the overall top points total was
individual Motorcycle/Snowmobile Champion Donnie Durenberger, of Dayton,
Minn.  He turned back Omaha, Neb., rider Curtis Spracklin in the final,
the Suzuki getting the better of the Kawasaki.

            In other individual action, Larry Demers, of Carroll, Iowa,
and Team Nebraska Motorplex, drove his '88 Corvette into the winner's
circle with a final round victory over Milt Gedo, all the way from
Pahrump, Nev.  In Pro E.T., the win went to Gary Schueneman, of Elko,
Minn., and Team Grove Creek Raceway.  He drove his '79 Chevy Malibu to a
win over Phil Watkins, who races out of Wichita, Kan., with his '71 El
Camino.

            The Sportsman title fell to Team Bandimere Speedway runner
Dustin Travis, of Westminster, Colo., in a '64 Ford.  He beat Jim Hook
Knebel's '70 Olds Cutlass in the final.  The High School trophy  went to
Tri-State Raceway team member Tyler Risse, a student in Waterloo, Iowa.
He drove his '83 Buick Regal to victory in the final with a win over
Alex Lindholm, of Pierre, S.D.  Lindholm drives a 1968 American Motors
AMX.

            Besides the more than $15,000 in prizes up for grabs at
B.I.R., the winners in each individual race category now qualify to
compete at the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Finals in November
during the NHRA Automobile Club of Southern California Finals at Pomona
Raceway.  In Pomona the West Central Division champs will join champions
from NHRA six other geographic regions to compete for national
championships.  

            On Saturday, Arnie Ozols, of Prior Lake, Minn., and Craig
Vogt, of Mead, Neb., took Race of Champions titles.

            Ozols drove his '66 Pontiac Tempest to a victory of Oakland,
Neb., driver Jeff Landholm's '68 Camaro to take the Race of Champions
title in the car division.  Meanwhile, Vogt rode his '73 Kawasaki to the
motorcycle/snowmobile title by stopping the Yamaha of Winger, Minn.'s
Leslie Benbo.

            The following are Sunday's final results from the Summit
E.T. Racing Series Summit Racing Series West Central Division E.T.
Finals:

 

SUMMIT SUPER PRO

Larry Demers, Carroll, Iowa, '88 Corvette, 8.908, 163.69  def. Milt
Gedo, Pahrump, Nev., dragster, 7.990, 162.53.

 

SUMMIT PRO

Gary Schueneman, Elko, Minn., '79 Malibu, 10.175, 129.65  def. Phil
Watkins, Wichita, Kan., '71 El Camino, 10.538, 126.22.

 

SUMMIT SPORTSMAN

Dustin Travis, Westminster, Colo., '64 Ford, 14.029, 89.98  def. Jim
Hook Knebel, Pillager, , '70 Cutlass, 12.983, 99.65.

 

SUMMIT BIKE/SLED

Donnie Durenberger, Dayton, Minn., '93 Suzuki, 9.714, 135.32  def.
Curtis Spracklin, Omaha, Neb.,

'78 Kawasaki, 9.277, 133.57.

 

HIGH SCHOOL

Tyler Risse, Waterloo, Iowa, '83 Regal, 11.639, 116.26  def. Alex
Lindholm, Pierre, S.D., '68 AMX, 13.929, 99.45.

 

RACE OF CHAMPIONS CAR (Saturday)

Arnie Ozols, Prior Lake, Minn., '66 Tempest, 11.708, 121.95  def. Jeff
Landholm, Oakland, Neb.,

'68 Camaro, 10.909, 129.33.

 

RACE OF CHAMPIONS BIKE (Saturday)

Craig Vogt, Mead, Neb., '73 Kawasaki, 10.032, 128.24  def. Leslie Benbo,
Winger, Minn., '00 Yamaha, 10.439, 118.78.