CORRECTION - NHRA Summit Finals Race of Champions Complete at ORP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION

O'REILLY RACEWAY PARK AT INDIANAPOLIS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

Contact: Dana Mariotti, NHRA, (626) 428-0289

 

RACE OF CHAMPIONS COMPLETE AT ORP SUMMIT FINALS

 

            INDIANAPOLIS - The first day of racing is complete at the
NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series finals at O'Reilly
Raceway Park.  The first round of winners in the VP Racing Fuels Race of
Champions were crowned with Corey Landolt, Greg Dillman, Steve Foley and
Nate Garrison taking home trophies.

            Landolt of Hermann, Mo., racing for Gateway International
Raceway, made a pass of 4.857 seconds at 139.00 mph to defeat Dave
Phillips of Lancaster, Ohio in the Summit Super Pro category.  

            In Summit Pro, Dillman of Greenwood, Ind., racing on his
home turf, O'Reilly Raceway Park, outran the field with a pass of 9.270
seconds at 54.80 mph in his '67 Camaro.  Dillman defeated Randy Carnal
of Evansville, Ind., racing for Chandler Motorsports Park.  

            Foley of Barbourville, Ky., was also crowned a champion
racing for London Dragway in Summit Sportsman.  Foley outran Dave
Schroeder of Catlettsburg, Ky., who is racing for Bluegrass Raceway
Park.

            Finally, Garrison of Logansport, Ind., running in the Summit
Super Pro Motorcycle category outlasted the field with a pass 9.314
seconds at 137.89 mph racing for Bunker Hill Dragstrip.   

Racing continues Saturday as the battle for individual honors begins.
Gates at O'Reilly Raceway Park open at 7 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday.
Time trials continue Saturday at 8 a.m. and eliminations for all
categories will start at 1 p.m.  

O'Reilly Raceway Park is located on Indiana Highway 136, four miles west
of Interstate 465 at exit 16.  For more information regarding this event
please call O'Reilly Raceway Park at (317) 387-7341 or log onto to
www.OreillyRacewayPark.com.

 

The following are Friday's final results from the NHRA Summit Racing
Series 30th annual North Central Race of Champions:

SUMMIT SUPER PRO
Corey Landolt, Hermann, Mo., (Gateway International Raceway) '03 Red,
4.857, 139.00  def. Dave Phillips, Lancaster, Ohio, (Pacemakers Dragway)
'71 Vega, 6.426, 103.99. 

SUMMIT PRO
Greg Dillman, Greenwood, Ind., (O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis)
'67 Camaro, 9.270, 54.80  def. Randy Carnal, Evansville, Ind., (Chandler
Motorsports Park) '75 Vega, foul. 

SUMMIT SPORTSMAN
Steve Foley, Barbourville, Ky., (London Dragway) '74 Duster, 12.309,
100.91  def. Dave Schroeder, Catlettsburg, Ky., (Bluegrass Raceway Park)
'71 Torino, 12.265, 111.66. 

SUMMIT SUPER PRO MOTORCYCLE
Nate Garrison, Logansport, Ind., (Bunker Hill Dragstrip) '02 Suzuki,
9.314, 137.89  def. Dave Hill, Mt Vernon, Ohio, (Pacemakers Dragway) '84
Suzuki, 8.525, 154.51.