NHRA Summit Racing Series, Sunday from Heartland Park Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA Sunday, September 17, 2006 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 SUMMIT CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT HEARTLAND PARK

 

            TOPEKA, Kan. - Rodney Thompson took the win in Super Pro and
Gary Schueneman won his second NHRA West Central Division Summit Racing
Series Championship in as many years this weekend at Heartland Park
Topeka and the NHRA Summit Racing Series Championship.


Mark Johnson of Wichita, Kan., joined in with a win in Sportsman while
Jeff Lanoue won in Pro Bike and Kyle Moberly took the trophy in the High
School class out of Oxford, Kan., Rock Falls Raceway took home the Team
Championship combining for 61 round wins.


Thompson, running for Brainerd International Raceway, drove his '94
Cutlass to a pass of 9.907 seconds at 163.28 mph for the win over Dee
Hoover of Colorado Springs, Colo., who won the West Central Division
Super Pro Championship back in 1983 held at Bandimere Speedway outside
of Denver.


            Schueneman took out Grove Creek Raceway teammate Mike
Sandstrom in Pro, successfully defending his championship from a year
ago. The Elko, Minn., resident recorded a lap of 10.255 seconds at
129.85 mph for the win.


            Johnson gave the Wichita Int'l Raceway team a reason to
celebrate with his win over Tyler Wudarzcek of home team Heartland Park
Topeka. Johnson ran his '73 AMC to 13.053 second lap at 105.73 mph.


            In an all Rock Falls Raceway final, Lanoue of Zimmerman,
Minn., outran Ken Niesen with a pass of 8.022 seconds, 137.51 mph to
Niesen's 9.802, 135.65. The two racers led the Rock Falls team to the
Team Championship holding off Heartland Park in second with 58 round
wins while S.R.C.A. Dragstrip tied for third at 47 wins with Brainerd
International Raceway.


Oxford, Kan., racer, Moberly went 12.650 seconds at 106.33 mph in his
'69 Plymouth over Trist Henderson of S.R.C.A. Dragstrip in Great Bend,
Kan.


The West Central Division Champions in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, and
Pro Bike now move on to compete for the Summit National Championship at
Pomona Raceway and the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA
Finals. NHRA Division Champions from across the country will compete for
the $118,000 purse and the title of NHRA Summit Racing Series National
Champion.


 

The following are the final results from the NHRA Summit Racing Series
event at Heartland Park Topeka:


 

SUMMIT SUPER PRO
Rodney Thompson, Burns Township, Minn., (Brainerd International
Raceway), '94 Cutlass, 9.907, 163.28  def. Dee Hoover, Colorado Springs,
Colo., (Pueblo Motorsports Park), dragster, 7.826, 170.19. 


 

SUMMIT PRO
Gary Schueneman, Elko, Minn., (Grove Creek Raceway), '79 Malibu, 10.255,
129.85  def. Mike Sandstrom, Zimmerman, Minn., (Grove Creek Raceway),
'98 Mustang, 10.141, 134.23.

 
SUMMIT SPORTSMAN
Mark Johnson, Wichita, Kan., (Wichita International Raceway), '73 AMC,
13.053, 105.73  def. Tyler Wudarzcek, Tecumseh, Kan., (Heartland Park
Topeka), '84 Camaro, 15.062, 65.49.

 
SUMMIT BIKE/SLED
Jeff Lanoue, Zimmerman, Minn., (Rock Falls Raceway), '05 Suzuki, 8.022,
137.51  def. Ken Niesen, Brooklyn Park, Minn., (Rock Falls Raceway), '90
Suzuki, 9.802, 135.65.

 
HIGH SCHOOL
Kyle Moberly, Oxford, Kan., (Mid-America Dragway), '69 Plymouth, 12.650,
106.33 def. Trista Henderson, Hays, Kan., (SRCA Dragstrip), '69 Nova,
11.149, 119.06.