NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals-Friday from Maple Grove Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALS

MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY, READING, PA.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956

 

RACE OF CHAMPIONS WINNERS CROWNED AT NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION SUMMIT FINALS

            READING, Pa. - The best bracket racers from across NHRA's
Northeast division have converged on Maple Grove Raceway to compete for team
and individual honors at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division
Finals.  Today's action featured the RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions.
The Race of Champions is a race within a race that pits the top points
earning drivers from each track against each other in head-to-head
competition.

            Super ET racer Scott Albrecht of Severn, N.J., drove his
dragster to the win over Bill Maroun of Emmaus, Pa.  Albracht races for the
team from Atco (N.J.) Raceway and Maroun runs Maple Grove Raceway.  

            Jeff Verdi, Glen Allen, Va., earned the Race of Champions title
in Pro Eliminator, racing for Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, Va.
Verdi drove his '68 Firebird around Joe Mayne, Mt. Airy, Md., who represents
the Mason-Dixon Dragway team from Hagerstown, Md.

            Cecil County Dragway (Rising Sun, Md.) racer John Kulaga,
Elkton, Md., wheeled his '71 Comet to the winner's circle over Dave Hock,
Pottsville, Pa.  Hock campaigns his dragster for Numidia (Pa.) Raceway.

            Barry Stephens Sr. of Lafayette, N.J., scored the Race of
Champions win in the Motorcycle/Snowmobile class.  Stephens, running for Old
Bridge Twp. Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., rode his '85 Suzuki to the
win over John Evans of Ossing, N.Y., who runs for Island Dragway in Great
Meadows, N.J.

            Racing continues Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway.  Competitors
in the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals will start
eliminations at 8:30 a.m.  Racers are vying for team and individual honors
and a share of the $46,720 purse.  

Saturday's individual winners in Super ET, Pro Eliminator, Street and
Motorcycle/Snowmobile will earn the chance to compete against the winners in
NHRA's other six divisions for a national championship at the NHRA Finals in
Pomona, Calif., in November.  Each driver who competes in Pomona receives
$3,500 and the national champion in each category earns a $5,000
winner-take-all payday.

 

The following are Friday's results for the RBS Trailer Sales Race of
Champions at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals:

 

SUPER ET

Scott Albrecht, Severn, N.J., (Atco Raceway) dragster, 7.489 seconds, 175.43
mph def. Bill Maroun, Emmaus, Pa., (Maple Grove Raceway) dragster, 7.654,
173.36

 

PRO ELIMINATOR

Jeff Verdi, Glen Allen, Va., (Virginia Motorsports Park) '68 Firebird,
9.549, 139.26 def. Joe Mayne, Mt Airy, Md., (Mason-Dixon Dragway) dragster,
9.151, 139.83

 

STREET

John Kulaga, Elkton, Md., (Cecil County Dragway) '71 Comet, 12.029, 109.47
def. Dave Hock, Pottsville, Pa., (Numidia Raceway) dragster, 12.868, 105.33.


 

MOTORCYCLE/SNOWMOBILE

Barry Stephens Sr., Lafayette, N.J., (Old Bridge Township Raceway Park)'85
Suzuki, 9.272, 131.54 def. John Evans, Ossining, N.Y., (Island Dragway)
dragster, 8.948, 143.00