NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series Finals-Saturday from South Georgia Motorsports Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals

South Georgia Motorsports Park, Cecil, Ga.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

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

 

SUNSHINE DRAGSTRIP OUTSHINES THE COMPETITION AT NHRA'S SOUTHEAST DIVISION
SUMMIT RACING FINALS

            CECIL, Ga. - The team from Sunshine Dragstrip in Clearwater,
Fla., racked up its second consecutive championship at the NHRA Summit
Racing Series Southeast Division Finals.  The three-day event, which wrapped
up today at South Georgia Motorsports Park, featured the best drivers from
across the NHRA Southeast division vying for individual and team honors.
Individual winners were Ray Lloyd in Super Pro, Chris Knapp in Pro, Steve
Stites in Sportsman, and Scott Delong in Super Pro Bike.

Lloyd, Knapp, Stites and Delong will now move on to run against the winners
in each class from NHRA's other six divisions for a national championship
and a share of the $118,000 purse.  The run-off will take place in November
at the NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif.

            Racing for the host track, Sycamore, Ga., resident Lloyd drove
his '76 Plymouth to the winner's circle over Mike Santangelo of Orlando,
Fla.  Santangelo was driving his '83 Mustang for Orlando (Fla.) Speed World
Dragway.

            Contributing to the winning team's point total, Knapp, a St.
Petersburg, Fla., resident, wheeled his '92 S-10 truck to the win over Tracy
Crutcher of Pleasant View, Tenn., in a '66 Chevy II.  Crutcher was racing
for Nashville's Music City Raceway.

            Stites, racing for Holly Springs (Miss.) Dragway, drove his '94
Cavalier to the winner's circle against another Sunshine Dragstrip
competitor, Kyle Roberts of St. Petersburg racing in a '69 Camaro.

            In Super Pro Bike, Boynton Beach, Fla., resident Delong grabbed
the win on board his '00 Suzuki, racing for Moroso Motorsports Park in West
Palm Beach, Fla.  Delong's final-round competitor, Rick Scott Jr., of
Greenbrier, Tenn., represented Music City Raceway on his '80 Kawasaki.

 

The following are the final results from the NHRA Southeast Division Summit
Racing Series Finals at South Georgia Motorsports Park:

 

SUPER PRO

Ray Lloyd, Sycamore, Ga., South Georgia Motorsports Park, '76 Plymouth,
6.523, 106.55 def. Mike Santangelo, Orlando, Fla., Orlando Speed World, '83
Mustang, 6.670, 103.53

 

PRO

Chris Knapp, St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunshine Dragway, '92 S-10, 6.900, 98.64
def. Tracy Crutcher, Pleasant View, Tenn., Music City Dragway, '66 Chevy II,
7.294, 92.20

 

SPORTSMAN

Steve Stites, Falkner, Miss., Holly Springs Dragway, '94 Cavalier, 10.667,
64.47 def. Kyle Roberts, St Petersburg, Fla., Sunshine Dragstrip, '69
Camaro, 8.416, 81.52

 

SUPER PRO BIKE

Scott Delong, Boynton Beach, Fla., Moroso Motorsports Park, '00 Suzuki,
5.458, 121.80  def. Rick Scott Jr., Greenbrier, Tenn., Music City Raceway,
'80 Kawasaki, 5.633, 120.33

 

Final Team Standings:

1.  Sunshine Dragstrip, 55 points

2.  Music City Raceway, 49

3.  Orlando Speed World, 44

4.  Atlanta Dragway, 37

5.  Moroso Motorsports Park, 34

6.  Bradenton Motorsports Park, 33

7.  US 19 Dragway, 29

8.  Emerald Coast Dragway, 29

9.  Bristol Dragway, 29

10. Silver Dollar Raceway, 27

11. South Georgia Motorsports Park, 27

12. Huntsville Dragway, 23

13. Gainesville Raceway, 22

14. Mobile Dragway, 22

15. Holly Springs Dragway, 15

16. Northwest TN Motorsports Park, 13