NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Houston
Raceway Park
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK, BAYTOWN, TEXAS
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956
LUCAS, SMITH OPEN SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SEASON WITH
WINS AT HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK
BAYTOWN, Texas - Despite the cold weather, the season opening
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Houston Raceway Park is in the
books. Morgan Lucas scored the win in Top Alcohol Dragster and Von Smith
took the win in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
Lucas, who is also piloting a Top Fuel Dragster in NHRA's
PowerAde Drag Racing Series, earned the win with a 5.605-second pass at
271.79 mph over defending division champion Spencer Massey of Fort Worth,
Texas. Massey broke on the run and did not get a time. In the opening
round of eliminations, Lucas powered out a 5.274-second run and in the semis
the Brownsburg, Ind., racer ran 5.271 second at 268.54 mph.
Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Smith, a former NHRA Southeast
division champion from Oak Ridge, Tenn., grabbed the win over Kennedale,
Texas' Kebin Kinsley. In the final round, both cars had trouble but Smith
managed to get a 6.296-second, 236.22 mph pass out of it while Kinsley came
in at 8.181 seconds and 108.29 mph.
Pasadena, Texas, racer Jerry Emmons made it to the final round
both Super Stock and Stock Eliminator. The 34-year-old, the division's
reigning Super Stock champion, took the win in Super Stock and was runner-up
to Jim Hale, Van Buren, Ark., in Stock Eliminator. Richard Feeman, Pauls
Valley, Okla., won in Comp Eliminator while Matt Levatino, La Place, La.,
got the win in Super Comp. Joining the others in the winner's circle were
Clark Mundt, Longview, Texas, in Super Gas; Jay Bunce, Moore, Okla., in
Super Street; Allen Firestone, Velma, Okla., in Top Sportsman; Brandon
Chauvin, Gonzales, La., in Top Dragster; and Henry Keele, San Antonio,
Texas, in Sportsman Motorcycle.
South Central Division racers head to No Problem Raceway in
Belle Rose, La., for the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, March
2-4.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Houston Raceway Park:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round 1
1) Spencer Massey, Fort Worth, Texas, 5.355, 263.51 def. 8) Kate Harker,
Gainesville, Ga., 5.444, 263.26
2) Morgan Lucas, Brownsburg, Ind., 5.274, 270.92 def. 7) Darvin Martinets,
Lake Jackson, Texas, 7.495, 116.40
3) Shawn Langdon, Mira Loma, Calif., 5.360, 270.70 def. 6) James Thompson
Jr, Vernon, Texas, 15.082, 71.94
5) Brandon Pierce, Moore, Okla., 5.390, 250.60 def. 4) David Brounkowski,
Cypress, Texas, 5.588, 243.99
Semifinals
Massey, 5.346, 259.61 def. Pierce, 5.356, 237.50
Lucas, 5.271, 268.54 def. Langdon, 9.208, 91.16
Final
Lucas, 5.605, 271.79 def. Massey, broke
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round 1
1) Von Smith, Oak Ridge, Tenn., '02 Camaro, 5.843, 252.90 def. 9) Ron
Morrison, Oklahoma City, '06 Monte Carlo, 6.365, 174.53
2) Kebin Kinsley, Kennedale, Texas, '02 Camaro, 5.879, 202.42 def. 7) Steve
Burck, Corpus Christi, Texas, '02 Camaro, 19.637, 56.29
3) Steve Harker, Gainesville, Ga., '05 Monte Carlo, 5.721, 254.28 def. 6)
Will Hanna, Richwood Village, Texas, '05 Monte Carlo, 9.554, 96.74
5) Jimmy Jones, Cleburne, Texas, '99 Camaro, 5.729, 254.66 def. 4) Brandon
Lewis, Broken Arrow, Okla., '05 Monte Carlo, 8.252, 108.39
Semifinals
Smith, 5.760, 253.33 def. Jones, 5.764, 252.24
Kinsley, 12.980, 80.19 def. Harker, broke
Final
Smith, 6.296, 236.22 def. Kinsley, 8.181, 108.29
COMP ELIMINATOR
Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley, Okla., '07 Cobalt, E/AA, 9.417, 92.47 def.
Scott Benham, La Grange, Texas, '05 Sunfire, E/SMA, foul
SUPER STOCK
Jerry Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, '91 Calais, GT/CA, 9.443, 132.86 def. Slate
Cummings, Hammond, La., '98 Grand Am, SS/BS, foul
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Jim Hale, Van Buren, Ark., '67 Barracuda, G/SA, 11.033, 117.55 def. Jerry
Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, '69 Chevelle, I/SA, 11.613, 111.51
SUPER COMP
Matt Levatino, La Place, La., dragster, 8.923, 177.84 def. Tommy Costales,
Manvel, Texas, dragster, 8.896, 181.52
SUPER GAS
Clark Mundt, Longview, Texas, '63 Corvette, 9.941, 158.07 def. Chris Arnold,
Mt. Belvieu, Texas, '92 Camaro, 9.896, 155.96
SUPER STREET
Jay Bunce, Moore, Okla., '64 Plymouth, 10.925, 127.15 def. Jay Costales,
League City, Texas, '67 corvette, 10.901, 142.29
TOP SPORTSMAN
Allen Firestone, Velma, Okla., '01 S-10, 6.806, 201.94 def. Chris Gulitti,
Spring, Texas, '96 Trans Am, 7.241, 171.73
TOP DRAGSTER
Brandon Chauvin, Gonzales, La., dragster, 7.275, 176.12 def. Tony Giambrone
II, Metairie, La., dragster, 7.967, 164.33
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE
Henry Keele, San Antonio, Texas, '82 Kawasaki, 9.061, 140.68 def. David
Latino, Donaldsonville, La., '05 Suzuki, 8.082, 157.08
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