NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Bandimere Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION

BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY, MORRISON, COLO.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

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

 

PUTZ, BATEMAN SCORE BIG WINS AT BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY

A host of local racers also make it to the winner's circle

 

            MORRISON, Colo. - In the final results from Bandimere Speedway's
Grease Monkey Thunder on the Mountain Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event
Richard Putz scored his second win of the season in Top Alcohol Dragster and
Roger Bateman made his first trip of the year to the winner's circle in Top
Alcohol Funny Car.  Lakewood residents Steve Holloway and A.J. Percival also
made their way to the winner's circle and we joined by Denver's Matt Wagner
and Mitch Mustard of Arvada.

            Putz, a resident of Earlville, Iowa, qualified in the No. 5 spot
and made his best run of the weekend in the semis when he took out top
qualifier, Jim Whiteley of Grand Junction, Colo.  Putz ran 5.604 seconds at
249.86 mph to Whiteley's 5.648-second, 254.86 mph run.  In the final Putz
beat Bluffdale, Utah's Cody Perkins. Perkins had qualified in the No. 2 spot
and ran strong in the first two rounds of eliminations but in the final he
slowed to an 8.150-second, 111.63 mph pass and could not catch Putz who laid
down a 60.67-second, 243.72 mph run.  This was Putz's third final-round
appearance in three races.

            Bateman, a veteran racer out of Calgary, Alb., took his No. 1
qualifier momentum into the winner's circle.  In the semis Bateman defeated
Cy Chesterman, the division's reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car champ from
Sioux City, Iowa, with a 5.960-second, 241.02 mph pass to Chesterman's
6.011-second, 238.64 mph effort.  In the final, Bateman faced off against
Kirk Williams of Glenwood, Iowa.  Bateman's 5.964-second, 241.67 mph effort
was just enough to cover Williams' 5.978-second, 243.06 mph run.

            Holloway took the win in Comp Eliminator, beating out Todd
Patterson of Augusta, Kan.  Wagner, the winner in Super Gas, is a crew
member for local Pro Stock racer V. Gaines and was wheeling a car that
Gaines uses to burn in the tires for his Pro Stock ride.  In the final
round, Wagner beat Mike Wiblishouser of Blair, Neb.  Percival, earned the
win in Super Street, beating Grand Junction, Colo., racer Scott Allen.
Mustard took the win in Top Dragster, defeating Justin Lamb, Henderson,
Nev., in the final.  

            In Super Stock, Tim Nicholson, Concordia, Kan., earned the win
over Castle Rock resident Dana Verdoorn.  Stock Eliminator racer Troy
Henderson got the win, taking out Dustin Lindsey, Evergreen, Colo., in the
final, and in Super Comp, Duane Kohl, Lincoln, Neb., got the win light over
Jim Schultz, Salina, Kan.  Robert Costa, Albuquerque, N.M., beat Dave
Slatten, Fort Collins, Colo., in the Top Sportsman final and Alex Barmettler
and Mike Voss, both of Maplewood, Minn., squared off in the Sportsman
Motorcycle final with Barmettler taking the win.

            NHRA West Central division racers head to Cordova Dragway Park
for the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.  The race, which runs
August 2 and 3, is the first NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event for the
Cordova, Ill., facility.

 

The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Bandimere Speedway:

 

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER

Round 1

1) Jim Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., 5.689, 254.38 def. bye 

2) Cody Perkins, Bluffdale, Utah, 5.680, 250.32 def. 7) Brent DuCray, Grand
Junction, Colo., 5.971, 238.68

3) Chris Demke, Sunland, Calif., 5.740, 254.33 def. 6) Jared Dreher,
Clinton, Ind., 5.816, 247.25

5) Richard Putz, Earlville, Iowa, 5.621, 254.38 def. 4) Edwin Schmeeckle,
Gothenburg, Neb., 6.182, 219.94

 

Semifinals

Perkins, 5.656, 252.14 def. Demke, 10.299, 80.60

Putz, 5.604, 249.86 def. Whiteley, 5.648, 254.86 

 

Final

Putz, 6.067, 243.72 def. Perkins, 8.150, 111.63

 

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 

Round 1

1) Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., '02 Camaro, 5.995, 239.57 def. 8) Paul
Anderson, Erie, Colo., '07 Charger, 6.082, 239.10

7) John Patton, Peoria, Ariz., '00 Firebird, 6.180, 232.87 def. 2) Doug
Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '05 Monte Carlo, 10.444, 86.85

3) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '99 Camaro, 5.969, 241.07 def. 6) Vern
Moats, Des Moines, Iowa,

'03 Camaro, 6.203, 200.89

4) Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '07 Mustang, 6.071, 238.47 def. 5)
Bernie Harrington, Apple Valley, Calif., '02 Camaro, 7.290, 216.93

 

Semifinals

Bateman, 5.960, 241.02 def. Chesterman, 6.011, 238.64 

Williams, 5.969, 242.10 def. Patton, 6.177, 232.83 

 

Final

Bateman, 5.964, 241.67 def. Williams, 5.978, 243.06 

 

COMP ELIMINATOR

Steve Holloway, Lakewood, Colo., '06 GTO, A/AA, 8.127, 120.38 def. Todd
Patterson, Augusta, Kan., '34 Chevy, B/SR, foul

 

SUPER STOCK

Tim Nicholson, Concordia, Kan., '66 Chevy II, GT/I, 11.099, 109.17 def. Dana
Verdoorn, Castle Rock, Colo., '69 Mustang, GT/A, 10.399, 130.87 

 

STOCK ELIMINATOR

Troy Henderson, Tecumseh, Kan., '68 Camaro, A/S, 11.176, 120.56 def. Dustin
Lindsey, Evergreen, Colo., '64 Savoy, A/SA, foul

 

SUPER COMP

Duane Kohl, Lincoln, Neb., dragster, 9.508, 162.68 def. Jim Schultz, Salina,
Kan., dragster, 9.483, 167.91 

 

SUPER GAS

Matt Wagner, Denver, '27 roadster, 10.497, 143.43 def. Mike Wiblishouser,
Blair, Neb., '07 Corvette, 10.490, 143.58 

 

SUPER STREET

A.J. Percival, Lakewood, Colo., '69 Dart, 11.515, 127.21 def. Scott Allen,
Grand Junction, Colo., '70 Road Runner, 11.481, 134.20

 

TOP DRAGSTER

Mitch Mustard, Arvada, Colo., dragster, 7.701, 168.70 def. Justin Lamb,
Henderson, Nev., dragster, 7.621, 172.32

 

TOP SPORTSMAN

Robert Costa, Albuquerque, N.M., '55 Chevy, 8.463, 164.77 def. Dave Slatten,
Fort Collins, Colo., '04 Grand Am, 7.639, 170.84

 

SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE

Alex Barmettler, Maplewood, Minn., '78 Kawasaki, 15.947, 50.98 def. Mike
Voss, Maplewood, Minn., '04 Kawasaki, foul

 

 

 

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