NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals-Final results from ORP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals

O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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

 

MILAN DRAGWAY OUTLASTS SUMMIT MOTORSPORTS PARK FOR TEAM TITLE AT NORTH
CENTRAL DIVISION SUMMIT SERIES FINALS 

 

            INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 20, 2009) - The event ran into the wee hours
on Saturday night and into Sunday morning but the NHRA North Central
Division Summit Racing Series Finals is in the books.  NHRA and track
officials wanted to dodge the rain that was forecast for all day Sunday.
Racers in four categories, Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle,
representing tracks from across the region took to the track vying for
individual and team honors.  

            The squads from Milan Dragway in Michigan and Summit Motorsports
Park in Norwalk, Ohio, battled it out for the team championship and Team
Milan came away with the title, scoring a total of 54 points to Summit's 49.
The difference came in the all-Milan Dragway Super Pro final which was round
No. 9 for the class.  Summit Motorsports Park had two final round
appearances as well, in Pro and Motorcycle but Pro eliminations were eight
rounds and Motorcycle was six rounds.

            Leading Milan Dragway to the team championship were Super Pro
racers David Hadyniak of Garden City, Mich., and Garry Fleenor of Port
Clinton, Ohio.  Hadyniak took the win and will have the chance to race for a
national championship at the NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., in November.

            In Pro, Milan, Ohio, racer Brian Hurst, racing for Summit
Motorsports Park, wheeled his '70 Nova to the win over Steve Collier, Xenia,
Ohio, in his '96 Fox.  Collier, racing for Kil Kare Raceway, red-lighted in
the final.

            Tracy Crutcher of Pleasant View, Tenn., running for Beech Bend
Raceway, ousted John Smith, Girdler, Ky., racing for London Dragway, in the
final.  Crutcher was driving a '66 Chevy II and Smith was in a '80 Malibu.

            Clinton, Iowa's Bruce Damewood, representing Midstate Dragway,
rode his '83 Suzuki to the win over Kevin Adams who was piloting a '92
Suzuki.  Adams was representing Summit Motorsports Park.

            Hurst, Crutcher and Damewood will all have the chance to join
Hadyniak in Pomona to race for the national championship against the four
winners from NHRA's other six divisions. The national champion in each class
will come away with a winner-take-all $5,000 payday.

            The High School Championship, which was to be run on Sunday, has
been postponed until the division's Fall Classic National Open in October.

 

Following are the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals
champions:

SUPER PRO

David Hadyniak, Garden City, Mich., '95 Racecraft, Milan Dragway, 4.777,
142.70 def. Garry Fleenor, Port Clinton, Ohio, Milan Dragway, '03
undercover, 4.877, 141.22

 

PRO

Brian Hurst, Milan, Ohio, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, '70
Nova, 7.118, 95.58 def. Steve Collier, Xenia, Ohio, Kil Kare Raceway, '96
Fox, foul

 

SPORTSMAN

Tracy Crutcher, Pleasant View, Tenn., Beech Bend Raceway Park, '66 Chevy II,
12.262, 105.46  def. John Smith, Girdler, Ky., London Dragway, '80 Malibu,
12.008, 107.07

 

MOTORCYCLE

Bruce Damewood, Clinton, Iowa, Midstate Dragway, '83 Suzuki, 8.990, 136.87
def. Kevin Adams, Brunswick, Ohio, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park,
'92 Suzuki, 8.363, 155.81

 

Following are the final team point standings for the NHRA North Central
Division Summit Racing Series Finals: 

 

Team                                         Total    

1. Milan Dragway                       54

2. Summit Motorsports Park        49

3. O'Reilly Raceway Park         40

4. Coles County Dragway USA  37

5. Kil-Kare Dragway                   36

6. Gateway Int'l Raceway          35

    London Dragway                    35

    Beech Bend Raceway Park     35

9. Bunker Hill Dragstrip              34

10. Route 66 Raceway                           33

11. Bluegrass Raceway Park       32

12. Lyons Raceway Park             30

      Edgewater Sports Park          30

14. Chandler Motorsports Park    29

15. Pacemakers Raceway Park   28

16. National Trail Raceway           27

      Crossroads Dragway              27

18. Midstate Dragway                             26

19. Tri-State Raceway                           25

20. Muncie Dragway                              22

21. Ohio Valley Dragway                        19

22. Mid-Michigan Motorplex         18

      Windy Hollow Dragway           18

24. Great Lakes Dragway             12

 

 

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