NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Tulsa Raceway Park, Tulsa, Okla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
TULSA RACEWAY PARK, TULSA, OKLA.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646

MANNERS, CALLAWAY WINNERS IN TULSA

            TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) - Michael Manners, Willis, Texas, and Lee Callaway, Channelview, Texas, took the wins today for the extended NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Tulsa Raceway Park.  Persistent rain showers on Sunday forced the completion of final eliminations to Monday.
            Manners qualified No. 1 then worked his way through the Top Alcohol Dragster field for a date with James Copeland in the final.  Manners clicked off a 5.364 second pass at 265.53 mph for the win.  Manners ran 5.448, 260.46 and 5.309, 274.50 in rounds 1 and 2.
            Callaway defeated Oklahoma City racer Ron Morrison in round 1 then had a bye run in round 2 on his way to the final in Top Alcohol Funny Car where he faced off with Chris Foster, Davenport, Iowa.  Callaway easily won with a 5.832 second lap at 237.00 mph.
            A trio of Oklahoma racers joined in on the winner's circle celebration as Kevin Self, Caddo, Okla., beat Glen Treadwell in Comp Eliminator and a battle of roadsters; Super Stock honors went to Claremore, Okla., racer Bryan Chaney in his '92 Camaro over Allan Patterson; and Ronald Gibson, Norman, Okla., clocked in at 7.245 seconds, 187.76 mph to win the division's TCI Comp Cams Top Dragster class.
            Slate Cummings, Hammond, La., and South Central Division Super Comp defending champion Tommy Phillips picked up wins to go along with their national event wins back in April at Houston Raceway Park.  Cummings defeated Jacob Pitt in Stock while Phillips won in his '57 Corvette over Brian Heath in Super Gas.
            Other winners included Richard Pierson, Edgewood, Texas, in Super Comp; Tim Forshee, Wichita, Kan., in Super Street; Mark Pickens, Germantown, Tenn., in the Sunset Racecraft Top Sportsman class; and Jerry Pomilla, Conroe, Texas in Sportsman Motorcycle presented by Harley Davidson.
South Central Division racers head to No Problem Raceway for the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, September 17-19.

The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Tulsa Raceway Park:


TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER:

Round 1

4) Mark Taliaferro, Odessa, Texas, 5.468, 260.61 def. 5) Buddy Domingue, Port Neches, Texas, foul

3) Chase Copeland, Gainesville, Texas, 5.479, 269.40 def. 6) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.624, 250.60

2) Jim Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., 5.415, 264.55 def. 7) Monroe Guest, Mannford, Okla., 5.662, 245.49

1) Michael Manners, Willis, Texas, 5.448, 260.46 def. 8) Kristen Wootton, Magnolia, Texas, 5.634, 250.37



Semifinals

Manners, 5.309, 274.50 def. Taliaferro, foul

Copeland, 5.538, 267.06 def. Whiteley, 11.660, 73.44



Final

Manners, 5.364, 265.53 def. Copeland, 14.981, 60.58



TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:

Round 1

1) Tony Bartone, Long Island City, N.Y., '09 Mustang, 5.689, 251.16 was unopposed

2) Lee Callaway, Channelview, Texas, '07 Mustang, 5.823, 245.49 def. 5) Ron Morrison, Oklahoma City, Okla., '06 Monte Carlo, broke

3) Chris Foster, Davenport, Iowa, '07 Monte Carlo, 5.903, 216.03 def. 4) Billy Davis, Rogers, Ark.,

'06 Avenger, 7.340, 119.17



Semifinals

Foster, 5.790, 249.07 def. Bartone, 6.555, 168.35

Callaway, 7.520, 122.52 was unopposed



Final

Callaway, 5.832, 237.00 def. Foster, 11.787, 69.41



COMP ELIMINATOR

Kevin Self, Caddo, Okla., '32 Bantam, F/EA, 8.016, 162.12 def. Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., '23

roadster, F/EA, 8.097, 158.04



SUPER STOCK

Bryan Chaney, Claremore, Okla., '92 Camaro, GT/HA, 10.269, 126.14 def. Allan Patterson, Augusta,

Kan., '66 Nova, SS/KA, 10.502, 123.97



STOCK ELIMINATOR

Slate Cummings, Hammond, La., '99 Firebird, B/SA, 10.532, 125.22 def. Jacob Pitt, Mansfield,

Texas, '77 Volare, H/SA, 11.476, 113.77



SUPER COMP

Richard Pierson, Edgewood, Texas, dragster, 8.913, 161.34 def. Todd Piper, Wamego, Kan., dragster,

8.898, 163.47



SUPER GAS

Tommy Phillips, Forney, Texas, '57 Corvette, 9.877, 143.90 def. Brian Heath, Fort Worth, Texas,

'91 Beretta, foul



SUPER STREET

Tim Forshee, Wichita, Kan., '73 Firebird, 10.904, 137.61 def. Clint Parker, Gilmer, Texas, '67

Camaro, foul



TOP SPORTSMAN

Mark Pickens, Germantown, Tenn., '06 GTO, 7.202, 189.02 def. Monte Green, Haxtun, Colo., '95

Probe, 7.232, 188.04



TOP DRAGSTER

Ronald Gibson, Norman, Okla., dragster, 7.245, 187.76 def. John Garner, Houston, Texas, dragster,

7.018, 192.03



SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE

Jerry Pomilla, Conroe, Texas, '85 Suzuki, 8.461, 140.56 def. Ricky Martin, Coweta, Okla., '80

Kawasaki, 9.556, 131.82

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