NHRA Summit Racing Series, Sunday Final Results, Mission Raceway Park, Mission, B.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
MISSION RACEWAY PARK, MISSION , B.C.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-6846

MISSION RACEWAY TAKES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUMMIT FINALS

            MISSION, B.C. (September 5, 2010) -The team from Mission Raceway Park combined for a 63 point total which was more than enough to take home their second NHRA Summit Racing Series Northwest Division Team Championship and their first since 1997.  Portland Int'l Raceway took home second place with 54 points and Pacific Raceways, Kent, Wash., rounded out the top three with 46.  Surprisingly, the home track won without a single racer advancing to a final round.
Derrick Jackson, McMinnville, Ore., just missed a rare double as he advanced to the finals in both the Sportsman class and the Sport Compact class.  Running for Woodburn Dragstrip, Jackson won the Sport Compact class holding off David Meimann, Middleton, Idaho, (Firebird Raceway) but fell to John Floyd Jr. out of Gresham, Ore., and Portland Int'l Raceway in the final of the Sportsman category.  Floyd covered the quarter mile in 12.835 seconds at 100.20 mph to narrowly beat Jackson with a 12.848, 97.03.  Jackson was also the runner up in Sportsman on Saturday in the Race of Champions competition.
            Joining his Portland Int'l Raceway teammate in the winner's circle was Super Pro racer Mike Nicholson, Vancouver, Wash., who ran 9.373 seconds at 129.64 mph in beating Danny Wargnier, Keizer, Ore., (Woodburn Dragstrip) in their final round match up.
            In the Pro category it was Andy Closkey taking home the trophy to Quesnel, B.C., and Saskatchewan Int'l Raceway knocking out Patrick Neveu, Yakima, Wash., (Renegade Raceway) while Jacob Havens won for Pacific Raceways in the Bike/Sled class against Madras Dragstrip racer Cody Cumpton, Vancouver, Wash.
            The team from Bremerton Raceway was awarded the annual Team Spirit Award.

            The following are final results from the NHRA Northwest Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Mission Raceway Park:

Super Pro
Mike Nicholson, Vancouver, Wash., Portland Int'l Raceway, 9.373, 129.64 def. Danny Wargnier, Keizer, Ore., Woodburn Dragstrip., 10.932, 100.24.

Pro
Andy Closkey, Quesnel, B.C., Saskatchewan Int'l Raceway, 10.303, 117.27 def. Patrick Neveu, Yakima, Wash., Renegade Raceway, 9.846, 136.13.

Sportsman
John Floyd Jr, Gresham, Ore., Portland Int'l Raceway, 12.835, 100.20 def. Derrick Jackson, McMinnville, Ore., Woodburn Dragstrip, 12.848, 97.03.

Bike/Sled
Jacob Havens, Mill Creek, Wash., Pacific Raceways, 8.888, 147.63 def. Cody Cumpton, Vancouver, Wash., Madras Dragstrip, 9.512, 144.83.

Sport Compact
Derrick Jackson, McMinnville, Ore., Woodburn Dragstrip, 18.804, 64.40 def. David Meimann, Middleton, Idaho, Firebird Raceway, 14.215, 98.08.

Team Championship Final Points Standings
Mission Raceway Park: 63
Portland Int'l Raceway: 54
Pacific Raceways: 46
Woodburn Dragstrip: 41
Bremerton Raceway: 39
Renegade Raceway: 25
Madras Dragstrip: 24
Firebird Raceway: 20
Saskatchewan Int'l Raceway: 18
Medicine Hat Drag Strip: 14
Spokane County Raceway: 8
Walla Walla Drag Strip: 6
Champion Raceway: 4

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