IHRA Tournament of Champions

[Chris1529]

Congrats to all those that earned the right to wear the #1 next year.

[Lew Silverman]

Pictures from this weekend's Sportsman's Spectacular at Virginia Motorsports Park -

[Lew Silverman]

More pictures from Friday's qualifying -

[Lew Silverman]

A few more from VMP!

Had a great time, just too bad it had to end! See you all at the drags!

Lew

[danny waters sr]

Thanks ,Lew and Kevin for the pics.......

[Michael Beard]

Congratulations to Stock World Champion, "Philbilly" Phil Combs, Super Stock World Champion Gianni Cantusci, Stock racer Matt Hawk who won the IHRA Summit No-Box World Championship with his bracket car, and Sportsman Spectacular winners Anthony Bertozzi (SS), and the big bear Brandon Peterson (Stock). Special tip o' the cap to The Legend Chip Johnson for winning the Hot Rod World Championship, and Myron Piatek for the honor of being named IHRA Sportsman of the Year!

Thanks once again to Terry Knott for letting me shoe his Dart Sport (and lettering it up with Duck Tape once again!), and for providing 'food and shelter'. Terry was a great crew chief as normal, taking care of all the little details so I could hop back and forth between the two cars. Sorry for no Live From updates this weekend... with two cars, barely had time to do the logbook, let alone much else. But what a great weekend! Semis in Super Stock, and a Runner-Up and a Semi in Stock.

This entire weekend was blessed with some great weather, albeit tricky conditions with wind gusts over 20mph, and a barometer that moved from 29.30 to 29.80 in the three days. What a great run event, and a good crowd on hand to enjoy some incredible sportsman racing. Anybody that missed this one REALLY missed out! Thank you IHRA, and particularly Summit Racing Equipment for stepping up in a very big way, and for being such an integral part of the event. Summit didn't just send banners and say 'we're sponsoring the race'... they had a pretty sizable STAFF there, and treated everyone like royalty. We're all grateful for your kindness and generosity.


Pics...
- Terry Knott's freshly Ducked-up H/CM Dart Sport
- eventual Sportsman Spectacular Stock champion Brandon Peterson
- Moser Axle Mania and Div. 1 Stock Champ Lisa Bolton
- Duck Tape pits
- Johnny Fisher's K/SA Mirada
- Freshly crowed IHRA Summit No-Box World Champ Matt Hawk's Stocker
- Freshly married Hillarey Sloan-Leggette, G/CM Camaro
- Super Stockers ready to roll
- IHRA Div. 9 Pro-Am Starter Josh Peake

[Michael Beard]

More pics....

- Yup. Myron Piatek's carrying a spare bullet.
- Brandon Peterson winner's circle
- Getting ready to make a TOC Qualifying pass Saturday night with Philbilly.
- Meeting of the mind. (Myron Piatek, and Brien Radley on his cool "restified" 1969 Sears bike)
- Lisa Bolton had the worst luck. Broke a rear, they thrashed to change the trans and rear, and two runs later, broke it again.
- Good crowd on-hand for championship Sunday
- Stock finals, Philbilly vs Brent Darroch (driving A/CM rent-a-ride courtesy Ronnie Traupman)
- Super Stock World Champion, Gianni Cantusci
- Hot Rod World Champion, "The Legend" Chip Johnson