Live from Maple Grove-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[HR9121]

Mineshaft rule will be in effect for this one although the Challenger will still get hp for going more than 1.20 over.

[Ken Miele]

Super Stock in the lanes and are now done with their 4th round. Super Gas up now, things are moving fast. After the next round I will start getting names for the final rounds.

[Ken Miele]

Stock, 5th round is done, but there will be a rerun with Hoven and Thurston. Timing system went down in the middle of their run. Super Comp running now, Super Stock 5th up next, hard to keep up its moving so fast so please bare with me.

Comp is in the semi's, Carnasciale and Aragona, Eckel has the bye.

Carnasciale goes red, it will be Aragona and Eckel in the final.

[Ken Miele]

We are down to the semi's in Stk and SS. Stk...Daniels vs Hoven and Vignoga vs Bednaz. In SS Alvey has the bye, Worner vs Roell.

It will be Daniels and Bednaz in the final and Roell and Alvey in the final.

[Ken Miele]

Finals...

Comp:
Don Eckel over Frank Aragona

Stock:
James Dainels over Todd Bednaz

Super Stock:
Jeff Roell over Mark Alvey

Super Comp:
Nick Pierson over Kenny Moses


Super Gas:
Jon Pellicane over Matt Schurman


Super Street:
Mark Proulx over Kelli Barbato


Top Sportsman:
Ryan Ondrejko over Robert Bauer


Top Dragster:
Michael Esposito VS Steve Cohen


Make sure you check out DRC, they will have all the numbers posted later tonight. I have some more photos of the winner circle and from the staging lanes. I will post them later tonight when I get home. Thanks everyone for checking in, it has been a great weekend of racing.

[Pistol Pete]

Thanks for everything you do Ken, pictures, in car camera & results thru the rounds.

[Ken Miele]

Photos from the staging lanes before the finals.

[Ken Miele]

Winner circle photos. We could not ask for a better day for the finals, all went well and we were done by mid afternoon, a great job from all of the NHRA staff.

On side note, Hot Rod magazine was here to do a story on NHRA sportsman racing. Elana Scherr, staff editor for Hot Rod was driving one of Anthony Bongiovanni's Cobra Jets this weekend. I talk to her for a bit, and Elana was very impressed with all of the sportsman cars, 500 plus that were competing this weekend. She was also very impressed with how tough the competition is. Elana was telling me there is no room for mistakes if you want to go rounds. She had a blast driving in Stock, and can't wait to hit the track again. Its nice to see a main stream magazine taking noticed of our sport.

[Bucky Hess]

Congrats Jimmy Danials

[DanGrippo]

a few from the weekend....