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JIM YOUNG REPEATS IN NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL AT RAINY MARCH MEETJim Young drove the “Crop Duster” Nostalgia Top Fueler to its second March Meet crown in a row and did it from the No. 1 qualifying spot during a rain-soaked weekend that stretched into Monday. Tim Boychuk was also victorious, capturing the Nostalgia Funny Car title. Read More >> |
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March Meet: Same day coverage from Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. Rain showers wreaked havoc on the 2013 edition of the fabled March Meet at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., washing out Friday’s qualifying and ultimately forcing a Monday completion for many of the drag racing categories. However, neither rain nor a stout field of Nostalgia Top Fuelers could slow down defending winner Jim Young in the “Crop Duster” entry, as he marched to his second straight March Meet crown from the No. 1 qualifying spot, downing Denver Schutz on both ends of the race track in the final, 5.65 to 5.70. Tim Boychuk was also crowned champion on Sunday evening, outlasting a strong field of 34 Nostalgia Funny Cars to earn the title. Boychuk defeated Mark Sanders, who slowed, in the final round. The remainder of the heads-up and index categories had only completed two to three rounds of eliminations by Sunday evening, spilling the completion of the event over into Monday. See all the results from Bakersfield on Drag Race Central.
NMRA: Same day coverage from Bradenton. Phil Hines became the first winner of the new Street Outlaw category at the Spring Break Shoototut held at the Bradenton Motorsports Park as he defeated reigning series champion John Urist in the final with a stellar 7.30 to the 7.47 posted by “The Fireball”. Joe Marini kicked off the sophomore campaign for the fledgling Coyote Stock category with a victory as he eeked out a come-from behind 10.63 win over Shane Stymiest and his 10.66 effort. Matt Amrine was the victor in Factory Stock, defeating reigning champ Louis Sylvester in the final, 10.87 to 10.95, and Brian Mitchell scored another event title in Renegade with a decisive 8.54 to 8.97 win over A.J. Wyce.
ADRL: Under the guidance of original founder Kenny Nowling, the new-look American Drag Racing League launched its 2013 tour at the popular Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina over the weekend in front of a full house of winter-logged doorslammer racing fanatics. Joey Martin, driving his crowd favorite ’55 Chevy Nomad, charged to the Pro Extreme title with a 3.67-second defeat of reigning series champion Mick Snyder. In Pro Nitrous, former small tire standout and grudge racer Steve Jackson, driving the very same Al-Anabi Racing entry that he piloted in Qatar over the winter, drove from the No.1 qualifying spot to victory lane in his very first ADRL race, defeating teammate Mike Castellana in the final round. Swedish racer Adam Flamholc added some international flavor to the winners podium with his decisive victory in Pro Modified, as he qualified No. 1 and defeated Raymond Matos in the final. John DeFlorian, Eric McKinney, Robert Jones, Barry Brown (the first-ever ADRL Top Dragster winner), Noah Strickland, and Caleb Russell were also winners at The Rock. View results from DragPalooza IX on Drag Race Central, along with additional news and notes at Competition Plus.
NHRA Divison 2: Terry Smith was the victor in Competition Eliminator at the second stop on the NHRA Lucas Oil Southeast Division trail at the South Georgia Motorsports Park, his D/DA machine getting a huge edge out of the gate on a dead-late Glen Treadwell in the final. Sportsman ace Peter Biondo scored another Super Stock title by beating out fellow professional racer David Rampy in the money round, and Robbie Shaw outlasted the Stock Eliminator field and a foul start by final round opponent Peter Noriega for the event title. For more from Georgia, visit NHRADiv2.com.
IHRA Division 4: The State Capital Raceway in Baton Rouge, La. hosted the first two stops of the IHRA Pro-Am Renegades Division 4 series over the weekend, where Matt Levatino and David Johns were the Top Dragster winners, while Kamron Wright and Ricky Miller scored in Top Sportsman on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. For complete results from Baton Rouge, visit IHRA.com.
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