ROOKIE CRAMPTON’S FIRST WIN HEADLINES NHRA AT E-TOWN

Rookie sensation Richie Crampton earned his first career Top Fuel victory Sunday at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown, becoming the 100th different winner in the history of the class. Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock), Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle), and Von Smith (Pro Modified) were also victors at the third “major” of the season.

NHRA Summernationals

Richie Crampton scored his first career Top Fuel victory on Sunday at Raceway Park in Englishtown by defeating  Doug Kalitta in the money round, and in the process, became the 100th different winner in the history of the class. In Funny Car, Cruz Pedregon ran roughshod over the field, making the quickest pass in history in qualifying and parlaying it into a victory on race day, where he defeated Del Worsham, 4.12 to a 4.18. Andrew Hines did much the same in Pro Stock Motorcycle, as he and teammate Eddie Krawiec dominated the field and eventually met in the final round, with Hines taking the win light by a 6.82 to 6.83 count. Jeg Coughlin won his second race of the year in Pro Stock over a slowing Greg Anderson, and Von Smith notched his first of the season in Pro Modified over Jason Hamstra, running 5.96 in the final.

Event Winners:

Top Fuel: Richie Crampton
Funny Car: Cruz Pedregon
Pro Stock: Jeg Coughlin
Pro Stock Motorcycle: Andrew Hines
Pro Modified: Von Smith
Competition Eliminator: Scotty Richardson
Super Stock: James Fontana
Stock: Katie Sepanek
Super Comp: Stephen Logan
Super Gas: John Olson
Top Dragster: Val DeGenova

Chevy High Performance Nationals

Mark Carlyle and his incredible twin-turbo Corvette led the winners’ list at the Chevy High Performance Nationals at the Atlanta Dragway, as he scored in the LSX Drag Radial class with a 4.93 in the money round to take down Joe Dedona’s trailing 5.38. Ron Mowen won LSX All Motor in the debut of his new ’99 Chevy Camaro, downing many-time class champ Judson Massingill in the final, 8.44 to an 8.72. Kentucky native Adam Preston rolled to the LSX Real Street title with an 8.27 to 8.35 victory over George Farkouh, and Peter Huff won out in LSX Rumble with his ’99 Corvette, running 10.51 on his 10.50 index.

Event Winners:

LSX Drag Radial: Mark Carlyle
LSX All Motor: Ron Mowen
LSX Real Street: Adam Preston
LSX Rumble: Peter Huff
Fifth-Gen Camaro: Brian Massingill
B1 Electronics: Hank Wilhelm
B2 No Electronics: Kurt Anderson
B3 Sportsman: Brandon Sams

NHRA Division 5

Clint Neff led the list of winners at the NHRA West Central Division Lucas Oil Series event at the Brainerd International Raceway with his victory in Competition Eliminator, as he edged out a dead-late Bruno Massel in the final. Todd Curtis was dead-on his 10.85 dial-in in the Super Stock final to defeat Randy Hopkins, and Scott Dugdale took Stock honors when opponent Dale Findell went a scant .002 red in the money round.

Event Winners:

Competition Eliminator: Clint Neff
Super Stock: Todd Curtis
Stock: Scott Dugdale
Super Comp: Keith Lundberg
Super Gas: Trevor Larson
Super Street: Bob Hallgren
Top Dragster: Phil Unruh
Top Sportsman: J.J. Heber
Sportsman Motorcycle: Bruce Sampson

MIROCK

Virginia’s Danny Cox rode his ’13 Suzuki to victory in Pro Street at the Fast by Gast Summer Nationals at the Maryland International Raceway, running 7.20 in the final to oust Doug Gall’s 7.26, after the pair outlasted a strong field of 17 bikes. Jeremy Teasley took Real Street honors from the No. 1 qualifying spot, downing Rickey Gadson in the final, 7.87 to 8.02, and Cameron Shelton edged out Darryl Hollins in the 4.60 index class by a narrow 4.64 to 4.66 count.

Event Winners: 

Pro Street: Danny Cox
Real Street: Jeremy Teasley
4.60 Index: Cameron Shelton
5.60 Index: Mike Rankin
Crazy 8’s: Jeremy Teasley
Top Sportsman: Dave Clinedinst
Pro ET: Alan Fields (Saturday) Brian Canoles (Sunday)
Street ET: Steven Murray (Saturday) Bob Carlson (Sunday)

Prize Fight

The Ohio Valley Raceway in Louisville, Kentucky hosted the inaugural Prize Fight over the weekend, featuring many of the heavy hitters in small-tire racing from across the south. After two days of intense qualifying and eliminations action, it was the team of Jason Carter and Mark Micke grabbing Pro Drag Radial honors with their Chevy Malibu, while Darren Hilterbran won out in X275 and Shawn Pevlor notched Ultimate Street honors.

Event Winners: 

Pro Drag Radial: Mark Micke
X275: Darren Hilterbran
Ultimate Street: Shawn Pevlor
6.50 Index: Kevin Knieriem
7.50 Index: Presley Wilkerson
Super Pro: Ricky Conover Jr.
Pro: Don Scalf Jr.
Trophy: Bill Capps
Jr Dragster: Brandon Gowan