Three days of glorious early fall weather led to hot times at the 15th Annual Shakedown at the Summit. A total purse of $155,000 was up for grabs to the competitors in the 7 categories present. Ohio’s John DeCerbo took home the lion’s share of 40 grand by winning the pro-mod class. The Summit Motorsports Park crew and Kurt Johnson of Total Venue Concepts battled lots of sun and high track temperatures all weekend to provide a great surface. Car counts were up over previous years as well, with over 130 open comp cars and 50 top sportsman cars vying for one of 32 spots.
Here’s the results and photo highlights by Dave Oakes.
Mick Snyder was low qualifier in the tough top sportsman class @ 6.11
Mike Decker Jr. defeated Mo Hall in the Outlaw 10.5 final with a 3.98
Jerry Robinette suffered this massive nitrous backfire in qualifying
Pro-Mod runner-up Mike Gondziola’s beautiful C7 Corvette
John Stanley took home the $5000 “Money Shot” with a 5.68
Marco Abruzzi inflicted major damage to his Camaro on this pass. He was not hurt.
This Mustang found plenty of bite
Melanie Salemi was low qualifier in Pro-Mod with a 5.71
Mark Micke swept the Radial VS The World class
Ken Mottshaw took home the top sportsman crown over Scott Wasko
Mark Bruder dominated X275 with passes in the 4.30’s
John DeCerbo took home the $40k winner’s share in Pro-Mod
