GINGLES AND DREW WIN IN EARLVILLE
EARLVILLE, Iowa.– At Tri-State Raceway in Earlville, Iowa, racers Gord Gingles, Winnipeg, Manit., and Ray Drew, Hales Corners, Wis., took home the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car respectively. This event concludes the six race Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series in the West Central Division.
Gord Gingles faced off against defending event champion Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kansas, and posted a winning run of 5.358 seconds, 263.00 mph. Meyer slowed to a 6.156 second, 183.39 mph lap for his runner up finish. Meyer was slow off the light and had trouble moving down the track. Gingles made a clean start and drove away to take the win.
Drew got the Top Alcohol Funny Car win with a pass of 6.118 seconds at 239.31 mph. He faced off against Bill Bernard, Littleton, Colo., in the final, who left too early at the tree.
Todd Patterson, Augusta, Kan., was better at the line and was first to the stripe in Comp Eliminator posting a time of 7.863 seconds, 171.97 mph in his ’10 Cobalt. Patterson defeated Mark Kirkman, Monmouth, Ill., who had a lap of 6.475 seconds at 186.85 mph in the money round.
It was a battle of the Cobalts in Super Stock as Tom Cain, Louisburg, Kan., in an ’09 Cobalt took the win over Brina Splingaire, N. Riverside, Ill., in her ’08 Cobalt by 0.0005 seconds, approximately 1 inch.
Trevor Larson, Starbuck, Minn., beat Cal Belden, Aberdeen, S.D., with a 8.84 second, 163.28 mph lap in the Super Comp final while Jerry Jones, Indianola, Iowa, drove his ’81 Monte Carlo to the win taking out Wayne Christopher Milan, Ill., in Super Street.
Other racers visiting the winner’s circle this weekend were Johnny Diekema, Blue Grass, Iowa, in Stock Eliminator; David Nelson, Palmyra, Mo., in Super Gas; and Aiva Moore, Marion, Iowa won in Junior Dragster. In the NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson, Patrick Roetto, Wichita, Kan., defeated Cody Duffield, of Rockford, Iowa.
In the Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman Series, Jeff Southerland, Andover, Ill., took the win over Terry Pope, Blair, Neb., and scored a winning run of 7.732 seconds, 175.30 mph. Matt Kreft, Council Bluffs, Iowa, earned the win in the Fineline Graphics/Madcap Top Dragster Series with a lap of 7.078 seconds at 195.00 mph.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Tri-State Raceway:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER:
ROUND 1
1) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.322, 273.44 def. 8) Dean Dubbin, Royalton, Minn., 5.684, 248.57; 4) Brandon Booher, Urbana, Ill., 5.375, 270.32 def. 5) Mike Newkirk, Great Bend, Kan., 5.434, 261.98; 6) James Stevens, Gothenburg, Neb., 5.439, 260.41 def. 3) Jared Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 12.614, 86.90; 7) Gord Gingles, Winnipeg, Manit., 5.301, 262.85 def. 2) Mia Tedesco, Pittsburg, Pa., 5.352, 262.90
SEMIFINALS
Meyer, 5.265, 275.06 def. Booher, 5.387, 272.56; Gingles, 5.580, 259.21 def. Stevens, 5.692, 255.19;
FINAL
Gord Gingles, Winnipeg, Manit., 5.358, 263.00 def. Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 6.156, 183.39.
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:
ROUND 1
1) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, ’04 Firebird, 5.687, 253.28 was unopposed; 3) Ray Drew, Hales Corners, Wis., ’14 Mustang, 5.678, 254.76 def. 6) Wayne Butler, Forest City, Ill., ’02 Mustang, broke; 2) Todd Robertson, Harrison Twp., Mich., ’12 Monte Carlo, 11.997, 67.61 def. 7) Kris Hool, Evansville, Wyo., ’10 Monte Carlo, broke; 5) Bill Bernard, Littleton, Colo., ’09 Mustang, 5.879, 243.72 def. 4) Chris Foster, Davenport, Iowa, ’15 Mustang, 6.054, 196.16
SEMIFINALS
Drew, 5.714, 254.33 def. Robertson, 8.357, 108.39; Bernard, 5.887, 251.91 def. Williams, 6.076, 180.62;
FINAL
Ray Drew, Hales Corners, Wis., ’14 Mustang, 6.118, 239.31 def. Bill Bernard, Littleton, Colo., ’09 Mustang, foul.
COMP ELIMINATOR
Todd Patterson, Augusta, Kan., ’10 Cobalt, A/SMA, 7.863, 171.97 def. Mark Kirkman, Monmouth, Ill., Bos, A/DA, 6.475, 186.85.
SUPER STOCK
Tom Cain, Louisburg, Kan., ’09 Cobalt, SS/BS, 8.773, 143.89 def. Brina Splingaire, N. Riverside, Ill., ’08 Cobalt, GT/BA, 9.348, 141.09.
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Johnny Diekema, Blue Grass, Iowa, ’65 Corvette, AA/S, 9.900, 135.20 def. Larry Henderson, Holden, Mo., ’69 Nova, B/S, 10.460, 122.32.
SUPER COMP
Trevor Larson, Starbuck, Minn., dragster, 8.948, 162.10 def. Cal Belden, Aberdeen, S.D., dragster, 8.884, 163.28.
SUPER GAS
David Nelson, Palmyra, Mo., ’01 Corvette, 9.881, 159.14 def. Randy Nygaard, Watertown, S.D., ’90 Cavalier, foul.
SUPER STREET
Jerry Jones, Indianola, Iowa, ’81 Monte Carlo, 10.899, 134.75 def. Wayne Christopher, Milan, Ill., ’84 Monte Carlo, 10.892, 129.26.
TOP SPORTSMAN
Jeff Southerland, Andover, Ill., ’98 Cutlass, 7.732, 175.30 def. Terry Pope, Blair, Neb., ’02 Cavalier, 7.323, 188.54.
TOP DRAGSTER
Matt Kreft, Council Bluffs, Iowa, dragster, 7.078, 195.00 def. David Harrington, Shawnee Mission, Kan., dragster, 6.803, 199.26.
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE PRESENTED BY HARLEY DAVIDSON Patrick Roetto, Wichita, Kan., ’09 Suzuki, 9.252, 143.37 def. Cody Duffield, Rockford, Iowa, ’95 Suzuki, 8.560, 149.17.
JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Aiva Moore, Marion, Iowa, dragster, 7.926, 79.72 def. Paige Teel, Quincy, Ill., dragster, 8.926, 70.95.
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