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TORKELSON
WINS SUPER CHEVY INDY EVENT, LENGTHENS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEAD For
the second year in a row, a rookie is threatening to take command of
the Mickey Thompson Nitro Coupe World Championship chase in the AutoZone
Super Chevy Show series.
Wayne
Torkelson, from Belpre Ohio (by way of California) took the WorkMat.net
Nitro Coupe win at Indianapolis Raceway Park July 17 over veteran Mel
Eaves and lengthened his world championship points lead. Torkelson, in
his Water Wetter '54 Corvette Nitro Coupe, went through
defending world champion Randy Adler in the semis and Merrillville,
Indiana Nitro Coupe racer Jeff Merritt in the first round. The win in
the semis over Adler was especially significant for Torkelson as Adler is
currently number two in the points. Eaves was the event's top qualifier
with a 6.276 second blast at 223.88 miles per hour. He defeated
Canadian ace Bruce Boland in the semis. In the finals,
Torkelson had two hundredths of a second in the bank on the tree
and drove to a 6.305 at 220.66 miles per hour, edging Eaves, who ran
a 6.337 at 220.87 miles per hour.
Top Sportsman
belonged to Etna, Ohio racer Mark Conkle, who was also the classes top
qualifier at 7.245 seconds at 192.99 miles per hour. In the finals,
Conkle defeated a red-lighting Dennis Jordan of Greenwood, Indiana.
Conkle's '87 Sunbird ran a 7.278 on his 7.28 second dial with a top speed
of 192.85 miles per hour but got away with it because of his opponent's
red light. Jordan's run ended with the red light, but he ran it out
to a 7.859 on a 7.80 second dial at 176.19 miles per hour.
The Chicago
Super Stock Outlaws made a special appearance at the AutoZone Super Chevy
Show's Indy event and these street-legal monsters put on a great show.
Smokin' Joe Stiles of Plainfield, IL did it all as he turned in the low
qualifying pass and then took the win on Sunday. Stiles, driving a
'71 Camaro Z-28, qualified at 7.934 seconds at 172.83 miles per hour.
In the finals, he tangled with Chicago Outlaw Super Stock founder Bill
Houghton and took him out. Smokin' Joe ran a 7.921 at 173.47
in the finals; Houghton's 93 Camaro Z-28 ran a 7.98 at 173.03 miles
per hour. (Flowmaster
Bracket Racing Series results below) The AutoZone
Super Chevy Show heads to Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania for a
stop on the series' 25th Anniversary tour July 22-24. For
information on that event, go to www.superchevyshow.com. Nitro Coupe Qualifying - Saturday
7/16/05
Nitro
Coupe Eliminations - Sunday 7/17/05
Top
Sportsman Qualifying Presented by ProCharger - Sat. 7/16
Top
Sportsman Eliminations Presented by ProCharger - Sun. 7/17/05
Trim
Parts Low Qualifiers - Sat. 7/16/05
Chicago
Super Stock Outlaws Qualifying Sat. 7/16
Chicago Super Stock Outlaws Eliminations - 7/17/05
FLOWMASTER
Bracket Racing Series Eliminations Sunday 7/17/05
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