WATER WETTER NITRO COUPE PUTS OUT OPPONENTS' FIRE IN MAPLE GROVE

Nitro Coupe Runner-Up Tommy Howes 

 

 

Ohio racer Wayne Torkelson had better plan an addition to his house; he'll it for all the winner's plaques he's accumulating in his rookie season racing with the AutoZone Super Chevy Show's Mickey Thompson Nitro Coupe challenge.

Nitro Coupe Winner Wayne Torkelson 

 

Torkelson, from Belpre, Ohio, did it again Sunday (7/24) in Maple Grove, besting doorslammer legend Tommy Howes of Laytonsville, Maryland in the finals.  Howes had edged Torkelson for the Trim Parts Low Qualifier bonus (6.487 for Howes, 6.533 for Torkelson), but in the money round, Torkelson put his Water Wetter / Red Line Oil '54 Corvette Nitro Coupe in the winner's circle with a 6.332, 220.27 mph blast which was low ET for the weekend. Howes collected three hundredths on the tree but his '69 Camaro Nitro Coupe could only manage a 6.494 at 215.65 mph.

 

Top Sportsman Winner Ron Riegel 

 

The Top Sportsman class at Maple Grove belonged to Ron Riegel of Fairless Hills, PA.  His opponent in the finals, John Prime of Thomaston, CT, turned on the reds and then broke.  Riegel's pass in the finals was a 8.096 at 147.91 mph.

The finals of the Mr. Gasket Bracket One (Electronics) class on  Sunday featured Ben Parks of Salisbury, MD, laying down a 14 thousandths package in his '90 S&W RED ( R/T .013, dial 7.80, ran 7.801) to take out Brian Crump of Gap, PA. (Complete results from the Flowmaster Bracket  Racing Series are shown below).

The AutoZone Super Chevy Show's 25th Anniversary Tour moves into the cool New Hampshire weather this weekend (July 29-31).  Weather forecasts are calling for beautiful skies for the weekend with temperatures hovering around 78-81. AutoStar Productions President Roger Gustin invites all the racers suffering through the heat wave in the East to come enjoy the perfect conditions at New England Dragway this weekend.

 

Nitro Coupe Qualifying - Saturday 7/23/05

 

 

Qualifying

Position

Driver/Hometown

Car

ET

MPH

1

Tommy Howes, Laytonsville, MD

'69 Camaro

6.487

219.01

2

Wayne Torkelson, Belpre, OH

'54 Corvette

6.533

220.76

3

Tony "Sandman" Williams, Millington, TN

'69 Camaro

6.828

202.94

4

Jeff Merritt, Merrillville, IN

'00 Trans AM

7.024

170.90

5

Mike Swinarski, Hamburg, NY

'57 Bel Air

8.089

142.01

6

Bruce Boland, Stoney Creek, ONT Canada

'53 Corvette

8.611

108.67

7

Dave Tomasino, Holley, NY

'69 Camaro

9.046

105.39

8

Terry "Hitman" Hall, Brattleboro, VT

'36 Chevy

9.050

212.79

Terry the Hitman Halls 1936 Chevy Nitro Coupe 

 

Nitro Coupe Eliminations - Sunday 7/24/05

Semi-Finals

 

R/T 

ET

MPH

 

Wayne Torkelson def.

.151

6.343

217.95

 

Tony "Sandman" Williams

.126

6.907

201.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tommy Howes def.

.127

6.486

218.48

 

Mike Swinarski

.096

8.565

103.78

Finals

 

 

 

 

 

Wayne Torkelson def.

.131

6.332

220.37

 

Tommy Howes

.094

6.494

215.65

 

Top Sportsman Runner-Up John Prime 

 

Top Sportsman Eliminations Presented by ProCharger - Sun. 7/24/05

 

Driver

R/T

Dial-in

ET

MPH

Winner

Ron Riegel, Fairless Hills, MI

.008

7.98

8.096

147.91

Runner-Up

John Prime, Thomaston, CT, 67 Corvette

FOUL

 

BROKE

 

Semis

Mark Benter, Langhorne, PA, '90 Trans AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trim Parts Low  Qualifiers - Sat. 7/23/05

 

Driver

ET

MPH

Nitro Coupes

Tommy Howes, Laytonsville, MD, '69 Camaro

6.487

219.01

 

 

 

 

Top Sportsman

Mark Benter, Langhorne, PA, '90 Trans AM

7.265

192.44

 

 

 

 

TREMEC Quick Stick Shootout - Sunday 7/24

 

Driver

 

 

 

 

Winner

Mark Petitde Mange, Oxford, PA, '98 Camaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "Last Chance" Race - 7/24/05

 

 

Driver

R/T

Dial

ET

MPH

Winner

Robert Murphy Sr., Bucks County, PA

.029

9.58

9.620

134.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runner-Up

Peter Tucci, Wantaugh, NY

.101

8.87

8.906

143.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Semis

Justin Belmonte, Glenmore, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TREMEC Transmission Bonus Race - 7/22/05

 

Driver

R/T

Dial

ET

MPH

Winner

Steve Terkowski, Gilbertville, PA, '81 Cutlass

.052

10.27

10.354

130.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runner-Up

Andy Alberto, E. Northport, NY, '00 Quay RED

FOUL

7.80

8.677

107.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Semis

Dave Dissinger, Landisville, PA

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Harmart, Elysburg, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 FLOWMASTER Bracket Racing Series  Eliminations Sunday 7/24/05

 

Mr. Gasket Bracket One Pro Eliminator 

 

 

 

 

 

Driver

R/T

Dial-in

ET

MPH

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winner

Ben Parks, Salisbury, MD, '90 S&W RED

.013

7.80

7.801

169.78

Runner-up

Brian Crump, Gap, PA

.009

8.26

8.282

160.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semis

Steve Tarkowski, Gilbertville, PA, 81 Cutlass

 

 

 

 

 

Daryl Hornberger, Denver, PA, '97 Camaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bracket Two Eliminator