THE IHRA'S TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: THE PARTICIPANTS
* 162 different drivers qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions
* 20 different states and 4 Canadian provinces represented in this year’s TOC. Drivers by state/province are: North Carolina 33, Texas 21, Florida 16, Alberta 16, Pennsylvania 9, Virginia 9, New York 8, Ohio 7, Ontario 6, Kentucky 5, Louisiana 5, Michigan 5, British Columbia 5, Utah 4, Arizona 2, Colorado 2, Maryland 2, Idaho 1, Illinois 1, Indiana 1, Oklahoma 1, Washington 1, West Virginia 1, Manitoba 1
* 6 drivers qualified in more than one class – Jacob Elrod (TD, SR), Steve Dweck (TD, HR), Brett Nesbitt (TD, QR), Michael Beard (SS, ST), Mark Faul (SS, ST), Patrick Forster (QR, HR). NOTE: Jacob Elrod actually qualified in 4 classes (QR, HR), but TOC rules state that a driver may only compete in two classes, therefore he will represent the two classes in which he won a divisional championship.
*17 former IHRA World Champions in the field
* Top Dragster has the most individuals in the field with 29 drivers; Super Stock has the fewest with 21
* Jacob Elrod has the most Pro-Am wins and final around appearances of any driver in 2012 with 9 finals and 7 wins. Donny Urban is second with 6 finals and 5 wins. Mark Faul and Bart Nelson have 4 wins.
* Most total points by division: D1 Brandon Peterson (479); D2 Steve Dweck (493); D3 Jeremy Mason (470); D4 Bart Nelson (479); D6 Eric Goulden (346); D9 Chris Dean (521)
* Pete D’Agnolo (SS), Pete Peery (SS) and Steve Furr (SR) have the most TOC spots within their respective class with 3 apiece.
* Drivers taking up more than one spot in TOC field per class: TS – Al Burkett, Russell Marr, Mike Thompson, Donny Urban, Scott Wasko, Glenn Wright; TD – Jeremy West; SS – Art Congdon, Pete D’Agnolo, Marvin Dunahoo, David Latino, Mark Nowicki, Pete Peery, Mark Young; ST – Brent Darroch, Mark Faul, Jimmy Hidalgo Jr., Jimmy Hidalgo Sr., Myron Piatek, Tim Sloan; QR – Eric Goulden, Jeremy Mason, Steve Mikus, Michael Pennington, Vernon Rowland, Brooke Warren; SR – Joe Collier, Jacob Elrod, Steve Furr; HR – David Bills, Chris Dean, Steve Dweck, Bart Nelson.
* Potentially 7 additional drivers can be added to the list at the Memphis Sportsman Spectacular.
Below is a list of all of the drivers qualified for the 2012 Summit Tournament of Champions presented by AMSOIL in alphabetical order. BOLD means they are the division champion. In (parenthesis) is how they qualified and also indicated is if they are a former world champion, what year and their home state***
Top Sportsman (24)
Rube Allman (D3 3rd) OH
Bob Bauer Jr. (Grand Bend NJ) NY
Al Burkett (D1 2nd, Richmond) VA
*Calvin Butler (D1 1st) WV
Kenneth Covington (Salt Lake NJ) CO
Dean Hartley (D6 3rd) ALB
Rob Harvischak (D3 2nd) OH
Russell Marr (D4 2nd, Baton Rouge NJ) TX
Rick McDonough (D2 3rd) FL
*Jason Miller (D6 1st) B.C.
Randy Modersohn (Edmonton NJ) ALB
Larry Pittman (D9 3rd) NC
Clayton Roberts (D9 2nd) NC
Don Rudd (D1 3rd) VA
Mike Sowards (Martin NJ) MI
Michael Thompson (D2 2nd, Immokalee) FL
*Donny Urban (D2 1st, Maryland SS) – ’09 TD NC
*Scott Wasko (D3 1st, Pittsburgh NJ) OH
Garry Weslosky (D6 2nd) ALB
*Tim West (D9 1st) NC
Rick Whaley (Farmington) NC
Glenn Wright (D4 3rd, San Antonio NJ) – ‘11 TS TX
*Kamron Wright (D4 1st) TX
Ricky Vedros (San Antonio SS) LA
Top Dragster (29)
Scott Ball (D4 2nd) – ‘10 TD TX
David Barr (D9 2nd) – ’91 QR NC
Gary Bingham (D9 3rd) – ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 TS NC
Geordie Castle (D6 2nd) ALB
Claude Debonis (D2 2nd) FL
Scott Doyen (Martin NJ) MI
*Steve Dweck (D2 1st) FL
*Larry Eidson (D4 1st) TX
*Jacob Elrod (D3 1st) OH
Cindy Hawk (Tucson) AZ
Wynette Hudgins (D4 3rd) TX
*Cameron Manuel (D1 1st) – ’10 SR NC
*Tom McAvoy (D6 1st) ALB
Chase Murray (Baton Rouge NJ) TX
Brett Nesbitt (Richmond) – ’08 QR NC
Donna Patterson (Edmonton NJ) MAN
Trevor Ritchie (D6 3rd) ALB
Todd Robinson (San Antonio SS) TX
Kevin Romeo (Pittsburgh NJ) PA
*Greg Slack (D9 1st) NC
Paul Snell (Salt Lake NJ) UT
Mia Tedesco (D3 2nd) PA
Joseph Tinsley (San Antonio NJ) TX
Chad Traylor (D1 2nd) VA
Jamie Tupper (Grand Bend NJ) ONT
Wesley Washington (D1 3rd) VA
Jason Weaver (D3 3rd) PA
Jeremy West (D2 3rd, Immokalee) FL
Nick Womack (Farmington) NC
Super Stock (21)
*Michael Beard (D2 1st) – ’03, ’09 ST NC
Gianni Cantusci (D1 3rd) – ’11 SS ONT
*Gil Carty (D9 1st) VA
*Art Congdon (D6 1st, Edmonton NJ) ALB
Michael Crumpler (D2 2nd) NC
Pete D'Agnolo (D1 2nd, Pittsburgh NJ, Maryland SS) NY
Marvin Dunahoo (D9 2nd, Farmington) VA
Jory Elliott (Grand Bend NJ) ONT
Mark Faul (D6 2nd) WA
Joe Graves (D6 3rd) ALB
David Latino (D4 2nd, Baton Rouge NJ) LA
Richard Mace (D2 3rd) FL
*Jeffrey Miller (D4 1st) TX
*Mark Nowicki (D3 1st, Martin NJ) MI
Pete Peery (D4 3rd, San Antonio NJ, San Antonio SS) TX
*Brandon Peterson (D1 1st) NC
Marion Stephenson (Immokalee) IN
Scott Stillings (D3 2nd) – ’05, ’06 SS; ’98, ’99, ’00 QR KY
Emily Volkman (D3 3rd) PA
Carroll Warling (Salt Lake NJ) CO
Mark Young (D9 3rd, Richmond) NC
Stock (23)
Michael Beard (Pittsburgh NJ) – ’03, ’09 ST NC
*B.J. Bianchi (D2 1st) FL
Rob Bihl (D3 2nd) KY
Phil Combs (D3 3rd) – ’11 ST KY
*Brent Darroch (D3 1st, Martin NJ) PA
*Mark Faul (D6 1st, Edmonton NJ) WA
Sean Ferguson (D6 3rd) B.C.
*Thomas Fletcher (D1 1st) NY
Jeffrey Gardiner (D1 3rd) MD
Matt Hawk (San Antonio SS) AZ
Jimmy Hidalgo Sr. (D4 3rd, Baton Rouge NJ) LA
*Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. (D4 1st, San Antonio NJ) LA
Ed Longhany (D9 3rd) NC
Stephen McGrath (D1 2nd) NY
Missy Phillips (D2 3rd) NC
Myron Piatek (D2 2nd, Immokalee) – ’06 ST FL
Jacob Pitt (D4 2nd) TX
Anthony Platania (Grand Bend NJ) NY
Jesse Sanderson (Salt Lake NJ) UT
Tom Skjonsberg (D6 2nd) ALB
*Tim Sloan (D9 1st, Farmington) NC
Michael Lee Truell (D9 2nd) NC
Joel Warren (Richmond) NC
Quick Rod (22)
John Biermann (D2 3rd) FL
Scotty Campbell (Pittsburgh NJ) PA
Patrick Forster (D3 2nd) PA
*Eric Goulden (D6 1st, Edmonton NJ) ALB
Blu Hayball (D6 3rd) ID
Randal Langley (D2 2nd) FL
*Carey Long (D9 1st) NC
Corey Manuel (Richmond) NC
*Jeremy Mason (D3 1st, Martin NJ) KY
*Ed McCleaft (D1 1st) PA
Steve Mikus (D3 3rd, Immokalee) MI
Jake Milstead (Maryland SS) MD
*Steve Muller (D2 1st) FL
Brett Nesbitt (D9 2nd) – ’08 QR NC
Jacob Otto (D1 3rd) VA
Michael Pennington (D4 3rd, San Antonio NJ) TX
Vernon Rowland (D4 2nd, Baton Rouge, NJ) OK
*Dale Scates (D4 1st) TX
Cody Scheu (D6 2nd) ALB
Russ Stevenson (Salt Lake NJ) UT
Rick Stroud (D1 2nd) ONT
Brooke Warren (D9 3rd, Farmington) NC
Super Rod (25)
*Chad Barclay (D6 1st) B.C.
Shannon Brinkley (D4 2nd) TX
Donald Brown (D9 3rd) NC
*Joe Collier (D4 1st, San Antonio NJ) TX
Tommy Corbett (Richmond) VA
Dale Dryden (D6 2nd) ALB
*Jacob Elrod (D3 1st, Martin NJ) OH
*Jeff Estep (D9 1st) NC
Joe Ferrari (Grand Bend NJ) ONT
*Steve Furr (D2 1st, MD SS, Farmington) – ’96, ’04, ’06, ’11 SR NC
Vince Gregoire (D1 3rd) NY
Will Hinkston (Pittsburgh NJ) NC
Charlie Kenopic (D1 2nd) ONT
Jason McCandless (D2 3rd) FL
Clayton Nance (D4 3rd) TX
Ed Olpin (Salt Lake NJ) UT
T.G. Paschal (D9 2nd) NC
Mick Rice (Immokalee) FL
Michael Ruff (D2 2nd) FL
Floyd Russo (Baton Rouge NJ) LA
Mike Shannon (D6 3rd) B.C.
Jeff Southerland (D3 3rd) IL
Dave Stobbe (Edmonton NJ) B.C.
*Bernard Weaver (D1 1st) – ’01, ’05 SR VA
Chris Yates (D3 2nd) MI
Hot Rod (24)
Tim Andersen (D2 2nd) FL
Rick Baehr (Martin NJ) OH
David Bills (D4 2nd, San Antonio NJ) TX
Carey Borchuk (D6 3rd) ALB
Thomas Coonly (D1 3rd) NY
*Chris Dean (D9 1st, Farmington) NC
Ray Dew (San Antonio SS) TX
Chad Duke (Richmond) NC
*Steve Dweck (D2 1st, Immokalee) FL
Patrick Forster (D3 3rd) PA
Ken Goldade (D6 2nd) ALB
Daryl Griffin (D9 3rd) – ’90 HR NC
John Hudson (D2 3rd) FL
Chip Johnson (D1 2nd) – ’11 HR NC
Max McGlothin (D4 3rd) TX
*Warren Neitsch (D6 1st) ALB
*Bart Nelson (D4 1st, Baton Rouge NJ) TX
Casey Plaizier (Edmonton NJ) ALB
Matt Robinson (D9 2nd) NC
Timmy Roe (D3 2nd) KY
Skip Saddler (Pittsburgh NJ) PA
*Michael Schiberl (D3 1st) OH
*Donald Webb (D1 1st) – ’01 HR NY
Doug Wood (Maryland SS)
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