South Georgia Motorsports Park will host the NHRA Southeast division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, April 3-5.  The race is the fourth of six in the region and will feature drivers in eight categories, including 250 mph Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, vying for points leading to divisional and national championships.  The division's Davis Golf Carts Top Sportsman Series and Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster Series will also be run in conjunction with the event.

In the battle for the division's Top Alcohol Funny Car crown, Norcross, Ga., racer Mark Billington is tied with Mickey Ferro of Stamford, Conn.  At the two races where the Alcohol categories have been contested, Bradenton (Fla.) Motorsports Park and Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway, Billington has two runner-up finishes.  Ferro scored the win in Bradenton and went to the semis in Gainesville.  Reigning division champion Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif.,

is just 11 points off the pace.  The California native lost in the first round in Bradenton but got the win over Billington in Gainesville.       

Bill Evans of Miramar, Fla., is leading the championship charge in Top Alcohol Dragster after making a final-round appearance in Bradenton and going to the semifinals

in Gainesville.  But Robin Samsel, Marion, Ind., is a scant 21 points behind Evans with two semifinal-round showings.

There is an even closer race in the division's Comp Eliminator category.  Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., is one point ahead of defending division champ Arnie Martel

of Tewksbury, Mass.  Treadwell scored runner-up points in Bradenton and Gainesville

before losing in the second round at the division's last event, at Orlando (Fla.) Speed World Dragway.  Martel, who also currently sits in third place in Super Stock, took the win over Treadwell in Bradenton, lost in round-one in Gainesville and was runner-up in Orlando.

Russell Johnson and Jeff Strickland come in to South Georgia Motorsports Park tied for first place in Stock Eliminator.  At the first two races, Sharpsburg, Ga., resident Johnson went to the third and second rounds, respectively, before taking home runner-up honors in Orlando.  Strickland, a resident of Red Bay, Ala., won the season opener then went on to a first-round loss in Gainesville and was ousted in the third round in Orlando.

Qualifying and time trials begin on Friday, from noon to 6 p.m.  On Saturday and Sunday, spectator gates open at 8 a.m.  Final qualifying and time trials are slated to begin Saturday at 10 a.m.  Top Dragster, Comp Eliminator and Top Sportsman have two qualifying sessions, beginning at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.  Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying sessions are scheduled at 5 and 8 p.m.  Eliminations start Sunday at 9 a.m.  Top Dragster, Comp Eliminator and Top Sportsman will begin eliminations at 10 a.m. and eliminations for Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car begin at 1 p.m.