In other professional action Frank Patille defeated Jim Barker to win the highly popular Northeast Outlaw Pro Modified class.

Patille had a very consistent afternoon and saved the best for last
with a 6.171 elapsed time at 228.19 miles per hour in the quarter-mile
to claim the win. Barker ran a 6.301 E.T. at 231.83 mph in the
runner-up finish.

Patille defeated Matt Deitsch, Derrick Townes and Jeff Rodgers to pick up the win.

The National Guard American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL’s) Flowmaster Dragstock VI lived up to

Jason Hamstra (near lane) was a picture of consistency in winning his
second National Guard ADRL Pro Extreme race at Flowmaster Dragstock VI,
beating first-time National Guard ADRL entrant Ken Walsh in the final
round.

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promise of a great event Sep. 12, delivering record-setting fields,
outstanding individual efforts, massive crowds and exciting on-track
action.

Before a standing-room-only crowd that packed historic Rockingham
Dragway to capacity, Jason Hamstra won his second Pro Extreme race of
the year, Pro Nitrous veteran Mike Castellana scored his second win of
the last three events, Chuck Ulsch doubled his Extreme 10.5 win total
in record-setting fashion, Extreme Pro Stock racer Doug Kirk won his
second of the year and Pro Extreme Motorcycle rider Eric McKinney
became the lone first-time winner.

Being loyal has its advantages. Just ask Robert Patrick, the ADRL Extreme Pro Stock racer from Fredericksburg, Va.

Armed with bonus points from competing on the full 2009 ADRL Nationals
Guard tour, Patrick overtook the eighth place in points. He will
compete in next month’s ADRL Speedtech Battle for the Belts competition
in Dallas, Tex., to determine the eliminator world champion.

Frank Manzo picked up his tenth win of the year in Top Alcohol Funny
Car while John Finke picked up his third in Top Alcohol Dragster at
this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Old Bridge
Township Raceway Park.

Manzo of Morganville, N.J., scored his fifth divisional win to go along
with his five national event wins for a perfect season in scored
events. The alcohol class racers count their best 5 of their first 8
events towards the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series National
Championship.        

Manzo barely held on to beat former Olympic Gold Medalists Marty
Nothstein, Orefield, Pa., in the final round of a race that was as
close as you can get.  Manzo’s ran 5.614 seconds at 260.71 mph to
Nothstein’s quicker 5.611 second, 253.28 mph pass out of the No. 3
qualifying position.  Manzo’s holeshot starting line advantage of three
thousandths of a second proved to be the difference with the computer
scoring margin of victory of less than an inch.

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Tri-State Raceway is in
the books and the West Central division racing schedule has been
completed.  Drivers still have the ability to race out-of-division
events in order to pick up last minute points in search of divisional
and national championships. Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Jim Whiteley,
Grand Junction, Colo., and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Andy Bohl,
Racine, Wis., picked up the wins.

Whiteley, the No. 2 qualifier, defeated Chris Demke of Sunland, Calif.,
in the final to grab the win.  He posted a 5.409 second, 263.46 mph lap
to seize his third divisional victory of the year.  The Pacific
division racer is en route to picking up a divisional championship.

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast division event at
Atlanta Dragway is in the books with Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Duane
Shields, Boulder City, Nev., and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Steve
Harker out of Gainesville, Ga., taking home the goods.  This weekend’s
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event wraps up the fifth of six in
Southeast division competition.

Shields picked up his second divisional of the season when he knocked
out Robin Samsel of Marion, Ind., for the win.  His pass of 5.372
seconds at 263.72 took the win light and a hold of the lead in the
Southeast points standings.

Harker, who races out of the South Central division, defeated the No.1
qualifier Tony Bartone of Long Island City, N.Y., in the final.  His
lap of 5.635 seconds at 256.99 mph was more than enough to grab the
hardware and earn his second divisional win of the season.

After a soggy start and terrible conditions to begin the weekend, Sunday’s finals at the Amalie Oil North
American Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers turned into
one of the most beautiful days of racing seen all year.

And the action on the track was just as impressive.

Unofficial point standings (top 10) for IHRA professional categories
following the Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New
England Dodge Dealers at New England Dragway, the eighth of 10 events
in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series -

In the final that no one saw coming Bob Bertsch and Mike Bruno – with a combined one career final round
between them – faced off in the final of the Elite Motorsports Pro
Stock class Sunday at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H.

And this time, Bertsch got the win he has been waiting for.

Bertsch came into this weekend’s race with one career victory, but that
win was slightly tarnished as he was the only car in the field that
afternoon after unforeseen circumstances placed him as the lone Pro
Stock in the field.

In only his first year on the IHRA tour, Del Cox Jr. has quickly become a man of two faces.

With
every pass Cox looks more and more like the man he replaced last
season, but at the same time he continues to separate himself from the
pack.

On Sunday, he showed the world both sides.