In the final results from Maple Grove Raceway and the NHRA Northeast
Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series former division champion Frank
Aragona Jr., Freehold, N.J., won in Comp Eliminator and local racer Dan
Walleigh of Reading, Pa., won in Super Street.

Aragona turned on the win light with his ’32 roadster when Stephen Szupka, Willow Grove, Pa., broke in the final round.

Walleigh picked up his first NHRA win driving his ’60 Falcon past Scott
Steiner of New York, while defending division champion Mike Sawyer of
Acton, Mass., drove to the win over Jason Kenny, Kingston, Ont., in
Super Gas.

Joining in with victories of their own were John Benoit, Montpelier,
Vt., and Don Milson of Richmond, R.I.  Benoit went 6.801 seconds,
203.37 mph in beating Robert Tagliareni, Oakland, N.J., in the Speed
Shop Top Sportsman class and Milson held off Laura Zeffiro, Winchester
Center, Conn., in the Mx Industrial.com Top Dragster class running
78.450 seconds, 181.50 mph

Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Dan Kracht, Gretna, Neb., scored his first
win of the season at the Thunder on the Lakes event, a round of the
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Brainerd Int’l Raceway.  Roger
Bateman, a Calgary, Alb., racer, made his way to the winner’s circle
for the first time this year in his Top Alcohol Funny Car.

Kracht, who was in the final round at an out-of-division race in Dallas
in April, scored the win in his second out of the year.  Starting from
the No. 1 qualifying spot, he laid down a 5.434-second, 242.58 mph pass
against runner-up Jared Dreher of Clinton, Ind.  Dreher red-lighted in
the final round.

Bateman squared off against Prior Lake, Minn.’s Bruce Carlson in the
first round of eliminations and had a bye run in the semis.  In the
final he was slated to run against Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Manit. 
However, in his win over Vern Moats in the semis, McVey damaged his
motor and was unable to make the call in the final handing the win to
Bateman.

Delta resident Shawn Cowie won his third race of the year in Top
Alcohol Dragster at the Lordco BC Nationals, a round of the NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series, at Mission Raceway Park.  Brian Hough, Junction
City, Ore., joined Cowie in the winner’s circle after scoring the Top
Alcohol Funny Car win and Rob Harrison of North Vancouver earned the
Comp Eliminator trophy.

Cowie, who won out-of-division races in Phoenix and Las Vegas, started
the day from the No. 2 qualifying spot.  He beat High River, Alb.,
racer Ashley Bart in the opening round and in the semis he blasted a
5.290-second, 271.08 mph pass to beat Joey Severance of Spanaway,
Wash.  In the final, Cowie ran 5.330 seconds at 270.10 mph to beat Dale
Carlson of Olympia, Wash.

Hough was event’s No. 1 qualifier and due to the odd number of Top
Alcohol Funny Cars in competition, he had a bye run in the first round
then, in the semis and the final round, his competitors red-lighted. 
First it was Rob Atchison, London, Ont., and in the final it was John
Evanchuk, Edmonton, Alb.

In the final rounds of qualifying at Brainerd Int’l Raceway’s Thunder
on the Lakes NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, Dan Kracht,
Gretna, Neb., held on to No. 1 qualifying spot in Top Alcohol Dragster
while Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., moved his Top Alcohol Funny Car to
the top of the field.

Kracht blasted a 5.395-second, 256.80 mph pass in yesterday’s
qualifying and that was enough to keep him in the top spot.  Because of
the odd number of cars in competition, Kracht will have a bye run in
the first round of eliminations Sunday.  Former division champion
Richard Putz of Earlville, Iowa, made a 5.422-second, 263.41 mph lap to
move from the No. 5 spot into the No. 2 position.

Bateman, who is the defending division Funny Car champ, started the day
in the No. 6 spot and made a 5.588-second, 255.43 mph pass to put him
in the top spot.  Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Manit., is the second-place
qualifier with a 5.693-second, 253.71 mph pass.

Comp Eliminator racer Pat Nahan of St. Cloud, stayed in the No. 1
qualifying spot as did Ronald Roddel, Sioux Falls, S.D., in Super
Stock.  In Stock Eliminator, Peter Boslovitch, Lockport, Manit.,
grabbed the No. 1 spot in his ’80 Malibu.  J.J. Heber, Aurora, Colo.,
remained No. 1 in Top Sportsman and Dean Dubbin, Royalton, Minn.,
continues to lead in Top Dragster.  Alex Barmettler, Maplewood, Minn.,
moved to the top of the field for Sportsman Motorcycle presented by
Harley Davidson.

Qualifying is complete at the Lordco BC Nationals, a round of the NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Mission Raceway Park.  Shelton, Wash.,
racer Brandon Johnson drove his Top Alcohol Dragster to the top of the
field and Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., remained the best qualifier
in Top Alcohol Funny Car.  Terry Spargo of Delta continued to lead the
Top Sportsman class and Burnaby’s Kelly Vos stayed atop the Sportsman
Motorcycle presented by Harley Davidson class.

Johnson moved past Delta resident Shawn Cowie when Cowie failed to
improve on Friday’s qualifying run.  Johnson’s 5.360-second, 266.11 mph
pass was enough to move him ahead of Cowie whose best run was 5.371
seconds at 269.94 mph.  Mission resident Leo Grocock and Sumas racer
Bill Edwards Jr. both failed to make the eight-car eliminations field.

Hough did not improve on his initial qualifying pass either but his
5.657-second, 256.77 mph lap was enough to keep him ahead of John
Evanchuk, Edmonton, Alb., who moved from the No. 3 spot to No. 2 with a
5.706-second, 251.35 mph pass.

Racing fans were amazed to see a new track record set during Rocky Mountain Raceways’ annual Jet Car Spring Nationals drag race.

Brett Harris broke the Nostalgia Front Engine Top Fuel Dragster record at Rocky Mountain Raceways May 23, 2009.

Brett Harris, of Kaysville, Utah set a new track record for Nostalgia
Front Engine Top Fuel Dragster of 5.889 ET at 204.54 MPH. His father,
Jack Harris, previously held the record of 5.915 ET in 2003.

The most exciting thing was that the car Brett was driving Saturday
night was the same car his father drove when his father set the record.

“Setting a new track record at Rocky Mountain Raceways is great. We
have been trying to do this for awhile now.” said Brett Harris. “We
have really enjoyed Jet Car Spring Nationals. Seeing all of the fans is
the best part.”

The fan favorite of the night was the Jet Cars. Jet Cars have an actual
jet engine that powers the car. The cars have 8,000 horsepower and
average speeds of about 270 miles per hour.

Harris was the low qualifier in rain-shortened Mad Dawg event. Eliminations to be run on Sunday

Three
rounds of Mad Dawg qualifying at Mooresville Dragway was successfully
completed before rains halted the competition in Mooresville, N.C.

Bill Reichert and Mickey Ferro both picked up big wins this weekend for
the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Maple Grove Raceway.

Reichert, of Owosso, Mich., ran the quickest pass of the event in the
final round against John Finke of Selkirk, N.Y., with a 5.310 second,
270.70 mph run.  Reichert also took out the No. 1 qualifier Mike Kosky,
Cuddy, Pa., in round 2 with a 5.323, 271.19 mph pass.

Ferro, Stamford, Conn., grabbed the holeshot and held on to beat
reigning National and Northeast Division Funny Car champion Frank Manzo
running 5.650 second, 256.45 mph.  Manzo had the quicker time at 5.638
seconds but Ferro’s reaction time of 0.020 seconds gave him nearly
four-hundredths of a second lead.  Ferro out ran Marty Nothstein of
Orefield, Pa., in his semi-final match up while Manzo took out Marc
White of Glendale Heights, Ill., in his semi-finals run.

Charlie Greco remained on top in qualifying for the Comp Eliminator
class out of Berwyn, Pa., in his ’06 GTO while John Benoit and Frank
Zeffiro also held on to the top spots in Top Sportsman and Top Dragster
respectively.  Benoit of Montpelier, Vt., drove his ’57 Bel Air to a
lap of 6.490 seconds at 213.10 mph and Zeffiro, Winchester Center,
Conn., clocked in at 6.334, 223.62.

The
National Guard American Drag Racing League (ADRL) came up a little
short in a race with Mother Nature this evening at Memphis Motorsports
Park (MMP), as light rain began falling just as the semi-final rounds
were about to be run at the Quarter-Max Memphis Drags II.

In a
hastily convened meeting with all National Guard ADRL competitors left
in contention, Director of Race Operations Quick Vandiver announced all
semi-finals and final rounds for the Memphis event will now be held
during Friday night’s qualifying session at the next National Guard
ADRL event, June 5-6, at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI.