Final round-by-round results from the Inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Mardi Gras Nationals at State Capitol Raceway, the first of 10 events in the  2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE -- Bobby Lagana Jr., 5.095, 227.69 def. Terry McMillen, 7.704, 115.17; Paul Lee, 4.981, 290.69 def. Terry Haddock, 5.072, 219.54; Bruce Litton, 4.771, 304.25 def. Mitch King, 4.923, 285.53; Del Cox Jr, 6.057, 61.96 def. Tim Boychuk, DQ;

Sunday's final results from the Inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Mardi Gras Nationals at State Capitol Raceway.  The  race is the first of 10 in the  2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series:  

LOCAL FAVORITES CONNER, MC INERNY WIN AT ORLANDO SPEED WORLD DRAGWAY’S LUCAS OIL SERIES EVENT

NHRA’s Southeast division racers are now half way through the 2009
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season.  With the completion of the event
this weekend at Orlando Speed World Dragway, racers have completed
three of six events slated for the year and two local competitors made
it to the winner’s circle.  Oviedo resident Ed Conner wheeled his ’63
Corvette to the win in Super Gas while Titusville’s Greg Mc Inerny
grabbed the win in his ’89 Camaro Super Streeter.

Anthony Bertozzi scored a double win, ousting Arnie Martel, Tewksbury,
Mass., in the Comp Eliminator final and David Simmons of Suwanee, Ga.,
in the Super Stock final.  This is the second straight Super Stock win
for the Ashland, Va., racer who is also the division’s reigning Super
Stock champ as well as the Northeast division’s Comp Eliminator titlist.

Mike Carpenter confirmed this morning that his father, Pro Nitrous racer Charles Carpenter, suffered a fractured vertabrae in his Saturday evening accident during the ADRL Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas.

Doug Kirk had a feeling that his winless streak was going to have to end sooner or later.

Kirk’s last victory was in 2003 when the multi-time IHRA Pro Stock champion won behind the wheel of Charlie Hunt’s Pro Stocker.
 
Sometimes a story gets better with another chapter.
 
Kirk wrote the new chapter with a victory in the inaugural Extreme Pro
Stock event at the ADRL Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V in Baytown, Texas.

When someone mistreats you, you kill them with kindness.
 

When you’re not the quickest or fastest Pro Nitrous car in competition, you kill them with consistency.
 
That’s the path New Iberia, La.-based Stan Allen took to the
winner’s circle at the ADRL Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V hosted by
Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas.

First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the
Inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Mardi Gras Nationals at State Capitol
Raceway, the first of 10 events in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing
Series.  Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday.

If you ever think that Billy Glidden isn’t serious about racing
and winning just try putting an in-car camera inside of his Mickey
Thompson Tires-sponsored Grand Am.
 
A crew shooting the ADRL event for airing on the Versus network
propositioned the defending Extreme Outlaw 10.5 driver about installing
the camera equipment inside of his car.
 
Glidden took the camera in his hand and checked the weight. His face was emotionless as he held the unit in his hand.
 
Five seconds later Glidden looked at the producer and politely said, “Thanks but no thanks.”

Todd Tutterow had a clear cut objective heading into the ADRL
Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Tex.
 

He had planned to enter the event, run 200 miles per hour and slip out
with the $5000 prize offered by Flowmaster Mufflers to any driver who
could run the speed. In his mind, anything after that was a bonus.
 
That’s why Tutterow, the veteran doorslammer racer from Yadkinville,
N.C., ran seven consecutive 200 mph runs over the course of the event.
 
Speed does indeed kill if you're in the lane opposite lane of Tutterow.
 
Thirty minutes shy of 11 PM on Saturday evening, Tutterow defeated big runner Jason Scruggs to collect his bonus.

Commisso sets IHRA World Speed Record, takes Pro Mod pole; Cox tops Top Fuel list, Collins No. 1 in PS

Welcome back to Louisiana.

After a nearly 20 year absence from the area, professional drag racing
finally made its return to Louisiana and did so with tremendous results
as fans packed the stands for one of the biggest shows in IHRA history
during Saturday’s “Night of Fire” at the Summit Racing Equipment Mardi
Gras Nationals at State Capitol Raceway.

Under a blue sky and with perfect temperatures, Saturday’s excitement
got started early when Pro Mod ace Ray Commisso (Toronto, Ont) set a
new IHRA World Speed Record with a run of 246.08 mph during the third
round of pro qualifying during the afternoon session – and the action
just continued to heat up from there.