Six more drivers advance to Summit SuperSeries World Championship
NORWALK, Ohio (October 5, 2011) – In one of the closest finishes of the season, Dunn Benson Dragstrip edged out Rockingham Dragway and Fayetteville Motorsports Park over the weekend to win the Division 9 Raiders Summit Team Finals event at Rockingham Dragway.
Dunn Benson racked up 45 points over the four-day race, one point ahead of host Rockingham Dragway. Fayetteville Motorsports Park was third two points back, followed by Maryland International Raceway and Greer Dragway rounding out the top five of the dozen tracks on hand.
The Division 9 event also sent four drivers to the Summit SuperSeries World Championship later this month in Virginia. Out of the Box class Kent Sessoms advanced out of Northeast Dragway with a win over Tommy Plott of Piedmont Dragway. Despite getting beat on the tree, Sessoms ran a solid 5.345, 132.46 on a 5.32 dial to defeat Plott who ran a 4.793, 141.39 on a 4.76 dial. In No Box James Hanrahan of Maryland International Raceway defeated Mark Bridgers of Dunn Benson Dragstrip in the final. Hanrahan ran a 5.973, 114.03 on a 5.95 dial while Bridgers broke out by a hundredth of a second.
Also in action over the weekend was the Division 2 Heat Wave West Summit Team Finals as host track Montgomery Motorsports Park ran away with the title over Alabama International. Knoxville Dragway was third, followed by Mobile Dragway and Jackson Dragway.
Two drivers emerged from the Montgomery Summit Team Finals as Harvey Thompson of Alabama International moved on in Box and Johnny Castella advanced in No Box. Thompson defeated Jeff Williams of Jackson Dragway in a double-breakout victory. Castella also won in a double-breakout contest over John Vance of Mobile Dragway.
The Summit Team Finals season will wrap up this weekend with the final two events of the year just one week before the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment World Finals presented by RacingJunk.com October 14-16 at Virginia Motorsports Park. Dallas Raceway will host the Division 4 Renegades Summit Team Finals and Bluegrass Raceway will welcome the Division 2 Heat Wave North racers this weekend.
For complete results from the Summit Team Finals, visit www.ihra.com.
