Wichita Raceway Park, Maryland International Raceway take team crowns
NORWALK, Ohio (October 1, 2012)
– With only one race to go, the field is almost set for the Summit
Racing Equipment SuperSeries World Championship presented by AMSOIL and
Moser Engineering at Memphis International Raceway as a dozen more
drivers earned their way to sportsman drag racing's biggest stage at the
Division 1 and Division 4 Summit Team Finals over the weekend.
Each
division netted six new participants for the Summit SuperSeries runoffs
in Top ET, Mod ET and Junior Dragster at the IHRA Summit Racing
Equipment World Finals at Memphis International Raceway October 12-14 as
both the winner and runner-up advance. The two divisions also crowned
two new team champions as Wichita Raceway Park won the Renegades
Division by 22 points over Redline Raceway and Maryland International
Raceway captured the Patriots Division by one point over Motor Mile
Dragway.
Alan Glatt won the Top ET Summit SuperSeries runoff at Richmond Dragway over the weekend
The
Summit SuperSeries drivers to advance out of the two divisions were
Michael Keylich and Aaron Gee in Top ET, Jay Robinson and Tim Ray in Mod
ET and Chris Pearson and Cory Tankersley and Junior Dragster in the
Renegades Division and Alan Glatt and Jason Blankenship in Top ET, Kris
Bunch and George Page in Mod ET and Tyler Macedo and Austin Johnson in
Junior Dragster in the Patriots Division.
Beginning
in the Patriots Division Maryland International Raceway took the team
crown at Richmond Dragway by a narrow 53-52 margin over Motor Mile
Dragway in Virginia. Host track Richmond Dragway was third with 46
points, followed by Sumerduck Dragway (35) and Capitol Raceway (31)
rounding out the top five.
In
the Summit SuperSeries runoff Alan Glatt of Capitol Raceway took the
Top ET crown with a solid .015 reaction time and a 4.633, 149.20 on a
4.58 dial to advance past Jason Blankenship of Natural Bridge Dragway
who had a .028 reaction time with a 5.838, 116.34 on a 5.84. In Mod ET
Kris Bunch of Sumerduck Dragway drove around George Page of Motor Mile
as Page went red by .012. Finally in Junior Dragster Tyler Macedo of
Sumerduck Dragway had a great run with a .015 reaction time and a 8.011,
79.90 on a 7.99 dial to defeat Austin Johnson.
In Division 4 Jay Robinson advanced in Mod ET at Dallas Raceway
Other
big winners from the Patriots Division were Main Event winners Brent
Martin (Top), Chris Moren (Mod) and Brad Keyton (Junior).
In
the Renegades Division Wichita Raceway Park piled up an impressive 58
points over the course of the weekend to finish 22 markers ahead of
Redline Raceway which finished with 36 points. Host team Dallas Raceway
was third with 36 points, followed by San Antonio Raceway (31) and
Little River Dragway (26) rounding out the top five.
In
Summit SuperSeries competition Michael Keylich of San Antonio Raceway
put together a great package with a .016 reaction time and a 4.943,
138.91 on a 4.94 dial to defeat Aaron Gee of Wichita who was a tad too
quick on the top end with a 4.924 on a 4.93. In Mod ET Jay Robinson of
Lonestar Motorsports Park also had a great run with a .024 tree and a
7.304, 92.08 on a 7.30 to Pine Valley Raceway's Tim Ray who had a 6.576
on a 6.57. Finally in Junior Dragster competition Chris Pearson of San
Antonio Raceway had a .088 tree combined with a 7.916, 81.33 on a 7.90
dial to defeat Cory Tankersley from Lonestar Motorsports Park who had a
8.074 on a 7.99.
Other big winners from Division 4 were David Bills (Top), Jay Robinson (Mod) and Michael Turman (Junior) in the Main Event.
For complete results from the Division 1 and Division 4 Summit Team Finals presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering visit www.ihra.com.
Division 1 Junior Dragster final between Tyler Macedo and Austin Johnson
