It was a beautiful spell of weather for the NHRA this past weekend at the Englishtown Nationals; the skies were clear and the temperature was around the mid to high 70s. Being that this is one of the bigger national events, the sportsman classes were stacked with some very tough competitors. Overall, it was a mixed bag of wins; while some people red lit by a few thousandths of seconds, other racers found themselves in the midst of a double breakout.

Factory Stock Showdown:

David Barton and Clay Arnett found each other in the final round of Factory Stock Showdown. They were both driving ’15 Camaros, but Barton was able to take the win due to Arnett’s false start of a mere -.004. Barton has now claimed both of the Factory Stock Showdown National wins.

Comp:

Calvin Hill claimed the final round win against Peter Luciano in Comp Eliminator. Although Luciano had a slight starting line advantage, Hill was able to get around him and take the win. This was Hill’s second national event success.

Super Stock:

Jonathan Allegrucci wasn’t able to make it to the final round of Super Stock after having a problem during semifinals that caused him to pull over to the wall approximately 100 feet out on the track. With this, William Kennedy automatically got the win and has now claimed his first national event victory.

Stock:

Carl Massafra and Larry Miller faced off in the Stock Eliminator final; Miller had the starting line advantage with a .038 light to Massafra’s .053. However, Miller wasn’t able to close in the gap enough resulting in a break out of five-thousandths, thus handing over the win to Massafra. Big congratulations to Massafra for earning his first national event win!

Super Comp:

After six elimination rounds, Dan Northrop and Heather Fetch were matched up in the final round of Super Comp. Fetch had the starting line advantage and was able to keep a wheel on Northrop to take home the win. Fetch has now earned her second national event win.

Super Gas:

Dan Northrop and John Labbous, Jr. went head to head in the Super Gas final. Not only was Northrop in the Super Gas final, but he was also in the last round of Super Comp as well. Although he wasn’t able to take the win in Super Comp, he managed to claim his fourth Super Gas national win this weekend at Englishtown. Northrop was the slightest bit quicker on the tree and stayed out in front of Labbous which earned him the win on a double breakout.

Top Dragster:

Scott Luken earned his first national event win in Top Dragster after his opponent, James Beckman, went red with an -.011 light. Luken cut a .042 light and dialed a 6.95 and ran dead on his number with a 5 (6.955).