As the the rigs pulled in to the Summit Motorsports Park, in Norwalk, OH, they were not sure if they were going to park or get turned away. It was raining days before the race and still coming down as the rigs started to arrive. Summit Motorsports Park is arguably the best facility on the NHRA tour. The Bader family is well respected by the racers and fans for giving the best possible racing experience.

They did not let the racer down, even with the poor condition caused by the rain. As the rigs arrived, they were pulled into the pro side of the pits. Stacked 5 wide and 30 deep they methodically park every rig in a timely manner. The staff was constantly letting everyone know what was going on with updates as the racers waited to be parked. The NHRA tech was very accommodating, they tech the cars at the racers trailers and extended the cut off time until 7:00 pm. NHRA also opened tech an hour early and delayed they start time by one hour on the first day of racing to accommodate any racers that were inconvenienced by the weather.

What looked like a possible wash out for the sportsman pits turned out to be a non issue thanks the staff and officials at the Summit Motorsports Park.

Competition:

Joe Santangelo and Steve Ambrose go at in the final. Steve has a little bit of a performance advantage, but not enough to over come Joe’s better reaction time. Joe was .043 to Steve’s .075. Joe has eleven NHRA national event wins, three in Comp Eliminator.

Super Stock:

Rylee Stufflebeam taking on Brad Zaskowski in the final. Rylee’s .019 light and dead with .oo8 gets the job done over Brad’s equally great run. Brad’s .024 light and dead on with an .005, a .029 package is not enough for Rylee’s .027 package. This is Rylee’s first final and her first NHRA national event win.

Stock:

Aaron Allison, another first time finalist. Aaron goes up against Mitch Truman, Aaron with a great .008 light and a .008 dead on run gives Truman no room to get in on. This is Aaron’s first NHRA national event win.

Super Comp:

Billy Leber vs Dean McIivain, Dean goes red by .005 giving Billy the win. Billy now has seven NHRA national event wins.

Super Gas:

Ray Miller’s .013 light and .044  over was all he need to take out Bernard Weaver’s .042 light and .30 over. Ray now has three NHRA national event wins, this is his first in Super Gas.

Top Sportsman:

Tim Weise gets the win when Donald Horne misses his dial by .081. It turned out to be a close race, Tim was late with a .085 light to Donald’s .041. Tim was closer to his dial giving him a .0116 advantage for the win. This is Tim’s first NHRA national event win.

Top Dragster:

Ron Biondo in his first final takes on Joe Hessling in his first final. Ron gets the win with a .032 light and .004 over his dial. Joe had the better light, .015, but was .029 over his dial. Ron’s gets first NHRA national event win.