THE TIME SLIP
Bracket Points are in full swing
by Neil Van Zile
Drag Racing began in earnest this past weekend. Great spring weather allowed all four tracks to host and finish bracket points events and Import Face-Off at New England Dragway went off without too many hitches.
Lebanon Valley Dragway had lots of points-earning races last weekend; four classes on Wednesday night, four more on Saturday, and six class eliminators on Sunday, plus the Supercar Shootout. Car counts are strong at LVD this season with 47 first-round pairings in Super Eliminator and 46 pairs in the first round of Pro. (We have updated the results to include the Supercar Showdown eliminator for both Saturday and Sunday.)
New England Dragway finished ten eliminators on Saturday, and hosted the annual Import Face-Off event on Sunday. Kevin Dunn reported that the turnout for Sunday was very good, but that there were a few leakers. A short rain shower didn’t stop the races from finishing. (We have no results at this time for the Import Face-Off race. Hopefully we will get some.)
New Oxford Dragway completed all five of their bracket eliminators on Friday night. (No Jr. Dragsters this week, they run those every other Friday).
Winterport Dragway hosted the Gassah Guys and TL Gamblers on Saturday, and held their first bracket points race of the 2021 season on Sunday.
Winterport also was the site of our Inaugural
WHEELIE OF THE WEEKEND
You can check out the photos and video here
Here are some links for photos from all of the racing last weekend.
- Click here for photos from May 16 at Winterport Dragway by Jodie Larrabee Herrick on Facebook
- Click here for photos from May 15 & 16 at Lebanon Valley Dragway by Kelly Leslie at OnPointImage.com
- Click here to see photos from May 7 at New Oxford Dragway from Leslie Nichols at LMN Photography
- Click here to see photos from New England Dragway by Primetime Video and Photo on Facebook
Drag Racing Results for May 12-16, 2021
New England Dragway
Saturday May 15, 2021
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Dennis K. Burke Jr. Dragster A
W: Albert Gouveia (’20 Halfscale) 8.951 – 72.26 (8.95 dial)
R/U: James Libby (’19 MB) 8.908 – 74.11 (8.90 dial)
Semi 1: Travis Paquin
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Dennis K. Burke Jr. Dragster B
W: Makenna Mason (’04 KCS) 12.327 – 50.39 (12.16 dial)
R/U: Blake Smith (’05 Halfscale) 14.160 – 43.91 (13.97 dial)
Semi 1: Erica Laliberty
Semi 2: Kendal Willard
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Motorcycle/Snowmobile
W: Roy Resendes (’10 Suzuki) 7.997 – 157.19 (7.92 dial)
R/U: John Civitarese (’00 ZX10) 8.051 – 149.66 (7.92 dial)
Semi 1: Dave Nadeau
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Tim’s Speed & Custom Street
W: Stephen George (’70 Monte Carlo) 12.189 – 106.29 (12.17 dial)
R/U: Brandon Cate (’71 Duster) 13.546 – 99.89 (13.53 dial)
Semi 1: Cam Murray
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A&B Tire Pro
W: Brandon Karaguezian (’78 Malibu) 11.586 – 110.73 (11.53 dial)
R/U: James Choti (’69 Camaro) 9.725 – 127.61 (9.66 dial)
Semi 1: Leo Drysdale
Eastern Propane & Oil Super Pro
W: Kyle Murray (’88 Dakota) 10.026 – 128.30 (10.00 dial)
R/U: Ray Knight (’93 Mustang) 9.715 – 137.41 (9.67 dial)
Semi 1: Zac Biron
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Diesel Direct Super Street
W: Joe Henderson (’76 Nova) 10.890 – 122.67 (10.90 dial)
R/U: Johnathan Leahy (’67 Nova) 10.889 – 142.51 (10.80 dial)
Semi 1: Jack Webster
Semi 2: Brian Sawyer
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Leahy Excavating Super Gas
W: Steve Paquin (’55 Chevy) 9.918 – 150.85 (9.90 dial)
R/U: David Scott (’27 Roadster) 9.913 – 136.73 (9.90 dial)
Semi 1: Joe Pulyak
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Dennis K. Burke Super Comp
W: Janice Willard (’16 American) 8.941 – 167.20 (8.90 dial)
R/U: Chris Filmore (’97 Spitzer) 8.969 – 165.70 (8.90 dial)
Semi 1: Chris Cumming
Street Fighter
W: Glenn Birch (’10 Kawasaki) 9.549 – 131.25 (9.44 dial)
R/U: John Young (’09 Suzuki) 10.150 – 142.75 (10.00 dial)
Semi 1: Les Roach
Semi 2: Scott Benevides
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Click here to see the current points standings for
New England Dragway
Lebanon Valley Dragway
Wednesday, May 12
Street ET/Sportsman – 40 entries
W: Todd Minerd (1989 S10) 12.75 – (12.781 dial) 104.19 mph
L: Joe Horacek, Sr. (1969 Chevelle) 12.02 (11.995 dial) 110.14 mph
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Street Stick – 8 entries
W: Ken Boyer (1981 Corvette) 11.67 – (11.743 dial) 115.14 mph
L: John Orloff (2011 Camaro) 12.80 – (12.731 dial) 116.11 mph
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Street Open Trophy – 8 entries
W: Nicholas Wilsey (1900) 16.53 – (16.644 dial) 84.02 mph
L: Wayne Daury (2008 Impala) SS 14.77 – (15.088 dial) 92.51 mph
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Pure Street Motorcycle – 10 entries
W: Don Drake (2006 Hayabusa) 10.30 – (10.348 dial) 138.36 mph
L: Kevin Manchester (2013 Hayabusa) 8.78 – (8.835 dial) 145.27 mph
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Saturday, May 15
Electronic Gamblers – 18 entries
W: Wil Beach 2006 (Dragster) 8.28 – (8.310 dial) 158.57 mph
L: Jasmine Weider (1901 Dragster) 7.75 – (7.762 dial) 168.31 mph
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No Box Gamblers – 13 entries
W: Rich Janke (1900) 9.72 – (9.712 131.18 dial) mph
L: Joe Coss (2000 Sonoma) 11.24 – (11.215 dial) 116.72 mph
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Super Street – 19 entries
W: Dave Jones (1968) 10.90 – (10.899 dial) 138.85 mph
L: Mike Falcone (1970 Challenger) 10.90 – (10.881 dial) 142.13 mph
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NODRAMA – 26 entries
W: Jeff Kraenzle (1968 Cuda) 10.11 – (10.145 dial) 130.51 mph
L: Randy Juliani (1966 Coronet) 11.70 – (11.735 dial) 113.50 mph
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SuperCar Showdown
Rumble in the Valley Day 1
Winner: Ted Daros – 1969 Nova SS396 Auto
Runner Up: Andy Collings – 1967 FireBird 400 Auto
Consolation Winner: Hal Oaks 1967 Chevy II 327 Auto
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Sunday, May 16
Pro Eliminator – 91 entries
W: M. Scribani 9.90 – (9.905 dial) 131.87 mph
L: C. Cuevas 10.00 – (9.998 dial) 133.66 mph
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Super Eliminator – 93 entries
W: J. Dymond 7.41 – (7.436 dial) 173.61 mph
L: D. Bochan 7.50 – (7.502 dial) 178.44 mph
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Super Street – 17 entries
W: R. Mattioli 10.90 – (10.936 dial) 134.79 mph
L: P. Panesa 10.90 – (10.839 dial) 132.33 mph
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Motorcycle/Sled ET – 23 entries
W: R. Blake 9.45 – (9.461 dial) 139.09 mph
L: D. Aubin 10.53 – (10.447 dial) 121.73 mph
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Junior Dragsters – 16 entries
W: K. Snell 7.96 – (7.990 dial) 77.85 mph
L: C. Diamond 8.03 – (8.107 dial) 77.07 mph
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Open Trophy – 25 entries
W: J. Andrews 11.95 – (11.975 dial) 112.58 mph
L: W. Daury 14.77 – (14.618 dial) 91.29 mph
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SuperCar Showdown
Rumble in the Valley Day 2
Winner: Ted Daros – 1969 Nova SS396 Auto
Runner Up: Andy Collings – 1967 FireBird 400 Auto.
Consolation Winner: Rhett Moody – 1968 Barracuda S 340 Auto
Race Results Courtesy of Lebanon Valley Dragway
New Oxford Dragway
Friday May 14, 2021
Winner: Jeff Bursey
Runner Up: Jordan Hanson
Sled & Bike
Winner: Tod Stiles
Runner Up: Tristan Tristin Blossom
Modified
Winner: Eric Knapik
Runner Up: Don Seib
Nostalgia
Winner: Dan Poirier
Runner Up: Ron Childs
Winner: John Roberts
Runner Up: Kayla Edmonds
