THE TIME SLIP
Warm weather and lots of racing this week
by Neil Van Zile
The weather threatened to end racing early a few times over the weekend, but in the end all the tracks were able to complete all of their eliminators.
Lebanon Valley Dragway ran 12 classes of eliminators over three days. Brackets points races were run on Wednesday night and Sunday, along with the three classes of No Time, No Rules on Saturday.
New England Dragway had some breaks in the action on Saturday, with an oildown that took a while to clean up and a couple of short rain events. Even so, they were able to finish seven eliminators. On Sunday they ran THIRTEEN classes to completion.
New Oxford Dragway had six winners in their Friday night bracket points program, including Jr. Dragsters.
Winterport Dragway hosted a No Time race on Saturday night, but rain forced the cancelation of Sunday’s bracket points race.
Later in the week we will have a new edition of The Data Logger and talk about the successes of a new generation of drag racers this past weekend, and more Willards in the Winner’s Circle. But special mention has to be made of Ron Childs incredible FOUR wins at two tracks over the course of three days. It was a stellar performance by a racer who brings his bright red Vega to the track on an open trailer.
Here are some links for photos from all of the racing last weekend.
Drag Racing Results for May 19-23, 2021
New England Dragway
Sundaaaaaay, May 23, 2021
All Stars Stock/Super Stock
W: Jim Whitehead (’98 Camaro) 10.860 – 116.02 (10.87 dial)
R/U: Chris Butcher (’83 Camaro) 11.116 – 113.80 (11.13 dial)
Semi 1: Ed Bednaz
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Fast By Gast Top Bike
W: Roy Resendes (’10 Hyabusa) 8.134 – 156.79 (8.06 dial)
R/U: David Ducharme (’79 Kawasaki) 9.512 – 131.74 (9.46 dial) Red Light
Semi 1: Paul Anderson
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Diesel Direct Super Street
W: Karri Khoury (’88 S-10) 10.936 – 127.14 (10.90 dial)
R/U: Paul Lorenti (’67 Camaro) 10.894 – 139.89 (10.90 dial)
Semi 1: Erin Wollseiffen
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Leahy Excavating Super Gas
W: Steve Desantis (’68 Road Runner) 10.749 – 142.04 (9.90 dial)
R/U: Bob Pais (’71 Cuda) 9.871 – 156.95 (9.90 dial) Red Light
Semi 1: Bob Martinelli
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Dennis K. Burke Super Comp
W: Chris Damiano (’08 Undercover) 8.901 – 166.76 (8.90 dial)
R/U: Jessica Stodulski (’02 Undercover) 8.885 – 162.92 (8.90 dial)
Semi 1: Ray Fredericks
Iannotti Brothers Select Cars Top Sportsman
W: Harry Gray (Camaro) 7.047 – 194.52 (7.09 dial)
R/U: Eric Cabral (’41 Willy’s) 10.187 – 83.10 (7.44 dial) Red Light
Semi 1: Dan Christopher
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Outlaw 10.5 True Street
W: Ron Childs (’75 Vega) 12.711 – 95.54 (12.50 dial)
R/U: Scott Almstrom (’95 C-1500) 12.684 – 106.92 (12.50 dial)
Semi 1: Steve George
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Outlaw 10.5 Real Street
W: Ralph Blackburn (’78 Malibu) 11.520 – 106.15 (11.50 dial)
R/U: Eugene Hubert (’84 Mustang) 11.905 – 115.58 (11.50 dial)
Semi 1: Norm Sirois
Semi 2: Bob Vinskus
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Outlaw 10.5 Fast Street
W: Greg Bagnell, Jr. (’89 Mustang) 10.485 – 127.41 (10.50 dial)
R/U: Andy Decastro (’78 Fairmont) 10.471 – 127.27 (10.50 dial)
Semi 1: Rocco Derrigo
Semi 2: Jack Sandahl
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Outlaw 10.5 Super Street
W: Gregg Boudreau (’93 Mustang) 9.596 – 131.96 (9.50 dial)
R/U: Eric Belliveau (’79 Mustang) 9.729 – 138.14 (9.50 dial)
Semi 1: Steven Montero Sr.
Semi 2: Scott Erickson
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Outlaw 10.5 Wild Street
W: David Dufresne (’67 Camaro) 8.520 – 154.58 (8.50 dial)
R/U: William Sanford 8.548 – 159.59 (8.50 dial)
Semi 1: Jim Dayotas
Semi 2: Jon Sandahl
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Underground Street Bikes 8.90 Index
W: Andre Green (’04 Kawasaki) 9.194 – 152.21 (8.90 dial)
R/U: Desmond White (’08 Suzuki) 10.208 – 144.00 (8.90 dial)
Underground Street Bikes 9.50 Index
W: Desmond White (’08 Suzuki) 9.693 – 137.08 (9.50 dial)
R/U: Johnny Green (’12 Suzuki) 9.931 – 147.76 (9.50 dial)
Semi 1: Edward Alba
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Lebanon Valley Dragway
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Super ET – 80 entries
W: Joe Ingalls (2008 Dragster) – 7.772 at 171.08 (7.76 dial)
R/U: David Pilbin (2004 Dragster) – 7.960 at 166.03 (7.97 dial)
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Pro ET – 95 entries
W: Richard Seidell (1967 Chevelle) – 8.658 at 143.23 (8.64 dial)
R/U: Cam Murray (1980 Volare) – 13.354 at 94.92 (13.32 dial)
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Motorcycle/Sled – 22 entries
W: Ron Blake (2008 ZX-14) – 9.460 at 143.61 (9.46 dial)
R/U: Louie Supczek (1983 GS1100) – 12.589 at 74.97 (8.87 dial)
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Junior Dragster – 18 entries
W: Aidan Baker (2019 Junior) – 7.983 at 78.08 (8.00 dial)
R/U: Kimberlee Snell (2005 Junior) 8.007 – 80.78 at (7.97 dial)
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Open Trophy – 14 entries
W: Mike Leclair (1997 Camaro) – 10.388 at 120.96 (10.44 dial)
R/U: Phil Barody (1957) – 11.146 at 125.62 (10.90 dial)
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Saturday, May 22, 2021
No Time, No Rules – 6.50 Index – 32 entries
W: Chris Scarlata (1994 Firebird) – 6.507 at 105.79 (6.50 dial-in)
R/U: Eugene Nichols (2000 Mustang) – 6.514 at 102.26 (6.50 dial-in)
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No Time, No Rules – Big Tire – 22 entries
W: Carmen Damiani (1990 Mustang)
R/U: Stephen Pray (1974 Vega)
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No Time, No Rules – Small Tire – 27 entries
W: Manny Buginga (2003 Mustang)
R/U: Jim Bersani (2000 Mustang)
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Sportsman ET – 43 entries
W: Russ Wilber (1966 Belair SW) 12.690 – 100.29 (12.67 dial)
L: James Ferrara (1968 Charger) 11.59 – 118.01 (11.668 dial)
Street Stick – 14 entries
W: Tom “TK” Kuhn (2004 Corvette Z06) 11.956 – 116.26 (12.19 dial)
L: Steven Hogan (1998 Trans Am) 11.481 – 121.63 (11.70 dial)
Street Trophy – 10 entries
W: Zackary Klein (1999 Trans Am) 13.993 – 96.09 (13.93 dial)
L: Tim Patterson (2018 Mustang) 13.202 – 106.22 (13.22 dial)
Pure Street Motorcycle – 11 entries
W: Sean Gore (2008 Hayabusa) 8.813 – 150.50 (8.84 dial)
L: Guy Gardner (2013 ZX14R) 9.158 – 142.62 (9.19 dial)
New Oxford Dragway
Friday, May 21, 2021
Winner: Jim Thyng
Runner Up: Jordan Hanson
Winner: Ron Childs
Winner: Tyler Wilkerson
Junior Dragsters
Winner: Aubrey Wood
Runner Up: Izaac Langlois
Street
Winner: John Roberts
Runner Up: Russ Abbott
Winterport Dragway
Friday, May 22, 2021
No Time, No Rules
1st Place – Paul Pinette
2nd Chance – Jason Smith
Last Chance – Tyke Wilbur
And Paul Pinette for winning the extra $100 for the bounties.
New England Dragway
Saturday May 22, 2021
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Dennis K. Burke Jr. Dragster A presented by Red’s Shoe Barn
W: Jaylee Soucy (’17 Mike Bos) 7.987 – 80.64 (7.94 dial)
R/U: Travis Paquin (’19 Halfscale) 8.037 – 76.68 (7.97 dial)
Semi 1: Lucas Willard
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Dennis K. Burke Jr. Dragster B presented by Red’s Shoe Barn
W: Alicia Gouveia (’07 Halfscale) 12.092 – 55.32 (11.98 dial)
R/U: Jacob Biron (’09 Halfscale) 11.825 – 53.60 (11.90 dial)
Semi 1: Logan Horton
Semi 2: James Laliberty
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Motorcycle/Snowmobile
W: Tom Peterson (’08 Hyabusa) 7.959 – 166.89 (7.96 dial)
R/U: David Ducharme (’74 Kawasaki) 9.440 – 134.02 (9.38 dial)
Semi 1: John Civitarese
Semi 2: Carl Cicchetto
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Tim’s Speed & Custom Street
W: Ron Childs (’75 Vega) 11.666 – 115.05 (11.70 dial)
R/U: Phyllis Pina (’67 Mustang) 11.467 – 111.28 (11.54 dial)
Semi 1: Rick Hyatt
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A&B Tire Pro
W: Jared Kinson (’68 Camaro) 9.179 – 143.31 (9.16 dial)
R/U: Nelson Belot, Jr. (’62 Valliant) 10.587 – 121.29 (10.54 dial)
Semi 1: Patrick Smith
Eastern Propane & Oil Super Pro
W: Nick Willard (Dragster) 70739 – 145.06 (7.48 dial)
R/U: Steve Gregoire (’04 Undercover) 8.335 – 121.30 (7.66 dial)
Semi 1: Tyler Christopher
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All Stars Stock/Super Stock
W: Bill Pomponi (’69 Camaro) 11.405 – 113.55 (11.39 dial)
R/U: Billy Pires (’83 Malibu) 12.640 – 94.17 (12.62 dial)
Semi 1: Bob Vogel
Semi 2: Paul Sutherland
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