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Meyer and Martin race to wins

 

Words by Eric Lotz

Megan Meyer and Ray Martin raced to victory at the March 10-12 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Gainesville Raceway. Meyer grabbed her third win in her fourth final round in Top Alcohol Dragster and Martin took home his first in Top Alcohol Funny Car to go along with his three in dragster.

Megan Meyer (photo courtesy Randy Meyer Racing)

 

Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., ran in the 5.20 second range throughout eliminations with a best of 5.243 seconds at 276.86 mph in the final to defeat Rich Bourke, Old Tappan, N.J., clocking in at 5.388, 251.30. Meyer took out Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., in round 1 then ousted Mia Tedesco in round 2 to advance to the final.

 

Martin, Anchorage, Alaska, faced off against Ulf Leanders, Viksjofors, Sweden, and posted a winning run of 5.498 seconds, 262.69 mph in his ’13 Monte Carlo.

Ulf Leanders drove to a 5.888 second, 202.21 mph lap for his runner up TAFC finish. (DRO file photo by Joel Gelfand)

 

David Rampy, Piedmont, Ala., took the easy win in Comp Eliminator as Chuck Haubiel, Gahanna, Ohio, left early with a red-light foul start while Michael Volkman and Dean Mirra each captured their first wins. Volkman, Campobello, S.C., took a big lead off the start and forced Jerry Holman, Hendersonville, Tenn., to break out and Mirra, Wellington, Fla., had a nice .009-second reaction time in winning over John Rollins, High Springs, Fla.

 

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER:

 

Round 1

 

2) Megan Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.257, 276.41 def. 7) Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., 5.301, 274.55

 

8) Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., 5.434, 251.63 def. 1) Justin Ashley, Plainview, N.Y., broke

 

3) Mia Tedesco, Murrysville, Pa., 5.408, 256.55 def. 6) Rich McPhillips, Phoenixville, Pa., foul

 

5) Rich Bourke, Old Tappan, N.J., 5.206, 279.85 def. 4) Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., 5.261, 274.50

 

Semifinals

 

Meyer, 5.290, 274.50 def. Tedesco, 5.298, 269.56

 

Bourke, 5.255, 276.69 def. Hart, 5.394, 245.14

 

Final

 

Meyer, 5.243, 276.86 def. Bourke, 5.388, 251.30

VOLUME XIX,  NUMBER 3 - March  2017

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:

 

Round 1

 

1) Ulf Leanders, Viksjofors, Sweden, '17 Camaro, 5.458, 268.06 def. 8) Aryon Rector, Wesley Chapel, Fla., '05 Monte Carlo, 15.306, 50.29

 

7) Kris Hool, Evansville, Wyo., '16 Camaro, 5.638, 261.78 def. 2) Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., '15 Camaro, 8.283, 110.62

 

3) Ray Martin, Anchorage, Alaska, '13 Monte Carlo, 6.736, 182.97 def. 6) Tyler Scott, Exeter, Ont., '17 Camaro, 18.172, 37.22

 

4) Phil Burkart, Yorkville, N.Y., '17 Camaro, 5.576, 265.01 def. 5) Dan Pomponio, Berlin, N.J., '10 Monte Carlo, 5.575, 258.07

 

Semifinals

 

Leanders, 6.438, 224.32 def. Burkart, 6.562, 240.21

 

Martin, 5.527, 260.51 def. Hool, foul

 

Final

 

Martin, 5.498, 262.69 def. Leanders, 5.888, 202.21

COMP ELIMINATOR: David Rampy, Piedmont, Ala., '32 Bantam, A/EA, 9.075, 98.50 def. Chuck Haubiel, Gahanna, Ohio, '10 Colbalt, C/SM, foul (DRO file photo by Michael Fischbeck)

SUPER STOCK: Michael Volkman, Campobello, S.C., '00 Sebring, GT/KA, 10.245, 130.34 def. Jerry Holman, Hendersonville, Tenn., '86 Firebird, SS/JA, 10.371, 128.64 (DRO file photo by Steve Gruenwald)

 

STOCK ELIMINATOR: Anthony Bongiovanni, Landing, N.J., '10 Cobra Jet, FS/A, 8.888, 151.61 def. Kevin Helms, Schriever, La., '13 Challenger, B/SA, foul

 

SUPER COMP: Robert Houston, Newland, N.C., '12 Race Tech, 8.898, 174.62 def. David Morris, York, S.C., '09 Undercover, 8.872, 160.81

 

SUPER GAS: Mike Griggs, Ocala, Fla., '66 Chevy II, 9.905, 136.94 def. Frank Altilio, Apopka, Fla., '01 Mustang, 9.864, 156.73

 

SUPER STREET: Dean Mirra, Wellington, Fla., '70 Camaro, 10.921, 142.97 def. John Rollins, High Springs, Fla., '72 Nova, 10.922, 126.66

 

TOP SPORTSMAN: Jeffrey Barker, Warner Robins, Ga., '06 Cobalt, 12.441, 73.40 def. John Lynch, Manhattan, Ill.,'85 Camaro, foul

 

TOP DRAGSTER: Kevin Brannon, Boiling Springs, S.C., '12 Maddox, 6.184, 218.90 def. Mark Jones, Marrero, La., '09 Spitzer, 6.274, 218.76

 

JUNIOR DRAGSTER 13-17: Morgan Wilson, Laurens, S.C., dragster, 7.919, 79.62 def. Madison Wilson, Laurens, S.C., dragster, 7.910, 81.35

 

JUNIOR DRAGSTER 10-12: William Craft, Melbourne, Fla., dragster, 9.048, 71.67 def. Brittany Schmidt, Sparr, Fla., dragster, 9.083, 70.96

 

JUNIOR DRAGSTER 6-9: Hailey Peterson, Punta Gorda, Fla., dragster, 12.518, 50.07 def. Dylan MacNicol, North Port, Fla., dragster, 12.009, 53.09

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