READING, Pa. - The best bracket racers from across NHRA's Northeast division have converged on Maple Grove Raceway to compete for team and individual honors at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals. Today's action featured the RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions. The Race of Champions is a race within a race that pits the top points earning drivers from each track against each other in head-to-head competition.

Super ET racer Scott Albrecht of Severn, N.J., drove his dragster to the win over Bill Maroun of Emmaus, Pa. Albracht races for the team from Atco (N.J.) Raceway and Maroun runs Maple Grove Raceway.

Jeff Verdi, Glen Allen, Va., earned the Race of Champions title in Pro Eliminator, racing for Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, Va. Verdi drove his '68 Firebird around Joe Mayne, Mt. Airy, Md., who represents the Mason-Dixon Dragway team from Hagerstown, Md.

Cecil County Dragway (Rising Sun, Md.) racer John Kulaga, Elkton, Md., wheeled his '71 Comet to the winner's circle over Dave Hock, Pottsville, Pa. Hock campaigns his dragster for Numidia (Pa.) Raceway.

Barry Stephens Sr. of Lafayette, N.J., scored the Race of Champions win in the Motorcycle/Snowmobile class. Stephens, running for Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., rode his '85 Suzuki to the win over John Evans of Ossing, N.Y., who runs for Island Dragway in Great Meadows, N.J.

Racing continues Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway. Competitors in the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals will start eliminations at 8:30 a.m. Racers are vying for team and individual honors and a share of the $46,720 purse.

Saturday's individual winners in Super ET, Pro Eliminator, Street and Motorcycle/Snowmobile will earn the chance to compete against the winners in NHRA's other six divisions for a national championship at the NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., in November. Each driver who competes in Pomona receives $3,500 and the national champion in each category earns a $5,000 winner-take-all payday.

The following are Friday's results for the RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals:

SUPER ET
Scott Albrecht, Severn, N.J., (Atco Raceway) dragster, 7.489 seconds, 175.43 mph def.
Bill Maroun, Emmaus, Pa., (Maple Grove Raceway) dragster, 7.654, 173.36

PRO ELIMINATOR
Jeff Verdi, Glen Allen, Va., (Virginia Motorsports Park) '68 Firebird, 9.549, 139.26 def.
Joe Mayne, Mt Airy, Md., (Mason-Dixon Dragway) dragster, 9.151, 139.83

STREET
John Kulaga, Elkton, Md., (Cecil County Dragway) '71 Comet, 12.029, 109.47 def.
Dave Hock, Pottsville, Pa., (Numidia Raceway) dragster, 12.868, 105.33.

MOTORCYCLE/SNOWMOBILE
Barry Stephens Sr., Lafayette, N.J., (Old Bridge Township Raceway Park)'85 Suzuki, 9.272, 131.54 def.
John Evans, Ossining, N.Y., (Island Dragway) dragster, 8.948, 143.00