READING, Pa. – More than 500 of the best bracket racers from across NHRA’s Northeast division came together this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway to compete in the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals. In the end, five of them walked away champions in Super ET, Pro Eliminator, Street, Motorcycle/Snowmobile and High School and the team from Atco (N.J.) Raceway earned their second straight team title.

Racing for the winning team, Bob Maclosky of Bordentown, N.J., took the win in Super ET. He ran 7.757 seconds at 168-64 mph to beat Greenville, R.I., resident Wayne Horton who was running for Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. Horton made a 7.695-second, 175.52 mph pass in the final.

In Pro Eliminator, Phillip Truitt of Parsonburg, Md., scored the win for U.S. 13 Dragway in Delmar, Del., wheeling his ’76 Nova to the win over Jody Ames of Elverson, Pa., with a12.894-second run at 103.36 mph. Ames was on the team from Maple Grove Raceway and red-lighted against Truitt.

Bill Colburn earned a win for Numidia (Pa.) Dragway in Street when he defeated teammate Dave Hock of Pottsville, Pa. Colburn, a Downington, Pa., resident, made an 11.659-second, 111.13 mph lap to Hock’s 12.974-second, 105.00 mph effort. Hock was also the runner-up in Friday night’s RBS Trailer Sales Race of Champions.

In the Motorcycle/Snowmobile final, Steven Myers of York, Pa., racing for South Mountain Dragway in Boiling Springs, Pa., rode his ’01 Polaris to the winner’s circle beating out another racer for Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park, Ken Thiedemann of Milford, N.J. Thiedemann was on board his ’04 Hayabusa.

High School competitor James Standifer of Monrovia, Md., scored a win for Mason-Dixon Dragway in Hagerstown, Md., when he made a 12975-second, 107.70 mph pass to beat Matthew Wilson III who drove his ’06 Ram to a 16.676-second, 78-41 mph effort. Wilson represented the team from Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Md.

The champions in Super ET, Pro Eliminator, Street and Motorcycle/Snowmobile will now head to Pomona (Calif.) Raceway in November to compete against the winners in NHRA’s other six divisions for a national championship. Each driver who competes in Pomona receives $3,500 and the national champion in each category earns a $5,000 winner-take-all payday.

SUPER ET
Bob Maclosky, Bordentown, N.J., (Atco Raceway) dragster, 7.757, 168.64 def.
Wayne Horton, Greenville, R.I., (Old Bridge Township Raceway Park)dragster, 7.695, 175.52

PRO ELIMINATOR
Phillip Truitt, Parsonburg, Md., (U.S. 13 Dragway) '76 Nova, 12.894, 103.36 def.
Jody Ames, Elverson, Pa., (Maple Grove Raceway) dragster, foul

STREET
Bill Colburn, Downingtown, Pa., dragster, (Numidia Dragway) 11.659, 111.13 def.
Dave Hock, Pottsville, Pa., (Numidia Dragway) '66 Wagon, 12.974, 105.00

MOTORCYCLE/SNOWMOBILE
Steven Myers, York, Pa., (South Mountain Dragway) '01 Polaris, 13.107, 96.83 def.
Ken Thiedemann, Milford, N.J., (Old Bridge Township Raceway Park) '04 Hayabusa, 8.829, 159.01

HIGH SCHOOL
James Standifer, Monrovia, Md., (Mason-Dixon Dragway) dragster, 12.975, 107.70 def.
Matthew Wilson III, Rising Sun, Md., (Cecil County Dragway) '06 Ram, 16.676, 78.41