Inside the NHRA: NHRA Summit Racing Series (Div. 2)

CECIL, Ga. - The team from Sunshine Dragstrip in Clearwater, Fla., racked up its second consecutive championship at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals. The three-day event, which wrapped up today at South Georgia Motorsports Park, featured the best drivers from across the NHRA Southeast division vying for individual and team honors. Individual winners were Ray Lloyd in Super Pro, Chris Knapp in Pro, Steve Stites in Sportsman, and Scott Delong in Super Pro Bike.

Lloyd, Knapp, Stites and Delong will now move on to run against the winners in each class from NHRA's other six divisions for a national championship and a share of the $118,000 purse. The run-off will take place in November at the NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif.

Racing for the host track, Sycamore, Ga., resident Lloyd drove his '76 Plymouth to the winner's circle over Mike Santangelo of Orlando, Fla. Santangelo was driving his '83 Mustang for Orlando (Fla.) Speed World Dragway.

Contributing to the winning team's point total, Knapp, a St. Petersburg, Fla., resident, wheeled his '92 S-10 truck to the win over Tracy Crutcher of Pleasant View, Tenn., in a '66 Chevy II. Crutcher was racing for Nashville's Music City Raceway.

Stites, racing for Holly Springs (Miss.) Dragway, drove his '94 Cavalier to the winner's circle against another Sunshine Dragstrip competitor, Kyle Roberts of St. Petersburg racing in a '69 Camaro.

In Super Pro Bike, Boynton Beach, Fla., resident Delong grabbed the win on board his '00 Suzuki, racing for Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Fla. Delong's final-round competitor, Rick Scott Jr., of Greenbrier, Tenn., represented Music City Raceway on his '80 Kawasaki.

The following are the final results from the NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series Finals at South Georgia Motorsports Park:

SUPER PRO
Ray Lloyd, Sycamore, Ga., South Georgia Motorsports Park, '76 Plymouth, 6.523, 106.55 def.
Mike Santangelo, Orlando, Fla., Orlando Speed World, '83 Mustang, 6.670, 103.53

PRO
Chris Knapp, St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunshine Dragway, '92 S-10, 6.900, 98.64 def.
Tracy Crutcher, Pleasant View, Tenn., Music City Dragway, '66 Chevy II, 7.294, 92.20

SPORTSMAN
Steve Stites, Falkner, Miss., Holly Springs Dragway, '94 Cavalier, 10.667, 64.47 def.
Kyle Roberts, St Petersburg, Fla., Sunshine Dragstrip, '69 Camaro, 8.416, 81.52

SUPER PRO BIKE
Scott Delong, Boynton Beach, Fla., Moroso Motorsports Park, '00 Suzuki, 5.458, 121.80 def.
Rick Scott Jr., Greenbrier, Tenn., Music City Raceway, '80 Kawasaki, 5.633, 120.33

Final Team Standings:
1. Sunshine Dragstrip, 55 points
2. Music City Raceway, 49
3. Orlando Speed World, 44
4. Atlanta Dragway, 37
5. Moroso Motorsports Park, 34
6. Bradenton Motorsports Park, 33
7. US 19 Dragway, 29
8. Emerald Coast Dragway, 29
9. Bristol Dragway, 29
10. Silver Dollar Raceway, 27
11. South Georgia Motorsports Park, 27
12. Huntsville Dragway, 23
13. Gainesville Raceway, 22
14. Mobile Dragway, 22
15. Holly Springs Dragway, 15
16. Northwest TN Motorsports Park, 13