CLEVES RESULTS

DIVISION 3
Edgewater Sports Park
Cleves, Ohio  Aug. 8-10


Results will be posted as soon as they are available.

Friday Qualifying

Saturday Qualifying

Sunday Race

Instant Stats
Friday Qualifying: 

Friday after the first round of qualifying at Edgewater
Sports Park, the fifth of six events in the in the 1997
NHRA Federal-Mogul North Central Drag Racing Series:

        After the initial rounds of qualifying for Super
Stock and Stock, Ohio racers Jeff Sexton and Carol Yacavone
lead their respective categories.  Sexton, of Fairborn,
ran more than a second under his NHRA Index with a quarter-
mile elapsed time of 8.991 seconds in his Super Stock/AX
‘84 Chevrolet Camaro.  Meanwhile, Yacavone pushed her
Loveland-based L/Stock Automatic ‘78 Pontiac to within a
tick from being a second under her 13.00 class index with
a run of 12.007.

        Qualifying for nearly 600 drivers continues
tomorrow at 10 a.m. in all eight Federal-Mogul racing
categories.  Competition Eliminator drivers will take their
first shot of the event, qualifying at 4:30 p.m. and again
at 7:30 p.m.  The 250 mph Federal-Mogul Dragsters and Federal-
Mogul Funny Cars will do likewise at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.  Gates
at Edgewater Sports Park open at 9 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday.

SUPER STOCK ELIMINATOR
 1. Jeff Sexton (Fairborn, Ohio), SS/AX ‘84 Camaro               8.991
 2. Joey Wilkes (Zanesville, Ohio), GT/GA ‘92 Camaro            10.194
 3. Charlie Westcott, Jr. (Parma, Mich.), GT/E ‘88 Chvey         9.851
 4. Matt Alvey (Mt. Washington, Ky.), SS/NA ‘88 Olds
 5. Melissa Butler (Richmond, Ind.), ST/FA ‘90 Pontiac Sunbird  10.223
 6. Machael Beachy (Greentownh, Ind.), GT/’82 Pontiac Firebird  10.041
 7. Ron Terrell (Hebron, Ky.), SS/KA ‘85 Camaro                 10.677
 8. Jeff Taylor (Columbus, Ohio), SS/DM ‘97 Pontiac Grand Am     9.347
 9. Mark Nowicki (Gaylord, Mich.) GT/HA ‘90 Dodge Daytona       10.511
10. Bobby Rashid (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.), GT/FA ‘97 Pontiac 10.262

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Carol Yacavone (Loveland, Ohio), L/SA ‘78 Pontiac         12.007
2. Lewis Conkey (Gallway, Ohio), N/S ‘85 Chevy               12.31
3. Bill Rink (Naperville, Ill.), M/SA ‘74 Pontiac            12.219
4. Scotty Richardson (Goodlettsville, Tenn.),.O/SA ‘89 Chevy 12.551
5. Al Provoast (Whittemore, Mich.), N/SA ‘79 Buick
6. Bruce Parsons (Lewisburg, Ohio), E/SA ‘68 Camaro          11.188.

Saturday Qualifying Final: 


Saturday rundown after the final rounds of qualifying at
Edgewater Sports Park, the fifth of six events in the 1997
NHRA Federal-Mogul North Central Drag Racing Series:

        When qualifying finished Saturday night at Edgewater
Sports Park, Federal-Mogul Dragster driver Jeff Wilson
covered the field at 5.666, 248.07 mph.  Top qualifier in the
Federal-Mogul Funny Car category, Kim Fritts, recorded a
6.033, 237.65 mph run to lead the field going into tomorrow’s
finals. 

        Top qualifiers in other Federal-Mogul categories were
Brian Browell in Competition Eliminator; Melissa Butler in Super
Stock; and Carol Butler in Stock Eliminator.

        Finals begin here tomorrow for 563 drivers at 9 a.m.
Gates will open at 8 a.m.  Federal-Mogul Dragsters and Funny
Cars make their first rounds of eliminations after opening
ceremonies at 1 p.m.
 
FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1. Jeff Wilson (Winfield, Mo.)      5.666, 248.07
2. Randy Parks (Lombard, Ill.)      5.732, 244.03
3. Bill Reichert, (Owosso, Mich.)   5.755, 240.44
4. Shawn Bowen (Montrose, Mich.)    5.840,  237.90
5. Don Devault (Kentland, Ind.)     5.850, 242.13
6. Russ Lindert (Manteno, Ill.)     5.868, 232.31
7. Chris Dakin (New Carlisle, Ohio) 5.899, 208.62
8. Marty Thacker (Robinson, Ill.)   5.96, 230

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
1. Kim Fritts (Greenup, Ill.) ‘96 Pontiac            6.033, 237.65
2. John Powell (Frankfort, Ill), ‘96 Pontiac         6.048, 235.97
3. Todd Paton (Paris, Ontario, CAN), ‘97 Pontiac     6.099, 235.78
4. Jeff Craig (Daleville, Ind.), ‘95 Olds Achieva    6.282, 197.88
5. Bob Gottschalk (Toledo, Ohio), ‘97 Dodge Avenger  6.321, 232.25
6. Barry Faxon (Cincinnati, Ohio), ‘95 Olds          6.375, 221.34
7. John Dunn (Monticello, Ill.), Corvette            7.096, 194.42

COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
1, Brian Browell (Lafayette, Ind.) D/Dragster           7.504
2, Bob Andrews (Cement City, Mich.) E/Dragster          7.655
3, Steve Ambrose (Woodham, Mich.), I/A ‘23 Ford         8.128
4, Jeg Coughlin, Jr. (Columbus, Ohio), D/SM ‘93 Camaro  8.381
5, Larry Pritchett (Clarkrange, Ind.), D/SM ‘91 Olds    9.384
6, Mike Farrell (Louisville, Ky.) A/EA ‘32 Bantam       7.588
7, John Lingenfelter (Decatur, Ind.), A/Econo Dragster  6.854
8. Todd Frantz (Louisville, Ky.), D/Econo Dragster      8.712

SUPER STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Melissa Butler (Richmond, Ind.), ST/FA ‘90 Pontiac Sunbird 10.040
2. Jeff Sexton (Fairborn, Ohio), SS/AX ‘84 Camaro              8.949
3. Charlie Westcott, Jr. (Parma, Mich.), GT/E ‘88 Chevy        9.790
4. Joey Wilkes (Zanesville, Ohio),GT/GA ‘92 Camaro            10.194 

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Carol Yacavone (Loveland, Ohio), L/SA ‘78 Pontiac 12.007
2. Bobby Michael (Lebanon, Ohio), M/SA ‘78 Trans Am  12.144
3. Jennifer Dziorny (Wixom, Mich.), CT/SA ‘94 Dakota 12.453
4. Lewis Conkey (Gallway, Ohio)                      12.272
Sunday Results: 


**Only Federal-Mogul Dragster, Federal-Mogul Funny Car
and Comp are complete. Remainder of event will be run
on Friday of the Bowling Green Federal Mogul event,
Aug. 22.

Final results Sunday at Edgewater Sports Park, the
fifth of six events in the in the 1997 NHRA Federal-
Mogul North Central Drag Racing Series:

        The final day of racing began with hopes of
victory for 564 drivers in the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag
Racing Series event here, but, so far, only three have
reached that goal.

        In the highly competitive world of Federal-Mogul
Dragster, current national and North Central Series
points leader Randy Parks was defeated in the second round
by eventual runner-up Bill Reichert, who was in turn upset
by rising star Jeff Wilson, 5.718, 247.04 to 5.709, 242.91
mph.  It was Wilson’s second win of the year.

        Federal-Mogul Funny Car racer Kim Fritts and his
Wise Speed Shop Pontiac broke through after a few final
round appearances and took his first win, beating newlywed
Todd Paton in the final.

        Joining Wilson and Paton in the Federal-Mogul
Winners’ Circle were veteran John Lingenfelter in Comp
Eliminator.

        As of 8 pm, with 23 other cars remaining in five
categories the event is on hold for weather, light rain,
that will force a decision on postponement within one hour.

        Incident:  Harry Sheehan’s SS/FA ‘71 Corvette did
a pirouette on its rear bumper and rolled onto its top on
Saturday.  The Brownsville, Pa., veteran was okay; but the
car needs body work.
Instant Stats: 


CLEVES RESULTS

DIVISION 3 INSTANT STATS
Edgewater Sports Park, Cleves, Ohio  Aug. 8-10

Federal-Mogul Dragster
 	W: Jeff Wilson (Winfield, Mo.) 5.718, 247.04
	R/U: Bill Reichert (Owosso, Mich.), 5.709, 242.91
	Low e.t. - 5.666 (Wilson)
	Top speed - 248.07 (Wilson)

Federal-Mogul Funny Car
 	W: Kim Fritts (‘96 Pontiac) 6.024, 239.80
	R/U: Todd Paton (‘97 Pontiac) 6.141, 236.53
	Low e.t. - 6.004 (Paton)
	Top speed - 240 (Fritts)

Competition
	W: John Lingenfelter (A/ED) 6.812, 196.5
	R/U: Bob Andrews (E/D) 7.646, 172.38