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Randy Parker claimed his first national event title when he won the Stock title in Bristol in 1999. Nearly two decades later, in Stock, Parker coasted to a second win in Richmond after opponent Eugene Monahan broke in the final round. Parker, in his…
Joe Tysinger downed former world champ Byron Worner with a .022-second package in the third round and returned for the quarterfinals to defeat Worner’s twin brother, Bryan, with an even more competitive .013-second package. Tysinger’s highlight reel…
The annual JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals is considered one of the toughest events of the year for Sportsman racers because Saturday’s JEGS Allstars event attracts top tier talent from across North America, so it was only fitting that reigning champions put their best foot forward.
19 Jun 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The annual JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals is considered one of the toughest events of the year for Sportsman racers because Saturday’s JEGS Allstars event attracts top tier talent from across North America, so it was only fitting that reigning…
Shane Westerfield ran the table with a win in the JEGS Allstars race and a Sunday victory over Kris Hool in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round. Westerfield ran as quick as 5.414 on race day and sealed the win, his third of the season, with a 5.…
Two weeks after his father, Steve, was injured in an on-track accident in Topeka, Koy Collier scored his second win of the season in Super Gas. Following his runner-up in the JEGS Allstars race, Collier rallied on Sunday to earn another win in Super…
Reigning Stock and Super Stock champion Justin Lamb almost doubled with a runner-up in Stock and a win in Super Stock. Lamb fouled by eight-thousandths in the Stock final but returned a few moments later to close the deal in Super Stock when he…
The Super Comp final was also decided via a red-light start which ended Koy Collier’s chance to join the distinguished list of drivers who have doubled-up at an NHRA national event. When Collier left .009-second ahead of the green light, Austin…
Joey Severance earned his second win of the season by stopping Dan Page in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round, 5.249 to 5.347. With four runs between 5.221 and 5.250, Severance was dominant on race day to earn his 21st career victory.
Two weeks after he broke a three-year win drought with a Super Stock victory in Topeka, Michael Mans returned to the winner’s circle after he drove Daryl Arrowsmith’s GTO to the Comp title. Facing a field that included some of the best racers in the…
Justin Lamb’s red-light in the Stock final was a huge relief to Jeff Adkinson, who won his third national event title behind the wheel of his A/SA ’69 Camaro. A multitime Division 2 champ, Adkinson reached the final by beating Matt Lund in a heads-…
Val Harmon, the 2012 JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals champion, earned a second national event title in Super Street after defeating Cole Cummings, who finished the event with a win and a semifinal finish. Harmon won the all-Louisiana, all-’67 Nova battle…
Crazy doesn’t begin to describe the final round of Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs after Don O’Neal won his second national event of the season, even though he fouled in the final. O’Neal left .004-second too soon which should have ended…
With a win in the final round of Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs, Seipel joined his good buddy, Lamb, in the winner’s circle. Seipel, a winner in four different NHRA classes, locked horns with young prodigy Aaron Stanfield in the final and…
Shane Westerfield’s championship-defense season just keeps getting better as the reigning class king, near lane, won the JEGS Allstars for the second time in three years, then followed with a Sunday win. Westerfield defeated fellow West Region racer…
Division 7 Stock representative Ryan Mangus was congratulated by Jeg Coughlin Jr. after driving Coughlin’s Drag Pak Challenger to a win in the JEGS Allstars. Mangus won the final round over Division 6 rep Joe Sorensen, who fouled by seven-…
Division 3 racer Lester Johnson, near lane, drove his amazing ’55 Chevy to a win in the Top Sportsman class when he topped Division 4 racer Bob Gulitti in the final round. Gulitti cut a .001 light but broke out by a hundredth while Johnson rolled to…
A year after defeating his father, Greg, in the Chicago Super Stock final, Aaron Stanfield, near lane, returned to Route 66 Raceway to help the Division 4 team earn the overall points title in the JEGS Allstars event. In the final, Stanfield…
Ken Mostowich, near lane, scored a win as a blocker when final-round opponent Jack Collier took too much stripe. The Pacific Division racer cut a solid light and drove .003-second over the index to take the Super Gas Wally back home to Calgary, Alta…
‘The Good Guys” from the NHRA South Central Division turned in a dominating performance to win the 34th annual JEGS Allstars overall team title during the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago.
19 Jun 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
‘The Good Guys” from the NHRA South Central Division turned in a dominating performance to win the 34th annual JEGS Allstars overall team title during the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago. The Division 4 crew built a sizable lead after five…
A heavyweight bout went the way of Division 2 racer Jeff Strickland, near lane, as he took out reigning Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs world champion Lynn Ellison in the final. Ellison broke out in pursuit of Strickland while trying to score a…
Philip Smida II, far lane, ran a nearly perfect race to score a victory for the North Central Division. Smida bested Division 1’s Don Garbinski in a final that was decided by .021-second as Smida wheeled his ’88 Cavalier to a winning 10.909 pass.
Northeast Division rep Mike Robilotto ran a dominating race to defeat South Central Division competitor and reigning Super Comp world champion Austin Williams in the final. Robilotto cut a .009 light and ran .001-second over the index, leaving…
Defending world and JEGS Allstars champ Joey Severance, near lane, returned to the winner’s circle after winning the special event for the third time in his career to help lead the West Region to the team title. Severance’s final-round 5.24 sealed…
Frank Aragona Jr., near lane, put up three wins for Division 1, sealing his second career Allstars title by beating Division 4’s Craig Bourgeois in a titanic matchup of former world champs. Aragona, whose other Allstars crown was won in 2011,…
Tii Tharpe won for the third time this season when Doug Vancil turned on the red light and went up in smoke at the hit in the final round of the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. The win put Tharpe just 15 points behind Vancil in the…
AlBalooshi powers into the winner's circle for the first time this year at the E3 Sparks Plugs Pro Mod Series presented by J&A Services portion of the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Khalid AlBalooshi drove to his first victory of the season and fourth of his career Sunday during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by presented by J&A Service portion of the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley…
While opponent Arthur Kohn was sitting under the tower, strapped into his COPO Camaro, Joe Welch and his crew were in the back of the Bristol Dragway staging lanes, hastily preparing his Drag Pak Challenger for the final round. Welch answered the…
Tony Schumacher took home a Top Fuel Wally for the first time in more than a year, while Don Schumacher Racing teammate Ron Capps (Funny Car) also won for the first time in 2018. Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) earned his second victory of the year.
The parachutes on Chad Green's Chevy Camaro did not deploy, resulting in the car flipping and skidding into the sand trap during E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod eliminations. The racer exited the car under his own power.
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