NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION COMPETITORS COMPLETE RAINED-OUT NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG
RACING SERIES EVENT AT IRP

        INDIANAPOLIS - NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors returned to Indianapolis Raceway Park to complete the event that was rained out May 17-19. 

         Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Ken Perry and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Chuck Cheeseman took home the honors.
Perry, of Gormley, Ont., Canada, took on Ben Marshall of New Carlisle, Ohio, in the final. Perry laid down a 5.676-second, 250.20 mph pass to take the win. Galena, Ohio, resident Cheeseman faced his No. 1 division rival, Marc White
of Glendale Heights, Ill, in the final.  Cheeseman's 5.945-second run at 245.29 mph was enough to turn on the win lights, but not enough to take the points lead away from White.

       Winners in other categories are Steve Ambrose of Woodhaven, Mich., in Comp Eliminator; Bill Yates Sr. of Johnstown, Ohio, in Super Stock; Josh Wiseman of Elizabethtown, Ky., in Stock; Steve Eckard of Pataskala, Ohio, in Super Comp; David Connolly of Elyria, Ohio, in Super Gas; and Robert Richardson of Fort Wayne, Ind., in Super Street.

     The North Central Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series makes its next stop at Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, Ohio, Aug. 2-4.

        The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at IRP:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER

Round 1 (completed May 19, 2002)
8) Ben Marshall, New Carlisle, Ohio, 5.577, 264.08 def. 1) Russ Lindert, Manteno, Ill., 5.727, 220.10
2) Ken Perry, Gormley, Ont., Can., 5.423, 259.36 def. 7) Dave Hirata, Lowell, Ind., 12.528, 56.57
6) Jeff Bohr, Plymouth, Mich., 5.526, 254.45 def. 3) Bill Reichert, Owosso, Mich., 7.708, 124.80
5) Shawn Bowen, Montrose, Mich., 5.478, 257.28 def. 4) Keith Stark, Danville, Ill., 5.698, 257.65

Semi-Finals
Perry, 5.694, 249.51 def. Bohr, 5.928, 246.98
Marhall, 6.248, 230.41 def. Bowen, 6.906, 156.44

Final Round
Perry, 5.676, 250.20 def. Marshall, 6.364, 229.70

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round 1 (completed May 19, 2002)
1) Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., '01 Firebird, 5.709, 251.32 def. 6) John Reikas III, Glendale Hts., Ill., '97 Camaro, 6.332, 220.80
2) Chuck Cheeseman, Galena, Ohio, '01 Firebird, 5.724, 248.61 def. 5) Steve Addleman, Fishers, Ind., '01 Pontiac, no show
3) Todd Veney, Indianapolis, '98 Firebird, 5.985, 236.53 def. 4) Kim Fritts, Greenup, Ill., '98 Firebird, broke  

Semi-Finals
White, 8.418, 106.73 def. BYE
Cheeseman, 6.833, 148.31 def. Veney, NO TIME RECORDED (Veney did not return to IRP for the completion of the event.)

Final Round
Cheeseman, 5.945, 245.29 def. White, 8.418, 106.73

COMP ELIMINATOR
Steve Ambrose, Woodhaven, Mich., '23 roadster, J/AA, 8.025 seconds, -0.044 under index def. Bo Butner, Floyd Knobs, Ind., '01 Pontiac, D/AA, 8.065 seconds, -0.335 under index

SUPER STOCK
Bill Yates Sr., Johnstown, Ohio, '98 Pontiac, SS/BM, 9.086 seconds, 0.096
over index, def. Lynn McCarty, Plainfield, Ind., '90 Firebird, GT/CA, 10.
516 seconds, 0.126 over index

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Josh Wiseman, Elizabethtown, Ky., '71 Buick, L/SA, 12.235 seconds, -0.055 under index def. Frank Calhoun, Shepherdsville, Ky., '80 Malibu, K/SA, 12.157 seconds, -0.143 under index

SUPER COMP
Steve Eckard, Pataskala, Ohio, dragster, 8.939 seconds, 0.039 over index def. Steve Dillman, Indianapolis, dragster, 8.894 seconds, -0.006 under index

SUPER GAS
David Connolly, Elyria, Ohio, dragster, 9.933 seconds, 0.033 over index def. Sean Graham, Sunburg, Ohio, '63 Corvette, 9.939 seconds, 0.039 over index

SUPER STREET
Robert Richardson, Fort Wayne, Ind., '68 Firebird, 10.922 seconds, 0.022 over index, def. Jeff Staub, Whiteland, Ind., '78 Fairmont, 10.896 seconds, -0.004 over index