LINDERT, CHEESEMAN SCORE AT SECOND EVENT IN A ROW AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

        

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky., Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD) pilot Russ Lindert and Chuck Cheeseman in Top Alcohol Funny Car (TAFC) each won their second consecutive races.
        

Lindert, a resident of Manteno, Ill., was the No. 1 qualifier in
TAD and it was his third final round appearance of the season.  He beat Steve Federlin of Oregon City, Ore., when Federlin red-lighted.  Lindert was runner-up at the division's season opener at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., and he won the last race at Edgewater Sports Park in Cincinnati.
        

For Galena, Ohio, resident Cheeseman, the TAFC No. 1 qualifier, this was his fourth win of the season.  He beat Muncie, Ind., resident Jeff Craig in the final round.  Cheeseman also won in Joliet and Cincinnati as well as at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indiana.

inners in other classes were Mike Farrell of Louisville, Ky., in
Comp Eliminator; Greg Coffman of Russellville, Ky., in Super Stock; Ed Bednaz of Terryville, Conn., in Stock; David Rampy of Piedmont, Ala., in Super Comp; Charles Siegler of Villa Park, Ill., in Super Gas; and Dustin Richardson of Woodburn, Ind., in Super Street.
       

 North Central Division racers head to National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio, for their final NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event,
Sept. 20-23.