NMRA Bowling Green Finals 2009 Coverage

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Nothing like energy drinks at 7:30 am to keep you going. Today is the final day of the final points race for the 2009 NMRA championship. A lot of class winners are already decided in points, though there is room to move up in some classes. Bracket eliminations are going on right now and we will be getting into heads up eliminations shortly.















The sun never looked so bright, gleaming off Race Pages editor Greg Acosta's head.

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It will all come down to round two of eliminations in Drag Radial to determine the championship between Enzo Pecchini and Jason Lee, that is if they both make it to the second round. If you look at the runs from the race weekend, Enzo has posted lower ETs through his qualifying efforts and sits in second for the weekend. It wasn't a surprise when we found Jason sitting in his motor home, figuring out his tune up.



Sean Lyon has stepped up his game this year since his 2008 rookie series. For Sean, it was more about getting use to the car through testing more than anything. Last night, Sean and Enzo made history as the first pair of drag radial cars to both run 7 second passes, which he said the pairing was purely luck. If Sean does well this weekend, he will secure the number three spot. For next year Sean hopes to return to the NMRA, pending the rules for the 2010 season. And yes, Sean's favorite color is yellow and tries to keep it on everything from golf karts to t-shirts....

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Pro Outlaw 10.5



Dan Millen sets low ET for the round with a 6.713 @ 210.14 mph. Dwayne James has problems off the line and Keith Neal lifts on the top end, taking the win. Conrad Scarry takes out Rice with a 6.742 @ 217.91 mph to a slower 7.537 @ 186 mph.

Eliminations Round 2

Millen gets loose at the 1000 foot mark and lifts, handing the win to Keith Neal on a close 7.035 @ 207.56 mph to Millen's 7.103 @ 189.02. Conrad Scarry times out due to a broken shifter, giving Jim Brown the automatic win.

Brown and Neal for the final.

Super Street Outlaw
Urist is the 2009 SSO champ





Chris Tuten has never been so consistent, taking the win over Medlock with a 7.534 @ 185.43 mph. Sam Vincent keeps getting faster and posted a win over Burnette Sr with a 7.409 @ 185.18 mph. Greathouse takes out Havermann with a 7.470 @ 193.85 mph to a slower 7.710 @ 182.35 mph. MacDonald has a broke bye. John Urist sets low ET with a 7.394 @ 194.74 mph, taking out Vinny Barber. Don Burton takes out Padilla with a 7.565 @ 184.25. AJ Powell takes the broke bye from Jarrett Halfacre with a 7.672.

Eliminations Round 2





McDonald wheelies 200 feet out, Urist runs the straightest of the weekend and wins with a quick 7.36 @ McDonald's 7.75. Sam Vincent takes out Greathouse as Sam was out of the groove some and Greathouse wheelied. Vincent takes the win with a 7.373 versus a 7.52. Powell breaks at the line and Burton takes a solo win. Tuten breaks before he could take the light, loosing on his solo run.

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Renegade

Tobner vs Almandinger - Tobner 8.483 vs 8.684
Mitchell vs Cook - Mitchell 8.431 vs 8.544
Clements vs Keller - Clements 8.483 vs 8.554
Rawls vs Tuten - Rawls 8.534 vs 9.331





Eliminations Round 2

Tobner goes red, hands win to Hourcle
Cook takes a bye
Clements takes Rawls who began backfiring around 1000 feet

Hourcle to take on Cook in Semis, Clements gets a bye to the finals.

Clements can take the championship from Rawls if he wins the race

Hot Street

C Booze vs Sutterlin - Booze 8.599 vs 8.754
Gross vs Mens - Gross 8.702 vs 8.816
Blankenship vs Riccardi - Blakenship 8.709 vs 8.861
Bowles vs Courtney - Bowles 8.660 vs 8.778
Halon vs B Booze - Hanlon 8.705 vd 8.838





Eliminations Round 2

Booze takes a bye
Gross takes Blakenship which wheelied and was out of shape
Bowles takes Hanlen - Bowles takes the championship for taking the semi final green light
Booze races Gross in the semis, Bowles has a bye

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Drag Radial

Lyon vs Reed - Lyon 7.958 vs 8.359
Guy vs Byrd - Guy 8.198 vs 8.618
Pecchini vs Hoots - Pecchini 7.993 vs 8.589
Lee vs O Johnson - Lee 8.296 vs 10.027
Bomar vs P Johnson - Bomar 8.171 vs 8.615
Lorch vs Thompson - Lorch 8.317 vs 11.315





Round Two

Lyon wins over Guy -- Guy lifts at 1000 feet and cannot catch Lyon
Lee takes out Pecchini who wheels up and then gets out of the groove - Lee is the Drag Radial Champion

Lee takes on Lyon in the finals

Pure Street

Alsept vs Lyons - Alsept 10.348 vs 10.519
Johnson vs Burkhart - Johnson 10.215 vs 10.359
Gifford vs Wilson - Gifford 10.250 vs 10.505
Mason vs Hecox - Hecox 10.356 vs 11.095 - Hecox wins on red





Anderson takes out Lyons
Johnson gets bye
Gifford looks to miss a gear and gives win to Hecox Hecox wins championship

Hecox will face the winner between Anderson and Johnson for the finals

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Real Street

Matherly vs Johnson - Matherly 9.477 vs 9.783
Breese vs Ginter - Breese 9.535 vs 9.829
Hemminger vs Scott - Hemminger big wheelie and down hard - Scott with win
Wiley vs Baldwin - Wiley 9.647 vs 10.231





Semi Finals

Matherly vs Breese - Matherly Launches hard to the left, straightens back out and takes the win over Breese
Wiley takes out Scott

Wiley vs Matherly in finals

Factory Stock

Godfrey vs St Charles - Godfrey 11.386 vs 11.144
Leslie Jr vs Reed - Leslie Jr 11.305 vs 11.982
Dold vs Roberts - Dold 11.357 vs 14.168
Sylvester vs Walsh - Sylvester 11.200 vs 11.515
Amrine vs Sobrino - Amrine 11.328 vs 12.275





Eliminations Round 2

Leslie takes out Dold
Sylvester spins, giving win to Amrine
Godfrey backs up record on solo run, inches from the 10s
Amrine races the winner of Godfrey and Leslie

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Renegade



Larry Hourcle red lit against 2009 Renegade Champion Bob Cook, which motored to a 8.464 @ 162.29 mph in his stealth fox body GT. Alton Clements had a buy run to a 8.384 @ 165.27 mph, giving him lane choice in the finals against Cook.

Hot Street



Don Bowles took a low key run in his semi final bye run, which was the point he secured the Hot Street championship. In a last minute call, Charlie Booze opted for the right lane, putting Max Gross in the left. Gross wheelied the car and got out of shape, handing the win to Booze.

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It has been raining on and off most of the day. The rain had no sign of showing and the track was cooling down too much. This was a recipe for disaster and made the right call to run some semis and all finals tomorrow at 10 am.



Keith Neal and Jim Brown decided to flip a coin for the win in Pro Outlaw 10.5 rather than race tomorrow due to the rain out. Jim Brown called the right side and won his first Pro Outlaw win on the toss.



The rain might be the answer Don Burton was looking for. It was rumored that Burton's motor was hurt, but was still planning to run the semis against Urist. The battle between Burton and Urist is a classic battle at the Bowling Green Finals, in which Burton has not had good luck with. The crew will spend their night freshening the engine in hopes to turn their luck against Urist here. Regardless of the semi final win, Urist is still the SSO 2009 champion