U.S. 13 Dragway

Delmar, Delaware

(302) 846-3968                                

RESULTS                             

LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES 

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Sunday, June 9,2002. - Another nice day here at Delmar.  If it got any nicer out we would cancel the racing and have a barbecue!  Eliminations under way at 11:00 am. 

Final results are in from the Delaware 1st State Championship, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, at US 13
Dragway.  Comp Eliminator national champion Don Stratton won his first event of the season and was joined in the winner's circle today by five other first-time winners: Sal Biondo in Super Stock; Jerry MacNeish in Stock; Dan Northrop in Super Comp; Tom Stalba in Super Gas; and Robert Silfies in Super Street.
        Beloit, Ohio, resident Stratton drove his '34 roadster to victory over Patrick Ross of Avon Lake, Ohio, while Biondo, of Maspeth, N.Y., beat Ron Morehead of Newburgh, N.Y.  MacNeish, who lives in Eldersburg, Md., took the stripe over John Gray of Hudson, Mass.  For Doylestown, Pa., resident Northrop, it was a very narrow margin of victory over Kent Hanley
of Newtown, Conn.  Stalba of Williamstown, N.J., beat out Tommy Corbett of Hampton, Va.  Hanley took the Super Comp win at the division's season opener in Reading, Pa.  Easton, Pa.'s Silfies beat Toya Peel of Houston,
Del., in the final.
        To recap Saturday's eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, Cliff Bozzelli and Frank Manzo each took their second divisional event wins of the season.  Bozzelli of Absecon, N.J., took the win in TAD over Billy Gibson of Chaptico, N.J.  Morganville, N.J., resident Manzo drove his TAFC around Craig English of Mt. Holly, N.J.                     TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Cliff Bozzelli, Absecon, N.J., 5.659 seconds, 251.04 mph def. Billy Gibson, Chaptico, N.J., 6.670, 156.87

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Frank Manzo, Morgaville, N.J., '01 Avenger, 6.094, 211.56 def. Craig English, Mt. Holly, N.J., '98 Mustang, broke

COMP ELIMINATOR
Don Stratton, Beloit, Ohio, '34 roadster, 8.207, 146.31 def. Patrick Ross, '98 Pontiac, 8.456, 160.91

SUPER STOCK
Sal Biondo, Maspeth, N.Y., '91 Firebird, 10.665, 117.98 def. Ron Morehead, Newburgh, N.Y., '90 Camaro, 10.266, 129.21

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Jerry MacNeish, Eldersburg, Md., '68 Camaro, 11.161, 114.60 def. John Gray, Hudson, Mass., '72 Nova, 11.604, 113.15

SUPER COMP
Dan Nothrop, Doylestown, Pa., '01 dragster, 8.912, 165.86 def. Kent Hanley, Newtown, Conn., '01 dragster 8.917, 169.61

SUPER GAS
Tom Stalba, Williamstown, N.J., '63 Corvette, 9.904, 154.93 def. Tommy Corbett, Hampton, Va.,  '93 Daytona, 9.891, 156.27

SUPER STREET
Robert Silfies, Easton, Pa., '74 Vega, 10.837, 127.22 def. Toya Peel, Houston, Del., '69 Camaro, 10.822, 132.84

Don Stratton in Comp –  Jerry Mac Neish in Stock

Saturday, June 8, 2002 - One of the finest days a person could ask for, nice sunny sky, temperatures about 75.  Managed to get the program rolling right on time at 2:00 pm.

Compulink StarTrak TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR Elimination Results

Friday June 7, 2002 - 12 Noon - Opened the Gates at 9:00 a.m., very heavy rain overnight and this morning a mist, along with drizzle in the morning.  Clearing sky's and a nice breeze, along with temperatures about 65 degrees.  Looks good for our scheduled start time of 3:00 pm.

Compulink StarTrak SUPER GAS Top 8

Compulink StarTrak SUPER STREET Top 8

Low ET 5.671 1114 Cliff Bozzelli

Top Speed 254.23 1114 Cliff Bozzelli

Low ET 5.896 1 Frank Manzo

Top Speed 245.90 1 Frank Manzo

Low ET 7.158 1985 Don Eckel III

Top Speed 188.12 1985 Don Eckel III