MARTIN FINAL RESULTS
Sun, 2009-08-02 21:35
Martin, Michigan’s beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park has always been
known for great racing and record runs, but perhaps at no point in the
track’s long history have more records been broken in one weekend.
Two world records were reset over the course of the weekend and nearly
half a dozen track records were toppled as well as Del Cox Jr. (Top
Fuel), Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) and Frank Gugliotta (Elite Motorsports
Pro Stock) all survived the wild weekend and picked up Ironman trophies
on Championship Sunday at the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart
Machinery.
Along with the trio of professionals, over half a dozen sportsman champions were crowned as well as Ricky Adkins (Top Sportsman), Rick Schneider (Top Dragster), Larry Cummings (Super Stock), Jim Marshall (Stock), Luke Bogacki (Quick Rod), Jim Linter (Super Rod) and J.J. Brock (Hot Rod) also picked up IHRA Ironman hardware. WORLD RECORDS TOPPLED AS COX, LANG AND GUGLIOTTA PICK UP IRONMAN TROPHIES
Martin, Michigan’s beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park has always been known for great racing and record runs, but perhaps at no point in the track’s long history have more records been broken in one weekend.
Two world records were reset over the course of the weekend and nearly
half a dozen track records were toppled as well as Del Cox Jr. (Top
Fuel), Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) and Frank Gugliotta (Elite Motorsports
Pro Stock) all survived the wild weekend and picked up Ironman trophies
on Championship Sunday at the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart
Machinery.
Along with the trio of professionals, over half a dozen sportsman champions were crowned as well as Ricky Adkins (Top Sportsman), Rick Schneider (Top Dragster), Larry Cummings (Super Stock), Jim Marshall (Stock), Luke Bogacki (Quick Rod), Jim Linter (Super Rod) and J.J. Brock (Hot Rod) also picked up IHRA Ironman hardware.
In the record books Tony Pontieri will go down as the new IHRA E.T. record holder at 5.936 seconds, while Brad Personett came just shy of setting a new world speed mark with a pass of 247.07 miles per hour.
He was unable to back up the run, allowing Ray Commisso’s mark set earlier this year in Baton Rouge to stand.
In sportsman action Kevin Stone ran an unheard of 5.869 second lap at 235.60 miles per hour to reset both of those records in that category.
Sportsman racing took center stage on Saturday night as Bruce Thrift picked up a cool $22,500 in winning the Moser Axle-Mania Sportsman Showdown over Scott Macy.
In exhibition action Tony Bogolo defeated Tim Stevens in the Alcohol Funny Car championship.
All of the championships were run under blue skies and perfect conditions on Sunday as over 400 cars were on hand to participate in yet another successful IHRA national event.
Two world records were reset over the course of the weekend and nearly
half a dozen track records were toppled as well as Del Cox Jr. (Top
Fuel), Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) and Frank Gugliotta (Elite Motorsports
Pro Stock) all survived the wild weekend and picked up Ironman trophies
on Championship Sunday at the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart
Machinery.Along with the trio of professionals, over half a dozen sportsman champions were crowned as well as Ricky Adkins (Top Sportsman), Rick Schneider (Top Dragster), Larry Cummings (Super Stock), Jim Marshall (Stock), Luke Bogacki (Quick Rod), Jim Linter (Super Rod) and J.J. Brock (Hot Rod) also picked up IHRA Ironman hardware. WORLD RECORDS TOPPLED AS COX, LANG AND GUGLIOTTA PICK UP IRONMAN TROPHIES
Martin, Michigan’s beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park has always been known for great racing and record runs, but perhaps at no point in the track’s long history have more records been broken in one weekend.
Two world records were reset over the course of the weekend and nearly
half a dozen track records were toppled as well as Del Cox Jr. (Top
Fuel), Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) and Frank Gugliotta (Elite Motorsports
Pro Stock) all survived the wild weekend and picked up Ironman trophies
on Championship Sunday at the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart
Machinery.Along with the trio of professionals, over half a dozen sportsman champions were crowned as well as Ricky Adkins (Top Sportsman), Rick Schneider (Top Dragster), Larry Cummings (Super Stock), Jim Marshall (Stock), Luke Bogacki (Quick Rod), Jim Linter (Super Rod) and J.J. Brock (Hot Rod) also picked up IHRA Ironman hardware.
In the record books Tony Pontieri will go down as the new IHRA E.T. record holder at 5.936 seconds, while Brad Personett came just shy of setting a new world speed mark with a pass of 247.07 miles per hour.
He was unable to back up the run, allowing Ray Commisso’s mark set earlier this year in Baton Rouge to stand.
In sportsman action Kevin Stone ran an unheard of 5.869 second lap at 235.60 miles per hour to reset both of those records in that category.
Sportsman racing took center stage on Saturday night as Bruce Thrift picked up a cool $22,500 in winning the Moser Axle-Mania Sportsman Showdown over Scott Macy.
In exhibition action Tony Bogolo defeated Tim Stevens in the Alcohol Funny Car championship.
All of the championships were run under blue skies and perfect conditions on Sunday as over 400 cars were on hand to participate in yet another successful IHRA national event.
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