After a soggy start and terrible conditions to begin the weekend, Sunday’s finals at the Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers turned into one of the most beautiful days of racing seen all year.

And the action on the track was just as impressive.

After a soggy start and terrible conditions to begin the weekend, Sunday’s finals at the Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers turned into one of the most beautiful days of racing seen all year.

And the action on the track was just as impressive.

IHRA and New England Dragway had their biggest Sunday crowd in years and produced some of the best racing of the year as fans filled the facility to near capacity to watch Del Cox Jr. (Top Fuel), Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) and Bob Bertsch (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock) claim victories at the Amalie Oil North American Nationals Sunday at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H.

Along with IHRA’s regular pro categories, a trio of exhibition classes were also on hand pushing the total car count to nearly 500 race vehicles over the course of the weekend.

Among them Frank Patille (Northeast Oulaw Pro Mod), Scott Marsh (Pro Stock Sled) and Dave Bereau (Pro Comp) all took home Ironman trophies during Sunday’s championship finals.

In Sportsman action Saturday’s weather cancellation wreaked havoc on the first few rounds of competition forcing the seven sportsman categories to compete well into the night on Sunday.

When the smoke finally settled – and the curfew was extended – Gary Bingham (Top Sportsman), Nick Willard (Top Dragster), Jacques Blais (Super Stock), Don Pires (Stock), Lisa Bingham (Quick Rod), Francis Ross (Super Rod) and Ray Knight (Hot Rod) all walked away champions and earned a berth into the year end Tournament of Champions at the World Finals in Rockingham.

With the Bingham sweep in Top Sportsman and Quick Rod, the pair became one of the few father-daughter combinations to ever win at the same national event.

With eight races in the books, the IHRA Nitro Jam series heads to Maryland International Raceway in two weeks for the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals in Budds Creek.

 

Final round-by-round results from the Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers at New England Dragway, the eighth of 10 events in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE -- Bobby Lagana Jr., 5.060, 222.22 def. Terry McMillen, 7.385, 113.33; Tim Boychuk, 4.795, 313.73 def. Mitch King, 7.192, 111.50; Del Cox Jr., 4.889, 306.95 def. Smax Smith, broke; Bruce Litton, 4.706, 319.75 def. Dom Lagana, foul;

SEMIFINALS -- Cox Jr., 4.795, 313.07 def. Lagana Jr., 4.820, 286.92; Boychuk, 4.689, 322.34 def. Litton, 4.952, 234.49;

FINAL -- Cox Jr., 4.715, 315.42 def. Boychuk, 6.609, 129.49.

 
PRO MODIFIED:

ROUND ONE -- Ed Hoover, Chevy Camaro, 6.037, 240.47 def. Pete Farber, Dodge Daytona, 11.587, 92.53; Kenny Lang, Chevy Corvette, 6.009, 240.72 def. Tony Pontieri, Camaro, 9.140, 98.13; Andy Jensen, Camaro, 6.175, 226.01 def. John Russo, Chevy S-10, 8.754, 105.46; Fidelio Montrond, Corvette, 6.322, 227.96 def. Chris Russo, Corvette, 7.202, 206.01;

SEMIFINALS -- Hoover, 6.061, 239.02 def. Montrond, foul; Lang, 6.010, 241.02 def. Jensen, 6.206, 228.81;

FINAL -- Lang, 6.017, 241.63 def. Hoover, DQ.

PRO STOCK:

ROUND ONE -- John Pluchino, Mercury Cougar, 7.758, 191.02 def. Richard Freeman, Pontiac GXP, 9.123, 185.84; JR Carr, GXP, 6.434, 218.55 def. John Konigshofer, Ford Mustang, 12.361, 98.44; Michael Bruno, Pontiac GTO, 6.412, 217.98 def. Ned Katuran, Chevy Cobalt, 6.463, 219.19; John Montecalvo, Cobalt, 6.858, 212.83 def. Frank Gugliotta, GXP, 7.274, 208.04; Pete Berner, GXP, 6.422, 219.04 def. Trevor Eman, Ford Escort, foul; Bob Bertsch, Mustang, 6.404, 219.44 def. Carl Baker, Escort, 8.007, 132.08; Mark Martino, Cobalt, 6.388, 220.58 was unopposed;

QUARTERFINALS -- Berner, 6.394, 219.61 def. Carr, 6.448, 218.16; Bruno, 6.446, 217.25 def. Montecalvo, 6.368, 221.85; Bertsch, 6.396, 219.69 was unopposed; Martino, 6.408, 221.20 def. Pluchino, 6.465, 218.62;

SEMIFINALS -- Bruno, 6.426, 218.12 def. Martino, 6.415, 220.01; Bertsch, 6.375, 220.08 def. Berner, 6.388, 219.47;

FINAL -- Bertsch, 6.333, 220.19 def. Bruno, 6.467, 216.48.

 
EAST COAST PRO COMP:

ROUND ONE -- Roland Deering Jr., Dragster, 6.208, 231.44 def. Tim Steed, '23-T Ford, 7.755, 184.83; James Leo, Dragster, 7.070, 151.41 def. Jim Blake, '23-T Ford, 7.095, 196.56; Dave Bureau, Dragster, 6.386, 213.50 def. Frank Zeffiro, Dragster, 6.440, 221.05; Paul Conlon, Fiat Topolino, 7.169, 200.56 def. Rich Borriello, Dragster, broke; Bill Sexton, Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.946, 190.22 was unopposed; Tom Steed, Dragster, 10.864, 74.41 def. Jonathan Wall, Ford Mustang, foul;

SEMIFINALS -- Deering Jr., 6.370, 215.51 def. Conlon, 13.428, 65.02; Bureau, 6.385, 212.49 def. Sexton, 6.964, 187.65;

FINAL -- Bureau, 6.352, 213.54 def. Deering Jr., 6.357, 224.96.

 
PRO STOCK SLEDS:

ROUND ONE -- Rick Ramano, Arctic Cat, 8.799, 149.22 def. Ed Armstrong, Yamaha, 9.388, 142.75; Kristin Stanley, Polaris, 8.454, 154.00 def. Paul Austin, Ski Doo, 8.646, 138.30; Scott Marsh, Ski Doo, 8.689, 153.11 def. Ken Lund, Polaris, 8.972, 120.83; Kevin Zucco, Yamaha, 8.569, 151.10 def. Ryan Mason, Ski Doo, 8.759, 150.87; Brittney Marston, Ski Doo, 8.638, 150.10 def. Ed Illgen, Snowmobile, 8.415, 152.28; Brian Hamel, Ski Doo, 8.654, 152.06 def. John Renaud, Ski Doo, 10.020, 132.76; Jeff Cullen, Polaris, 9.374, 118.05 def. Daniel Meyer, Ski Doo, 13.333, 65.10; Jay Pearl, Arctic Cat, 8.402, 154.42 def. Dale Swaetwout, Ski Doo, 9.518, 117.44;

QUARTERFINALS -- Ramano, 8.729, 148.07 def. Stanley, 8.960, 154.44; Marsh, 8.432, 153.28 def. Zucco, 8.546, 150.31; Marston, 8.549, 150.11 def. Hamel, broke; Pearl, 8.443, 153.91 def. Cullen, 8.820, 143.70;

SEMIFINALS -- Marsh, 8.462, 152.11 def. Ramano, 8.803, 148.72; Pearl, 8.437, 154.26 def. Marston, 8.616, 149.81;

FINAL -- Marsh, 8.466, 151.94 def. Pearl, 8.421, 153.49.

 
NE PRO MOD ASSOCIATION:

ROUND ONE -- Todd Fontana, Chevy Camaro, 17.508, 58.26 def. Gary Courtier, Camaro, broke; Matt Deitsch, Chevy Cavalier, 6.323, 225.79 def. Steve Drummond, Ford Mustang, foul; Derrick Townes, Camaro, 6.325, 226.62 def. Timothy Baptista, Camaro, 6.632, 209.59; Frank Patille III, Buick Special, 6.270, 225.30 def. Jeff Rodgers, Mustang, 6.677, 210.08; Paul Athey, Willys, 6.987, 211.00 def. Benny Alfonso, Pontiac Firebird, 7.271, 153.70; Jim Barker, Chevy Monte Carlo, 6.366, 224.73 def. Joe Dunne, Camaro, broke;

QUARTERFINALS -- Barker, 11.209, 94.24 def. Fontana, broke; Deitsch, 6.306, 226.51 def. Athey, 6.336, 214.28; Patille III, 6.199, 228.15 def. Townes, 6.411, 222.99;

SEMIFINALS -- Barker, 6.451, 227.15 def. Deitsch, 22.299, 33.47; Patille III, 6.302, 226.77 was unopposed;

FINAL -- Patille III, 6.171, 228.19 def. Barker, 6.301, 231.83. 

 

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