ADRL FINAL RESULTS - NORWALK
Mother Nature tried her best Saturday, but the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League's inaugural ADRL Chevy Drags were eventually able to crown four champions to conclude a spectacular weekend of eighth-mile racing.
The ADRL's first trip to
Stanton, the 2006 ADRL world champion and the incoming
Carpenter joined Johnny Pilcher as a two-time winner this season in Pro
Nitrous. He qualified No. 8, but then put everything together in eliminations,
beating Stan Allen, No. 1 qualifier Doug Riesterer, and Greg Godwin to reach
the final. In that race, he outran Rod Houck, 4.05 to 4.08, to add the
Janes, driving the AlphaTrade.com-backed Grand Am, scored his first career ADRL event win with a clear final-round victory over Bill Jewett, 4.52 to 4.95. Janes won from the bump spot, qualifying No. 8 and then upsetting top qualifier Steve Gorman in the first round.
Gonder also won his first career ADRL title, outlasting a deep Pro Extreme
Motorcycle field and eventually beating T.T. Jones in the final, 4.396 to
4.605. The ADRL's two-wheeled class put on a great show all weekend, with Billy
Vose becoming the first rider to reach the 4.20s in the eighth-mile (4.293 in
the quarterfinals) and Scott Valitti putting together consecutive passes of
4.383 and 4.354 to establish a new e.t. record for the class.
Next up for the ADRL is the Eastern Race Fuels Dragstock IV event, which will
set the fields for the AlphaTrade Battle for the Belts world championship
eliminators.