Eight years ago Super Stock racer Alex Denysenko had a vision.
The veteran racer from Michigan City, Ind., believed that he could
assemble an event featuring the performance oriented sportsman
divisions, i.e. the class racing divisions, the headliners on a
national event style event. He wanted to prove that one didn’t need
nitro or any professional divisions to hold a successful drag race.
Denysenko will always have the 2001 U.S. Class Nationals as proof he was right.
After a lifetime of racing experience, Denysenko will quickly tell you
he putting on the 2001 U.S. Class Nationals at Byron Dragway in Byron,
Ill., is in a class of its own.
“It would be right up there with the craziest things I’ve ever done,” Denysenko admitted.