NSDN Daily Race Coverage - NSDA SJ Sept '07

Sunday The NSDA September ’07 Soboba Casino event is now in the record books. Winners in the top three categories were Dennis Rieck (Top Fuel), David Morton (Top Alcohol), and Jeff Mamer (Top Eliminator). Top Fuel Round 1 Left Lane – Dennis Rieck 2.510/127 WIN #1 qualifer Rieck turns a clean 2.51 on his bye run. Left Lane – John Cadzow NT-Broke Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.416/130 WIN Cadzow was unable to fire his dragster allowing Brown to unload Low E.T. of the weekend on this pass.   Left Lane – Mike Peasley 2.659/146 Right Lane – Matt Ludlow 2.662/133 WIN Matt uses a hole shot in his first event to take his first ever round win over Peasley. Final Left Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.712/102 Right Lane – Dennis Rieck 2.502/120 WIN Ludlow could not make the second round call moving Top Fuel directly into the final round. Dennis made another consistent low 2.5 pass in the heat of the day while Charlie’s dragster moved around down track eventually taking down some cones and finish line sensors after lifting. Top Alcohol Round 1 Left Lane – Gary Mink 2.660/134 WIN Mink starts off eliminations with what would be Low E.T. of round one on a bye run. Left Lane – Jim Hammond 2.796/119 Right Lane – David Morton 2.668 WIN Morton makes another clean run to take the win over Hammond. Left Lane – Richard Montiel 2.713/136 WIN Right Lane – Dan Allen 2.758/143 ”Top Dog” took the win in an extremely close race. Allen carried the front end through the top end and narrowly lost. Left Lane – Shane Sanford NT-Broke Right Lane – Nick Januik NT-Broke Both Sanford and Januik broke before the start of eliminations. They did however came to the starting line in their fire suits and jackets to contest a foot race for the crowd. Januik dived across the finish line to take the bragging rights win. Round 2 Left Lane – Richard Montiel 2.832/140 Right Lane – Gary Mink 2.698/138 WIN Mink made another solid pass in the heat of the day to take the win over Montiel who had some spun the tires hard at the hit. Left Lane – David Morton 2.822 WIN Morton didn’t take it easy on the semi-final round bye and ran 2.82. Final Left Lane – David Morton 2.618/141 WIN Right Lane – Gary Mink 2.697 RL The final round was over on the starting line as Mink redlighted away the victory while on the other side Morton ran Low E.T. of eliminations with a pretty 2.61 pass. Top Eliminator Round 2 Left Lane – DL King 2.967 Right Lane – Taylor Brewer 2.960 WIN Left Lane – Chris Adamson 2.940 Right Lane – Tim Martin 2.988 WIN Left Lane – Jeff Mamer 2.953 WIN Right Lane – Paul Graham 3.127 RL Left Lane – Paul Taylor 3.019 WIN Right Lane – Don Diffenbaugh 3.079 Round 3 Left Lane – Tim Martin 2.940 Right Lane – Taylor Brewer 3.003 RL Left Lane – Jeff Mamer 3.052 WIN Right Lane – Paul Taylor 3.084 Final Left Lane – Jeff Mamer 3.002 WIN Right Lane – Tim Martin 2.967 Pro 1 1st- Lori Ketron 2nd- Geoff Gill 3rd-Steve DeNunzio Pro 2 1st- Steve Anthony 2nd- Manuel Covarubias 3rd- Larry Brown Pro 3 1st- April Elliott 2nd- Ernesto Covarubias 3rd- Brent Rieck Motorcycle Pro 1 1st- Jaclyn Wehier 2nd- Ryan Winkle 3rd- Tom Hanrahan 3rd- Bob Sechi Motorcycle Pro 2 1st- Randy Mings 2nd- Bo Crossland 3rd- Joey Weaver 3rd- Mike Hale Saturday Top Fuel Qualifying Order 1. Dennis Rieck 2.467 2. Charlie Brown Jr. 2.512 3. Mike Peasley 2.589 4. Matt Ludlow 2.646 5. John Cadzow 3.290 Run Notes Qualifying Session 3 Left Lane - Mike Peasley runs 2.693/152; Best Previous 2.589 Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. runs 2.512; Best Previous 2.515   Charlie makes a clean hit and improves by a couple thousandths. Peasley struggled at the hit, but was able to card a nice speed of 152. Right Lane – Dennis Rieck runs 2.508/150; Best Previous 2.467 Dennis makes a straight and strong run in the heat of the day which would be Low E.T. of the session. Left Lane – Matt Ludlow runs 3.436/60; Best Previous 4.583 Ludlow improves again on a 100’ clean pass in his new dragster. Qualifying Session 4 Left Lane –. Dennis Rieck 3.000/92; Best Previous 2.467 Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 3.395; Best Previous 2.512 Rieck holds on to the top spot despite shutting off early after drifting left. Brown’s car hooked hard right causing him to click off early just past 60’. Right Lane – Matt Ludlow runs 2.646/135; Best Previous 3.436 Matt makes a strong first full pass in the “Coldwater Kid” dragster moving him up to the #4 spot and into a first round matchup with Mike Peasley Round 1 Pairings Dennis Rieck Bye Charlie Brown vs. John Cadzow Mike Peasley vs. Matt Ludlow Top Alcohol Qualifying Order 1. Gary Mink 2.599 2. David Morton 2.601 3. Nick Januik 2.604 4. Dan Allen 2.635 5. Richard Montiel 2.637 6. Shane Sanford 2.669 7. Jim Hammond 2.856 Run Notes Qualifying Session #3 Left Lane – Jim Hammond runs 2.856/118; Best Previous 2.887 Right Lane – Richard Montiel runs 2.637/115; Best Previous 2.818 Montiel improves greatly despite shutting off slightly early while Hammond improves on his best run of the weekend by .03. Left Lane – Dan Allen runs 2.635/135; Best Previous 3.523 Right Lane – Shane Sanford 2.741/137; Best Previous 2.669 Dan drove through some monster tire shake after a 1.08 60’ and launched into a huge wheelstand tripping the finish lights with the rear tires. On the other side Sanford ran 2.74, however his weekend would end with sever motor breakage. As a side note, Allen Racing would like to thank Sanford and the Frederosa team for the use of a set of front tires for this race.   Left Lane – David Morton runs 2.601/142; Best Previous 3.565 Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.604/142; Best Previous 2.745 This pair headed straight ton the top two positions. Morton ran a clean 2.60 pass while Januik had the front end way up in the air on his way to the #2 spot.   Qualifying Session #4 Left Lane – Gary Mink runs 2.599/137; Best Previous 2.627 Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.631; Best Previous 2.604 Gary regained his top qualifying spot with a straight, clean 2.59. Januik was on a great pass before having some issues on the top end to slow him down slightly. Left Lane – Dan Allen runs 2.659; Best Previous 2.635 Right Lane – Richard Montiel 2.909; Best Previous 2.637 Allen spun the tires hard at the hit and just missed his low E.T. of the weekend by .02 while Montiel had some problems forcing him to shut off early. Left Lane – Jim Hammond 2.869/117; Best Previous 2.856 Hammond made another clean pass in the “April’s Dream” dragster. Round 1 Pairings Gary Mink Bye Dan Allen vs. Richard Montiel David Morton vs. Jim Hammond Nick Januik vs. Shane Sanford Top Eliminator Round 1 Left Lane – DL King 4.005 WIN Right Lane – Lori Ketron NT Lori’s “Miss Conduct” dragster could not start on time giving DL a single into round two. Left Lane – Rick Morris 2.933 Right Lane – Taylor Brewer 3.006 WIN Rick Morris in the Heavy Metal Buggy went a little too fast handing the win to Taylor Brewer. Left Lane – Tim Martin 2.977 WIN Right Lane – Mike Erwin 3.091 Tim Martin advanced to round two with a nice .02 over 2.97 against Erwin’s game effort 3.09 pass. Left Lane – Chris Adamson 2.967 WIN Right Lane – Tiffany Januik 3.371 Adamson ran .017 off the Index to take the win over Januik who pedaled to an entertaining 3.37. Left Lane – Jeff Mamer 2.983 WIN Right Lane – Glen Hickey 3.290 Mamer made a nice 250’ pass to put the Sidewinder into round two. Left Lane – Paul Graham 3.080 WIN Right Lane – Paul Price NT Price did not show for round one handing Graham an easy single run. Left Lane – Paul Taylor 3.010 WIN Right Lane – Larry Snow NT-DQ Larry Snow gave us quite a scare when an apparent broken axle sent him towards the center and after a quick pedal job he narrowly avoided the 60’ foot clocks as he crossed into Taylor’s lane. Luckily, Paul was long gone by then and headed to round two. Left Lane – Jim Williams 9.064 Right Lane – Don Diffenbaugh 3.076 Don ran a solid 3.07 to defeat Williams whose “Wild American” appeared to have suffered some sort of driveline failure. Final Qualifying Order 1. DL King 2.957 2. Jeff Mamer 2.993 3. Paul Taylor 2.999 4. Tim Martin 3.015 5. Chris Adamson 3.016 6. Jim Williams 3.018 7. Paul Graham 3.032 8. Rick Morris 3.044 9. Taylor Brewer 3.054 10. Paul Price 3.073 11. Don Diffenbaugh 3.094 12. Tiffany Januik 3.147 13. Mike Erwin 3.150 14. Larry Snow 3.158 15. Glen Hickey 3.276 16. Lori Ketron 3.345 DNQ 17. Darrell Cypert 8.596 Pro Mod 1st-Francisco Anaya 2nd-Larry Minor Pro Index 1st-Justin Adamson 2nd-Jorge Covarubias 3rd-Wes Gilmore 3rd-Wes Johnson Sportsman 1 1st-Matt Springer 2nd-Jorge Covarubias 3rd-Phil Soper Sportsman 2 1st-Steve Perkio 2nd-Bill Mitchell 3rd-Nick Young Motorcycle Sportsman 1 1st-Ian Brown 2nd-#399 3rd-Bob Sechl 3rd-#245 Motorcycle Sportsman 2 1st-Randy Mings 2nd-#11 3rd-George Amos 3rd-Charles Owens Friday Top Fuel Dennis Rieck topped the Top Fuel class after two sessions with a 2.467 pass in the night round. Dennis was followed by Charlie Brown Jr. with a 2.515.  Qualifying Order 1. Dennis Rieck 2.467 2. Charlie Brown Jr. 2.515 3. Mike Peasley 2.589 4. John Cadzow 3.290 5. Matt Ludlow 4.583 Run Notes Qualifying Session 1 Left Lane - Mike Peasley / 2.589 – 139mph. Mike with his first pass of the weeked in the Leggitt Engines Dragster hikes the front end up and pedals at half track, but set a good benchmark for the rest of the class. Right Lane – John Cadzow 3.290 – 76mph. John is debuting a brand new dragster, and made a nice half pass to start his Top Fuel career. Qualifying Session 2 Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.515 – 155mph. Left Lane – John Cadzow NT Redlight. John had some problems staging on the line and rolled the beams lifting after another clean half pass. Charlie made a veteran move and waited for the tree to activate before laying down a nice 2.51 pass to take the top spot for the time being. Right Lane – Mike Peasley 3.382 Left Lane – Dennis Rieck 2.467 – 127mph. Peasley was on a nice pass before he had to lift at half track while Rieck was heading down the track to the top spot at a 2.46. Rieck’s pass was clean lifting just a bit early. Left Lane – Matt Ludlow 4.446 Right Lane – Single Ludlow is debuting another brand new nitro burning Top Fuel dragster. The “Coldwater Kid” entry shut off at 60’ coasting to a 4.44. Top Alcohol Gary Mink topped the Top Alcohol class with a 2.627 in the afternoon session. Points leader Shane Sanford started off the weekend with a solid 2.669 with Nick Januik and Richard Montiel rounding out the top half of the field. Qualifying Order 1. Gary Mink 2.627 2. Shane Sanford 2.669 3. Nick Januik 2.745 4. Richard Montiel 2.818 5. Jim Hammond 2.887 6. Dan Allen 3.523 7. David Morton 3.565 Run Notes Qualifying Session #1 Right Lane – Shane Sanford 2.669 – 111mph. Left Lane – David Morton 3.887 Points leader Sanford opened with a solid lap shutting off slightly early to a 2.66 while Morton had lots of trouble and had to click it off early. Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.745 – 100mph. Left Lane – Gary Mink 2.627 – 125mph. Gary took over the top spot with a spotless 2.62 while Januik made a strong opening run of 2.74. Left Lane – Jim Hammond – 3.017 – 103mph. Jim Hammond carded the best 60’ of the round with a 1.04, however fell off on the top end to land in the #4 spot after the first round. Qualifying Session #2 Left Lane – Nick Januik NT Broke Right Lane – Dan Allen 3.523 Nick had problems on the starting line forcing him to shut off after taking the green while Dan Allen experienced severe tire shake before coasting to a 3.52. Left Lane – David Morton 3.565 Right Lane – Richard Montiel 2.818 Montiel had an amazing save after getting the car extremely sideways at half track and coasting to a 2.81 while Morton rolled the beams and shut off early. Right Lane – Jim Hammond 2.887 – 127mph. Left Lane – Shane Sanford 2.699 – 142mph. Shane set Low E.T. of the final session with a 2.69 despite the clutch pulling him through the beams some before take off knocking a few hundredths off the E.T, Right Lane – Gary Mink 3.584 Gary’s dragster got sideways at 60’ forcing him to lift, however he stays #1 qualifier heading into Saturday. Top Eliminator Qualifying Order 1. DL King 2.957 2. Paul Taylor 2.999 3. Chris Adamson 3.016 4. Paul Graham 3.032 5. Rick Morris 3.044 6. Paul Price 3.073 7. Don Diffenbaugh 3.094 8. Tiffany Januik 3.147 9. Larry Snow 3.158 10. Jim Williams 3.173 11. Glen Hickey 3.276 12. Lori Ketron 3.345 13. Tim Martin 3.661 14. Darrell Cypert NT Pro Bonus Class 1st-Lori Ketron 2nd-Tommy Zavala Sportsman Bonus Class 1st-Carl Jennings 2nd-Nick Young Preview National Sand Drag News will be bringing you daily race coverage this weekend presented by the National Sand Drag Assocation & Heavy Metal Racing/Chittenden Motorsports from NSDA's fifth point series event of the season. Racing action starts at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, CA on Friday with test and tune for Pro and Sportsman bracket classes as well as the opening two sessions of TF/TA/TE qualifying. Check back each evening for results and news from this event.