{"id":34882,"date":"2013-05-30T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=34882"},"modified":"2015-06-23T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T21:10:35","slug":"drag-gallery-nhra-division-one-sportsman-action-from-nitro-to-stock-eliminator-all-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/drag-gallery-nhra-division-one-sportsman-action-from-nitro-to-stock-eliminator-all-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag Gallery: NHRA Division One Sportsman Action! From Nitro To Stock Eliminator HERE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Memorial Day Weekend here in the Northeast is traditionally the weekend all the hitters from the NHRA Division 1 region come to duke it out at Maple Grove Raceway for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. This event is the longest running Divisional Race on the NHRA circuit with the Grove hosting D1\u2019s finest for the 45th straight year! Usually late May means it\u2019s time to bust out the shorts in preparation for the kick-off of the hot Summer season but Mother Nature tossed a rather chilly monkey wrench into Bob Lang\u2019s plans this weekend with rain, wind and cold temps forcing him into making loads of schedule adjustments including losing most of Friday and pushing the Alcohol Cars into Sunday for their eliminations. However, the 400 plus racers in the house followed Lang\u2019s lead and everyone was eating burgers and hot dogs on Memorial Day Monday!<\/p>\n

Some great on track action from the Stock and Super Stock classes, Top Sportsman and Dragster, Competition Eliminator, all the Super classes and the Top Alcohol Cars combined with the cool air and killer Maple Grove traction made the weekend a smashing success. Check out the gallery for cool Pit Area shots of classic Muscle Cars along with the new school COPO Camaros, Drag Pak Challengers and Cobra Jet Mustangs. Insane Tube Chassis Door Car creations, Dragsters and Altereds of varying sizes and shapes plus Fantastic Flip-Top Funny Cars rounded out the rest of the entries. Checking them out up close is almost as good as watching them blast down the quarter mile! Great Stuff!<\/p>\n

Winners by class\u2026.<\/p>\n

Top Alcohol Dragster: Dan Page
\nTop Alcohol Funny Car: Frank Manzo
\nCompetition Eliminator: Frank Aragona
\nSuper Stock Eliminator: John Armstrong
\nStock Eliminator: Donald Pires
\nSuper Comp: Lee Ream
\nSuper Gas: Mike Sawyer
\nSuper Street: Casey Grubb
\nTop Sportsman: Michael Cerro
\nTop Dragster: John Taylor<\/p>\n

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