Surdyke Midwest Nationals Presented by Drag Specialties
September 3rd & 4th
Gateway International Raceway
Elimination Day
6:30pm-
We have wrapped up here at the Surdyke Midwest Nationals. All the results are posted for your viewing needs. Join us back here October 15th & 16th for the ScreaminÕ Eagle Performance Parts Nationals-presented by Drag Specialties.
Good Night from St. Louis.
5:30pm-
The finals are underway and and the GMA X-Mod final started things off- the winner –Donnie Huffman over Mike Nolen.
Mike Nolen .097 9.205 139.27
Donnie Huffman .074 9.111 144.49**
All the other finals are coming right up- stay tuned to the winners on the ladder pages!
4:20pm- The semiÕs are underway, led off by the ScreaminÕ Eagle Nitro Harleys that resulted in an Òedge of your seatÓ final with the current National points leader-Doug Vancil and #2 in the standings- Mike Romine. (Virginia- Patti was all smiles after this win).
The GMA X-Mod class just wrapped up round two action, and hereÕs the standings there.
GMA X-Mod
Randy Borho foul 8.854 147.70
Mike Nolen .087 9.322 137.44**
Lauren Long .387 9.583 137.79
Donnie Huffman .066 9.087 145.17**
3:15pm-After an exciting 2nd round of ScreaminÕ Eagle Nitro Harley- the semi round should be the best yet with the 1,2,3, and 4 qualifiers making up the pairings in the tight race for the championship pointÕs lead.
The GMA X-Mod class has completed the first round of eliminations in the exhibition-trial class and hereÕs a look at those results:
GMA X-Mod
Randy Borho .395 8.860 147.46**
Bear McClellan .236 10.094 131.56
Mike Nolen .097 9.276 134.60**
Dale Miller broke
Lauren Long .064 9.012 140.49**
Greg Krenik .112 9.516 136.59
Donnie Huffman .085 9.073 145.13**
David Doremus .120 16.151 65.31
2:45pm
2nd Session of EliminationÕs are coming up shortly. The 2nd session will consist of Top Fuel, Nitro Outlaw, X-Mod, Pro Mod, Super Gas, Super Sport, S. Eliminator, SEP and ET.
The 3rd session will pick back up with all classes except the classes that are already set for the finals. Those classes set for finals later are Pro Stock, Street Pro and SSC124.
Stay tuned for the results on the ladder pages following after each round.
1:10pm-We are fired up and racing here at Gateway, and the track is doing its job so far.
The slowest ÒwinningÓ time recorded was a 6.742 on a bye from Mike Lehman. Other than that- it was a slew of 50Õs in todayÕs opener. Follow the ladders today on the live update pages here on www.ahdra.com.
Good morning from Gateway IntÕl Raceway and the Surdyke Midwest Nationals Presented by Drag Specialties. The skies are full of sunshine and temperatures are nice,
We are set to begin with a few rounds of sportsman classes this morning to narrow the fields to sixteen or less before todayÕs opening round.
TodayÕ s opening ceremonies are special to all the top qualifiers this weekend but for at least 4 of those with #1 honors, the occasion is extra special. Unofficially named the ÒFab 4Ó yesterday, Donnie Huffman, Dan DeGood, and Charlie & Eleanor Walker managed to each grab a #1 spot in one of their respective categories. Not only is it a special occasion to have the close pit-mates out there today, ItÕs a first husband-wife pairing for #1 qualifier honors and Òa great way to celebrate my birthdayÓ Eleanor said last night.
Coming up in todayÕs opening round in ScreaminÕ Eagle Nitro Harley- the battle for the points standings continues as Doug Vancil, Mike Romine and Mike Lehman go at it for the #1 spot that has seen leader changes all year. Lehman starts out with a bye today, after his #1 qualifying finish yesterday with a 6.631 best.
Doug Vancil was the #4 qualifier and his day will start paired with Steve Moore, the #13 qualifier. VancilÕs best time was a 6.653 in yesterdayÕs 3 rounds.
Mike Romine was the #3 qualifier with a 6.645 best and he grabbed the top speed of the meet so far, with a blazing 219.54mph lap. Crew chief, Patti Romine says they had a little trouble staying consistent after the round one lap, (the best of the three), but appeared confident that they will work it out before todayÕs eliminations.
Patti sends a special loving hello to her mother,
Virginia Couch, watching the results here on the live update pages.
Tak Shigematsu also didnÕt improve after his round one best lap at 6.640, but it was good enough to put him in the #2 spot heading into todayÕs show and he will start the day paired with Mike Bahnmaier, the #15 qualifier.
Stay tuned for all the news and results from todayÕs show after the opening rounds, beginning at 12:30pm.
5:50pm
Qualifying complete in St. Louis and we are getting the final numbers updated for you and they will be posted shortly. Thanks for joining us for todayÕs result coverage of the Surdyke Midwest Nationals. TomorrowÕs show gets underway with early sportsman rounds at 9:30am and opening ceremonies are at 12:15pm.
Good night from Gateway IntÕl Raceway.
4:00pm
Everyone gets in a round two run and todays final round set to begin shortly. The 3rd and final round today will work much like the 2nd- ET & SEP and X-Mod will run and then itÕs back to the Pros.
In the sportsman round two rounds Charlie Walker has the S & S Super Sport top spot with a 10.303 and his better-half, Eleanor- who is celebrating a birthday here in St. Louis is the #1 qualifier after 2 rounds in Performance Corner Super Eliminator with a 10.920.
The Walkers, Degoods and Huffmans are well known travel and pit mates and four of them now hold the lead spot in qualifying after a pair of rounds. We will see how the ÒFab-4Ó finishes after todayÕs last session.
Moe from the sportsman highlights- Dave Ostrowske is holding firmly in the Rucker Performance Super Gas standings today with a perfect 9.700 with one more round to go!
The GMA X-Mod class wrapped up their final round today, and a couple of names missing from the final round line-up are Dan Hope and Bill Gardner. Gardner, we understand has problems with the bike, and his round one pass was deleted for missing the scales- Hope also missed the scales. (Not intentionally) This is a trial class for a possible new class in the future, so if it does make it, the routine of stopping at the scales will have to be introduced to those not accustomed to it.
HereÕs the final round order:
Randy Borho 8.909 145.72
Lauren Long 9.050 141.97
Donnie Huffman 9.060 149.86
Mike Nolen 9.136 137.85
Dale Miller 9.150 138.91
David Doremus 9.251 139.67
Greg Krenik 9.606 134.94
Bear McClellan 10.391 134.32
Back with an update from todayÕs final qualifying round after the session.
2:50pm
Round Two Qualifying Update-
ScreaminÕ Eagle Nitro Harleys just completed 2nd session of qualifying and Mike Lehman keeps his tp spot. The track was not as generous in the 2nd round, with lots of smoke from the tires.
Jay Turner skipped the 2nd round of JIMS Pro Fuel and maintained the lead with is round one 6.661, while Lehman is in the 2nd spot with a 6.889. Chris Streeter improved with a 6.900 and has the #3 spot.
In G2 Street Pro Zach Johnson slowed in the 2nd round while Lummus found the 8 second zone. Johnson still has the #1 spot with a 8.960 to a 8.962 from Lummus.
In the only 2 sportsman classes that have run 2nd round as of now, Dan DeGood snatched the #1 SEP spot from former leader, Donnie Huffman, but Huffman prevailed in SYN3ET with a .002 reaction for the #1 spot there, with one lap left today.
Drag Masters Hot Street is on the track now as we pick back up where we left off with sportsman qualifying. Stay tuned for more numbers from Gateway International Raceway.
1:05pm
An oil dumping round twoÉJust barely into 2nd round qualifying and 2 major oil downs causing a lengthy delay. Once competition resumes, we will finish Syn3 ET 2nd round and run the SEP 2nd round and then we will head back into Pro Qualifying beginning with G2 Street Pro. Following the Pros, round two sportsman qualifying will pick back up beginning with Drag MasterÕs Hot Street.
ThatÕs the status here- we will be back with racing action following the clean-up.
Meanwhile- HereÕs the 2nd round line up in the GMA X-Mod class:
Randy Borho 8.936 147.96
Lauren Long 9.050 141.97
Donnie Huffman 9.060 149.86
Mike Nolen 9.136 137.85
Dale Miller 9.150 138.91
David Doremus 9.251 139.67
Greg Krenik 9.606 134.94
Bill Gardner 9.646 133.14
Dan Hope 10.178 132.40
Bear McClellan 11.321 117.07
12:25pm-
Round one is wrapped up and we are underway with round two. The track seems to agree with most, as the times were quite respectable for todayÕs opening round.
The round two numbers will be coming at you following the session.
Good morning from Gateway International Raceway. We are underway with sportsman qualifying round one and we will bring you all the results here on the ahdra live update page.
Qualifying opened up this morning with the GMA X-Mod class, a ÒtrialÓ class that may possibly be considered for future competition. You can view the rules that are being utilized for this weekendÕs test run at the following link.
http://www.ahdra.com/rulesxmod.html
HereÕs how the opener order in GMA X-Mod finished.
Donnie Huffman 9.136 141.08
Mike Nolen 9.136 37.85
Dale Miller 9.150 138.91
David Doremus 9.251 139.67
Randy Borho 9.406 136.02
Greg Krenik 9.606 134.94
Bill Gardner 9.646 133.14
Check out the qualifying order in all classes of competition on the result pages following todayÕs first round.
Schedule of Events
Friday, September 2nd
2:00pm Gates Open for Parking
5:30pm Test and Tune Session
Saturday September 3rd
9:00am Qualifying begins-Sportsman
11:00am Qualifying begins-Pros
Sunday September 4th
9:30am Eliminations-Sportsman (as needed to narrow the fields)
12:15pm Opening Ceremonies
12:30pm Eliminations begin with Pros