TWO FINAL ROUNDS PUT KISH’S TITLE BID ON TRACK Kalamazoo’s Alex Kish has a reputation for being as cool as the other side of the pillow. A standout athlete who played varsity soccer as a freshman, the talented teenager also is a skilled race car driver who this year is trying to complete a Jr. [...]
WROBLEWSKI MAKES MOST OF SECOND CHANCE Second chances are a wonderful thing and, because he made the most of his during Saturday night’s Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park, 2008 track champion Andy Wroblewski is Gary Hunt’s selection as Racer of the Week. Wroblewski, who with his brother George races in the Top ET [...]
Larsen, Moller Share Jet Car Title in US 131’s Annual Northern Nationals Veteran Pat Dakin twice beat track record-holder Dom Lagana to claim the Top Fuel championship and Belleville’s Tim Timoszyk drove the “Detroit Tiger” 1980 Chevy Monza to the Nostalgia Alcohol Funny Car title in the wrap-up to Saturday’s annual Northern Nationals at US [...]
Dixon, Lagana Eye Quarter Mile History at Northern Nationals; Plus Funny Cars, Jets For second generation drag racers Dom Lagana and Larry Dixon, there is much more at stake this weekend than simply the Top Fuel championship at US 131 Motorsports Park’s annual Northern Nationals. Although they are among six drivers vying for that title [...]
Beats DiPiazza Sunday at US 131 Motorsports Park for a $50,000 Payday~Stephen McCrory of Taylorsville, GA, used a .011 package Sunday to force John DiPiazza of Greenfield, WI, into a final round breakout foul that secured the last six-figure piece of the big money pot at the inaugural FTI Summer Shootout at US 131 Motorsports [...]
Ohio Bracket Racer Comes Back from Red Light to Win Big at US 131 The agony of a Friday foul start that denied him a shot at $50,000 gave way to the ecstasy of Saturday success for “Nasty Nick” Hastings, the reigning NHRA Summit Super Series Sportsman champion, whose .017 package secured the biggest share [...]
.003 Package Denies Diaz in Dragster-Door Car Final at US 131 Motorsports Park As the grandson of the owner of Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Lane Ledford obviously knows his way around a dragstrip. He proved it Friday when he threw a .003 package at Jose Diaz of Parma, Ohio to win the $50,000 on the second day [...]
$50,000 To Win Friday and Sunday; $100,000 at Stake in Saturday’s Feature Kirby McLennan of Temperance, Michigan, drew first blood Thursday in the inaugural FTI Performance Summer Shootout which continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday and US 131 Motorsports Park. McLennan used a .005 package to best Lee Newmeyer of Shelby, Ohio, and claim Thursday’s $20,000 [...]
Six Also a Double Winner in Lane Bracket Series at US 131 Motorsports Park Donnie Hagar and Kenzie Wanamaker both were unbeaten in their classes during last weekend’s Lane Automotive Bracket Series at US 131 Motorsports Park while Parma’s Chad Six scored a rare Top ET-Modified double in his venerable roadster. Hagar, the veteran from [...]
