Sean Bellemeur’s odds of winning a third Top Alcohol Funny Car title got a huge boost when he turned on the win light in the final round against Nick Januik, 5.532 to 5.554. Bellemeur, who now has six combined national and regional victories this season, drove his Steve Boggs-tuned Hussey Performance Camaro past Bill Naves and Brian Gawlik to reach the final round. Bellemeur now has 24 national event wins to his credit, all of them as a member of Tony Bartone’s team.
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Matthew Cummings has raced in just eight national events this season in the McPhillips family A/Fuel dragster, and he’s now got three wins after defeating Karen Stalba in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round. Cummings, a winner in Reading and a runner-up in Indy, won with a 5.320 after Stalba smoked the tires in the final. Cummings ran a 5.13 in the quarterfinals and a 5.17 in the semi’s to get past Dan Dietrich, but he did not have low elapsed time of the event. That honor went to Julie Nataas, who ran a blistering 5.103, the third-quickest run in the history of the class.
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Frank Aragona also helped himself by winning a second straight Comp title in his J/AA ’32 Bantam. Aragona, a winner a week ago in Reading, drove to a (-.400) 7.600 to beat Larry Pritchett’s slowing 8.733 in his A/SM Pontiac Sunfire. Aragona helped himself with wins against incoming points leader Pete D’Agnolo and John Frech during final eliminations. Pritchett was seeking his 12th win and his first since the 2004 season.
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It took much longer than he’d hoped, but Dan Fletcher now has 105 NHRA national event wins, moving into a tie with Frank Manzo for second place behind John Force on NHRA’s all-time wins list. Fletcher drove his familiar Micro Strategies ’69 Camaro to the Super Stock victory after Herbie Null fouled in the final round. Fletcher now has five victories at zMax Dragway and has won at 23 different national event venues.
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Timothy Stickles had to face a tough challenge on his way to a first win in Stock eliminator when he took on Brad Plourd in the final round. Stickles saved his best run for last with a .004 light and a 12.194 on his 12.16 dial that was too much for Plourd to match, although he did make a competitive run with an 11.067 breakout on his 11.08 dial.
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