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 MECHANICSVILLE,
MARYLAND MARYLAND (October 10th,
2022) – The IHRA Summit Racing
Equipment Team Finals brought
picture perfect weather Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday with
temperatures in the 60’s during the
day and plenty of sunshine for those
that traveled to Maryland
International Raceway (MIR). The
energy was felt first thing Friday
morning as racers from MIR,
Sumerduck Dragway, US13 Dragway, and
Roxboro Motorsports Park would be
ready to duel it out all weekend
long.
 Friday’s
Gamblers race would start with Time
Trials at 10am. After the two time
trials, eliminations would begin and
the competition would be fierce.
Mike Nelson Jr from MIR would win
Box over son Rickey Nelson, Bradley
Tippet from MIR would win in No Box
and Peyton Bunch from Sumerduck
would take the win with the Junior
Dragsters. Friday’s event would also
include a pit bike race, which would
be won by Sumerduck’s Austin Bridge.
Saturday’s Gamblers race would start
at 9am with one time trial for all
racers. Eliminations would start
after the time trial was completed.
Mike Nelson Jr from MIR would win
again in no Box, Bobby Mattera from
MIR would win No Box, and Hunter
Groat from MIR would win in Junior
Dragster. Saturday would also
include a pit bike race, which would
be won by MIR racer Jordan Denny
giving MIR a clean sweep on the day
in all categories.
 The
Main Event on Sunday would bring
impressive racing all day long.
During the First Round of
Eliminations, MIR racers in Top ET
would carry the banner to take the
points lead. At the end of first
round MIR would sit atop the points
with 25, Roxboro would sit second
with 22, Sumerduck third with 19,
MIR 2 with 17, US13 with 11, and
Sumerduck 2 with 2 points. The
points lead for MIR Team A, would
continue to grow through the
remainder of the day and turn into a
runaway situation by the end of
fourth round of eliminations.
 MIR
Team A showed they wanted to bring
the Division 1 Championship back to
MIR. All the finals would have at
least one MIR driver racing for the
win, the chance to go to Memphis,
the Ironman, and the check. In Box,
the final four drivers would all be
MIR drivers: Robbie Parlett, Jeffery
Jones, Jacob Nahory, and John
Dustin. However, in the final Jacob
Nahory would beat Robbie Parlett in
a fantastic duel. Nahory with his
.006 R/T would be better than
Parlett’s .017 R/T to start the
race. Both drivers would break out
by nine thousandths of a second with
Nahory crossing the stripe first and
picking up the class win. MIR racer
Bobby Mattera would take the event
win in No Box as US13 driver Russ
Archer would break out. In Junior
Dragster, Roxboro racer Brandon
Sullivan would beat MIR 2 racer
Ryleigh Nebel as Nebel would be
.-017 Red on R/T. In Sportsman,
Glenda Cochran from Roxboro would
win over teammate Ted Hudson.
The final points standings at the
end of event would be MIR with 64
points, Roxboro with 39 points, MIR
2 with 32 points, Sumerduck with 31
points, US13 with 22 points, and
Sumerduck 2 with 8 points.
Best Appearing and Best Engineered
judging would be selected by IHRA
officials as they would judge each
car in the lanes during eliminations
on Friday and Saturday. Below is who
won each respective award.
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Award |
Name |
Track |
Hometown |
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Best Appearing Open Body |
Jimmy Tayman |
MIR |
Mechanicsville, MD |
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Best Engineered Open Body |
Jeff Groat |
MIR |
Hollywood, MD |
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Best Appearing Full Body |
Steve Sealock |
Sumerduck |
Stafford, VA |
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Best Engineered Full Body |
Buddy McGowan |
MIR 2 |
Perry Hall, MD |
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Best Appearing Jr Dragster |
Brooklynn Bunch |
Sumerduck |
Bealeton, VA |
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Best Engineered Jr Dragster |
Ivy Brynn Gailey |
MIR 2 |
Pasadena, MD |
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Best Team Spirit |
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Roxboro |
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Best Appearing Team
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MIR |
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Best Decorated Grandstand |
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Roxboro |
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Congratulations again to Team
MIR for bringing the Division 1
Championship back to MIR!!
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