8/17/2010
Don't forget that this coming weekend is the last points race that counts for Indy!  Do not miss it!!! 

Also, mark your calendars', the Jackson's Racing Engines Super Street race on October 9th has been moved to October 16th.

8/10/2010
It was a Hot August Night and the crowd went wild with the Super Charged Thunder cars!  Eighth mile burnouts!  150 MPH passes in the mid 4 seconds.

Jamie and Cody Richardson found out what is was like to be beside two blown alcohol cars with over 1000 horse power each.

Some other fans also took turns standing on the starting line to get a thrill of a life time!  Ray & Teresa Vannoy, Amberleigh & Robert Smith, Stephanie Tucker, Josh Stulka, Brooke, Tyson Coombs, Jodi Burns, Shane Fields, Trevor Fields, Geo Ramirez, Kara Adkins, Michelle from Wholly Joe's and many more...

You could go through the pits and meet all the drivers and see all the cars close up!

We even had a little fireworks at the end of the show!


Ronnie Wright not only won the Sharx's Quick 32, he was the low qualifier on the Door side and he took out  Rob Bianco in the final, which has a bounty from being a previous winner.  Ronnie took home 3 envelopes of cash for all his efforts!


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This weekend is our
"Hot August Nights" with

DOWN TRACK FIREWORKS SHOW!!!!

NEW CARS * STARS SHIRTS  * FRISBEES FOR THE FANS!!!!

Click here for Pacemakers Hot August Nights Flyer

8/2/2010
We have a new "King of the Track", Terry McGee!  Terry had the best package of the three, Brain Spring in Pro and Ron Collier in Super Pro.  Check out the results page for all the details!

Terry took home the Wally, $200 gift certificate from Aerospace Engineering, T-shirt, and two hats.  One for being a qualifier and one for being the Winner!

Bill Leahey took the win over Rob Paxton in the final of the Quick 32!  That's Bill's 3rd win this season at Pacemakers.
 

7/26/2010
Schedule Change: There will be no Jr. Dragsters Saturday morning. You are welcome to test and tune with the big cars if you are not going to Bristol yet.  Gates will open at 11 am with open time trials from 12 -1 pm with class time trials to follow.  Also, we will be running "The King of the Track" program Saturday!

7/21/2010
It was Points along with the Stock/Super Stock race and the



Paul Fidler (center) of Greenwich in his Jackson's Racing Engines power Vega took the win over Nate Smith in the final.

In the Stock / Super Stock race it was Matt Antrobius of BellBrook getting the better light and taking the win over Chris Bowman of Bridgeport.


In Super Pro, Pro, and Sportsman it was Corey Griffith taking the win over Jason Hendrickson in Super Pro, that's Corey's first win in his new dragster!  Brett Tanzillo took the win over Bryan Merkle in Pro and Darren Mahan took the win over Joy Smith in Sportsman! 

No one is running away with in the points this year!!! Rob Wood has a 20 point lead in Sportsman, that's only two rounds!  In the Pro class we have a tie for first with John Whitmer and Bob Savage both at 180 points, keep your eyes on these two racers this season, it's going to be a battle to the end!  In Super Pro, Jono Gerber take the lead back after losing it to Delbert Estridge for a week.  Jono only has the lead by 11 points over Bill Leahey.  Who know who will win Super Pro this year, it so close and we are half way through the season!  So stay tuned for more great racing action and don't miss this weekend's Points Race!!!

7/12/2010
It was Points along with the National Dragster Challenge and your winner were!

Randy Estridge of Chesterville Ohio in Super Pro!

Gary Poe of Johnstown Ohio in Pro!

Greg Held of Pataskala Ohio in Sportsman!

If you missed the 3rd of July weekend, you missed out on a record turnout some where around 288 cars!  And some very fast cars showed up for the Sharx's Quick 32 Race.



Billy Smith of Pickerington dipped down into the 4.20s in his Front Engine Dragster!

7/9/2010
Rain Out for Tonight - Friday.  See everyone tomorrow for some great racing action!

6/26/2010
Beware that Rt. 3 in Centerburg will be closed from 10AM to 12 Noon Saturday morning.  Follow the detour signs!

6/16/2010
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6/12/2010 - 10:49AM
Looks like the rain is going to miss us today!  We a running the Juniors program right now and going to be running the big cars around 1:00 PM.  So load up and start heading to the track if you aren't already here!

6/1/2010
 

BOX BASH / NO BOX BASH

June 5th & 6th

$5000 TO WIN BOX BASH (with 100 entries)
Entry Fee $50 Buybacks (1st round only) $ 30
$5000 purse guaranteed (less than 100 entries)
Winner $2500
Runner up $1000
Semi's $ 350
Qtrs. $ 150
Eighth's $ 80

$3000 TO WIN NO BOX BASH (with 100 entries)
Entry Fee $ 30 Buybacks (1st round only) $20
$3000 purse guaranteed (less than 100 entries)
Winner $1500
Runner up $ 500
Semi's $ 200
Qtrs. $ 100
Eighth's $ 50

Friday $20 Test & Tune / Gambler races Gates Open At 4pm
Saturday Time trials start at 1 pm (Mid Ohio Ford Club in the morning)
Sunday 1 time trial starting at 11 am.
Full Purses on Sunday with minimum 50 entries each class
100 entries in either class matches Saturday Pay Out
Double entries allowed
Pit Crew/Spectator Fee $10 each day (under 12 Free)
Overnight Camping OK

Sharx Sign & Design is sponsoring the Junior Dragster Major Class for 2010!

5/16/2010
Presented by SYCKS AUTOMOTIVE the Inaugural Footbrake “Fun”tastic was a hit! 



Rob Wood (right) and Paul Stephens (left) were both winners due to the rain that came in at the end of the race.



Jay Stowe and Jono Gerber also were both winner in the Box Class due to the rain.


Judy Leahey won the Footbrake Trophy Class

Brian Cireddu won No-Box

Ryan Norman won Junior Dragster Majors

Frankie McCullough won Junior Dragster Intermediate and the 2nd Chance Race!

Jacob Oiler won Junior Dragster Minors

For some of the Pictures from Saturday May 15th, Click HERE!

11/6/09
The 2009 PDP Racing Banquet date is set for December 5, 2009. 

Click on flyer to see PDF.

10/26/09
The Halloween Blast was a HOOT!  Bob Grace doubled up and won both Super Pro and the Quick 32, way to go Bob!!!  Shane Snyder won the Door side of the Quick 32.  Danny Trainer won Pro and Jason Jones won Sportsman!





Mike Morris was the Big Winner in the Juniors RacingForCancer.Com Halloween Hoot-Out Race defeating Jonathan Cooperider (pictured below) in the Final to take home the $1000 payout.  We want to thank all that made this race happen!

Jonathan Cooperider holding his $500 Runner-Up money!

The trailer of terror was back in action again this year and was better than ever!





And your host Michael...


Hot Dog anyone?


Is that Donald Duck?





For some of the Pictures from Saturday October 24th, Click HERE!
For some of the Pictures from Sunday October 25th, Click HERE!

10/12/09
Halloween Blast Schedule
Friday Night
Test & Tune & Gambler Races
Gates open 4pm and stay open all night.
Car & driver- $20
Crew/Spectator $10 (good both days )

Saturday
Entry Gate Opens at 8am.
Junior Dragster Time Trials Start at 9am .
Regular Time Trials Start at 12 Noon
Guaranteed Payouts and Round Money
Super Pro - Entry $50
$1000 Win $400 R/U $150 Semi $50 Round Money
Pro - Entry $40
$600 Win $200 R/U $ 120 Semi $40 Round Money
Sportsman - Entry $30
$450 Win $150 R/U $ 90 Semi $30 Round Money
Round Money Starts with 3rd Round Win

Quick 16 Race - 8 Open Wheel & 8 Door Cars (must have doors)
Entry $75 Qualified Field (Run Off for Purse)
$1000 Win $400 R/U $150 semi
Low Qualifier Each Side $50

Trick or Treat @ 4 pm Eliminations Start @ 5 pm
SUPERCHARGED BADBOYS @ 7PM AND 9PM
Jr. Dragster Payout - See Junior Forum per Rod Zolman

Sunday
As necessary only to finish Saturdays race due to rain or curfew or any unexpected delays.  However, I have been known to change things!!

For some of the Pictures from Saturday October 3rd, Click HERE!
For some of the Pictures from Sunday October 4th, Click HERE!

9/21/09
It was a great time at the Division 3 Bracket Finals!  As a team we came in 15th this year.

Nick Hastings was the Sportsman Race of Champions winner!

Joy Smith made it down to 5 cars in Sportsman!


A Great Job was done by all!!!

Indy Pictures - Click HERE

9/14/09
Saturday started out with the Mid-Ohio Ford Club where Robbie Thomas taking the win over Wayne Moore.  Then the Jeg's Super Quick moved in and took over the show!  We want to thank all the racers that came out and showed their support for the race.  Here are some of the high lights!










It was a father and son with the fastest two door cars in the field, Gary Wojnowski Sr. in the near lane qualifying with a 4.5801 @ 156.20 mph and Gary Wojnowski Jr. in the far lane qualifying with a 4.5920 @ 154.69 mph.


Two time Winner of the Jeg's Super Quick, Randy Estridge was the Runner-Up to Adam Lear.

Adam Lear was your Jeg's Super Quick Winner and was presented with a Wally and $2000 from NHRA Division Three's Ritch Bowers.


There was also a Quick 16 Door Car Race


Other winners includes Jay Stowe in the Quick 16 Door Car Race.  Jay said he knew his dad Eber was riding along with him in the car and would not have been able to do it without him!  Eber passed away on August 25 of last month.  God's Speed Eber!


Greg Braskett took the win in Super Pro and the $1000 payout!


PJ Fouts took the win in Pro taking out Nick Hastings in the finial.


Nick Hasting took the win in Sportsman and almost doubled up again in both Pro and Sportsman.  See the results page to see how close he was...

For some of the Pictures from Saturday September 12th, Click HERE! For the best pictures that can also be purchased, go to StartingLinePhotos.Com.  Click HERE.

Don't miss this weekends Jeg's Super Quick Race!
See the Special Events Pages for Details!


Click HERE or on flyer!

9/7/09

Saturday was Points races #15 for the big cars and #11 for the Junior Dragsters.  Only two more points races left in the season!  Right now there is no way for anyone in the Sportsman class to catch Nick Hastings, he has the lead by 169 points, he is your 2009 Sportsman Champion!  In Pro, Bob Savage has an out side chance of taking the number one spot away from John Whitner but John is a very tough racer and it's not going to be easy.  In Super Pro, Byan Merkle is leading by 50 points and defending Champion Dick Cockran could do it again.  With only two races left, you will have to make every round count!

In the Junior Classes Ryan Rudrick is leading the Major class by only 21 points, so it will come down to these last two points races to see who the Champion will be.  In the Intermediate Class, Jonthan Cooperider has the lead by 43 points and the only one that can take it away from him is Shelby Hamliton, this one will also go down to the last two races.  In the Minor class Tristyn Strouse has the lead by 57 points over Jacob Oiler and there is a chance that he could take Tristyn's lead away, keep an eye on this one...

In the High School class Kevin Rudrick only has a one point lead over Jason Jones and with only one race left it could be one of three to win it.

For the Duke's Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service Quick 32, Jim Cluck has the lead over Tim Gray by 43 points in the Door Cars.  With two races left Tim still has a shot, but Jim is one tuff racer and it will not be easy.  In Open Wheel, Adam Lear has a 52 point lead over Mike King.  Adam will be hard to beat so Mike will have to go so rounds to take it away from him. 

Only two weeks until we head out to Indy for the Bracket Finials!  More to come... 


This weekend's Winners were;
Super Pro - Adam Lear
Pro - Shaun Bemiller
Sportsman - Rick Gladman
Quick 8 - Bill Webb
Motorcycle - Freddie Castle

The Junior Dragster Class Winners were Ryan Rudrick in the Major Class, Maggie Turley in the Intermediate Class and Tristyn Strouse in the Minor Class!


Kyle Sensabaugh was your Junior 2nd Chance Race Winner!



Jim Butcher made his license runs Fridays and Joe Oiler and Clarence Griffith made their runs on Saturday.  Check out one of Joe's passes that Rod Zolman filmed with one of his on board cameras.
 

Rod is dealer for the GoPro Camera system. The little camera will mount with a roll bar mount, suction cup mount or VHB tape mount. A wide angle Camera and a roll bar mount is $169.99 ($139.99 + $29.99) Or the Motorsports Wide Kit is $199 with several mounts, and the suction cup system. I've personally tested the suction cup to 120mph and the VHB mounts to 150+mph. They claim good to 200mph. My dealer agreement bars me from discounting the units. But if you buy a unit from me and run our decal we will comp you a set of lithium batteries, and 2 GB memory card that can store almost an hour of video. If your interested drop me a note sharxdesign@gmail.com or just give me a call.

For some of the Pictures from Saturday September 5th, Click HERE! For the best pictures that can also be purchased, go to StartingLinePhotos.Com.  Click HERE.

8/31/09
Saturday started off a little slow due the heavy rains.  It's was Junior Points Race #10 and PDP Points Race #14, which was the last race to qualify for the Division 3 Bracket Finials.  It was also the "King of the Track" and Bryan Merkle is this year's King!


Nate Smith was your Super Pro Winner!

PJ Fouts was your Pro Winner!

Mike Sifford was your Sportsman Winner!

Dave Hill was your Bike Winner!

The Junior Dragster Class Winners were Ryan Norman in the Major Class, Jonathan Cooperider in the Intermediate Class and Sydney Zolman in the Minor Class!

Kevin Rudrick was your Junior 2nd Chance Race Winner!

For some of the Pictures from Saturday August 29th, Click HERE! For the best pictures that can also be purchased, go to StartingLinePhotos.Com.  Click HERE.

8/25/09
Saturday started off with the Mid-Ohio Ford Club and Travis Gayheart taking the win over Bobby Mack, check out the result page for all the details... 


Then it was the Dukes Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service Quick 32 # 5 race along with PDP Points #9.  The turnout was great in all the classes but the rain came and put a stop to all the racing for the day.  We did get some time trials and qualifying in before the rain came, so here are some of the high lights...   Some very fast cars showed up and I think this would have been the quickest field so far.

For the Dukes Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service Quick 32, 22 Door cars and 24 Open wheel cars were trying for the 32 spots.


John Wise would have been low qualifier on the door side with his  4.815 et @ 147.63 mph run.



And Tyson Fabish would have been low qualifier on the open wheel side with his 4.496 et @ 154.03 mph run.



The bump on the door side was 5.69 and 5.14 on the open wheel side before the rain came and put a stop to the qualifying...

For some of the Pictures from Saturday August 22nd, Click HERE! For the best pictures that can also be purchased, go to StartingLinePhotos.Com.  Click HERE.

8/9/09
Points race number 11 is in the books and Nick Hastings is running away with the Sportsman lead by over 200 points.  With five wins and two runner-ups he is dominating the class.

John Whitner in leading the Pro Class by 55 points over Bob Savage and Byran Merkle in Super Pro is leading Dick Cockran, last year's Super Pro Champion by 24 points.  In the Junior Dragster classes, it is Kevin Rudrick in the Major class in the lead, Jonathan Cooperider in the Intermediate class and Tristyn Strouse in the Minor class.

Ron Collier (Super Pro) and his son Michael (Jr. Dragster Major) both won their classes to make it a very special day for them! 

For Pictures from Saturday August 8th, Click HERE!
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8/5/09
Saturday was hot and we had a little rain but that didn't stop us for long!  The Dukes Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service Quick 32 Race # 3 with 22 Door cars trying for 16 spots and 17 Open Wheel cars doing the same we had some fast cars!  Check out the results page to see the Qualifiers.  Billy Smith did lay down a 4.416 @ 159.06 mph to be the low qualifier on the Open Wheel side and did it in style with a front engine dragster...

But Jim Cluck would win it all and take home the money making it two Door cars winning so far out of three races.  Only three more to go, so if you have not seem them yet, you still have time!


Again, we had some very close racing as the track was right on all day!


Can you tell who the winner were?


Sunday came and so did the Junior Dragsters!  There were over 70 cars that showed up to race all day and into the night.  There were a total of 5 races, which included the Jegs Ohio Junior Dragster Super Series, The Junior Dragster Challenge, a 2nd Chance Race, a Last Chance Race and a Parents race.  Check out the results!

For Pictures from Saturday August 1st, Click HERE!
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7/13/09
And your National Dragster Winners are...


Super Pro - Bryan Merkle


Pro Class - John Masdea



Sportsman Class - Nick Hastings




And for the Buckeye Stock/Super Stock Drag Racing Series
Albert Ross

For Pictures from Sunday July 12th, Click HERE!
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7/11/09
It's a rainout for today, so we will run Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Gates open at 8:00 AM and Time Trials start at 9:00 AM.  Weatherman said it going to be a great Sunday...  We already have some Stockers at the track!

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is this Saturday!!!

7/6/09
The weekend started off at Duke's Quick Lube for a Racers Car Show!
 



Then on to the track for some Test & Tune, High School #3 - Winner Kevin Rudrick and a Gambler Race, which Mike Derrick defeated Shawn Bemiller in the finial.


Then came Saturday, the 4th of July... Happy 4th!!!


And the Junior Dragster points race number five!


And qualifying for the Duke's Quick 32, and what a turnout too!

We got the qualifying in but it started to rain and the race was moved to Sunday... Gary Wojnowski, Sr. was the low qualifier on the Door side with a 4.71 and Tyson Fabish on the Open Wheel side with a 4.32.  We had 20 dragsters trying for 16 spots and the bump was 5.11.  We had 27 door cars trying for 16 spots and the bump was 5.58.

Sunday came and brought back the sun, so we started racing again!  Louie Shilling defeated Adam Lear in the first round and collected $50 for taking out the winner of the first Duke's Quick Lube Quick 32 race.


The Bikes put on a good show too!

There was some very tight racing in all the classes Sunday...

In the finial of the Duke's Quick Lube Quick 32 it was Gary Wojnowski, Sr. giving Tom Albright in the dragster the head start and then running him down for the win!



For Pictures from July 4th weekend, Click HERE!
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6/28/09

Points race #6 for the big cars and points race #4 for the Junior Dragsters are in the books and there was some great racing.   Right now we have Dick Cockran leading the Super Pro Class with 262 points, John Whitner has the lead in Pro with 246 points, and Nick Hastings is leading the Sportsman Class with 304 points.  All three are taking a nice lead, will anyone be able to stop them?  We have 11 more points races to go, so it's not over yet...  Nick Hastings took his third win in a row in the Sportsman points races which is helping him take a big lead.  John Whitner also has 3 wins this season in the Pro class.


In the Junior Dragster classes we have Kevin Rudrick in the lead in the Major class with 93 points, Jonathan Cooperider leading the Intermediate class with 72 points, and Tristyn Strouse leading the Minor class with 85 points...  Check out the Points page for all the details...


Valerie Bennett (right) has been to Pacemakers threes time this season and has won all three times, she will be joining us on the Pacemakers Team in Bristol next month.  Also joining her in the Winners Circle is her brother Brandon Bennett for a second time this season too!

And we still find time to have some fun...

For Pictures from Saturday, June 27, Click HERE!
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6/22/09
There were all makes and models of stick shift cars out for the UMTR race this past Saturday!  And some very fast ones too!  We'll let the pictures tell the story...  We could not fit all of them on the front page, so to see more pictures of these and other cars go to
StartingLinePhotos.Com by clicking HERE.




























Jason Hendrickson was your Box winner and Randy Biddle Jr. was your No-Box winner.

Jason Hendrickson ran Randy Biddle Jr. in the run off between Box & No-Box Winners for an extra $100 and Donna Keaser was our first Trophy Class winner!

For Pictures from Saturday, June 20, Click HERE!
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6/17/09
This weekend is the United Manual Transmission Racers & Car Show, so don't miss it!  These cars are a blast to watch, wheel standing stick shift car...

Click HERE for flyer.

We also want to welcome a new sponsor to the track...

6/1/09
We started off the weekend with Mike Wright winning the Friday night Gamblers Race!  Mike is driving Jim Butcher's RacingForCancer.Com Chevy Malibu this season and I know we will be seeing more wins form Mike this year!

The first of six Duke's Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service Quick 32 is in the books and Adam Lear was the winner defeating Ronnie Wright in the run off!


We had some very tight races with some very good packages too! Click HERE to see the complete results from Saturday's racing.

Earl Clinedinst (left) owner of Duke's Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service congratulating Adam Lear (right) on his win.

We have some diehard racing fans that just love to watch some of the best drag racing around Ohio!

For Pictures from Saturday, May 30th, Click HERE!
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5/24/09
Friday night started off the weekend with a Test & Tune, Super Street and No-Box Gambler Races.

John Malaby defeated Tim Finneman in the Super Street Gamble Race.

Buddy Jeffrey took the win in the No-Box Gambler Race.

The Mid-Ohio Ford Club started off Saturday morning, John Kanneyer was out with his new Mustang.  Lisa Mack defeated Kevin Flanagan to take the win in the Mid-Ohio Ford Club Race.

Cory Butcher made the rounds in the pits to have all the racers sign one of the "Racing For Cancer" shirts to present to Joey Friend our Guest of Honor for the Super Street Race. 

Our Super Street Racing For Cancer "Guest of Honor" was Joey Friend, a 22 year old from Grove City.  He is battling cancer and has lost his leg and four ribs to this disease.  This was Joey's first time to a drag strip!  Mike Fouts greeted Joey and presented him with a VIP Pass good for the entire 2009 season.  


We also raised $365 to help Joey purchase a special set of crutches that cost $1,000.  

Joey was surprised when Joy Smith offered to take him down the track in her Sportsman S-10 Race Truck.

Joey and Joy getting strapped in for their run...

Joy's husband Allen put them in the burnout box.

Joy stages her S-10, getting ready for their launch.

And off they go.....running a 7.86 at 86mph.

Racing Limo's of Mt. Vernon was kind enough to pick up Joey and his parents from Grove City and bring them to the track in style!  And make a pass down the eight mile too...

Joey and his family along with fellow cancer survivors wanted to thank everyone, especially Jeg's, for all their support!

RacingForCancer.Com Super Street racers, crew & spectators show their support and thank Jeg's for matching the money raised for this great event.

Linn Bebout and Dewey Boggs getting ready for the final in Super Street.

Linn and Dewey staging up for the final round.

Linn Bebout takes the win and the $1,000 purse for his Super Street RacingForCancer.Com win.

Dick Cochran defeats Shawn Bemiller in the final of the Box race.

Dick Rudrick defeats Juan Thompson in the final of the No-Box race.

We want to thank all the racers, the community and:

Jeg's
Sharx Design/Rod Zolman
Dragon Wagon Tees/Jeff LaFever
Advanced Auto Parts
Matesich Distributing
Fiesta Mexicana Restaurant
Jim's Car Company
Donley Ford - Mt. Vernon
D.O.C. Auto Glass
Callis Machine Works
Classic Shine Car Wash
Mike Meddings
Tim Horton's of Mt. Vernon
I-Race.Net/Malaby Racing
Mid-Ohio Suzuki-Honda-Yamaha
Sherwin Williams Paint
A+ Autobrokers Inc.
Columbus Joint and Clutch
Wiford Rentals-Sales-Service
WQIO 93.7fm Mt. Vernon
WMVO 1300am Mt. Vernon
Buckeye Speed Zone - BAS Broadcasting
Knox Pages.com
Cyrus Concrete Construction
Carter Racing
Smith Racing - Allen and Joy Smith
R.J.'s Drive Thru and Carry Out
Jim and Dorthy Hughes
Ginny Wathley
Jim and Thelman Cherrington
Calvin Davison Family
Brian Webster
Dave Geiler
High Speed Graphix - Ryan and Amy Goodin
Chris Pierce
Knox Marine - Mike Steele
Jim Sr. and Janice Butcher
Jim and Laurie Cluck
Joe and Darla Friend
Dick and Paula Cochran
Tim and Nancy Fenneman
Matt and Nathan Flowers & National Trail Raceway

for all your support!!!

For Pictures from Saturday, May 23rd, Click HERE!
For even more pictures that you can purchase, go to
StartingLinePhotos.Com.  Click HERE.  40% of all the photos sales from May 23rd will go to RacingForCancer.Com.  So order online or see me at the track...

5/13/09
We want to thank Jeg's along with the companies and individuals that have stepped up to help sponsor the Racing for Cancer Super Street Race and now all we need is YOU to make this a big success! So make plans now, this is for a great cause so tell everyone you know!

Click on picture above for a printable flyer!

Companies
Jake’s Steakhouse
AutoZone
Holiday Inn Express
Star-Brite Car Wash
Budget Rental Car
Wal-Mart
Automotive Solutions
Wright Motorsports
Bobby Wymer Racing
Kirk Journey Construction
JaxWax.com
Pistole Racing
Ryan’s
Racing Limos
Lapaloma Resturaunt
Griller's Chicken Bar-b-que
Allison's Finer Diner
Mt. Vernon Comfort Inn
Premier Theatres
Allan Gaddis Racing
Triple "J" Racing
Java Hut

Individuals
Tim Mauk
Ralph Smith

If you would like to help sponsor the Racing for Cancer Super Street Race, please contact Jim Butcher (614) 207-6705.

Don't miss out on this $1000 Super Street Race!!!
Racing For Cancer Super Street Races are set!!!  Check out the Special Events page for more details.

5/10/09
It was all about the oldies this weekend with "The THAW OUT II" proudly presented by the Road Devils Car Club.  We'll just let the pictures tell the story...

For Pictures from Saturday, May 9th, Click HERE!
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5/3/09
The weather came around and it turned out to be a beautiful day.  We started out the day with the Mid-Ohio Ford Club and Wayne Moore took the win in the No-Box race.  Check out the results page for all the details.


The first points race is in the books!  If you didn't make it out you still have time.  Only your best 14 races of the 17 points races counts toward the Championships.  So, get signed up before it's to late!

You never know is going to show up at the track!  Some of the Blown Alcohol guys show up to do a little testing and put on a nice show too!







For Pictures from Saturday, May2nd, Click HERE!
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4/26/09
Opening day was like a mid-summers day with temperatures in the mid 80's.  The turn out was great, we saw some new faces, everyone was putting down the rubber and the track came around very nicely.  We also had a head wind most of the day that was some where around 15 to 25 mph that played havoc with the racers. 


We did get some racing in with a Box and No-Box gambler race.  Roy Keaser defeating Bill Leahey in the final of the Box Race and in the No-Box race, Bryan Merkle took the win over Jenni Vernon!

Kevin Larrick was out with his bike having some fun...

For Pictures from Saturday, April 25th, Click HERE!
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4/21/09
Racing For Cancer Super Street Races are set!!!  Check out the Special Events page for more details.

Click on picture above for a printable flyer!

3/15/09

We has a great turnout for the driver's meeting and reviewed a lot of good topics like the new format for pairing cars will now be done by using a chip system and you could run the racer on either side of you or behind you.  This will be done for all races except the Quick 32 or any race that is being ran on a ladder.  First car picked will have lane choice.  

Also for year end points we will only count your best 12 out of the 17 races and there are no rain out make ups races plan but it could be if for some reason there needed to be one, that would be announced at the track and on the website if it were to happen.

You can all so race two different classes with the same car and same driver this year but if you are in the points only one class will count toward the points unless you run two different cars.  There is one exception and that is Super Pro and the Quick 32 programs, you can run both points programs.

Buy Backs will now be called up to lanes 6 and 7 with round 2 winner and be ran at the beginning of the 2nd round and the winners of the buy backs race will go into the 3rd round.  Also 3rd round winners will start getting round money including the buy back winners.

Some programs were added to the schedule too.

There were some other small changes, so please review the rules and season guide for complete details.

We had three generations of racers at the meeting, the Rudrick family.


Besides all the fun we had we also raised $132.50 with the 50/50 drawing for RacingForCancer.Com.  Below is Rick (left) and Allen (right) Gaddis. Rick took home the 50/50 money!


We know where Roy Kaser will be every weekend this summer, he was this years Gold Pass winner.


More pictures from the Driver's Meeting - Click HERE

2/15/09
The Schedule is posted and we are please to announce that Duke's Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service will be sponsoring a six race Quick 32 series! 


Here's the 2009 pay out amounts. Comments and donations are welcome.

Super/Pro Entry $50.00 Winner - Less than 40 paid entries, $800.00 guaranteed
More than 40 $1000.00
64 or more $1500.00
Runner up $400.00
Semi's $150.00
Round money $50 with 3rd round win

Pro Class Entry $40.00 Winner - Less than 30 paid entries, $400.00 guaranteed
more than 30 $600.00
54 or more $1000.00
Runner up $200.00
Semi's $120.00
Round money $40 with 3rd round win

Sportsman Entry $30.00 Winner - Less than 20 paid entries $150.00 guaranteed

More than 20 $250.00
34 or more $450.00
Runner up $90.00
Semi's $50.00

2/7/09

After celebrating its 20th anniversary last year, the 2009 North Central Division JEGS Super Quick Series turns 21 with an expanded 10-race series. The season will kick off April 4 and 5 at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., as part of the NHRA Spring Sportsman Challenge XVII National Open and will conclude at the 18th annual Fall Classic National Open at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Oct. 10 and 11.

The Gateway and Indianapolis events will be expanded 64-car fields while each of the other eight races will be the standard 32-car quickest qualifiers against the 4.50-second minimum.  Each qualifier must dial-in within .20 of their qualifying elapsed time during eliminations with a new maximum 5.99 dial-in imposed in 2009.  It should be noted that the 5.99 maximum would not have come into play during the 2008 season.

Each winner will earn a $2,000 payday, which is made possible by the support of series sponsor JEGS High Performance. They may add to their purse with product contingency postings and other bonus award programs.  As in the past, the season championship will be based on a racer’s best six point finishes from the 10-race 2009 series.

Last year nine-different drivers made it into the winner’s circle and the points battle for the championship went down to the final race of the season with seven different drivers having a mathematical chance for the title.  Ultimately, James Monroe emerged with the crown and joined Bo Boles, Tim Branon, Tommy Radloff and Randy Estridge as the only two-time division champions of the longest running eighth-mile series in the country.

“We’re extremely proud of the series’ longevity and success. Last year we had more racers in the points than ever before and with this year’s expanded schedule we think that it will give even more racers an opportunity to be part of the series,” said Division Director Jay Hullinger.  “We are appreciative of JEGS’ continued support of the series and are glad to have them as members of our North Central Division family.”

The expanded 10-race schedule includes each of last year’s host tracks as well as the return of Pacemakers Dragway Park in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, which hosted Super Quick events from 1998 to 2000.  The Pacemakers event, Sept. 12, will be the final event counting for the annual JEGS Super Quick Shootout field.  The season’s top eight qualifiers based on qualifying points awarded at the season’s first nine-events will be featured in the special race-within-a-race at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.

Another example of the close competition that has become a trademark of the JEGS Super Quick Series is that in the 12 years the JEGS Super Quick Shootout has been contested no driver has won it twice.  

The JEGS Super Quick Series sponsorship is part of JEGS Automotive Inc.’s extensive support of sportsman racing programs which include the annual JEGS Allstars event and title sponsorship of the three NHRA SPORTSnational events including the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals in Columbus, Ohio.

Information regarding JEGS Mail Order can be found at www.jegs.com and for media/fan resources check out www.teamjegs.com.

For more information on the 2009 NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series check related stories on www.nhradiv3.com or contact the North Central Division office 765-689-8727.

2009 NHRA JEGS SUPER QUICK SERIES

April 4 & 5   NHRA Spring Sportsman Challenge XVII

                   NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series
                   (Bonus 64-car field!)

                   Gateway International Raceway - Madison, Illinois

May 9          NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

                   Midstate Dragway – Havana, Illinois

May 23        23rd Annual NHRA SportsNATIONAL OPEN

                   NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

               Beech Bend Raceway Park - Bowling Green, Kentucky

May 30    NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

               Windy Hollow Dragway – Owensboro, Kentucky

June 27   NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

               Muncie Dragway – Muncie, Indiana

July 18    NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

               Kil-Kare Dragway – Xenia, Ohio

August 1  NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

                Bunker Hill Dragstrip – Bunker Hill, Indiana

August 15 NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

                Chandler Motorsports Park – Evansville, Indiana

September 12   NHRA JEGS Super Quick Series

                         Pacemakers Dragway Park, Mt. Vernon, Ohio

October 9-11    18th Annual NHRA FALL CLASSIC        

                        NATIONAL OPEN NHRA JEGS Super Quick  

                        Series (Bonus 64 car field!)

October 10       NHRA JEGS Super Quick Shootout

         O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – Clermont, Indiana