Moser Engineering $10K Saturday at Keystone Raceway Park today, Nick Bowman is the last no box car, getting a $1,000 bonus. Oh yeah, he's a foot braker, and a deep stager! He matches up with Andy Conrath in a dragster in round 8 for the final round. Nick is .0406 to Andy's .0175, Andy takes a chuck too much, under by .0057, Nick dead on with a 9, to take the $10K! It was a no split final, nice payday for Nick!

No Split...now we're talking...someone that know's how to race!!

That will be the end of deep staging!

The end of deep staging? I raced at the one at Wilksboro and in no uncertain terms deep staging was not allowed period. So whats the deal IHRA? Is it or isn't it? + its a chicken **** way for bottom bulb cars to have to race when they are paying the same entry as top. Glad to see Nick win one for the deep staging bottom bulbers.

Did Nick deep stage or not?

He deep staged.

I wonder who didn't want to split, ,lol

To my knowledge a split wasn't offered/discussed from either competitor.

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bottom bulb cars to have to race when they are paying the same entry as top.

Bottom bulbers pay the same entry but they get paid MORE. There's a bonus for being the last bottom bulb car. While they are kept separate down to 1, there is technically only one class.

I was down to the last two No-Box cars at the Dragway 42 event when it rained out. Won four rounds and went home with $1,175 in the split. They had changed the rules to allow deep staging a few weeks before the event. I was Deep and had zero problems all day.

Great job Nick!!!!

Michael,did the track have auto-start?

No box was 6 rounds both days, then went against the box cars for round 7/semis.

Full event results:

After having to reschedule the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular 2 times, this past weekend finally worked out for the event. It was run in conjunction with the Real Painting Inc 660 Junior Dragster Nationals, and we thank all of the competitors, their crews, and families for working together to run both events. Outside of a hiccup in the weather Saturday night, taking away the fun races (moms in juniors, and the turtle race), both ran smoothly, with fantastic racing every round, every class.

Saturday, August 4
Real Painting Inc 660 Junior Dragster Nationals:
7-11 year olds:
W – Jake Harvanek, Cheswick, PA, 8.94 dial in, .1530 reaction time, 8.9499 elapsed time, 73.40mph
R/U – Nicholas Abruzzi, Warren, OH, 12.07 dial in, .0521 reaction time, 12.0589 elapsed time, 45.22mph
Nicholas with the starting line advantage, but goes .011 under trying to hold off the 28+mph faster car, local racer Jake takes the $2000 win.

12-17 year olds:
W – Grace Rowe, Marengo, OH, 7.90 dial, .0630 RT, 7.9150 ET, 81.91mph
R/U – Kyle Beno, LaGrange, OH, 7.90 dial, .0792 RT, 7.9322 ET, 80.85mph
Heads up on the dial in, Grace leads the race from stripe to stripe for the $2000 win.

Elite 8 (7.90 index)
W – Madi Shaw, .0154 RT, 7.9118 ET, 81.91mph
R/U – Jaden Robshaw, .0255 RT, 7.8864 ET, 82.04mph
Madi, .0272 package, only leaves Jaden .0017 to get in on, Jaden going under while crossing first by .015.

Real Painting Inc $100 bonuses:
Kayla Penn and Kael Azzato (best reaction times first round), JJ Murdock and Amanda Shaw (closest to their dial ins first round)
Best appearing - Nicholas Abruzzi
Best Engineered – Zack Smith

Dale Duche Racing $50 bonuses:
Best reaction times second round – Nicholas Romeo and Joey Stojakovich

IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular:
No box is run to the final, and then the winner advances to the next round of the Moser Engineering $10000 to win.
W – Nick Bowman, Export, PA, ’70 Duster, 6.79 dial, .0121 RT, 6.7832 ET, 102.18mph
R/U – Jeff Stewart, Fairmont, WV, ’72 Cutlass 4 door, 7.27 dial, .0148 RT, 7.2593 ET, 94.04mph
Great race! Separated by .0027 on the starting line, Nick picks up the win and the $1000 no box bonus when he breaks out less than Jeff.

Moser Engineering $10000 final round:
W – Nick Bowman, Export, PA, ’70 Duster, 6.78 dial, .0406 RT, 6.7897 ET, 100.47mph
R/U – Andy Conrath, Pleasant Unity, PA, dragster, 4.93 dial, .0175 RT, 4.9243 ET, 139.06mph
Andy has .0231 in his favor on the hit, Nick drops anchor to prevent breaking out, widening the amount that Andy crosses first by, Andy goes under by .0057, and Nick has an $11,000 payday and the Iron Man!

Best losing package prizes, rounds 1-3:
Round 1
Box - John Varner, Summit Racing Equipment 10 x 20 tent.
No Box - Rick Heinrich, Sunoco $100 fuel certificate.
Junior Dragster - Grace Rowe, Summit Racing Equipment 10 x 10 tent.

Round 2
Box - Dean Gomish, American Race Cars $250 gift certificate.
No box - Barry Barnett, $400 certificate from Abruzzi Transmissions toward an 8 or 9-inch converter.
Junior dragster - Ryan Leasure, Summit Junior car cover.

Round 3, Moser Money Round
Box - Josh Rietscha, $300 Moser certificate and a $250 Jones Transmission Cooling Systems certificate.
No box - Kerry Balaska, $300 Moser certificate.
Junior dragster - Maicy Stewart, $150 Moser certificate.

Sunday, August 5
Real Painting Inc 660 Junior Dragster Nationals:
7-11 year olds:
W – Ava Hamilton, Dresden, OH, 8.99 dial in, .0198 reaction time, 9.0028 elapsed time, 73.88mph
R/U – Isabella Ritchey, Ebensburg, PA, 9.02 dial in, .1004 reaction time, 9.0520 elapsed time, 70.25mph
Same match up as last year’s Sunday race, and this time Ava gets the $1000 win, .0326 package making Isabella mathematically ineligible.

12-17 year olds:
W – Kyle Beno, LaGrange, OH, 7.94 dial, .0543 RT, 7.9436 ET, 79.89mph
R/U – Eddie Yorns III, New Brighton, PA, 7.95 dial, .0626 RT, 7.9449 ET, 82.78mph
Kyle atones for his runner up on Saturday, running right on the dial to pick up the $1000, and leave no room for Eddie to get in on.

Real Painting Inc $100 bonuses:
Kayla Penn and Kael Azzato (best reaction times first round), JJ Murdock and Amanda Shaw (closest to their dial ins first round)

Top Fuel Ritchey Services $50 bonuses:
Best reaction times second round – Kayla Penn and Kael Azzato

IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular:
No box is run to the final, and then the winner advances to the next round of the Srubblade $5000 to win.
W – JT Harrold, Plum, PA, ’71 Nova, 6.53 dial, .0215 RT, 6.5316 ET, 103.85mph
R/U – Kevin Romeo, New Alexandria, PA, ’79 Camaro, 6.75 dial, .0286 RT, 6.7621 ET, 92.99mph
.0071 apart at the hit, JT with the advantage, and goes right on his dial in with a 1 to pick up the $500 no box bonus.

Scrubblade $5000 final round:
W – Mitch Shomber, Philo, OH, dragster, 5.12 dial, .0009 RT, 5.1293 ET, 131.27mph
R/U – Steve Marinchek, Mount Pleasant, PA, dragster, 5.01 dial, .0154 RT, 5.0091 ET, 136.99mph
Both drivers were on their games both ends of the race track all day. Shomber saves his best for last, trip zip on the tree, dead on 9, to take the $5K and the Iron Man!

Best losing package prizes, rounds 1-3:
Round 1
Box - Dean Gomish, Summit -5 jacket.
No box - Mark Romeo, Summit single-layer jacket.
Junior dragster - Myah Gross, free Junior Dragster re-entry.

Round 2
Box - Dan Quinlan, American Race Cars $250 gift certificate.
No box - AJ Casper, Sunoco $100 fuel certificate.
Junior dragster - Jaden Maze, Summit Racing Equipment single layer jacket.

Round 3
Box - Michael Shupp, Abruzzi Transmissions certificate for 10 percent off the purchase of a new transmission and a Jones Transmission Cooling Systems $200 certificate.
No box - Craig Miller, Summit Racing Equipment 10 x 20 tent.
Junior dragster - Joey Stojakovich, Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster ****pit cover.

Yes the track had AutoStart and it was in use in all classes along with crosstalk in Box class . As for the deep stagers, The several racers that deep staged went right in an turned both bulbs on ( pre stage for them ) and starter did not have to hold the tree then. It then worked like a regular race with autostart timeout in effect. It was an IHRA official starter running the starting line. There was no issues at all with deep staging even when it was a dragster vs deep staging door car in semi and final.

Way to go nick..those driving lesson your getting from Nikki are working..

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Originally posted by Turk:
Yes the track had AutoStart and it was in use in all classes along with crosstalk in Box class . As for the deep stagers, The several racers that deep staged went right in an turned both bulbs on ( pre stage for them ) and starter did not have to hold the tree then. It then worked like a regular race with autostart timeout in effect. It was an IHRA official starter running the starting line. There was no issues at all with deep staging even when it was a dragster vs deep staging door car in semi and final.

I dont understand this. If the deepstager has 2 bulbs on, and the box guy has one bulb on, then if the box guy turns on his second bulb before the deepstager turns his top bulb off, what keeps the tree from dropping?

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Originally posted by Chris Dixon:
I dont understand this. If the deepstager has 2 bulbs on, and the box guy has one bulb on, then if the box guy turns on his second bulb before the deepstager turns his top bulb off, what keeps the tree from dropping?

Nothing stops the tree from dropping. The deeper is allowed to double-bulb at the start of the process, and understands that they need to get in there once the top bulb is lit on the other side.

They are allowed to deep stage, but there's no guarantee.

I see. Thanks