Hey Guys,
We are down the homes stretch and I've got my fingers crossed that we can hold on and bring home the NHRA World Championship for Max and everyone at Detailer's Pro Series and Autogeek.net!
Here is an article from last week that sums up the Championship chase...
Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 18:57 PM
It's Going To Be An Interesting Couple Of Weeks
By Bob Frey
Photo copyright 2012 Auto Imagery, Inc.
[SIZE=-1]Jim Whiteley [/SIZE]
As I have done for more years than I care to remember, every season about this time I try to take a look at the racers in the Lucas Oil classes and see who, if anyone, has the upper hand in the battle for the Lucas Oil World Championship. Jim Whiteley was crowned the champ last week with his win in Dallas and Tony Bartone picked up some points, although he would like to have had more, with his runner-up finish in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class. Tony and Mickey Ferro will now look to the Maple Grove race in an attempt to stop Frank Manzo and his bid for a record sixteenth national title. Frank still has a lot of points that he can add to his total by going rounds at national events, so the only hope the others may have is to get him out early at the Grove. Good luck with that! But, as we always say, it's not over until it's over, and until Tony and Mickey have been mathematically eliminated I'm sure they'll keep racing and hoping. As I say that, as of this moment neither Tony nor Mickey are on the entry list that I have for Reading, but I'm sure they will be..or should be.
[SIZE=-1]Bruno Massel [/SIZE]
The battle for the Competition Eliminator title is all but over. The 2009 champ, Bruno Massel, has put up 644 points, and based on the criteria for earning points in the sportsman classes, that's all he'll get. Still, he has a huge lead over the second place driver, another former champ, Frank Aragona Jr., but Frank doesn't have enough races remaining to catch Bruno, but David Billingsley does. David, who is a former U.S. Nationals champ has three top ten finishes and whose best finish to date has been fourth place in 1994, won the Sportsnationals this past week and jumped right into title contention. Ok, so he has 556 points and that's a long way from Bruno, but the Division 3 standout has only been to three national races so he can claim three more. With a first and a third round to replace he has the potential to add a whole pile of points, and since he is entered this weekend in St. Louis and next weekend in Maple Grove, we should get a better idea of where he stands in the next ten days. Arnie Martel has 527 points but just doesn't have enough races or rounds to replace to catch Bruno, while Justin Lamb, with his 516 points, is also a long way back.
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