Thu, 29 May 2003, 02:47 PM Rampy Shoots for National Event Win #50 at Route 66 Raceway

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JOLIET, Ill. --

David Rampy

More than 400 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will join their professional racing brothers at Route 66 Raceway May 29-June 1 for the 2003 Lucas Oil Route 66 NHRA Nationals. Racers in Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, and Super Gas will continue their quest for a national championship.

David Rampy cannot better his position in the Comp Eliminator national point standings this weekend at Route 66 Raceway but the Piedmont, Ala., racer could earn his 50th NHRA national event win. With eight national events already under his belt this season, Rampy is out of nationals from which to claim points toward the championship but in the three races that do count toward his points Rampy scored two wins and a runner-up finish.

In 2003 Rampy has dominated the Comp Eliminator field in his ’32 Bantam Altered and if he wins here this weekend, it will give him four wins in five races including back-to-back victories in Bristol, Tenn., and Atlanta. Rampy is fresh off a Comp Eliminator win a week ago at the national event in Topeka, Kan.

The veteran racer has earned national event wins in Super Street, Super Gas, Super Comp and Comp Eliminator. His 49 national event wins ranks him third among all NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors. Only Frank Manzo (53) and Pat Austin (75) have more.

Defending Stock national champion Kevin Helms of Mineola, Texas, also took a win in Topeka, his second of the year in Stock. He has also recorded a win in Super Stock this season.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series racers will head to the next national event at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio, June 12-15.

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