The new VP Racing Fuels Quick 32 Series features a unique 16 dragster and
16 door car format that pits these cars separately until one of each
remains. A purse, contingency and award program along with an unlimited
ET format appears to be making this series into something the others will
be measured against. The pre-race hype met expectations as 51 racers
traveled from six surrounding states to try their hand at becoming part of
the inaugural event at Lyons Raceway Park in southern Indiana. After
blower pulleys were changed and the nitrous enrichment fuel smoke had
cleared the #16 dragster qualifier bump spot stood at a 4.507 and the door
car side bump was a modest 5.718. Event low qualifier belonged to Don
Hurst who piloted his dragster to a 4.099 at over 170 MPH. Equally
impressive was Reed Hughes driving Paul Mann's turbo-equipped Camaro to a
4.531 at over 160 MPH. An interesting side note is that it took a 4.395
elapsed time on the dragster side of the race to get lane choice in round
one.
Texas Roadhouse racer Phillip Oakley of Owensboro, KY waded through the
tough dragster side of the field clocking consistent mid-4.30 elapsed
times to meet up with door car side winner Jason McConnell in the final.
McConnell's red Nova is well know in the Illinois area winner's circles.
Oakley used a decisive reaction time advantage to back into the win at the
stripe to become the series' first winner. For the win Oakley picked up
the $2,000 winner's check, a $400 "Cash on the Spot" contingency check
courtesy of DragstersForSale.Com, RaceChrome.Com, The Fab Shop and Quick
Fuel Technology. The Texas Roadhouse racer also picked up a 15 gallon
drum of VP's Q16 racing fuel, a free Fri-Sun entry to the upcoming JEG'S
U.S. OPEN valued at $500 and a $100 gift certificate from RPM Performance
Data Loggers.
The VP Racing Fuels Quick 32 Series is unique in that it offers the racer
an unprecedented amount of sponsor and contingency support. On this
evening Nitroplate awarded complimentary header coatings to Cory Mong and
Kynon Dinkle for their great round one packages. The Fastenal Company
Awarded Kenny Smith of Morgantown, IN $100 for knocking of the event low
qualifier Don Hurst in round one. In the second round Tuff Paw Aluminum
Products awarded Dustin Brenton a free log book/dial-in marker holder for
his best losing package of the round.
VP Racing Fuels representative James Monroe said, "We are very pleased
with the tremendous turnout for the first event and we are feverishly
working to build upon that great start. We received awesome feedback from
the racers who enjoyed the structure and timeliness of the event as well
as the spectacular all-concrete racing surface." Monroe and and the Lyons
Raceway Park staff are working toward growing the door car side of the
program for the next event. Monroe went on to say, "We will not rest
until the door car side of race is an all four second field. We know the
cars are out there and we will continue to throw the incentives at them."
The next race in this series takes place over the July 4 weekend as a two
day event. To go along with the standard $200 to both the dragster and
door car low qualifiers the series will also offer another $100 each to
the lowest dragster and door car qualifiers on July 4 who were not in
attendance at the first event. To learn more about this exciting new
series visit www.vpquick32.com.
