8/17/2019 results

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Recap of 8/17/2019

We had 7 Pro e85 racers race at Great Lakes Dragaway. Steve Keys Driving the “Jackal” made his Pro e85 Debut. He had some issues and worked on it all day to finally make a great pass in the evening. I’m sure we will see more of him in the future. After 2 rounds of qualifying Mike”Ghost”Phipps got the Reliable Diesel Performance #1 qualifier with an 8.901

2. John “Dream Crusher” Blanchard 

      8.946

3. Frank “Assassin “Morgan   8.975

4. Martin”Lumberjack”Johnson 9.241

First round

Lee 8.920w 

Blanchard 8.923 (red)

Black 8.977 w

Phipps 8.998

Morgan 9.037w

Johnson 9.043

2nd round 

Lee 8.874w

Morgan 8.837

Black 8.558w

Bye

Final 

Lee 8.889w

Black 8.887

 This is Randy’s  3rd victory this season and is still in the points lead with only 3 point races left.

Frank Morgan got the Phonz reaction time Bonus with a .029 and Van Senus longest wheelie bonus and Valpo Muffler Highest wheelie Bonus. Martin Johnson got Van Senus best burnout bonus 2 weeks in a row.Randy Lee got Right Way Truck and Trailer Repair 60ft Bonus with a 1.16. John Blanchard got his first Whites Pit Stop Fan Favorite award. Rich Black and Randy Lee got the Crown point Langels and David Zambon Winner and runner up bonuses.

I would like to thank @Great Lakes Dragway for doing an awesome job, ignite fuels for providing all the corn fuel to make these cars run. VFN Fiberglass for helping keep our cars looking great , DRE Diapers for keeping an accident in the diaper and not on the track, Quick Fuel for providing awesome carbs and fuel pumps for our winners, Billet Specialties, Inc. for being the preferred wheels of pro e85 racing.

Race results from 8/10/2019 at US 41 Dragstrip. We had an awesome night with friends and family that came out and enjoyed the racing and food everyone brought.6

We had 16 cars show up for this event. We had  Bob”Mayhem”Piunti show up in his crowd pleasing blown corvette,Duane “Crusher”Waldrop also Made his 2019 debut in his wicked blown Trans am, Butch”Big Dog” Smith returned from retirement in his nitrous feed Camaro, also Chris”Swanky”Swentko made his 2019 debut with his twin turbo small block Camaro.  After 2 rounds of qualifying, Rob”Overkill”Vinezeano grabbed  the Reliable Diesel Performance  #1 qualifier  with a 8.906

#2 Randy”Yellow Dog”Lee.     8.907

#3 john”Dream Crusher”Blanchard 8.929

#4 Rich “Burnout”Black.          8.930

#5 Mike “Ghost”Phipps.           8.933

1st round

Vinezeano 9.054

Waldrop.     9.021w

Novak.         9.134

Pappas.       9.065w

Black 10.652w

Sisson :no time

Phipps 8.972w

Swentko  8.781

Lee 8.898w

Beach 8.841

Piunti 9.033

Szafran 8.973w

Blanchard 9.058w

Smith.         9.956

Coffman. 8.960w

Johnson.  9.394

Rd 2

Waldrop 9.049

Pappas  9.011w

Black  9.081

Phipps 8.970w

Lee 9.048w

Szfran 9.995

Blanchard 8.966w

Coffman.   8.883

Rd 3

Pappas 8.973

Phipps  8.992w

Blanchard 8.915w

Lee.              8.866

Final 

Phipps 8.944

Blanchard 9.001w

This was John Blanchard first win of the 2019 season. 

Randy”Yellow Dog “Lee got Right Way Truck & Trailer Repair 60ft Bonus with a 1.17. Martin”Lumberjack “Johnson got Van Senus Best Burnout Bonus.

Mercury”Under Dog”Pappas got Valpo Muffler highest Wheelie Bonus & Van Senus  longest wheelie  Bonus.John “Dream Crusher”Blanchard got the Phonz Performance reaction time Bonus with a .009. Mike Phipps &John Blanchard also got Dave Zambon USA Tool and Crown Point Langels Pizza bonus. I would like to thank all our sponsors for your support.You guys help make this happen. Thank you Ignite Race fuels for that corn fuel, DRE Diapers for keeping the mess in the diaper and not on the track, Quick Fuel for suppling the carbs and fuel pumps to the champions, VFN Fiberglass for all the Parts needed to make the cars look great, and Billet Specialties, Inc. for being the preferred wheels of the Pro e85 Group

Pro e85 had its 5th race of the season at Great Lakes Dragaway July 13th at the Nitrous Street Car Brawl. We Had 11 cars show up. Martin” Lumber Jack” Johnson returned in his new Blown small block Chevy 2. What a test pass it was, stood it up on the rear bumper first pass but was in able to make the show due to oil pan damage. Mike “Mad Dog”Sisson brought his Camaro out also but had some mechanical issues and also was not able to make the show. After 2 Rounds of qualifying, “ Mopar “John Szafran got the Reliable Diesel # 1 quialifier with a 8.902. Qualifying was super close that day.

#2. Randy “Yellow Dog”Lee.  8.908

#3. Mike “Ghost”Phipps.          8.916

#4. Rich”Burnout”Black.          8.917

#5. Joe “Blown Crazy”Beach 8.927

#6. John”Dream Crusher”Blanchard.                     8.952

#7. “Captain “Kurt Novak.         8.970

#8. Rob”Overkill”Vinezeano.   8.981

That is a tuff crowd for qualifying.

First round

Szfran = bye 

Blanchard = 8.950 (red light)

Novak          = 9.713w

Phipps.        = 8.874w

Martin.         = Broke 

Black.            = 8.858

Morgan.        = 9.031w

Lee.                 = 8.855w

Sisson.           = Broke

Beach.            = 8.943w

Vinezeano.   = 8.954

round 2

Szafran.         =9.006w

Novak.            = 8.977

Phipps.           = 8.874

Morgan.         = 8.966w

Lee.                  = 9.013

Beach.            = 8.977w

Round #3

Morgan.          = 8.998w

Szafran.          = 9.103

Beach.            = 8.998w

Bye.   

Final

Beach.    = w

Morgan

Joe” Blown Crazy” Beach got his first ever PRO E85  victory in only his second year in the group.

Joe Beach also got Van Senus best burnout bonus and Phonz Performance reaction time bonus .015

Frank Morgan got Whites Pit Stop Fan Favorite Bonus

Randy Lee got Rightway Truck&Trailer repair 60ft bonus 1.17

John Szafran got Van Senus longest wheelie Bonus

Rich Black got Valpo Muffler highest wheelie Bonus. Frank Morgan and Joe Beach also got the Langel Pizza and USA Tools Winner and runner up bonuses.Thank you to Billet Specialties for being the preferred wheels for Pro e85, Quickfuel for supplying our group with awesome carburetors and fuel pumps,VFN for all our fiberglass body parts, DRE Engine diapers for keeping accidents in the diaper and not on the track and Ignite race fuel for the awesome corn powered fuel we run in our cars. Special thanks to Mike Gould and all the announcing staff at GLD, Freddy Melecio for Organizing this and making it run smooth and that awesome Great Lakes Track personal who prepped a bad ass track in the heat. Great job.

Here is the recap of the June 23rd race we finished Saturday due to rain on the 23rd of June. We had 10 cars show up tobtace that Sunday. After 2 rounds of qualifying. Randy”Yellow Dog”Lee got the Reliable Diesel Performance # 1 qualifier with a 8.914, 

#2 “Smokin”Joe Coffman  8.9172

#3 Mike”Ghost “Phipps.     8.9176

#4 Tim “Broke Ass”Johnson 8.950

#5 Rich”Burnout”Black

1st Round

Lee 9.017 w

Vinezeano 9.098

Phipps 9.002

Novak.  9.024w

Johnson 9.116w

Sisson.    9.85

Coffman 9.67

Blanchard 8.96w

Black 8.92w

Beach 9.04

Round 2

Lee w

Bye

Johnson

Novak W

Blanchard (red)

Black  

Round 3

Lee 

Novak w

Black w

Bye

Final 

Novak 9.08w

Black.  9.15

This was Kurt Novak first ever Pro e85 Victory in only his second year of racing. Mike Sisson got Valpo Muffler Highest wheelie & Van Senus longest wheelie and Whites Pit Stop Fan Favorite award. Randy Lee got Right Way Truck and Trailer  repair 60ft bonus with a 1.17 & Phonz Performance reaction time bonus with a .019. Joe Beach got Van Senus best burnout bonus.

Kurt Novak & Rich Black got Dave Zambon USA Tool Bonus and the Crown Point Langels Pizza bonuses.

I would like to say thanks to the Team at US 41 Dragstrip, DRE Diapers for keeping a mess in the diapers and not on the track, Ignite Race fuels for suppling all that corn fuel, Quick Fuel Technologies for supply us with the e85 Carbs and fuel pumps and Billet Specialties, Inc. for being the preferred wheels for Pro e85 Racing.

PRO E85 had our  3rd & 4th race of the season and our first night race at US 41 Dragway . We had 14 PRO E85 cars show up Saturday. “Smokin” Joe Coffman in his Blown S-10 truck returned to racing this year, also”Captain “ Kurt Novak also returned to our group this year with his Pro Charged S-10. Mercury” Underdog”Pappas also returned to race this year in his nitrous powered Pontiac Ventura. Harold “Hang em High” Sisson also returned to race his nitrous powered Camaro. Rob”Hot Shoes” Vinezeano came back to race with us after a year off in his nitrous powered Camaro. After 2 rounds of qualifying, Mike”Ghost” Phipps walked away with the Reliable Diesel #1 Qualifier with a 8.908. Top 6 qualifiers all in the 8.90s. Randy”Yellow Dog”Lee and Rob “ Hot Shoes”Vinezeano in the final with Randy”Yellow Dog “Lee getting his 2nd victory of the season. Sunday’s race got called after 1 round of racing and will be ran at a later date TBD.

1st round

Phipps 8.988w

Johnson 

Sisson 9.03

Novak 9.03w

Szafran 9.079w

H Sisson 9.082

Black 8.940

Vinezeano 9.180w

Beach 8.892w

Johnson Broke

Lee 8.904w

Coffman 8.922

Blanchard 8.965w

Pappas broke

Round 2

Phipps 8.901w

Bye

Szafran 13.82

Vinezeano 9.313w

Beach 9.578

Novak 9.090w

Lee 8.956w

Blanchard no time

3rd round

Vinezeano 9.030w

Phipps      Foul

Lee 8.906w

Novak 9.058

Final

Lee 8.926w

Vinezeano 9.287

Mike”Mad Dog” Sisson took home the Van Senus longest wheelie bonus and the Valpo Muffler highest wheelie bonus.

Joe” Blown Crazy” Beach took home the Van Senus best burnout bonus and Whites Pit Stop Fan Favorite Bonuses and Phonz Performance reaction time bonus with a .007

Randy”Yellow Dog”Lee got Right way Truck and Trailer Repair 60ft bonus with a 1.19 ,Langel’s Pizza and Dave Zambon USA Tool winner bonus.

Rob”Hot Shoes”Vinezeano also got the Runner up Langel’s Pizza and Dave Zambon USA Tool bonuses.

Thank you all the sponsors, Billet Specialties, Inc. being the Preferred wheels of Pro e85, DRE diapers for keeping the mess in the diapers and not on the track, Quick fuel technologies for the carburetors and fuel pumps,Ignite racing fuel for suppling the corn power for our cars. Whites Pit Stop for the Fan Favorite award. Thank you to US 41 Dragway and all the staff for providing us with a great place to race.

Roll call for this weekend at US41 Dragstrip.

1. Mike”Ghost” Phipps

2. “Mopar”John Szafran 

3. Randy “Yellow Dog”Lee

4. Frank “Assassin” Morgan

5. John”Dream Crusher”Blanchard 

6. Joe”Blown Crazy”Beach

7. Rich”Burnout”Black

8. Mike”Mad Dog” Sisson

9. Tim”Broke Ass” Johnson 

10. Mercury”Under Dog” Pappas

11. “Tricky”Ricky Klibofske

12. “Smokin” Joe Coffman

13. “Captain” Kurt Novak

14.  Tony “High Voltage” Cook

15 . Jerry Cocran

  Trying 

1. Rob”Hot Shoes” Veneziano

Roll call for first PRO E85 Race this weekend atGreat Lakes Dragaway

1. Frank”ASSASSIN “ Morgan

2. John “DREAM CRUSHER” Blanchard

3. Mike “GHOST”Phipps

4. Rich”BURNOUT”Black

5. Randy”Yellow Dog” Lee

6. “SMOKIN JOE” Coffman ( cancelled)

7. “CAPTIAN KURT” Novak

8.  Mike” MADDOG” Sisson

9.”MOPAR  JOHN “ Szafran

10. Tim” BROKE ASS” Johnson

11. Chris” SWANKY “ Swentko

12. Wallace”WALDO PEPPER” Sutherland

13. ROB”Z MAN” Keller

14. JOE” BLOWN CRAZY” BEACH

15. Jason “MENACE”Grub

16. Steve” NOSVET” Hoch

17.Rob “HOT SHOES” Vinezeano

18. Steve”WHEELIE KING” Penrod

       MAYBE

 1. Butch”BIGDOG” Smith

 2. Butch”KILLER”Klibofske

 3. Martin ”LUMBERJACK” Johnson

4. Mercury” UNDERDOG”Pappas

 5. ”TRICKY RICKY” Klibofske 

 6. Tony ”HIGH VOLTAGE” Cook