Friday
- Sunday, June 9-11, 2017
Welcome
to our photo coverage of the NHRA Summernationals. held
June 8th - 11th, 2017 at Old Bridge Township Raceway
Park in Englishtown, NJ. We'll be starting our visit
with Friday, June 9th. What a day! There were lots and
lots of Sportsman racers on the property so as usual
we focused most heavily on them, although we also included
the pros, too. The big treat was seeing fellow Englishtown
bracket racers being a part of the event. The top 8
points in Pro ET and ET Motorcycle were invited to compete;
that was awesome! Thanks to track manager John Hedenburg
for making that happen.
NHRA
provided us with access to the starting-line photo area
for the whole weekend (thank you, NHRA!), so as a result
we got some great up-close shots of the cars. By the
time Sunday rolled around we had more than enough Sportsman
coverage so we concentrated on the opening ceremonies
and first round of Top Fuel and Funny Car. Then we headed
back to the office to start sorting through all of the
photos. We hope you like the coverage and the amount
of space we devote to the Sportsman racers. Here we
go!
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When
we arrived, Super Gas was in the lanes for Round 2. There's
the Lucky's Camaro of Pete Luciano. |
It's
the Mac Attack of one of the nicest guys around, Mr. Mac
Starks. |
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Dan
Northrop and Jake Barbato. |
Super
Stock is also in the lanes for Round 2. Here's Tim Fletcher.
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Here's
your #1 qualifier in Super Stock, David Barton in the
2014 FSS/D Mustang. |
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Ed
Newton in the sharp, 70s Pro Stock-looking Monza. |
Jeffrey
Bardekoff from Commack, NY in the '69 Barracuda. |
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Super
Stock, Round #2: Bill Kennedy flies high in the GT/MA
Firebird. He's leaving first against... |
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...Ed
Newton in the SS/AX Monza. Newton won the 'Tree with a
.013 to a .025 but comes up short at the stripe as Kennedy
went dead-2. |
Don
Belles Jr. over here in the FGT/B Mustang and... |
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...Bill
Marshall in the GT/GA Camaro. Marshall leaves first with
.102 light and
takes the win as Belles goes -.042 red. Ouch.
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The
final pair in Super Stock is a heads-up GT/HA (10.50)
pairing of Pat Glade over here and Dean Mowery over there.
Glade had the 'Tree but Mowery had the power for the win. |
Super
Gas, Round 2: Pete Luciano pulls into the beams. |
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