Welcome
to our photo coverage of the NHRA Toyota Summernationals.
held May 30th - June 2nd 2013 at Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown,
NJ. We'll be starting our visit with Friday, May 31st.
It was brutally hot, in the mid-90s with high humidity.
When we arrived, Stock Eliminator was on the track, and
they were having a tough time hooking in the heat.
Thanks
to NHRA providing us with access to the photo area for
Friday we got some great up-close shots of the fuel cars.
On Saturday and Sunday we concentrated more on the Sportsman
classes. We had a great time and we both had the pleasure
of meeting many drivers, both Professional and Sportsman.
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Kicking
off with Round 2 of Stock Eliminator, Russell Linke from
right next door in Old Bridge, NJ heats the tires on his
'97 C/SA Camaro |
Johnny Williams from Smithfield RI launches his '71 F/SA
Oldsmobile 4-4-2. He wins here in Round 2. |
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Paul
Cambria in the C/SA Camaro goes down to Williams here. |
Jeanne
Linke's day ended here with a Round 2 loss to Tom Dauber |
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John
Shaul in the Mr. 413 Mopar goes .105
on the 'Tree and wins against Paula Cambria, who couldn't
run the number |
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Gary
Richard in the 2012 FS/DC Mustang lights the big red apple
against Billy Pires in the G/SA Nova. |
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John
Fedeli in the '76 K/SA Cutlass comes up on the wrong side
of a double-breakout against Joe Lisa in the '68 D/SA
Camaro
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Pires Jr. in the H/SA Nova moves to Round 3 here |
Likewise
for John Warhime, who keeps the 'Tree clean and green |
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There's
Warhime's win light down there as Ken DePascale goes ballistic
red. This was a heads-up pairing; DePascale had to take
a shot at the 'Tree as Warhime had the L/SA Index covered
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David
Barton was a victim of the track surface as he blew the
tires away at the hit of the throttle. |
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was out of earshot so I couldn't hear anything that was
said. It's safe to say David was not happy. |
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Photos:
The Dragtime News & Stephanie Youngman
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