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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VANCIL
WINS CHAMPIONSHIP; TONGLET, NORLIN AND DRAPP TAKE HOME 2007 AHDRA SCREAMIN'
EAGLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Norlin
Wins $12,000 with Screamin' Eagle Las Vegas High Stakes Shootout
LAS
VEGAS (Nov. 20, 2007) – The 2007 AHDRA Screamin' Eagle Championship
titles were given out Sunday at the season finale event at The Strip at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Doug
Vancil won two events in four final round appearances to earn the Nitro
Top Fuel championship. Vancil had a 33-point lead over Takeshi Shigematsu
going into the season finale. Vancil beat Shigematsu in the second round,
wrapping up the championship.
Vancil
lost to Jay Turner in the semifinals, however, and Turner went on to win
the race. Turner recorded a 6.485-second pass at 214.69 mph to beat Joey
Sternotti's 6.379 at 211.23. It was Sternotti's third runner-up
performance of the season.
L.E.
Tonglet not only won the race – his ninth of the season – but the
championship as well. The New Orleans native was a perfect 9-0 in
Destroyer final rounds this season, including Sunday's win. Because of a
double foul from his potential final round opponents in the semifinal
round, Tonglet had a single run for the event victory.
Greg
Best beat Stan Sheppard in the Screamin' Eagle Performance (SEP) category
final round. Best earned his fourth victory with am 11.614 run at 109.64
to cover Sheppard's 11.725 at 109.39.
Dan
Norlin, however, won the SEP championship. It was a double-victory weekend
for Norlin. He claimed the Screamin' Eagle High Stakes Shootout victory as
well as the championship. Norlin pocketed $12,000 for the Screamin' Eagle
High Stakes Shootout victory, beating Matt Bluett in the final.
Edward
Golson earned his first win of the season in ET action, beating Wayne
Pugh. Golson's 11.794 at 110.93 netted him the victory over Pugh's red
light foul at the starting line.
Bob
Drapp won the ET championship.
The
next AHDRA event will the 2008 season opener on Feb. 29 – March 2 at
Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fl.
Final
2007 points:
Top
Fuel
Doug
Vancil 842
Takeshi
Shigematsu 800
Jay
Turner 768
Destroyer
L.E.
Tonglet 1309
Douglas
Horne 919
Valerie
Thompson 819
SEP
Dan
Norlin 920
Greg
Best 834
Donnie
Huffman 681
ET
Bob
Drapp 985
Bill
Rowe Jr. 950
Donnie
Huffman 876
2007
Final Round racers
(Following
12 of 12 events)
WINS
R/UP
TOP
FUEL
Bob
Malloy 1 2
Mike
Romine 1 1
Tommy
Grimes 0 1
Doug
Vancil 2 2
Larry
Brancaccio 1 1
Steve
Stordeur 1 0
Joey
Sternotti 0 3
Tak
Shigematsu 3 0
Dean
Comunal 1 0
Jay
Turner 2 1
Jack
Romine 0 1
DESTROYER
L.E.
Tonglet 9 0
Michael
Ray 0 1
Jeff
Stevens 0 1
Gene
Thomason 0 1
Brian
Fox 1 0
Douglas
Horne 2 1
Ronnie
Fensick 0 2
Wanda
Poff 0 2
Nick
Gonatas Jr. 0 1
Valerie
Thompson 0 2
SEP
Dennis
Copley 1 0
Keith
Carper 0 1
Stan
Sheppard 1 2
Donnie
Huffman 0 1
Greg
Best 4 0
Joey
Talbott 1 1
Dan
Norlin 2 2
Chip
Sutinen 1 1
Kevin
Winters 1 0
Brad
Croneberger 0 1
Pete
Crowe 0 1
K.W.
Seneca 0 1
Dean
Druschel 1 0
JP
Hendrzak 0 1
ET
Bill
Draffin 1 0
Joey
Talbott 1 1
Bob
Drapp 1 0
Larry
Edmondson Jr. 0 1
Andy
Horn 1 0
Dan
Norlin 1 2
Dan
Brummet 1 0
Roberta
Seaman 0 1
Donnie
Huffman 2 0
Curtis
Talbott 0 1
Mike
Best 0 1
Terry
Wright 1 0
Jack
Wagner 0 1
Richi
Hillegrass 1 0
JP
Hendrzak 0 1
Wayne
Pugh 1 1
Chip
Sutinen 0 1
Thomas
Levak Jr. 0 1
Edward
Golson 1 0
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