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July 14, 2003 (photos courtesy of Guy Van Syckle, and are copyright speedzonemagazine.com 2003) Here is the weekend wrap up and final round results from Drag Race Central for the inuagural Motorcity Nationals
Clay Millican won his fourth Top Fuel race of the 2003 Hooters IHRA
Drag Racing Series today during the inaugural Motor City Nationals
at Milan Dragway Mike Janis, Pro Modified; John Vouros, Funny Car; and Jason Collins, Pro Stock were also winners in their respective categories.
Millican began the day qualified second and defeated Grant Flowers
in round one. Facing Ken Zeal round two, both racers smoked the tires
and pedaled down the track to save the runs. Millican won the "pedal-fest",
crossing the finish line in 6.678 seconds to Zeal's 9.608. In the
final, Litton beat Millican off the tree, but the defending, two-time
Top Fuel "We are just glad to make it out of here with a win," said
Millican. "It wasn't really a "I pretty well knew that every run I had to be ready to pedal
or grab the brake," added
Janis is now in second place behind Pro Modified points leader Mitch Stott. Mitch's brother Quain Stott is in third place. ( Steve Vick right)
"This day is indescribable," said Vouros. "After the
way this weekend went, who would have ever thought that we'd have
ended up in the winner's circle. We started out the day right and
we figured that if we could keep lane choice, our plan was Midyette's (right) runner-up finish puts him first place in the Funny Car points chase followed by Rob Atchison, Mark Thomas and Bogolo. The top four are separated by 34 points.
Collins defeated John Bartunek in round one, and Redford, Mich. native Chris Holbrook round two. In the semi-finals, Collins left the line early, an assumed loss, but opponent John Montecalvo crossed the center-line making Collins the winner. "We had some rounds given to us today and then there was the one in the semi-finals where it was the first or worst deal," explained Collins. "I kept thinking that if they were going to keep giving these wins to me that eventually I'd figure out how to get down the track. We figured it out in the finals and I'm as shocked as anyone. "Of course I had help to make it here from my wife, mom and dad, VC Tech and their students and all of the people at the track that make it possible for me to be here." Brian Gahm is the new Pro Stock points leader, followed by Rick Jones, Carl Baker and Doug Kirk. Twenty-seven points separate the top four. The next event on the 2003 Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series is the ACDelco Canadian Nationals at Toronto Motorsports Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 25 - 27.
MILAN, Mich. -- Sunday's final results from the Inaugural Motor City
Nationals at Milan Top Fuel -- Clay Millican, 5.003 seconds, 252.76 mph def. Bruce Litton,
5.062 seconds, 284.69 Pro Modified -- Mike Janis, Chevy Corvette, 6.559, 224.36 def. Steve
Vick, Chevy Camaro, 6.667, Funny Car -- John Vouros, Pontiac Firebird, 6.276, 232.79 def. Ronnie
Midyette, Chevy Camaro, Pro Stock -- Jason Collins, Mercury Cougar, 6.741, 208.55 def. Floyd
Cheek, Ford Mustang, Top Stock -- Joe Aluise Jr., Plymouth Belvedere, 9.857, 133.67 def.
Matt Morgan, Chevy Camaro, Top Sportsman -- Frank Teague, Dodge Avenger, 7.440, 173.67 def.
Bill Rowe, Chevy Cavalier, Top Dragster -- Tom Rossman, 7.162, 189.10 def. Anthony Bertozzi, 7.361, 185.21. Quick Rod -- Tim Garrison, Dragster, 8.914, 166.33 def. Tim Cmar, Dragster, foul. Super Rod -- Dave Goins, Ford Roadster, 9.889, 150.77 def. Shannon Waycaster, Roadster, foul. Hot Rod -- Matthew Zapp, Chevy Chevelle, 10.906, 133.99 def. Glenn
Ferguson, Ford Fairlane, Super Stock -- Tom Sheehan, Chrysler Sebring, 10.446, 126.16 def.
Brad Zaskowski, Chevy Camaro, Stock -- Bob Marshall, Dodge Dart, 11.066, 112.07 def. Michael Beard, Dart, 11.220, 117.37. ET Bracket -- Richard Batyik, Dragster, 8.231, 162.76 def. Rob Lebeck,
Chevy Camaro, 9.506,
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Millican
(left), of Drummonds, Tenn., has won four of the five races this year,
losing two weeks ago to Litton at the Rocky Mountain Nationals in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
world
champion saved his best run for last as he raced around Litton to
a 5.003 e.t. at 252.76 miles per hour. Millican remains number one
in Top Fuel points, Litton (right) second.
Debuting
a new paint scheme on his 1963 Corvette, Mike Janis (left) defeated
Steve Vick in the supercharged versus nitrous Pro Modified final,
running the quarter-mile in 6.559 seconds at 224.36 mph. Janis, of
Lancaster, N.Y., qualified number one, ran a 6.415 e.t. to defeat
first round opponent Wayne Torkelson, defeated Mike Ashley in round
two and Paul Athey in the semi-finals. "This was for sure a tuner's
race," explained Janis. "We got lucky on Saturday and went
in with a soft tune-up and just kind of stuck with that. We went back
to our old days of running match 
races.
The rule change probably helped us out this weekend by backing the
car down some."
John
Vouros (left) defeated number two qualifier Ronnie Midyette in Funny
Car running a 6.276 e.t. at 232.79 mph. Vouros defeated Terry Munroe
in round one with a 5.944 e.t., Chris Foster in round two and Tony
Bogolo in the semi-finals. Vouros then went on and won his first career
national event.
to
control our own destiny today."
Jason
Collins (left) won his second-consecutive Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock
event defeating Floyd Cheek. Collins, of Rainbow City, Ala., drove
the Virginia Technical College Cougar to a final round 6.741 e.t.
to Cheek's 7.796.
Al
Bille's new ride. Sweet!!