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August 4-6, 2006 Northern Nationals from Martin Michigan T.J. Zizzo Breaks Through for First Career Top Fuel Victory at Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals Wyatt, Carter, Gillig and Hernandez also win at US 131 Motorsports Park Photo gallery is here (courtesy Guy Van Syckle) courtesy IHRA Communications
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (August 6, 2006) – The 25th Annual Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals was a weekend of firsts for Illinois-based racer T.J. Zizzo. He claimed his first career pole position when final qualifying was said and done and, back where he made his first IHRA appearance last season, registered the low ET of the meet and captured his first career national event victory at US 131 Motorsports Park.
Zizzo was the best Knoll Gas-Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Top Fuel car all weekend. After his Friday qualifying hit stood up he knocked off J.R. Todd, a recent two-time NHRA national event winner, in the first round of eliminations. He then handled Bruce Litton in the semifinals and Doug Foley in the finals to take home his first Ironman.
“This is an all-volunteer team, and I mean all volunteer,” Zizzo said. “Not even Dave Settles, the Crew Chief, gets paid a dime on this deal. US 131 is one of my favorite race tracks and I’ve won here before in an alcohol dragster, so this win really means a lot to us.”
Zizzo won the Ironman when he defeated Foley in the final, but it was his first-round match-up with J.R. Todd that Zizzo was most keyed-up for.
“To race J.R. Todd in the first round, I mean, he has won two of the last three NHRA national events,” Zizzo said. “We had to show J.R. Todd what IHRA racing is all about. He has some experience over here, I understand that. But that team doesn’t. IHRA right now is where it’s at. I never wanted to beat anybody so badly in my life. This IHRA circuit, and all the drivers here, teach me how to drive. Look at reaction times across the board, IHRA guys usually have better reaction times than NHRA guys. We’re all trying real hard over here.”
Jack Wyatt is another racer who is trying real hard. After losing his sponsor following an event win earlier this season, Wyatt is working as hard as he can to be able to continue racing. After almost not being able to afford to come to the Torco Northern Nationals, Wyatt scraped together enough funding at the last minute, literally, and headed to Martin. He ended up in the Winner’s Circle after defeating Bob Gilbertson in the Knoll Gas-Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Funny Car final.
“This really pays off for all the hard work,” Wyatt said. “We’ve worked hard and things haven’t gone our way recently, and we lost our sponsor. We almost never got here. I didn’t know we would have enough money until Wednesday night, then we drove up here and got here Thursday morning, just in time to park.
Josh Hernandez won his second Knoll Gas-Torco Pro Modified Ironman in as many appearances on the IHRA circuit when he defeated defending world champion Mike Castellana in the final. Hernandez, who knocked off local favorite Steve Bareman in the semifinals, clocked a 6.131 at 235.56 mph to take home the title.
He also set the IHRA speed record in the process, clocking a 237.09 during Saturday qualifying.
“This was a storybook ending to a storybook weekend,” Hernandez said. “Setting the IHRA speed record says a lot about the preparation of the track. The weather was great, the crowd was great and this whole weekend was just perfect for us.”
It was a perfect weekend for Tony Gillig as well. Gillig knocked off John Nobile, the 2004 IHRA Torco Pro Stock World Champion in the final round, to put some distance between himself and his closest competitors in the 2006 points chase.
“I couldn’t have written a better story,” Gillig said. “My wife and daughter are my biggest fans and they don’t come to the races very often, and my mom hasn’t been to a race since I started driving this car for my car owner. They were all here. If I had to pick a bigger race to win, this was it. Between that and the points chase, and everything else under the sun that goes with this whole deal, it was perfect. I couldn’t have written it better if I had sat down and plotted it out on a piece of paper.”
Gillig overcame a huge disadvantage at the starting line, .014 for Nobile to .050 for Gillig, to win with a 6.468/213.94. Nobile registered a 6.531/215.37 pass.
Tom Carter became the first three-time winner in Alcohol Funny Car when he defeated Terry McMillen in the final Sunday. After defeating #1 seed Rob Atchison in the first round, Carter now trailed Mark Thomas by 46 points in the championship chase.
“We just came together today, and the biggest thing was beating Rob Atchison in the first round,” Carter said. “I knew I had to do that, then after I did it I had to face Terry Munroe. So this win wasn’t easy, but it really helps us.”
Television coverage of the Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals airs on SPEED Channel: Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car - Saturday, August 26 at 4:30 pm Pro Modified, Alcohol Funny Car and Pro Stock – Saturday, September 23 at 5 p.m.
The next event on the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series is the SKULL SHINE World Nationals presented by ACDelco, August 24 – 27, at Norwalk Raceway Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
MARTIN, Mich. -- Sunday's final results from the 25th anniversary Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park. The race is the seventh of 11 in the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel -- T.J. Zizzo, 4.773 seconds, 306.46 mph def. Doug Foley, 8.123 seconds, 92.68 mph.
Nitro Funny Car -- Jack Wyatt, Pontiac Firebird, 4.980, 272.01 def. Bob Gilbertson, Dodge Stratus, 7.298, 116.98.
Pro Modified -- Josh Hernandez, Chevy Camaro, 6.131, 235.56 def. Mike Castellana, Chevy Cavalier, 6.180, 230.06.
Alcohol Funny Car -- Thomas Carter, Chevy Camaro, 5.955, 238.76 def. Terry McMillen, Dodge Avenger, 6.139, 231.68.
Pro Stock -- Tony Gillig, Ford Mustang, 6.468, 213.94 def. John Nobile, Ford Escort, 6.531, 215.37.
Pro Modified Shootout -- Mike Castellana, Chevy Cavalier, 6.141, 232.31 def. Quain Stott, Chevy Corvette, 6.166, 232.91.
Top Stock -- Bo Kenney, Pontiac Firebird, 9.437, 141.21 def. Monty Bogan Jr., Firebird, 9.475, 140.75.
Top Sportsman -- Bob Mandell, Oldsmobile Cutlass, 7.339, 178.47 def. Jeff Pittman, Chevy Chevelle, 7.202, 187.08.
Top Dragster -- Nick Folk, Dragster, 6.995, 187.68 def. Ricky Adkins, Dragster, 7.057, 190.19.
Quick Rod -- Chris Schneider, Dragster, 8.916, 167.91 def. Keith Williams, Dragster, 8.907, 172.23.
Super Rod -- Brian Folk, Chevy Cavalier, 9.889, 148.22 def. Pat Martin, Ford Roadster, 9.863, 155.60.
Hot Rod -- Matt Albright, Chevy Chevelle, 10.873, 133.42 def. Tony Elrod, Plymouth Duster, 10.854, 130.61.
Super Stock -- Craig Marshall, Pntiac Grand Am, 9.115, 148.79 def. Kevin Helms, Oldsmobile Achieva, 9.463, 124.11.
Stock -- Gale Pinkston, Chevy Camaro, 11.387, 114.87 def. Craig Marshall, Dodge Dart, 10.883, 115.90.
ET Bracket -- Garrett Marhanka, Dodge Daytona, 12.660, 99.78 def. Rick Van Wyhe, Ford Thunderbird, foul.
ET Box -- Garrett Marhanka, Dodge Daytona, 10.159, 125.80 def. Rod Brower, Chevy Camaro, 10.021, 131.36.
ET No Box -- Rick Van Wyhe, Ford Thunderbird, 9.544, 135.97 def. Bryan Craner, Chevy Camaro, 13.270, 60.51.
MARTIN, Mich. -- Final round-by-round results from the 25th anniversary Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park, the seventh of 11 events in the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series:
TOP FUEL Eliminations
ROUND ONE -- T.J. Zizzo, 5.054, 214.42 def. J.R. Todd, 6.594, 125.51; Doug Foley, 5.128, 211.46 def. Louie Allison, broke; Bruce Litton, 4.807, 306.05 def. Bobby Lagana Jr., 4.786, 308.43; Rick Cooper, 4.672, 314.90 def. Clay Millican, 4.724, 313.80; SEMIFINALS -- Zizzo, 4.757, 284.87 def. Litton, 4.868, 302.28; Foley, 5.065, 210.54 def. Cooper, 6.664, 126.60; FINAL -- Zizzo, 4.773, 306.46 def. Foley, 8.123, 92.68. TF Points 1. Clay Millican 482
NITRO FUNNY CAR:
ROUND ONE -- Dale Creasy Jr., Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.990, 266.11 def. Gary Cooper, Dodge Stratus, 5.705, 175.48; Jack Wyatt, Pontiac Firebird, 6.153, 153.25 def. Vincent Arcadi, Monte Carlo, foul; Bob Gilbertson, Stratus, 4.990, 293.22 def. Terry Haddock, Stratus, 5.149, 295.72; Mike Ashley, Stratus, 4.931, 304.32 def. Paul Lee, Monte Carlo, 4.926, 303.23; SEMIFINALS -- Wyatt, 4.926, 280.95 def. Creasy Jr., 4.982, 277.37; Gilbertson, 4.952, 306.12 def. Ashley, 7.703, 113.22; FINAL -- Wyatt, 4.980, 272.01 def. Gilbertson, 7.298, 116.98. Nitro Funny Car Points 1. Dale Creasy Jr. 466 PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATIONS
ROUND ONE -- Danny Rowe, Chevy Corvette, 6.195, 229.35 def. Quain Stott, Corvette, 6.193, 230.88; Kenny Lang, Corvette, 6.261, 227.73 def. Scott Cannon, Pontiac GTO, 8.528, 114.31; Josh Hernandez, Chevy Camaro, 6.132, 234.29 def. Pat Stoken, Camaro, 12.504, 68.29; Harold Martin, Pontiac Grand Am, 6.223, 226.77 def. Carl Spiering, Camaro, 6.203, 228.69; Jim Halsey, Camaro, 6.196, 226.85 def. Alan Pittman, Chevy Bel Air, 6.251, 226.01; Steve Bareman, Dodge Stratus, 7.931, 157.83 def. Matt Hagan, Corvette, 11.257, 76.09; Mike Castellana, Chevy Cavalier, 6.161, 229.39 def. Tommy D'Aprile, Corvette, 6.909, 152.23; Mike Bell, Ford Mustang, 7.175, 149.53 def. David Roemer, Camaro, 10.272, 85.97;
QUARTERFINALS -- Hernandez, 6.138, 227.38 def. Bell, 11.686, 74.37; Martin, 8.057, 128.74 def. Lang, broke; Bareman, 6.176, 233.76 def. Halsey, 6.182, 227.31; Castellana, 6.142, 230.80 def. Rowe, 6.294, 211.23; SEMIFINALS -- Castellana, 6.240, 229.00 def. Martin, 11.231, 76.46; Hernandez, 6.167, 234.41 def. Bareman, 9.597, 92.25; FINAL -- Hernandez, 6.131, 235.56 def. Castellana, 6.180, 230.06. Pro Modified Points 1. Glen Kerunsky 416
ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:
ROUND ONE -- Thomas Carter, Chevy Camaro, 5.926, 230.45 def. Rob Atchison, Chevy Monte Carlo, 5.870, 244.74; Mark Thomas, Monte Carlo, 5.889, 241.20 def. Paul Noakes, Ford Mustang, 5.912, 238.68; Terry Munroe, Monte Carlo, 5.916, 234.00 def. Chris Foster, Dodge Avenger, 5.942, 223.67; Terry McMillen, Avenger, 5.935, 239.27 def. Larry Dobbs, Chevy Corvette, 5.989, 232.59; SEMIFINALS -- Carter, 5.932, 239.10 def. Munroe, 6.018, 222.62; McMillen, 5.905, 238.17 def. Thomas, 8.695, 99.57; FINAL -- Carter, 5.955, 238.76 def. McMillen, 6.139, 231.68. Alcohol Funny Car Points 1. Mark Thomas 505
PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE -- John Nobile, Ford Escort, 6.479, 213.87 def. Richard Penland, Escort, 6.512, 214.62; Tony Gillig, Ford Mustang, 6.478, 212.63 def. John Konigshofer, Mercury Cougar, 6.515, 213.98; Rick Jones, Chevy Cobalt, 6.456, 215.03 def. Larry O'Brien, Dodge Stratus, 6.513, 212.33; Jeff Dobbins, Escort, 6.488, 214.62 def. Rob Mansfield, Cobalt, 8.967, 104.90; Steve Spiess, Cobalt, 6.492, 214.35 def. Brian Gahm, Mustang, 6.501, 212.03; Frank Gugliotta, Escort, 6.441, 215.31 def. John Bartunek, Cobalt, 6.509, 215.51; Pete Berner, Pontiac GTO, 6.427, 216.13 def. Elijah Morton, Ford ZX2, foul; Bert Jackson, Chevy Cavalier, 6.548, 193.82 def. Robert Patrick, Shelby GT 500, foul; QUARTERFINALS -- Dobbins, 6.501, 214.55 def. Jackson, 6.511, 215.65; Nobile, 6.472, 215.72 def. Spiess, 15.884, 74.80; Gillig, 6.462, 214.11 def. Gugliotta, 6.463, 216.58; Berner, 6.431, 216.03 def. Jones, 6.466, 215.44; SEMIFINALS -- Gillig, 6.461, 213.57 def. Dobbins, 12.536, 85.32; Nobile, 6.470, 214.86 def. Berner, 6.457, 214.89; FINAL -- Gillig, 6.468, 213.94 def. Nobile, 6.531, 215.37. Pro Stock Points 1. Tony Gillig 533
PRO MODIFIED SHOOTOUT (contested Saturday):
ROUND ONE -- Jim Halsey, Chevy Camaro, 6.235, 227.08 def. Steve Bareman, Dodge Stratus, 12.756, 81.43; Mike Castellana, Chevy Cavalier, 6.177, 231.12 def. Rick Distefano, Chevy Corvette, foul; Quain Stott, Corvette, broke def. Mike Janis, Chevy Cobalt, broke; Scott Cannon, Pontiac GTO, 6.197, 231.99 def. Carl Spiering, Camaro, 6.193, 231.95; SEMIFINALS -- Stott, 6.199, 232.11 def. Halsey, 7.637, 139.17; Castellana, 6.145, 232.27 def. Cannon, 6.140, 234.66; FINAL -- Castellana, 6.141, 232.31 def. Stott, 6.166, 232.91.
MARTIN, Mich. -- Point standings (top 10) for IHRA professional categories following the 25th anniversary Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park, the seventh of 11 events in the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series -
Top Fuel
1. Clay Millican, 482; 2. Doug Foley, 445; 3. Rick Cooper, 386; 4. Bobby Lagana Jr., 381; 5. Bruce Litton, 341; 6. T.J. Zizzo, 260; 7. Andrew Cowin, 240; 8. Chris Karamesines, 230; 9. Louie Allison, 194; 10. Mitch King, 157.
Nitro Funny Car
1. Dale Creasy Jr., 466; 2. Jack Wyatt, 450; 3. Bob Gilbertson, 402; 4. Vincent Arcadi, 389; 5. Gary Densham, 322; 6. Terry Haddock, 315; 7. Gary Cooper, 228; 8. Paul Lee, 221; 9. Doug Kalitta, 97; 10. Mitch King, 84.
Pro Modified
1. Glen Kerunsky, 416; 2. Danny Rowe, 356; 3. Quain Stott, 354; 4. Tommy D{Aprile, 293; 5. Mike Janis, 292; 6. Jim Halsey, 290; 7. Mike Castellana, 289; 8. Carl Spiering, 283; 9. Steve Bareman, 263; 10. Scott Cannon, 253.
Alcohol Funny Car
1. Mark Thomas, 505; 2. Thomas Carter, 459; 3. Rob Atchison, 458; 4. Terry McMillen, 373; 5. Frederick Tigges, 269; 6. Terry Munroe, 258; 7. Larry Dobbs, 248; 8. Trevor Lebsack, 241; 9. Paul Noakes, 223; 10. Chris Foster, 168. Saturday Pro Mod Shootout results Castellana Back in Winner’s Circle
2005 Knoll Gas-Torco Pro Modified World Champion wins Torco Pro Mod Shootout in Martin, Mich.
MARTIN, Michigan (August 5, 2006) – Mike Castellana flexed his muscles with great regularity last season, winning four of the last six IHRA national events en route to his first career Knoll Gas-Torco Pro Modified World Championship.
This season Castellana has found the going a little tougher as he had not visited the Winner’s Circle before the 25th Annual Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park. Things all came together for Castellana during the Torco Pro Modified Shootout, however, as the Westbury, N.Y., resident topped Quain Stott in the final to collect the $20,000 winner’s check. It was the first significant victory for Castellana this season and, he hopes, a springboard toward better things the rest of the year. His 6.141 at 232.31 mph put him in front as Stott posted a 6.161/232.96.
“This feels great,” Castellana said. “We’ve kind of struggled this year and it has nothing to do with nitrous cars or blower cars, we just kind of struggled to find our combination that we had last year. Things really came together at the right time this weekend. We’re thrilled with this. We needed a little shot in the arm to get things going, now we feel like we have things headed in the right direction. Hopefully we can keep it going.”
Castellana, one of two nitrous-powered cars in the field, went from the #3 seed to the championship. In the first round he squared off with the ’53 Corvette of Rick Distefano. He took advantage of lane choice against the seventh-seeded Distefano, posting a 6.177 pass at 231.12 mph to top Distefano’s tire-shaking pass.
Stott might want to think about adding Mike Janis to his Christmas list after the first-round gift he received on the other side of the ladder. Stott’s ’63 Corvette shook its tires hard at the hit of the throttle, forcing him to pull out of the run. Janis, in the other lane, had smooth sailing into the second round with nothing but clean track in front of him. The problem for Janis, however, came at about half-track when his ’06 Cobalt started drifting towards the center line. Janis could not recover and ended up crossing the center line, handing the victory to Stott.
In the second round Castellana knocked heads with Scotty Cannon, Jr., who took out defending Shootout champion Carl Spiering in the first round. Castellana won this semifinals match-up at the tree, throwing a holeshot at Cannon to advance to the final. Castellana used a .035 reaction time to back up his 6.145/232.27 pass. Cannon’s .055 6.140/234.66 package took him out of the running.
In the semifinals Jim Halsey made a strange choice. With lane choice over Quain Stott, Halsey put Stott into the right lane…the lane of choice of most drivers during the day. Halsey must have been banking on Stott being set up for the left lane, but in the end it did not matter as Stott’s 6.199/232.11 pass eliminated Halsey, who drifted towards the wall at the 330-foot mark and lifted.
This set up the nitrous vs. blower match-up in the run for the money, a battle that many have speculated nitrous could not win. Castellana enjoyed proving everyone wrong.
“We just kind of lost our combination a little bit earlier in the season and we seem to have it back,” he said. “Hopefully we can hang on to it, keep tweaking and improving on it. We’ve had our problems, now we’re just going to keep moving forward.”
In front of the largest single-day crowd in the history of US 131 Motorsports Park, Castellana got a charge out of performing in front of a huge audience. He also wanted to express his appreciation towards Evan Knoll, the owner of Knoll Gas and Torco Racing Fuels, for putting the program together.
“It’s awesome what Evan does for this class and for racing in general,” Castellana said. “The Shootout really gives us Pro Mod racers something to look forward to other than just the points chase. You lean on it as hard as you can at every race because you really are looking for those Shootout points. You give it everything you have.”
Saturday Final qualifying TF 1 317 T.J. Zizzo, Lincolnshire IL, McKinney-TFX 4.664 314.61 314.61 ------------ Not Qualified ------------
9 394 Luigi Novelli, Crete IL, McKinney-TFX 4.849 284.69 284.69 FC
1 180 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, '05 Stratus 4.866@ 311.99 311.99 ------------ Not Qualified ------------ 9 717 Jeff Diehl, Salinas CA, '05 Celica 8.373 98.99 98.99 Pro Mod
1 247 Mike Bell, Asheboro NC, *'66 Mustang 6.108@ 232.67 232.67 ------------ Not Qualified ------------
17 7 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 6.188 229.16 229.16 Pro Stock
1 3 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '06 GT 500 6.408@ 217.14
&217.95 ------------ Not Qualified ------------ 17 24 Michael Bruno, Frankfort IL, '06 GTO 6.522 207.72 211.43 Alky Funny Car
1 1 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo 5.743@ 245.54&
245.99 ------------ Not Qualified ------------ 9 357 Tim Stevens, Dorr MI, '06 Stratus 5.989 237.25 237.25 Friday wrap-up Ashley Sizzles at US 131 Motorsports Park Sets pending IHRA world speed record during Friday qualifying of Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals IHRA Communications
MARTIN, Michigan (August 4, 2006) – Mike Ashley made his name in the early days of the Torco Pro Modified class, appearing in three IHRA national event finals and winning one Ironman by defeating Blake Wiggins at Bristol International Dragway in 1990.
After the Friday qualifying session at the Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals, Ashley, a Melville, N.Y. resident, might want to think about taking up the Nitro Funny Car class full time. Ashley jumped to the top of the qualifying sheet at US 131 Motorsports Park and set a pending IHRA world speed record in the process, blistering the quarter-mile strip with a 4.866 pass at 311.99 mph. He will have to drive his Torco-sponsored ’05 Stratus to at least a 308.88 to back up the record either Saturday during qualifying or Sunday during eliminations.
“What a job by my team,” Ashley said. “We wanted to do this for Evan Knoll. How about this IHRA drag racing? This is my home…where I got started. It’s good to be home.”
Ashley is just one of the many Torco Racing Fuels-sponsored cars Evan Knoll - owner of Knoll Gas, Torco Racing Fuels, Skull Gear, Skull Shine, Skull Gear, MACH Series Accelerator Fuel Additive and others - brought to the closest IHRA event to his corporate headquarters in Decatur, Mich. Dale Creasy, Jr., another Torco-backed entry, was #2 on the qualifying ladder after Friday with a 4.877 pass at 298.87 mph. Creasy (Beecher, Ill.) is the current IHRA Nitro Funny Car points leader.
Another Knoll-backed car jumped to the top of the Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Top Fuel qualifying sheet as T.J. Zizzo posted a career-best 4.664 et at 314.61 mph. Zizzo finished in front of Doug Foley, another Knoll-backed racer, who posted a 4.729 pass at 297.75 mph. Clay Millican (Drummonds, Tenn.), the current Top Fuel championship points leader, was third after Friday with a 4.790 pass.
Danny Rowe (Rossville, Ga.) claimed the provisional pole in the Knoll Gas-Torco Pro Modified class by driving his ’63 Corvette to a 6.130/231.64. The Jimmy Rector-tuned Rowe ended up at the top of the largest Pro Modified field of the season as 42 cars took a shot at the track Friday.
Alan Pittman (Greenville, S.C.) qualified provisionally in the #2 position with a 6.135/230.06 pass while Steve Bareman (Holland, Mich.) spent Friday night in the #3 slot by carding a 6.168/234.49.
Rob Atchison may have set the US 131 Motorsports Park track speed record, but Terry Munroe (Beaver, Penn.) will spend Friday night on the top of the qualifying sheet. Munroe carded a 5.833 pass at 235.64 mph to claim provisional #1 qualifier honors, nosing out Tom Carter (Cuero, Tex.) who clocked the second-best time at 5.881.
Atchison (London, Ont.) broke Munroe’s track speed record with a 245.99 mph hit at the finish line, but his 5.941 pass was only good enough for fourth on the qualifying ladder behind #3 Mark Thomas (Louisville, Ohio).
Frank Gugliotta (Mt. Airy, Md.) posted the best time in the Torco Racing Fuels Pro Stock class Friday. Gugliotta’s 6.446 at 217.95 mph put him #1 and knocked almost a full second off the previous track speed record of 217.07 set by Steve Spiess (Manhattan, Ill.) last year.
Robert Patrick (Fredericksburg, Va.) drove his ’06 Shelby Mustang to the #2 spot with a 6.455 pass while Spiess rounded out the top three with a 6.464 hit at 215.72 mph.
Qualifying resumes Saturday for the Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park. Gates open at 8 a.m. with Sportsman eliminations at 9 a.m., Professional qualifying at 3 and 7 p.m. Professional eliminations start Sunday at 11 a.m.
MARTIN, Mich. -- Results Friday after qualifying for the Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park, seventh of 11 events in the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series.
Top Fuel -- 1. T.J. Zizzo, 4.664 seconds, 314.61 mph; 2. Doug Foley, 4.729, 297.75; 3. Clay Millican, 4.790, 292.77; 4. Bruce Litton, 4.796, 307.44; 5. Bobby Lagana Jr., 4.801, 304.05; 6. Luigi Novelli, 4.849, 284.69; 7. J.R. Todd, 5.234, 193.18; 8. Louie Allison, 5.272, 199.82.
Nitro Funny Car -- 1. Mike Ashley, Dodge Stratus, 4.866, 311.99; 2. Dale Creasy Jr., Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.877, 298.87; 3. Paul Lee, Monte Carlo, 5.052, 301.47; 4. Vincent Arcadi, Monte Carlo, 5.143, 274.94; 5. Terry Haddock, Stratus, 5.512, 273.11; 6. Bob Gilbertson, Stratus, 6.942, 126.15; 7. Gary Cooper, Stratus, 12.303, 84.79; 8. Jeff Diehl, Pontiac Firebird, 15.183, 59.60.
Pro Modified -- 1. Danny Rowe, Chevy Corvette, 6.130, 231.64; 2. Alan Pittman, Chevy Bel Air, 6.135, 230.06; 3. Steve Bareman, Dodge Stratus, 6.168, 234.49; 4. Quain Stott, Corvette, 6.171, 233.64; 5. Mike Castellana, Chevy Cavalier, 6.174, 231.16; 6. Ed Hoover, Corvette, 6.188, 229.16; 7. Rick Distefano, Corvette, 6.192, 231.20; 8. Jim Halsey, Chevy Camaro, 6.192, 226.28; 9. Kenny Lang, Corvette, 6.200, 228.89; 10. Tommy D'Aprile, Corvette, 6.201, 232.23; 11. Mike Janis, Chevy Cobalt, 6.217, 232.23; 12. Glen Kerunsky, Bel Air, 6.218, 228.27; 13. Steve Vick, Corvette, 6.238, 223.43; 14. Josh Hernandez, Camaro, 6.261, 230.21; 15. Eddie Ware, Camaro, 6.274, 230.37; 16. Burton Auxier, Corvette, 6.289, 224.06.
Alcohol Funny Car -- 1. Terry Munroe, Chevy Monte Carlo, 5.833, 235.64; 2. Thomas Carter, Chevy Camaro, 5.881, 238.72; 3. Mark Thomas, Monte Carlo, 5.893, 216.65; 4. Rob Atchison, Monte Carlo, 5.941, 245.99; 5. Paul Noakes, Ford Mustang, 5.963, 237.55; 6. Tim Stevens, Dodge Stratus, 6.030, 233.72; 7. Trevor Lebsack, Mustang, 6.090, 234.98; 8. Larry Dobbs, Chevy Corvette, 6.090, 232.15.
Pro Stock -- 1. Frank Gugliotta, Ford Escort, 6.446, 217.95; 2. Robert Patrick, Shelby GT 500, 6.455, 216.51; 3. Steve Spiess, Chevy Cobalt, 6.464, 215.72; 4. Tony Gillig, Ford Mustang, 6.467, 215.00; 5. Bert Jackson, Chevy Cavalier, 6.469, 215.37; 6. John Nobile, Escort, 6.471, 216.38; 7. Pete Berner, Pontiac GTO, 6.473, 215.51; 8. Elijah Morton, Ford ZX2, 6.480, 215.58; 9. Rick Jones, Cobalt, 6.499, 216.76; 10. Larry O'Brien, Dodge Stratus, 6.508, 214.45; 11. Brian Gahm, Mustang, 6.514, 213.94; 12. Jeff Dobbins, Escort, 6.518, 215.03; 13. Michael Bruno, GTO, 6.522, 207.72; 14. Cary Goforth, Cobalt, 6.536, 213.54; 15. John Konigshofer, Mercury Cougar, 6.571, 212.86; 16. Bob Bertsch, Mustang, 6.573, 212.76.
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