HOOSIER-SHOD NHRA DRIVERS
COME UP BIG WINNERS AT VEGAS

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 12-15) -- The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series was in Las Vegas last weekend for the 8th annual SummitRacing.com Nationals. While not many leave Las Vegas winners, drivers on Hoosier racing tires were the exception this weekend. All six Sportsman finals had drivers in them using the Indiana-based tire brand. And when it was all over, five Hoosier-shod drivers came away winners. Joey Severance (near lane in photo), Jay Payne, Jody Lang, Matt Constant and Rodney Lee were the five winners using Hoosier tires at the Las Vegas event with David Rampy claiming runner-up finishes in two different classes.

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
In T/A Dragster, 20 cars were on hand to do battle on the Las Vegas strip. Joey Severance, using Hoosier's 34.5/17.0-16 C4000 drag tires (part no.18800), was the number one qualifier after both the second and third rounds of qualifying. Severance, looking for his first-ever national event win, then fought his way through eliminations to make it to the final round against Morgan Lucas who has 11 national event wins to his credit. 

In the final race (top photo), Severance took the win over Lucas with a .065 RT coupled with a 5.359 ET (267.11 mph) to capture his first national event win.      
 

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR 

In T/A Funny Car, Jay Payne was looking for his fourth win of the season. The current national points leader was among 24 cars on hand in Las Vegas for the SummitRacing.com Nationals. Payne, using a pair of Hoosier 34.5/17.0-16 C2055 drag tires (part no.18790), fought his way into the Funny Car finals driving a Valvoline sponsored Camaro.

In the T/A Funny Car final, Jay Payne took the win with a .070 RT and an ET of 5.716 seconds. Payne's speed was 255.05 mph and his margin of victory was nearly 15 feet over his opponent at the finish line. 

STOCK

On Sunday in the Stock class, the field of 92 cars had been whittled down to two Hoosier-shod cars. Jody Lang (near lane) and David Rampy (far lane) would lock horns in the only all-Hoosier final of the weekend. 

Lang, driving a Chevy Malibu, defeated Rampy who was in a Chevy Camaro in a double breakout final. Lang was under his 12.90 dial by .008 seconds while Rampy was .014 under his 11.47 dial. Lang took the win as the lesser offender.

It was Jody Lang's 12 national event win of his career. 

SUPER COMP

In Super Comp, 72 cars were on hand to determine who would take home the coveted Wally trophy. 

Matt Constant was looking for his third national event win and was the only driver on Hoosier tires in the finals.

Constant took the win with a .029 RT and a 9.092 ET (9.05 index) when his opponent broke out in the final.

SUPER GAS

In Super Gas, 71 drivers made the trip to the desert locale to try their best to capture a national event win. By Sunday, the field was down to two including Rodney Lee who was on the Hoosier brand. 

In the final, Lee took the win in a double break out when both driver's times were below the 10.05 index. Lee had a near perfect reaction time of .004 seconds. 

It was also Rodney Lee's first-ever national event win. 
    

In Comp Eliminator, David Rampy was in his second final of the weekend. Both efforts ended in runner-up finishes for the well know drag racer. 

Hoosier's Drag Racing Product Manager Steve Hudspeth, along with Hoosier's NHRA Track Service Manager John Adamo, were in Las Vegas monitoring tire performance and answering questions.

Steve Hudspeth commented after the event, "This was the best weekend this year for Team-Hoosier with (7) participants in all six sportsman finals with five coming home national event winners."

Congratulations to all the competitors trusting the Hoosier brand in Las Vegas and the many drag strips around the country. 

To learn more about Hoosier drag tires contact your nearest Hoosier Distributor or stop by the Hoosier trailer at the next NHRA event.

For more information visit on this event and the NHRA Series visit www.nhra.com. 

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