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 MADISON,
IL (June 26-29) -- When David Rampy and his Hoosier drag tires won the
Competition Eliminator final over the weekend, it was his 50th
National event win of his career and places him eighth on the most
career wins list--passing Don "The Snake" Prudhomme. (John
Force stands atop the all-time win list with 106 career wins.)
Ironically, next on the list is another Hoosier-shod driver Frank
Manzo in seventh with 54 wins, while Pat Austin, who rides on Hoosier
tires is fourth on the list with 75 wins. Rampy joined five other
drivers using Hoosier tires in making it to their respective class
finals as Team-Hoosier had more drivers in the final round in the six
classes in which they compete than all other tire brands combined. In
Pro Mod, Thomas Patterson was in the final round on Hoosiers, James
Paul was in the Stock final. In Super Comp, it was two Hoosier-shod
cars competing to determine an ultimate winner when Sherman Adcock and
Mark Horton met in the final. And in Super Gas, Mark Horton was in his
second final contest of the weekend looking for a double-up weekend.
PRO MOD
Thomas Patterson settled for runner-up honors after getting a big
jump off the line with his .023 RT to his opponent's .085 RT. But
Patterson got out of the groove and crossed over the centerline resulting in
his disqualification. Patterson got his tremendous jump using Hoosier's
34.5/17.0-16 C2000 drag tires. Earlier in the competition, Tim McAmis
earned number one qualifier status in the class also using Hoosier
tires.
COMP ELIMINATOR
David Rampy, using Hoosier's 33.0/12.0-15 C10 drag tires, scored an
easy win in the Comp Eliminator final. His opponent, knowing he was
facing the formidable Rampy, left early resulting in a red light
handing Rampy his fifth National event win of the season and 50th
career win. The 50 wins pushed Rampy past the infamous Don "The
Snake" Prudhomme on the all time NHRA win list. Rampy takes over
sole possession of eighth place on the all-time win list. Ironically,
another Hoosier-shod driver is seventh on the list--Frank Manzo. With
Pat Austin solidly in fourth on the list, Team-Hoosier has three
drivers in the top eight spots on the all-time NHRA win list.
STOCK
James Paul, using Hoosier's 30.0/9.0-15 C07 radial drag tires, captured
the National win defeating the reigning class champion. Paul put a
near perfect reaction time of .006 RT together with a perfect 11.740 run
(11.74 dial) to take the win in stock.
SUPER COMP
In Super Comp, it was two Hoosier-shod drivers meeting in the
final round. Sherman Adcock, Jr., using Hoosier's 33.0/16.0-15S C07
drag tires, met Mark Horton who was on Hoosier's 33.5/17.0-16 C06 drag
tires. This one was over early however, when Horton left early handing
the win to Adcock. Horton was hoping to become only the sixth driver
in history to double-up with wins in both Super Comp and Super Gas,
but it was not to be. Congratulations goes out to Sherman who has been
a longtime Hoosier-shod driver.
SUPER GAS
A funny thing happened on the way to the Super gas finals. Seems no
one in the semi-final wanted to face Mark Horton, or so it seemed. The
two would-be opponents each refused to stage their cars in the
semi-final round after repeated requests by the NHRA officials. After
four or five requests and no takers, the decision was made to
disqualify both drivers handing the win to Horton who only had to show
up for the final to take the win.
Hoosier Drag Racing Product manager Steve Hudspeth was
on-hand during the running of the 7th annual Sears Craftsman NHRA
Nationals in Madison, IL. Steve was there to answer questions and lend
support to the members of Team-Hoosier.
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