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Roe, Pataki, Thompson, Sulkowski, Baehr are IHRA Division 3 Summit Team Finals Race of Champions Winners

Thursday, 26 September 2024

SALEM, OH — A handful of racers picked up Ironman trophies at the IHRA Division 3 (North Stars) Summit Team Finals Race of Champions at Quaker City Motorsports Park.

Timmy Roe (Top), Jake Pataki (Mod), Doug Thompson (Sportsman), Chris Sulkowski (Motorcycle) and Brayden Baehr (Junior Dragster) earned victories in their respective classes.

Roe, representing Kentucky Dragway, earned the Top (Box) victory with a 6.430-second pass at 104.02 mph against a 6.42 dial-in. He had a .017 reaction time, while final-round opponent Tim Louderback from Kil-Kare Raceway fouled by a mere -.006 second. It ended a potential winning effort of 5.149 seconds at 132.74 mph against a 5.14 dial-in.

Top winner

Pataki from Kuhnle Motorsports Par had a .006 reaction time to a .023 for runner-up Ricky Cayet from Dragway 42. Pataki had an 8.260 elapsed time at 84.48 mph on an 8.25 dial-in. Cayet, facing a 6.16 dial-in, made a 6.173-second pass at 105.36 mph.

Mod winner

Kil-Kare racer Thompson visited the winner’s circle in Sportsman with a solid .033 start and an 8.245-second pass at 84.25 mph on an 8.23 dial-in. Kyle Penn from Dragway 42 was better at the tree with a .015 elapsed time, but came up a little short with a 7.933-second run at 86.46 mph on his 7.89 dial-in.

Sportsman winner

Chris Sulkowski from Dragway 42 was the Motorcycle winner as final-round opponent Anthony Despenes from Kil-Kare broke out from his 6.18 dial-in. Sulkowski paired up a 5.418-second run at 127.55 mph against a 5.39 dial-in with a .068 reaction time. Despenes had a better start at .013, and went 6.154 seconds at 112.95 down the drag strip.

Motorcycle winner

Baehr, another Dragway 42 racer, scored the Junior Dragster victory won on a holeshot with a .024 reaction time along with his  9.026-second elapsed time at 71.84 mph. Nathan Durham from Kentucky Dragway nearly matched his 12.35 dial-in with a 12.357-second run at 50.25 after leaving with a .064 reaction time.

Junior winner

Last modified on Friday, 27 September 2024

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