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2016 Avenal Sand Drags Fall Nationals Continuation Final Results

Top Alcohol
1st-Jake Morton
2nd-Gary Mink
Top Alcohol Qualifying Data Log & Eliminations Run Sheet

Final Round Eliminations (Driver ET RT)
Jake Morton (W) 2.445/134.76 .087 def. Gary Mink 2.487/NS .051

Top Eliminator
1st-Ron D’Artenay
2nd-Marc Whitmore
3rd-Jim Rossi
3rd-Paul Taylor
Top Eliminator Qualifying Data Log & Eliminations Run Sheet

Round One Eliminations (Driver ET RT)
Ron D’Artenay (W) 2.963 .194 def. Paul Taylor 2.933 .115
Marc Whitmore (W) 3.034 .076 def. Jim Rossi 2.969 .149

Final Round
Ron D’Artenay (W) 2.950 .098 def. Marc Whitmore 3.017 .088

Pro 1
1st-Steve Foster
2nd-Dave Harrell
3rd-Wes Johnson
Pro 1 Final Round Video

Pro 2
1st-Chris Adamson
2nd-Charlie Johnson
3rd-April Soares
Pro 2 Final Round Video

Pro 3
1st-Chris Adamson
2nd-Charlie Johnson
3rd-Sam Montgomery
3rd-Stacy Bolton
Pro 3 Final Round Video

Motorcycle Pro 1
1st-Phillip Star
2nd-Heather Taylor
3rd-Taylor Holmes
Motorcycle Pro 1 Final Round Video

Motorcycle Pro 2
1st-Craig Wright
2nd-Kevin Ruiz
3rd-Bert Boatman
Motorcycle Pro 2 Final Round Video

Sunday

Sunday race day at the Avenal Sand Drags Fall Nationals in Avenal, CA was unfortunately won by Mother Nature as extremely high winds ripped through the area creating unsafe racing conditions. The rest of eliminations will be postponed until the 2017 Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals and will be finished up on Friday of that event weekend. Round one in all Pro Bracket classes were completed, while Top Alcohol & Top Eliminator were not able to make their first round elimination passes. Ladders will stay the same when eliminations resume. While the adult racers were unable to finish competition on Sunday, the Junior racers were able to get their program in earlier in the day. Junior class winners included; Drake Montgomery (Juniors), Connor Stumbaugh (Intermediate), and Benrley McReynolds (Youth). Run Sheets are now posted!

NSDN Live Stream Links
Sunday 1

Top Alcohol Round One Pairings - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
1. Gary Mink Bye
2. Jake Morton vs. 3. Jim Hammond
Top Alcohol Qualifying Data Log

Top Eliminator Round One Pairings - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
1. Paul Taylor vs. 4. Ron D’Artenay
2. Jim Rossi vs. 3. Jim Rossi
Top Eliminator Qualifying Data Log

Pro 1 - Round One Winners - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
#89X - Steve Foster
#387 - Dave Harrell
#39 - Nick Beaudoin
#17 - Wes Johnson
#380 - Justin Adamson
Pro 1 Eliminations Run Sheet

Pro 2 - Round One Winners - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
#13A - April Soares
#414 - Mike Williams Sr.
#17X - Wes Johnson
#460 - Chris Adamson
#87 - Charlie Johnson
#7242 - Chris Helmuth
Pro 2 Eliminations Run Sheet

Pro 3 - Round One Winners - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
#13A - April Soares
#460 - Chris Adamson
#67 - Ken Bryant
#918 - Leon Wilmot
#1331 - Stacy Bolton
#6 - Mike Vaun
#9M - Sam Montgomery
#923 - Dave Parker
#944 - Jack Weddle
#111 - Tony Soares
#87 - Charlie Johnson
#380 - Justin Adamson
#623X - Bob Schlicht
Pro 3 Eliminations Run Sheet

Motorcycle Pro 1 - Round One Winners - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
#4F - Sonny Fricia
#68 - Heather Taylor
#133 - Phillip Star
#232 - Ron Garnas
#12 - Tim Wilson
#321 - Taylor Holmes
Motorcycle Pro 1 Eliminations Run Sheet

Motorcycle Pro 2 - Round One Winners - To Be Finished at Avenal Sand Drags Spring Nationals 2017
#228 - Carl Parkhill
#33 - Gerrit Willard
#23 - Bert Boatman
#21 - Craig Wright
#727 - Blake Maness
#133A - David Markle
#11A - Kevin Ruiz
Motorcycle Pro 2 Eliminations Run Sheet

Juniors
1st-Drake Montgomery
2nd-Levi Suggs

Intermediate
1st-Connor Stumbaugh
2nd-Adieson Glass

Youth
1st-Benrly McReynolds
2nd-Sky Chaffin

Saturday

Saturday was an action packed day of sand drag racing at the 2016 Avenal Sand Drags Fall Nationals in Avenal, CA. Gary Mink kept up his pace from two weeks ago as he earned the #1 qualifying position in Top Alcohol with a strong 2.47/139MPH blast in the final session. Another racer that ran well two weeks ago was Paul Taylor, who is on his way to another strong performance after earning the top spot in Top Eliminator qualifying with a great 2.954 on the 2.95 class index. Charlie Johnson is the “Ultimate Gambler” as he backed up his Friday night win with the Saturday Pro Gambler class victory defeating Chris Adamson in the final round. Other big winners on the day included Kevin Williams (Sportsman 1), Stacy Bolton (Sportsman 2), Bob Glass (Sportsman 3), Tim Wilson (Motorcycle Sportsman 1), and Blake Maness (Motorcycle Sportsman 2).

Top Alcohol
Final Qualifying Order
1. Gary Mink 2.475/139.30
2. Jake Morton 2.492/133.50
3. Jim Hammond 2.514/136.07

Saturday TA Highlight Video

Top Eliminator
Final Qualifying Order
1. Paul Taylor 2.954
2. Jim Rossi 3.010
3. Marc Whitmore 3.018
4. Ron D’Artenay 3.139

Saturday TE Highlight Video

Pro Gambler
1st-Charlie Johnson
2nd-Chris Adamson
3rd-Kenny Hayes
3rd-Stacy Bolton
Pro Gambler Eliminations Run Sheet

Sportsman 1
1st-Kevin Williams
2nd-Kenny Hayes
3rd-Josh Stumbaugh
Sportsman 1 Eliminations Run Sheet

Sportsman 2
1st-Stacy Bolton
2nd-John Chapman
3rd-Eric Moran
3rd-Sady Cass
Sportsman 2 Eliminations Run Sheet

Sportsman 3
1st-Bob Glass
2nd-Eric Ramsey
3rd-Josh Luna
3rd-Christy Amos

Motorcycle Sportsman 1
1st-Tim Wilson
2nd-Jared Azevedo
3rd-Carl Parkhill
3rd-Tom Gagnon
Motorcycle Sportsman 1 Eliminations Run Sheet

Motorcycle Sportsman 2
1st-Blake Maness
2nd-Tim Wilson
3rd-Jonathan Marquez
3rd-David Markle
Motorcycle Sportsman 2 Eliminations Run Sheet

Friday Update

The Avenal Sand Drags Fall Nationals kicked off on Friday with a strong 21 car field for the Early Bird Pro Gambler. Charlie Johnson put his Mopar-powered Jeep in the Winners Circle defeating Steve Foster in a great final round match up. This was a great start to the big weekend ahead. Avenal Sand Drags wants to give a big thank you to Ross Racing for all of their support this weekend to ensure another great event in Avenal.

Pro Gambler
1st-Charlie Johnson
2nd-Steve Foster
Pro Gambler Eliminations Run Sheet

The NSDN Friday Update isn’t as positive unfortunately. Flight delays & cancellations have pushed our arrival to early afternoon Saturday. We should make it to the track in time for Q2 of Top Alcohol & Top Eliminator Qualifying as well as late rounds of the Pro Gambler & Sportsman classes. Another not so positive development is that we will be unable to bring you the NSDN Live Stream this weekend from Avenal. The solution we used during the April race for our connection to be able to stream is now unavailable. But on the bright side, we will have our normal Daily Race Coverage, updates as they happen, and some great Live Stream-style clips to be posted later. Thanks to Avenal Sand Drags & d’Artenay Motorsports / Red Warrior Racing for all of their help this weekend. Stay tuned for updates once we get to the track.

Preview

National Sand Drag News is heading to Avenal, CA for the 2016 Avenal Sand Drags Fall Nationals on October 15-16. NSDN will have our normal race coverage including all the stats, results, news, and videos each night after racing action is complete. We will be posting our normal event updates on the NSDN Facebook page throughout the event at www.Facebook.com/NationalSandDragNews and on our Twitter Feed at the top of each page of NSDN or visit the Twitter Feed directly at www.Twitter.com/NSDN.  This NSDN Daily Race Coverage is brought to you by Avenal Sand Drags & d'Artenay Motorsports / Red Warrior Racing. Racing action kicks off on Saturday with Heads-Up Qualifying as well as Pro Gambler & Sportsman class eliminations. For any questions throughout the race weekend or to inquire about future Daily Race Coverage sponsorship opportunities, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..