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Jay Poortenga was the man to beat in the Pro Truck class wading through the 18 car field to take the victory with his "Drag Nasty" Jeep.
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Ben Dozeman continued his perfect season in PTN 3.5 Index class competition driving the Bad Company Jeep to his third victory of the year.
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Pat Goodale wheeled the Crude Awakening Dragster to the Top Alcohol class win over a tough six car field.
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Pat also set a new track record and also was the first TA racer outside of the west coast to dip into the 2.4's with a 2.485 shot during qualifying.
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Tim Holstege was deadly consistent on his way to the Pro 1 class victory, defeating Brent Lokker in the final round.
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Brent Lokker had a great night at Ionia taking the runner-up finish in Pro 1 as well as a semi-final finish in the tough Pro Truck class.
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Ed Engel drove his Dragonfly Buggy to the Quick 8 class win while Matt Peel drove the same ride to a runner-up finish in the 3.5 Index class.
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Arizona's Keith Ahart battled through the tough Quick 8 class to a runner-up finish.
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Mike Page with a wheels up start during Pro Truck Qualifying on his way to a runner-up finish in Pro Truck setting himself up with a chance at the championship during the final race of the series.
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A look at the wheels up Top Eliminator final round launch just before a pedal fest ensued with Burt VanBennekom (Near Lane) taking the win over Brian Ambs.
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Frank Stover drove the "Full Metal Jacket" Truck to the Sportsman Car class final round falling to winner Andy Villemure with the "'Lil Vill" Dragster in the final round.
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Bob Gill turned heads with his California-based Jeep lowering the A/Pro Jeep record in the process with a 3.007 backed up by a 3.035.
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Rod Trower showed up at Ionia sporting this good looking new paint job on his TA Dragster and proceeded to race to a final round finish in the Top Alcohol class.
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Mark Groenink put in a good showing going rounds in both the Pro 1 and Sportsman car categories.
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Ryan Poortenga showed up with a new "Track Attack" paint scheme on his Funny Jeep.
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Ed Bunch brought his Dreher Chassis built Funny Jeep from Missouri to compete in the Pro Truck class at Ionia.
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Flyin' Finch, Mike Finch brought his Jeep out for the first time in a few years to compete in the Pro Truck class.
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Jerry Tripp laid down some very respectable numbers in Sportsman Car class competition with his Quicktripp II dragster.
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Last but not least, it was great to see Jeramie Boeve debut his new truck at Ionia (minus body). Jeramie has been working on this ride for a long time and it looks to have a lot of potential with shake down runs in the 4.7 range.
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