| ET Finals Results - BIR Team is 6th |
BIR drag racers finish sixth at NHRA ET Finals in Kansas(Sept. 20, 2009) — A team of drag racers representing Brainerd International Raceway finished tied for sixth this weekend at the NHRA West Central Division Summit Racing ET Finals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. The host team from Heartland Park won the team championship. As a team, BIR was among the leaders during the early rounds of Sunday’s eliminations. But only two drivers survived the first four rounds of eliminations, dropping BIR in the final team standings to sixth place, which was tied with Interstate Dragways near Moorhead. Bob Ingman, racing in the Pro Class along with 224 other racers, earned his way to the final round but lost by only 3/1,000ths of a second. Toby Giese, in the Motorcycle Race of Champions, earned his way to the semifinals before being eliminating. The Race of Champions is a special race in each class and features the top racer from each track in that class (excluding High School). They compete head to head to decide who advances to compete against the top racers from the NHRA’s other six divisions for a national championship during the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Finals in Pomona, Calif., in November. 
Joe Schmall, competing in the Pro Class, and Kaitlyn Milton, racing in the High School Class, each won their first three races in the elimination rounds but fell in the fourth round. The Pro Class went eight rounds while the High School Class went six.Aaron Milton, Andy Schmall and Jeff Anderson each won two rounds in the Pro Class before losing. The same for Charlie Giddings in the Sportsman Class and Brian Johnson in the Motorcycle Class. Nine racers survived the first round of eliminations but lost in the second round. The rest were eliminated in the first round. One of the team’s highlights involved Super Pro racer Mike Campbell, who cut a perfect light on one of his qualifying runs. In other words, he left the starting line at the exact moment the green light was lit on the light tree, giving him a reaction time of .000. Campbell and the rest of his BIR teammates are some of the top drag racers in the track’s Bracket Drag Racing Series, which is a seven-race series where drivers are competing for series points, prize money and, ultimately, a track championship at the end of the season. The racers were selected based on their position in the series’ points standings. The teams competing at the ET Finals were from the five-state area plus Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and Canada. At stake were individual and team honors, a $100,000 in purse and contingency awards as well as a chance to compete against the top racers from the NHRA’s other six divisions for a national championship during the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Finals in Pomona, Calif., Nov. 12-15. The winner of the High School Class won a $1,000 scholarship. Below are results for each driver: SUPER PRO Larry Wiebusch Sr., Coon Rapids Won 2 rounds Greg Collins, Wyoming Won 2 rounds Andy Schmall*, Lino Lakes Won 2 rounds Ryan Scheleck, St. Cloud Won 1 round John Bastyr*, Savage Won 1 round Larry Wiebusch Jr., Zimmerman Won 1 round Kayla Lundberg, Isanti Won 1 round Ronnie Luberda, Foley Won 1 round Amy Jo Luberda, Sauk Rapids Won 1 round Mark Ryberg, Foley Won 1 round Mike Campbell, Brooklyn Park Lost first round Mike Campbell in Race of Champions Lost first round Myron Streit, St. Cloud Lost first round Greg Grundman, St. Cloud Lost first round PRO Bob Ingman, Andover Won 7 rounds, lost in finals Joe Schmall, Lino Lakes Won 3 rounds Aaron Milton, Maple Grove Won 2 rounds Andy Schmall*, Lino Lakes Won 2 rounds Jeff Anderson, Elk River Won 2 rounds Rick Beaulieu, Forest Lake Won 1 round Scott Dugdale, Circle Pines Won 1 round Dennis Remer in Race of Champions Won 1 round Dennis Remer, Wyoming Lost first round John Bastyr*, Savage Lost first round Travis Hjelle, Strandquist Lost first round Dave Engler, Ramsey Lost first round Nick Engler, Isanti Lost first round Stacey Nelson, Wyoming Lost first round SPORTSMAN Charlie Giddings, Ramsey Won 2 rounds Brad Mickle, Lino Lakes Won 1 round Jaime Turcotte in Race of Champions Won 1 round Jaime Turcotte, Coon Rapids Lost first round John Helmin, Rice Lost first round Kevin Rolph, Minneapolis Lost first round Rory Emmans, Dayton Lost first round Jeff Lanoue, Zimmerman Lost first round MOTORCYCLE Toby Giese in Race of Champions Won 3 rounds, lost in semifinals Brian Johnson, Nowthen Won 2 rounds Toby Giese, Kandiyohi Won 1 round Mark Gode, Bloomington Won 1 round HIGH SCHOOL Katlyn Milton, Maple Grove Won 3 rounds Andy Knebel, Pillager Won 1 round Brandon Schmall, Lino Lakes Lost first round *Competing in two different classes
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