Tucker,
Antongiovanni Win Major Race Titles
by
Michael Giacone
Samoa
– Scott won the Challenge Cup and John Antongiovanni captured the King of
the Track Wally award at the annual
Tucker, who qualified as an alternate, drove his
1968 Barracuda to a time of 11.39 at 112 mph to claim the title. Ray Rapp finished second in his 1971
Vega. The semifinalists were Dale
Waddell and Harlan Tucker. The Challenge
Cup bracket is composed of major event winners and point champions over the
past season and a half. Other qualifiers
were
Antongiovanni won the Wally by besting the winners
of the other regular brackets in the King of the Track race. He ran 12.44 at 104 mph in his 1965 Nova to
defeat a redlighting Joe Scheel driving his 1971 Duster. Ron Gulbransen and John Terry were the other
class winners.
Scheel won the Super Pro
class with a time of 10.79 at 121 mph by beating the dragster of Dennis
Ellsworth, Jr. Letitia Hill and Rick Ellsworth
were the third place finishers.
Antongiovanni won the Pro bracket with a time of
12.78 at 103 mph. He beat Scott Hodge’s
1965 Nova in the final. Scott and Harlan
Tucker were both defeated in the semifinals.
Ron Gulbransen piloted his 1968 Mustang to the
John Terry won the Street class by turning a time of
16.74 at 79 mph in his 1970 Nova. Rina
Ellsworth was second best in her 1994 Cadillac while Glen Terry, John’s father,
finished in third place.
Robbie Waddell won the Junior Dragster bracket with
a time of 11.20. Tyler Hutton was
runner-up and the semifinalists were Tim Ellsworth and Adam Smith. Mike Pettit won the Consolation award with a
time of 9.34 defeating his sister, Kara, in the final.
The motorcycle class was won by James Surber on his
1992 Harley with a time of 9.33 at 119 mph.
Wayne Cox was second on his 1986 Suzuki.
John Widmann and Ken Vossen were the semifinalists.
The next drag race will be the Top Eliminator race
on August 29.