Arnold, Howard, Quinn and Rice lead list of winners at 16th Indy Fall Classic NATIONAL OPEN
10/16/2007

The North Central Division closed out its 2007 racing season with over 600 entries on hand for the 16th annual Fall Classic National Open at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis with a group of veterans and first time special event winners getting into the winner’s circle including seven-time Division 3 champion Jerry Arnold.

Arnold, who along with crew chief Ron Bohn qualified second, defeated Greg Kamplain in
 
the Competition eliminator final with a .634 under 8.02.  National Open and other non-points events do not carry permanent CIC adjustments.  Kamplain took out Rick Brown’s record setting B/TA S-10 in the semi-final while Arnold took a single on the other side of the ladder.

Monte Howard at the wheel of Ken Shawver’s ’78 Firebird captured the Super Stock title with a dead-on 10.430 as Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 Nationals and Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Brandon Wilkerson red lighted with his Art’s Used Parts SS/AA Corvette.  Jeremy Duncan was the lone semi-finalist.

M.J. Quinn took the Stock eliminator final over first time finalist Bob Lindley.  Quinn was nearly perfect on the tree with a .008 reaction time to Lindley’s foul start.  Former division champion Steve Sullivan was the lone semi-finalist, red lighting against Quinn.

Greg Rice captured his first NHRA Jegs Super Quick victory topping newly crowned Division Champion Dean McIlvain in the final with a 4.721 on his 4.72 dial-in.  Rice’s victory moved into a tie for seventh place in the final Jegs Super Quick point standings.  McIlvain was one of eight racers with a mathematical shot at the division championship which he secured with a fourth round win over recent Jegs NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals Top Dragster winner Jeff Hurst.  See a related story on this site for Jegs Super Quick results.

A pair of Kentucky racers collected their first NHRA Wally’s with Michael Shelton taking the Super Comp final round win over Brian Shockley and Jeffrey Mitchell defeating Randall Warford for the Super Gas crown, while Paul Richardson edged out Gregory Crawford for the Super Street title.

Rounding out Sunday’s winner list was Brent Smith from Ft. Wayne who defeated Cody Nott of Indianapolis for the Jr. Dragster honors.

Casey Beckmeyer from Granite City, Ill. topped Chris Wheatcraft from Jamestown, Ohio in the seventh and final round of Saturday night’s Super Pro bracket while local Avon resident Danny Black defeated Kelly Large from Ross, Ohio in the Pro/Sportsman bracket.

Brian Oakes of Williamstown, NJ took both the heads up Top Super Stock and Top Stock titles with his two ’69 Camaro’s.  Oakes out ran Kenny Schindler in the Top Super Stock final with low E.T. 9.016 to 9.052 and in the Top Stock final used a hole shot to upset number one qualifier Jason McCormack.

The season’s top qualifiers, based on points, in the JEGS Super Quick Series met for the annual JEGS Super Quick Shootout on Saturday with Mike Bagley scoring his first Shootout victory.  Bagley was nearly perfect on the tree with a .001-reaction time holding on for the win with a 4.575 at 146.21 mph to Thomas Smith’s 4.524 at 156.52 mph charge.

 16th Annual NHRA Fall Classic NATIONAL OPEN

 O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – Clermont, Indiana

 October 13-14, 2007

Results:

Competition

Semi-finals

C/ED

Greg Kamplain

Brownsburg, IN

’01 Spitzer

.019

7.85

7.345

180.07

 

B/TA

Rick Brown

Lebanon, OH

’00 S-10

.072

8.78

8.311

161.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G/ED

Jerry Arnold

Kalamazoo, MI

’98 Kustoms

.921

8.53

14.601

81.07

 

Bye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finals

G/ED

Jerry Arnold

Kalamazoo, MI

’98 Kustoms

.072

8.53

8.026

164.87

 

C/ED

Greg Kamplain

Brownsburg, IN

’01 Spitzer

.081

7.85

7.373

178.80

 

JEGS Super Quick

Semi-finals

SQ

Dean McIlvain

New Carlisle, OH

’97 Spitzer

.030

4.72

4.734

146.16

 

SQ

Rick Firebaugh

Imperial, MO

’98 Spitzer

.033

4.60

4.624

142.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQ

Greg Rice

St. Louis, MO

’02 Gebhardt

.038

4.71

4.719

146.64

 

SQ

Jim Ulrey

Seymour, IN

’95 Dragster

.028

5.01

5.009

136.95

 

Finals

SQ

Greg Rice

St. Louis, MO

’02 Gebhardt

.018

4.72

4.721

146.53

 

SQ

Dean McIlvain

New Carlisle, IN

’97 Spitzer

.015

4.73

4.751

145.77

 

Super Stock

Semi-finals

SS/AA

Brandon Wilkerson

Bowling Green, KY

’69 Corvette

.011

8.91

8.931

143.64

 

SS/GA

Jeremy Duncan

Charlestown, IN

'69 Camaro

.074

9.69

9.684

132.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SS/KA

Monte Howard

Potomac, IL

’78 Firebird

.993

10.43

28.000

 

 

Bye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finals

SS/KA

Monte Howard

Potomac, IL

’78 Firebird

.033

10.43

10.430

126.85

 

SS/AA

Brandon Wilkerson

Bowling Green, KY

’69 Corvette

-.018

8.91

9.146

123.96

 

Stock Eliminator

Semi-finals

J/SA

MJ Quinn

Louisville, KY

’85 Camaro

.037

11.74

13.421

69.69

 

G/FIA

Steve Sullivan

West Chester, OH

’88 Mustang

-.020

12.02

18.966

49.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G/S

Bob Lindley

Paoli, IN

’66 Chevy II

.884

11.24

21.812

55.57

 

Bye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finals

J/SA

MJ Quinn

Louisville, KY

’85 Camaro

.008

11.74

11.715

112.97

 

G/S

Bob Lindley

Paoli, IN

’66 Chevy II

-.179

11.26

11.196

116.79

 

Super Comp

SC

Michael Shelton

Alexandria, KY

’05 Undercover

.003

8.90

8.939

161.34

 

SC

Brian Shockley

Lebanon, IN

’98 Mullis

.075

8.90

8.905

156.23

 

#1 Qual.

Chris Lancaster

New Lenox, IL

’04 VRN

 

 

8.900

172.59

 

Super Gas

SG

Jeffrey Mitchell

Beechmont, KY

’92 S-10

.041

9.90

9.930

153.60

 

SG

Randall Warford

Nashville, IN

’63 Corvette

.022

9.90

9.898

137.69

 

#1 Qual.

Butch Alderson

Paducah, KY

’63 Corvette

 

 

9.900

160.33

 

Super Street

SST

Paul Richardson

Woodburn, IN

’87 Firenza

.053

10.90

10.937

137.74

 

SST

Gregory Crawford

Cambridge, OH

’70 GTO

.024

10.90

10.976

135.58

 

#1 Qual.

Craig Meyer

Kendallville, IN

’62 Fury

 

 

10.901

133.20

 

Jr. Dragster

JD

Brent Smith

Ft. Wayne, IN

’04 Smith

.023

8.86

8.868

 

 

JD

Cody Nott

Indianapolis, IN

’01 Half Scale

.121

7.90

7.897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super Pro (Saturday – Oct. 13, 2007)

SPRO

Casey Beckmeyer

Granite City, IL

’06 Dragster

.017

4.79

4.800

141.47

 

SPRO

Chris Wheatcraft

Jamestown, OH

’07 Dragster

.040

5.27

5.244

127.74

 

Pro ET (Saturday – Oct. 13, 2007)

Pro ET

Danny Black

Avon, IN

’78 Nova

.025

7.45

7.459

89.23

 

ProET

Kelly Large

Ross, OH

’69 Chevelle

-.024

6.50

6.494

104.58

 

Top Super Stock (Saturday – Oct. 13, 2007)

TSS

Brian Oakes

Williamstown, NJ

’69 Camaro

.146

 

9.016

146.29

 

TSS

Kenny Schindler

Hendersonville, KY

’71 Corvette

.134

 

9.052

146.60

 

#1 Qual.

Kenny Schindler

Hendersonville, KY

’71 Corvette

 

 

9.033

146.86

 

Top Stock (Saturday – Oct. 13, 2007)

TSTK

Brian Oaks

Williamstown, NJ

’69 Camaro

.058

 

10.243

127.86

 

TSTK

Jason McCormack

Oxford, MI

’67 Plymouth

.124

 

10.205

129.69

 

#1 Qual.

Jason McCormack

Oxford, MI

’67 Plymouth

 

 

10.304

129.45

 

JEGS Super Quick Shootout (Saturday – Oct. 13, 2007)

Round 1

SQ

Bob Sargent

Indianapolis, IN

’96 Spitzer

.029

4.68

4.708

144.26

 

SQ

Glenn Yancey

Waynesville, OH

’04 Spitzer

.033

4.54

4.569

155.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQ

Craig Sullivan

Avon, IN

’02 Spitzer

.011

4.91

4.904

139.70

 

SQ

Ken Storey

Sebree, KY

’00 Mike Bos

-.006

4.51

4.529

153.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQ

Thomas D Smith

Ft Wayne, IN

’05 Advance

.034

4.50

4.539

155.90

 

SQ

Ashley Tidrick

Logansport, IN

’96 Spitzer

.022

4.50

4.467

156.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQ

Mike Bagley

Indianapolis, IN

’96 Spitzer

.030

4.57

4.574

150.10

 

SQ

Lynn Ellison

Central City, KY

’04 Undercover

.029

4.50

4.508

151.95

 

Semi-finals

SQ

Mike Bagley

Indianapolis, IN

’96 Spitzer

.003

4.56

4.571

148.69

 

SQ

Bob Sargent

Indianapolis, IN

’96 Spitzer

.032

4.68

4.688

146.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQ

Thomas D Smith

Ft Wayne, IN

’95 Advance

.027

4.50

4.539

156.55

 

SQ

Craig Sullivan

Avon, IN

’02 Spitzer

.051

4.90

4.897

140.07

 

Finals

SQ

Mike Bagley

Indianapolis, IN

’96 Spitzer

.001

4.56

4.575

146.21

 

SQ

Thomas D Smith

Ft Wayne, IN

’05 Advance

.200

4.53

4.524

156.52

 

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