Daryl Bureski captured the Inaugural NHRA Moser Sportsman Shootout at the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trial Raceway.  From being drawn as one of two wildcard entries Bureski wheeled his Stock eliminator ’70 Oldsmobile Cutlass into the winners circle with a final round win over James Monroe’s supercharged Top Dragster.

Monroe patiently waited for his 3-second delayed start then blasted by Bureski's Cutlass at the finish line, but broke out by a measly .001-seconds.   Kevin Pepera photo.

 

Bureski from Elgin, Ill. was like a David among a field of Goliaths as he took out Craig Sullivan’s Top Dragster entry in the opening round and took a close double breakout win over JEGS Allstar Super Street champion Ricky Shipp in round two.  He then edged Dan Olding’s Super Stock entry in the semi-finals before facing Monroe in the final.

The final pitted Bureski’s stocker, the slowest car in the field against Monroe’s dragster the quickest and fastest.  Bureski had a 3.02-second handicap lead with Monroe blasting by Bureski at the finish line by more than 70 mph, but breaking out by .001 seconds with a 4.119 on his 4.12 index dial-in.  Bureski picked up $2,500 from Moser for his win along with the inaugural Moser Sportsman Shootout event trophy.

The 16-qualifiers and the crew from Moser Engineering gathered just prior to the first round of the Moser Sportsman Shootout.  Kevin Pepera photo.

 

Racers from Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualified through a season long points competition with the top two Moser points seeded into the field.  Two randomly drawn entries from an online registration program with Moser Engineering rounded out the 16-car field.  To level the playing field for the wide variety of NHRA sportsman classes involved the race was contested on the eighth-mile with a full countdown starting ‘Tree.  Racers selected their individual dial-in index for the handicap starts and breakout eliminations.

Points to qualify for the 2013 NHRA Moser Sportsman Shootout in the North Central Division will start with the season opening NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis next spring.

Rob Moser presented Daryl Bureski with the special Moser Engineering axle trophy after scoring the inaugural NHRA Moser Sportsman Shootout title.  Kevin Pepera photo.

 

Compulink StarTrak MOSER SPORTSMAN SHOOTOUT Elimination Results

                                                                                                                                                Winner listed first.

Round 1

TD, James Monroe, Bloomington IN, '09 Spitzer, Chev  540,  .002, 4.13, 4.235, 140.84

TD, Rick Forish, New Palestine IN, '11 Spitzer, Chev  632,  .024, 4.16, 4.905, 99.94

TS, Steve Brinegar, Germantown OH, '97 Probe, Ford  632,  .054, 4.48, 4.505, 157.98

TS, John Scali Jr, Chicago IL, '67 Camaro, Chev  706,  .017, 4.52, 4.499, 154.58

Stock Wildcard, Daryl Bureski, Elgin IL, '70 Oldsmobile, Olds  455,  .058, 7.21, 7.222, 92.07

TD Wildcard, Craig Sullivan, Avon IN, '11 American, Ford  638,  .031, 4.39, 4.222, 149.38

SS, Dan Olding, Hartland MI, '99 Monte Carlo, Chev  327,  .036, 6.99, 7.009, 96.53

SS, Brad Zaskowski, Grand Rapids MI, '87 Camaro, Chev  327,  .078, 6.15, 7.956, 57.60

SST, Ricky Shipp, Needham IN, '70 Nova, Chev  496,  .017, 6.00, 6.020, 114.51

SST, Joey Shipp, Whiteland IN, '68 Camaro, Chev  555,  .025, 5.82, 5.813, 117.83

Stock, Jeff Taylor, Sellersburg IN, '69 Camaro, Chev  396,  .021, 6.67, 6.728, 86.79

Stock, Randi Lyn Shipp, Floyds Knobs IN, '12 Cobra Jet, Ford  330,  .044, 5.69, 5.779, 116.22

SC, Michael Shelton, Independence KY, '12 McIlvain, Chev  598,  .043, 6.12, 6.165, 126.45

SC, Steve Mikus, Ashley MI, '90 Spitzer, Chev  540,  .153, 5.19, 5.193, 129.26

SG, Alan Bush, Erie IL, '77 Nova, Chev  632,  .093, 6.83, 6.821, 123.46

SG, Tim Gillespie, Xenia OH, '33 Ford, Pont  463, -.016, 6.62, 6.608, 116.62

Round 2

Stock Wildcard, Daryl Bureski, Elgin IL, '70 Oldsmobile, Olds  455,  .007, 7.17, 7.166, 91.88

SST, Ricky Shipp, Needham IN, '70 Nova, Chev  496,  .044, 6.00, 5.984, 113.57

SS, Dan Olding, Hartland MI, '99 Monte Carlo, Chev  327,  .037, 6.95, 6.970, 97.01

Stock, Jeff Taylor, Sellersburg IN, '69 Camaro, Chev  396,  .055, 6.61, 6.630, 99.24

TD, James Monroe, Bloomington IN, '09 Spitzer, Chev  540,  .035, 4.14, 4.244, 143.12

TS, Steve Brinegar, Germantown OH, '97 Probe, Ford  632,  .188, 4.49, 4.473, 154.65

SC, Michael Shelton, Independence KY, '12 McIlvain, Chev  598,  .129, 6.12, 6.107, 133.72

SG, Alan Bush, Erie IL, '77 Nova, Chev  632,  .019, 6.79, 6.291, 121.88

Semi-final Round

Stock Wildcard, Daryl Bureski, Elgin IL, '70 Oldsmobile, Olds  455,  .070, 7.15, 7.158, 93.33

SS, Dan Olding, Hartland MI, '99 Monte Carlo, Chev  327,  .097, 6.95, 6.968, 97.04

TD, James Monroe, Bloomington IN, '09 Spitzer, Chev  540,  .016, 4.12, 4.161, 150.20

SC, Michael Shelton, Independence KY, '12 McIlvain, Chev  598,  .008, 6.12, 6.220, 127.14

FINAL

Stock Wildcard, Daryl Bureski, Elgin IL, '70 Oldsmobile, Olds  455,  .069, 7.14, 7.149, 92.46

TD, James Monroe, Bloomington IN, '09 Spitzer, Chev  540,  .034, 4.12, 4.119, 170.49

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