GDRA Hosting another Invitational on May 29th

Saturday, May 29th the GDRA will host another Invitational event presented by The Varsity Pub in Kingston, IL.  This event will take place as part of the Nitrous Street Car Brawl at Great Lakes Dragaway.  With the first event last month, the drivers have all gotten a taste of some cold hard cash and are hungry for more!!! 

The buzz about the event has been very favorable from fans, racers, and the entire staff at Great Lakes Dragaway.  We saw some killer heads up racing with some of the closest competition anywhere.  Steve Peterson took the top spot in qualifying followed by Ken Shertz, Tony Orts stood his Firebird on the taillights and pedaled the car with the front hoops 7 feet in the air, "Rocket" Ron Bochenck stood the Ranchero on the bumper through first and second gear, and Kevin "Angry Beaver" Deaton.  While mechanical issues sidelined some cars prior to qualifying and with some of the GDRA drivers rides still not ready to go for the season, the field was a little short on cars but certainly not on track action.  In round 2 of eliminations, Steve Peterson ran an 8.600 to take home the Dead on Number honors and also putting "Rocket Ron" Bochenck on the trailer when Rocket broke out on the 8.60 index and ran an 8.58.  Ken Schertz took the win light when Tony Orts turned on the red bulb throwing away his 8.62 to Schertz's slower 8.87.  The final round would be Peterson and Schertz with lane choice going to Peterson.  Ken went all in throwing all the cards on the table but came up short when he broke out and ran an 8.58 handing the win to Peterson who ran a conservative 8.69 taking home top honors and the prize for the event.

Despite the cold and windy weather, it was still a great time and the next event it sure to bring more action to the track with racer entries rolling in.  Steven Peterson will be looking to Double Down and see if he can make it 2 in a row with 15 other top drivers gunning for him and hoping they can take home the top prize of $2000 to win with a full field.

So get ready ladies and gentleman... this is gonna be one heck of a showdown and you won't wanna miss it!!! 

Gates open at 8AM... Qualifying starts around 3PM.  Get there early and meet the drivers of the GDRA, check out their rides, and grab yourself some official GDRA merchandise.