

First-time winner Greco leads Sportsman champs at Charlotte four-wide race

In addition to the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series action at the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, 10 drivers claimed Lucas Oil Series wins at zMAX Dragway, including first-time Top Alcohol Dragster winner Brandon Greco.
Brandon Greco became the latest national event winner in Top Alcohol Dragster when he prevailed over a quad that also included McKenna Bold, Kelly Kundratic, and James Stevens. Greco left first and powered to a 5.241 to hold off runner-up Kundratic, who posted a 5.496.
After winning the delayed Gainesville finals earlier in the weekend, Sean Bellemeur earned a clean sweep in Top Alcohol Funny Car when he stopped Maddi Gordon, Chip Beverett, and Bob McCosh. Bellemeur drove his injected nitro entry to a 5.390 while Beverett finished second at 5.512.
For the third time in his career, Joe Lisa left zMax Dragway with a Wally after claiming the Super Stock title. Lisa was nearly perfect off the starting line and defeated Phil Lankford with a 10.047 on his 10.03 dial.
Russ “Bubba” Linke scored his fourth career national event win by topping Dennis Bergeron in the final round of Stock. Linke grabbed a lead at the start and held on with a 10.460 on his 10.43 dial.
More than two decades after reaching the final of the U.S. Nationals, Tony Collier finally got his first national event title with an 8.903 in the Super Comp final to stop the 8.876 breakout of Franklin DiBartolmeo.
A foul start by Chris Lewis in the Super Gas final sent Rusty Cook to his third national event victory. Cook finished the job with a 9.872 in his Ohio Crankshaft Corvette.
For the third-straight season, Colby Fuller found the winner’s circle at an NHRA national event. After winning last year’s Charlotte event in Super Comp, Fuller earned the Super Street title with a 10.911 to 10.891 victory against Doug Ramsey.
Clint Riley, the 2019 Atlanta winner, claimed his second title in Right Trailers Top Dragster following a tough battle against Chad Taylor in the final round. Riley ran a 7.282 against his 7.28 dial while Taylor broke out by .017-second.
Jonathan Allegrucci became the latest winner in the FlexJet Factory Stock Showdown after winning against a very competitive quad that included reigning champ Mark Pawuk, Tony Scott, and Raymond Nash. Allegrucci used a 7.719 to hold off runner-up Pawuk’s 7.755.
Lenny Lottig and Jesse Alexandra, the top two qualifiers in Holley EFI Factory X, met in the final round with Lottig getting the victory with a strong 6.892 to Alexandra’s slowing 7.241. Earlier, Alexandra set the elapsed time record with a 6.891.