Well, the moon, the stars, and the sun aligned today at the IHRA Div 9 Raiders Division Summit Super Series run off.

http://www.ihra.com/SummitSuperSeries/About/

This was held at Rockingham Dragway on Friday before the division bracket finals. The SSS track champions from each track in this division ran off in a 4 round race to see who would go to the Summit Super Series World Finals in two weeks at Virginia Motorsports Park.

And I was lucky enough to get past all the great racers and win the trip to the SSS World Finals! I really wanted to run Jay Norris from Greer dragway for an all MOPAR final, but although he made it to the semis, it was just not meant to be.

Of the 11 no-box cars (footbrake in this division) that showed up, there were 3 Mopars. There was even a car from Aruba that made it over the water to this event! With 6 cars left, I was paired against Rocky Pintavalle from Richmond Dragway in his Duster and we both dialed 5.94 in a heads up match. I took the stripe by 0.002 seconds. The other two footbrake match ups were close at the finish line in that round also, another 0.002 and a 0.0005....

So Summit racing is going to pay me $1000 to tech in at VMP in a couple weeks in the run for $10,000 in cash, a new enclosed trailer, a golf cart, and lots of other stuff. Wish me luck.

And did I mention I love my Ron's Flying Toilet injection system? The weather was hot on Thursday and Friday and I came back to the pits at 160F just like I left the finish line. A cold front is coming through tonight, and the high is expected to be about 65 on Sat and Sun for the bracket team finals.

good job & good luck.

Congrats Jim.... and the best of luck to you at VMP

Congrats Jim,

Enjoy your trip to the world finals,
it is an awesome experience, soak it all
in, but don't get caught up in all the
hype that will be going on, you are there
for a reason make that your #1 PRIORITY,
win the World Championship.

Oh and tell Sherrie Barbour I said hello,
she will be taking care of you guy's
while you are there, and there is none better,
she is a wonderful person.

Congrats
Davey Boyd
2009 IHRA N/BOX WORLD CHAMPION

Way to go Jim. Good luck , Ron

big congrats jim!!!!! yeah i do wish you could've run jay in the finals! i am proud of him making the semis. he won that thing a couple of yrs ago. jay is another of those MARCUS AUTO SERVICE cars. lol BTW, are they gonna call you diamond jim, or just "CHAMP"?

Congrats! And good luck!

Way to go, Jim. Congrats. Keep the Dart winning !!

That's Awesome Jim.....Best of luck

Rickster

Hey man congratulations, and good luck at VMP! You've been doing an awesome job with that car for years now, you deserve it!

KEEP IT UP JIM UR ON THE ROLL

Congrats on the win Jim! That is an awesome accomplishment for sure.

Your hard work, attention to detail and ability is definitely showing through. Congrats on the win and best of luck at the big race!

Congrats to you Jim! Good luck at VMP..just keep doing what you have been and you'll get that champ title.

Jim, big congratulations. Post a pick of the goodies you win at the Finals!

congrats, hard work always pays off, good luck at VMP

Good job Jim!
Looks like there will be a few moparts members in Virginia in a couple of weeks! See ya there.

Congrats Jim. Best of luck you deserve it.

Butch

Very nice indeed!...congrats to you and best of luck in the Finals....take no prisoners.

YEA what they all said !! Go get them ! Great Job