Kent driver representing Pacific Raceways in Covington cruises to semi-final finish at Summit Racing Series National Championships

Published 4:32 pm Monday, November 14, 2011

Super Pro driver Dale Green, representing Pacific Raceways, wheeled his DG Machine Mullis dragster to a semi-final finish at the Summit Racing Series National Championships Sunday, Nov. 13.

The race was held in conjunction with the 47th Annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals.

Green, who resides in Kent and owns DG Machine in Auburn, drew a first round bye and was nipped in the semi-final round by eventual champ Mark Horton representing South Georgia Motorsports Park.

Both drivers left with nearly identical reaction times and Horton’s margin of victory was 0.0122 seconds.  Green ran a 7.243 on a 7.22 dial.

Former Pacific Raceways bracket champion and Tacoma resident Mark Faul, running for MHDRA Dragstrip in Medicine Hat, Alberta, was the Summit Sportsman runner-up.  Faul lost a double-breakout final in his 1951 Chevy to Edmond Richardson.

Another former Pacific Raceways bracket champion, Jody Lang of Puyallup, powered his Chevrolet Malibu to the Super Stock win at Pomona.  Former Maple Valley resident Brad Plourd was the Stock Eliminator runner-up.

The races for both sportsman drivers concluded today.

Lang finished the season ninth in the nation in Super Stock points and second in Stock Eliminator points.  Faul finished the season 12th in Super Stock points and 15th in Stock Eliminator points.  Former track champion Toby Lang, of Auburn, ended the year 11th in Stock points, one spot ahead of Pacific Raceway’s Brad Burton and his hard-charging Pontiac.

Dallas Glenn, of Covington, wound up 23rd in the Stock final standings driving the Dr. Injector Corvette.