Story and photos submitted by John Bisci, Gateway Motorsports Park
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![]() Saturday Pro Sportsman B/Sunday 10-12 winner Landon Sipple |
![]() Sunday 10-12 runner-up Anson Brown with his dad, three-time Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown |
Bobby Bode of Barrington, Ill., won the $1,000 Sportsman finale Sunday during the Chandler Aviation Spring Nationals for the Protect The Harvest Midwest Jr. Super Series presented by Lucas Oil at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Ill. Landon Sipple of Berea, Ky., won twice over the weekend: Pro Sportsman B on Saturday and ages 10-12 on Sunday.
The three-day event for NHRA Jr. Dragster racers drew entries from as far as Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
Final-round results, indicating racer, hometown, reaction time, elapsed time, and speed:
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
Outlaw 330
Winner: Chris Ruzicka (Grove City, Ohio) .060, 4.265
Runner-up: Jacob Castle (Circleville, Ohio) .078, 4.281
7.90 Index
Winner: Zach Lewis (Knoxville, Ill.) .040, 7.837, 81.60
Runner-up: Preston Tanner (Renssalaer, Ind.) -.007 (fouled), 7.864, 83.70
8.90 Index
Winner: Bobby Kernwein (New Lenox, Ill.) .138, 8.899, 74.19
Runner-up: Meah Scales (Toledo, Ill.) .175, 8.844, 74.11
11.90 Index
Winner: Camden Jamison (Boonville, Ind.) .134, 11.973, 53.40
Runner-up: Kasey Arnett (Alvaton, Ky.) .210, 11.897, 55.04
13.90 Index
Winner: Matthew Taylor (St. Charles, Mo.) .114, 14.073, 45.73
Runner-up: Avery Todd (Huntington, Tenn.) .372, 14.068, 41.98
Pro Sportsman A
Winner: Jack Konen (Berlin, Wis.) .067, 7.914, 81.67
Runner-up: Zach Lewis (Knoxville, Ill.) .001, 7.987, 78.40
Pro Sportsman B
Winner: Landon Sipple (Berea, Ky.) .120, 8.930, 73.25
Runner-up: Zac Barnes (Franklin, Ky.) .038, 8.936, 72.23
SUNDAY, APRIL 9
Ages 6-9
Winner: Caden Jamison (Boonville, Ind.) .204, 12.050, 53.12
Runner-up: Matthew Taylor (St. Charles, Mo.) .106, 13.916, 45.83
Ages 10-12
Winner: Landon Sipple (Berea, Ky.) .030, 8.908, 74.05
Runner-up: Anson Brown (Pittsboro, Ind.) .022, 8.911, 73.80
Ages 13-17
Winner: Alyssa Martin (Beaverton, Michigan) .026, 7.914, 83.09
Runner-up: Bailey Taylor (Bloomington, Ill.) -.001 (fouled), 8.064, 75.82
Quick 16
Winner: Cassie Greene (Lawson, Mo.) .140, 4.172
Runner-up: Charlie Gannon (DeKalb, Ill.) -.004 (fouled), 4.607
Sportsman
Winner: Bobby Bode (Barrington, Ill.) .027, 7.966, 80.40
Runner-up: Zac Baines .073, 8.945, 73.34