Ed Hoover made the most of a rainy weekend by pushing the Trussell Motorsports Camaro to a runner-up finish at the IHRA President's Cup Nationals in Budds Creek, Md. Hoover lost a tough match opposite of Kenny Lang.
Their race represented the fifth time the two drivers had raced one another in a final round.
ROUND ONE -- Frederick Scriba, Chevy Corvette,
6.051, 236.17 def. Tommy Gray, Chevy Camaro, 6.122, 229.78; Pete
Farber, Dodge Daytona, 8.574, 118.69 def. Larry Plummer, Camaro, foul;
Steve Bareman, Corvette, 10.670, 109.33 def. Killer Brooks, Chevy
Cavalier, broke; Andy Jensen, Camaro, 6.124, 240.77 def. Chris Russo,
Corvette, 6.243, 232.95; Frank Patille III, Buick Special, 6.320,
225.26 def. Harold Martin, Martin M 4, 6.334, 225.18; Ed Hoover,
Camaro, 6.120, 235.06 def. Ike Maier, Corvette, 6.120, 231.28; Benny
Alfonso, Pontiac Firebird, 7.499, 137.06 def. Tony Pontieri, Camaro,
11.792, 74.44; Kenny Lang, Corvette, 6.203, 223.32 was unopposed;
QUARTERFINALS -- Lang,
5.999, 240.94 def. Scriba, 6.068, 237.84; Alfonso, 6.269, 230.96 def.
Farber, 6.354, 209.95; Hoover, 6.118, 236.55 def. Bareman, 7.502,
148.15; Jensen, 5.954, 243.63 def. Patille III, broke;
SEMIFINALS -- Hoover, 6.051, 236.63 def. Alfonso, 6.334, 209.88; Lang, 5.953, 241.28 def. Jensen, 6.179, 239.27;
FINAL -- Lang, 5.934, 242.54 def. Hoover, foul.
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