This weekend, for the first time ever, NOPI came to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. For NOPI’s inaugural event in New Jersey, NOPI sure pulled off an outstanding event. The 2008 season hasn’t been the best for NOPI when it comes to weather and this weekend was no different. Saturday the weather was cold and misty for most of the day which meant that the action would have to wait and hope for a more forgiving Sunday. The forecast looked much better for Sunday though and by 11AM the skies had cleared up and the event was filling with spectators.
There were over 21,000 people in attendance to check out variety of events that NOPI Motorsports has to offer. Englishtown is known for great racing action and this weekend didn’t disappoint. Racers from all over the country and Puerto Rico came out in full force to see who would take home top honors this weekend. NOPI had 201 drag racers show up to compete this weekend and also had 25 drifters show up to contend for the top prize in NOPI Drift. Car show competitors also arrived from all over to see who had the hottest car. There were cars on display for every type of motorsport fan, from old school Honda’s to supercharged Hummer’s. In total there were 550 entrants that registered to show their rides in the car show.
NOPI is all about motorsports, so of course there was incredible Drag Racing and Drifting all weekend long. Here are the Drag and Drift results from this weekend.
All Motor
Name Car ET
1st Jeremy Lookofsky 2006 Honda Civic 9.253
2nd Norris Prayoonto 2004 Honda Insight 9.455
Extreme Dragster
1st Dean Karns 1998 C&F Dragster 6.626
2nd Brian Fitzpatrick 2000 Spitzer Dragster 6.788
Hot Rod
1st Kenny Tran 2006 Scion Tc 8.012
2nd Bryan Jimenez 2008 Chevy Cobalt 8.302
Modified
1st Brent Rau 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse 7.086
2nd Boris Rojas 1988 Mazda RX-7 22.060
Power Street
1st Ben Frieman 1994 Honda Civic 10.440
2nd Stephen Lockett 1996 Dodge Neon 10.671
Pro FWD
1st Marty Ladwig 2007 Chevy Cobalt 7.167
2nd Gary Gardella 2007 Chevy Cobalt 7.397
Pro RWD
1st Carlos Montano 2007 Nissan 350Z 6.953
2nd Jorge Lazcano 1996 Mazda MX6 7.061
Quick 16
1st Hector Suarez 1982 Toyota Corolla 8.501
2nd Brenda Paddock 1983 Camaro 8.722
SCTuned Pure Street
1st Loan Nguyen 1995 Honda Civic 10.961
2nd Time Grey 1994 Honda Civic 11.165
Turbo Street
1st Brian Ballard 2006 Chevy Cobalt 9.527
2nd Kevin Van Natten 2004 Dodge Neon 9.882
Unlimited Street
1st William Thomas 1986 Ford Mustang 8.786
2nd Dan Dixon 1993 Toyota Supra Broke
This was the first time NOPI Drift came to the famed road course as English Town. The drifters showed up and really put on a great show this weekend letting it all hang out.
Here is a breakdown of how the drivers fared in this weekends great competition.
Top 3
1st Ryan Tuerck
2nd Nathan Brasz
3rd Forest Wang
Round 3
Top 4
Nathan Brasz 1990 Nissan 240SX Winner
Stewart Leask 1998 Nissan 240SX
Ryan Tuerck 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Winner
Forrest Wang 1995 Nissan 240 SX
Round 2
Top 8
Stewart Leask 1998 Nissan 240SX Winner
Matthew Waldin 1992 Nissan 240SX
Nathan Brasz 1990 Nissan 240SX Winner
Kenji Yamanaka 1993 Nissan 240 SX
Ryan Tuerck 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Winner
Ali Aljibouri 2007 Pontiac Solstice
Forrest Wang 1995 Nissan 240SX Winner
Aaron Loset N/A
Round 1
Top 16
Sammy “ Tiger” Sritongkham 1992 Nissan Skyline
Matthew Waldin 1992 Nissan 240SX Winner
Stewart Leask 1998 Nissan Skyline Winner
Tyler Cox N/A
Nathan Brasz 1990 Nissan 240 SX Winner
Shawn Milone 1991 Nissan 240SX
Doug Sobolewski 1993 Nissan 240SX
Kenji Yamanaka 1993 Nissan 240SX Winner
Ryan Tuerck 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Winner
Evan Tuerck 1990 Nissan 240SX
Ali Aljibouri 2007 Pontiac Solstice Winner
Ron Ewerth 1990 Nissan 240SX
Forrest Wang 1995 Nissan 240 SX Winner
Dennis Mertzanis 1995 Nissan 240 SX
Aaron Losey N/A Winner
John Wagner N/A
Next Stop – May 17th and 18th Maryland International Raceway
