Amid the roar and smoke of blazing tires; through all the world records and heavy duty drag racing action at the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 27, TheBAYNET.com was there capturing all the action.

After the weekend’s competition was over, Top Fuel dragster, Del Cox Jr. and Pro Modified racer, Kenny Lang won for the fourth and third time in a row respectively and in the Elite Motorsports Pros Stocks it was Cary Goforth who returned to victory lane for the first time since April as the championship battles in each of the three professional classes reached the conclusion.

In the Sportsman competitions, a few champions and multiple winners were at it again. Bruce Thrift (Top Sportsman), Chad Traylor (Top Dragster), Anthony Bertozzi (Super Stock), Myron Piatek (Stock), E.J. Parker (Quick Rod), Calvin Butler (Super Rod) and Brian McLaughlin (Hot Rod) each won the trophy in their class.

Next stop on the pro circuit will be the IHRA World Finals in Rockingham, NC.

Here are the final, round-by-round results from the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway, the ninth of 10 events in the 2009 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series taken from http://www.ihra.com/article/5193.html:

TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE — Dom Lagana, 29.186, 60.21 def. Smax Smith, broke; Del Cox Jr., 4.912, 300.86 def. Bobby Lagana Jr., 7.168, 110.87; Todd Paton, 4.716, 308.99 def. Mitch King, 5.400, 217.25; Ron August Jr, 5.097, 248.71 def. Bruce Litton, 5.227, 214.31;
SEMIFINALS — Cox Jr., 4.730, 303.84 def. Lagana, 4.993, 265.01; August Jr, 7.383, 138.06 def. Paton, foul;
FINAL — Cox Jr., 4.842, 308.57 def. August Jr, 8.262, 90.22.

PRO MODIFIED:
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.

PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE — Bob Bertsch, Ford Mustang, 6.385, 220.01 def. Frank Gugliotta, Pontiac GXP, 9.994, 89.81; Ned Katuran, Chevy Cobalt, 6.410, 218.16 def. JR Carr, GXP, 12.911, 59.26; John Pluchino, Mercury Cougar, 6.475, 214.93 def. Michael Bruno, Pontiac GTO, 6.652, 195.53; Dean Goforth, GXP, 6.403, 219.29 def. Robert Patrick, Mustang, 13.285, 64.35; Mark Martino, Cobalt, 6.430, 220.44 def. John Konigshofer, Mustang, 9.338, 121.83; Cary Goforth, Cobalt, 6.442, 219.72 def. Lester Cooper, Mustang, 6.565, 196.04; John Montecalvo, Cobalt, 8.227, 196.99 def. Richard Freeman, GXP, foul; Pete Berner, GXP, 18.091, 42.37 was unopposed;
QUARTERFINALS — C. Goforth, 6.376, 219.58 def. Pluchino, 6.459, 215.24; Montecalvo, 6.382, 221.78 def. Katuran, 6.431, 218.12; D. Goforth, 6.376, 220.12 def. Martino, 6.365, 220.80; Bertsch, 6.369, 220.04 def. Berner, 6.392, 219.58;
SEMIFINALS — C. Goforth, 6.357, 206.67 def. Montecalvo, 6.366, 221.20; Bertsch, 6.363, 221.09 def. D. Goforth, 6.393,