In semi-final action, Sinke took out Hamilton, ON’s
Bruce Boland in his 1953 Corvette, who qualified fourth.
Boland ran a 4.536-second, 159.78-mph pass to Sinke’s
winning 4.207-second, 161.46-mph. Number three qualifier
and winner of the Luskville Dragway PMRA event Joe Lilienthal
of Kenmore, NY, fell victim to Jensen. Lilienthal (above)
and his 1968 Jeep ran a 4.785-second, 129.70-mph lap against
Jensen’s winning 4.604-second, 161.96-mph run.
Winning the Chicago-style Shootout and the Bear’s
Performance Products Consistent Qualifier Bonus was Kasey
Janzen (above) of St. Catharines, ON, in his KC Motorsports
1993 Chevy Lumina over Jack Grainy of North Tonawanda, NY
in the Grainy Brothers 1990 Beretta.
Janzen, who qualified fifth in the 12-car field, won the
race with a 4.559-second, 155.65-mph run over the 5.14/109.24
pass of Grainy.
The Skyview Drags event was the fourth scheduled stop in
the 2005 PMRA tour. The race at Lancaster Motorsports Park
in Clarence, NY the night before the Skyview Drags stop
was rained out. Promoters are hoping to reschedule it for
later this year.
Next event in the PMRA series moves back to Canada on September
2-4 at Toronto Motorsports Park.
