Maryland International Raceway was host to some fast Pro Stock 1000cc asphalt sleds Saturday, Aug. 16, for the running of the 4th Annual NSA Pro Stock Asphalt Sled Challenge presented by Dalton Industries. Ken Lund of Wise Man Racing, Brunswick, Maine, took home his first ever NSA event win and the Wahl Bros Racing Points Series Championship with his final round win. Lund faced the number one qualifier, Travis Merrill on the Chuckaroo Motorsports Ski-Doo in a high pressure final round. The Wahl Challenge Championship came down to the final round, and to add to the excitement, both Lund and Merrill were the teams fighting for the Wahl trophy. Both sleds ran nearly identical 8.46 ET's, but unfortunately Merrill went red, giving the event win and first ever Wahl Championship to Lund.
Lund, together with teammate Andy Emmertz, took the first round over Ed Armstrong (Holyoke, Mass.) on the A2Z Racing Yamaha, and then he got around Scott Marsh of Highland, N.Y., on the Big-E/Scooterboy Racing Pro Stock, who suffered a broken belt. Meanwhile, Merrill had advanced into the second round from a bye and beat Jeff Cullen of Gray, Maine, on the Abbott Racing Polaris IQ in the second round and Jay Pearl of Newport, Maine, on the Bangor Motorsports Arctic Cat in third round action.
With his Budds Creek victory, Lund increased his lead in the 2008 NSA Championship Points series. Lund continues to lead the series with 451 points, with Jay Pearl (Bangor Motorsports) in second with 402 points and Jeff Cullen (Abbott Racing) in third with 384 points. Scott Marsh (Big-E/Scooterboy Racing) and Travis Merrill (Chuckaroo Motorsports) are currently tied for fourth followed closely by Ed Armstrong (A2Z Racing) in sixth and Kristin Stanley (PCS Performance) in seventh.
It can never be said that the NSA Pro Stock sled series is predictable. There have been five different event winners in as many events. Ken Lund has now joined the elite group of NSA event winners with his victory.
For full race results visit
www.nationalspeedassociation.com/results.html.