Posted on: Friday, December 10, 2004

OUR NEGHBORHOOD ATHLETES
Titles are on line in auto racing

Advertiser Staff

After competing for 10 months, champions will be determined in both drag racing and stock car racing competitions tomorrow at Hawai'i Raceway Park.

Drag racing — where drivers hit 220 mph on a quarter-mile straightaway track — will be held at Hawai'i Raceway Park.

Stock car racing will be held on an oval track at Hawai'i Motorspeedway.

The venues are in different areas of the park.

The drag racing event is called the Auto Value Parts Stores' South Pacific Championships and will showcase 90 drivers from the 50th State Pro Gas Association. It starts at 6 p.m. and tickets are $15.

Members compete once a month. Current leaders in the different categories are Michael Sittman, Leonard Barboza, James Barboza, Darryl Fukumoto and Scott Kaichi.

The stock car event is called the Paradise Lua's Championship Cup. It starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $10, $5 for keiki, and free for children 4 and under.

Current leaders in each stock car class are John Perry (Super Street Stock), Brandon Ternora (Econo Sprints), Jimbo Joseph (Modifieds), Kapena Keliinoi (Mini-Stocks), Eddie Saballa (Mini-Modified), Dean Freitas (Winged Sprints), and Lonnie Baker Sr. (Cruzer Bruzers).

For information, call 375-6969, or go to www.hawaiimotorspeedway.net.

TRAMPOLINES

Vercruyssen wins silver at Belarus

Nani Vercruyssen, 12, took second place and was the highest finisher among four Hawai'i athletes who competed last month in the 30th International Silnitskiy Cup in Vitebsk, Belarus.

Vercruyssen, a Kaimuki Middle School seventh-grader, won silver in the U.S. Women's Individual Trampoline competition.

Also participating were Nani's older sister Kira, 17, Angel Keene, 28, and Tracee Gobel, 29, both in their first year of competition.

In the U.S. Women's Individual Trampoline competition, Keene placed 37th, Kira Vercruyssen 39th and Gobel 43rd.

Kira teamed with Nani to take sixth in the U.S. Women's Synchronized Trampoline event. Gobel and Keene took 17th in that event.

YOUTH FOOTBALL

All-day competition set for Aloha Stadium

The O'ahu Youth Sports League Bowl, featuring youth football games, will be held throughout the day tomorrow at Aloha Stadium.

Games start with a midget competition for 13- to 14-year-olds at 8 a.m. Cheerleading competition will begin at 11:45 a.m., and a flag football division will play from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Termite tackle division games will follow from 2 p.m.