Kansas National Guard Independence Drags V

  ADRL Heartland Park, Kansas

June 17th & 18th, 2011 

Traveling to Kansas with some high hopes, led to a disappointing weekend for John.

First round qualifying the car went into shake early and having transmission problems.

Second round was the same result and again having some trans problems.

Third round he clicked off a 3.901 @ 187.50

Saturdays fourth round of qualifying again led to some shake.

Eliminations

First round  John ended up getting a single due to a backfire of Stan Allens car.

Second round John lost with a 4.004 to Rick Jones 3.877 @ 192.85

Congratulations to Mike Castellana on winning the event!

Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags

  ADRL Maple Grove Raceway

Reading, Pa

May 6th & 7th, 2011

Maple Grove Raceway what a nice facility!

The day started with a slight delay for some track repairs Which canceled the first round qualifying

 Second Round John was looking for a repeat of the performance in Florida! As it turned out the car shook.

 round three produced A new personal best and the quickest run an automatic N2O Promod has made to date!!

John clicked off an impressive 3.834 @ 190.35Mph.

Saturdays fourth round the car shook again and he broke a gear in the Lenco. After scrambiling to get the trans repaired  it was time for first round eliminations. The car shook at the hit putting an end to Johns weekend.

In the middle of the first round the rain came and delayed the race for awhile. By the time things got started up  it had pushed everything to far and the race was unable to be fully run because of a track curfew.

Safety-Kleen Spring Drags

  ADRL Palm-Beach Int Raceway Jupiter, Florida

April 15th & 16th, 2011

John had a great weekend of racing here! And an all three second weekend!

Qualifying Runs

1) 3.901 @ 186.72  # 3

2) 3.935 @ 184.72  # 6

3) 3.933 @ 183.57  # 7

4) 3.870 @ 189.36  # 6

Chasing a small gremlin during qualifying John figured it out by the 4th and final round and put down a new personal best of 3.870! and locking in at # 6, first round placed him against good friend Jim Laurita.

John cut a slightly better light but Jim Rattled the tires early, and had to abort the run, John ran 3.893 @ 189.34 and took the win. Second round John had some stiff competition, Kahlid Al- Balooshi who at this time was on his 27th or 28th consecutive round won and #3 qualifier. Al-Balooshi left first but had to pedal around 200 feet, and John went around him for the win and a new personal best of 3.862 @ 189.23

In his first ADRL semi-final appearance John was up against Mike Castellana the #2 qualifier. Castellana leaves first but John catches him around the 60 foot mark, but Castellana picked up and pulled away taking the win. John did run another new personal best  of 3.860 @ 188.34 to Mikes 2.828 @ 195. Congratulations to Mike Castellana, going on to win the Safety-Kleen Spring Drags A great way to start your year and glad to see you back on the track!

CarSafe Dragpalooza VII

  ADRL Baytown, Texas

March 25 & 26th, 2011

 Well its time for a new season of racing!

John committed to race as much of the ADRL circuit as he can for 2011 and started out at the CarSafe Dragpalooza VII season opener in Baytown, Texas. Qualifying started and it looked like it was going to be a long weekend, first run the car shook . Second run he put down a  3.950 @ 188.28 giving him the 5th spot for now, third run was an evening run and John hoped to put down a great run but again shook the tires and had to abort the run and moving to #9. Fourth and last qualifying was Saturday morning and John saved the best for last and put down a 3.937 @ 188.49 which kept him in the 9th position. First round was against Pro-Nitrous new comer Jeff Naiser. Johns .019 light and quicker run paid off as he won by a little over ten feet running a 3.926 @ 189.23 to Naiser's 3.94 @ 189.18 and .034 light. Second round John had to Race veteran and record holding Jim Halsey. Knowing he had to get the best light possible and a great run John staged, and as tree activated John went red by -.025 and Halsey spun the tires but still gets the win. John did put down a career best run of 3.890 @ 189.47 and with a new combo there should be a lot more to come!

Lenmar World Finals 

ADRL Ennis, Texas

October 23, 2010

 Following a great showing at the ADRL Norwalk race, John decided to make the journey to Ennis, Texas and make the first race of the 2011 season.

 The car continued to run well in qualifying putting down some good numbers and a new personal best!

1st round      4.046 @ 157.30

2nd round     3.939 @ 187.16

3rd round      3.911 @ 187.99

 The 3.911 is Johns personal best to date and clinched the number 6 spot for this race. Unfortunately the weather turned sour and the race was postponed until March 25-26, 2011 as part of Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VII presented by Safety-Kleen at Houston Raceway Park. 

Norwalk ADRL

August-23/24- 2010
 
 After a couple day test session in Martin, Michigan John felt he was able to give the hometown crowd a great showing. It's been a rough last couple of months trying to work out some bugs in the new car and on the second day in Martin it looked as though things were coming around.
 First round of qualifying, as John staged, the car rolled the beams...the gremlins were back to work.
Second round of qualifying things started turning around, the car went right down broadway netting a 3.940 @ 187.76 giving him the #4 spot
Third qualifying session John ran into trouble early and it was a shake and lift round.
 Failing to improve but maintaining the number 4 spot for the day.
 Saturday was the fourth and final session to qualify. John staged and when the lights came down he ran a 3.979 @ 187.57 good run but no improvement and after all was said and done he was in the number 5 spot for the event.
 First round John was up against Randy Weatherford, Randy got into trouble early but John had his best run of  event knocking down a 3.938 @ 187.11 for the first round win!
 For the second round John was up against longtime friend Jim  Luarita. John was late on the tree with a 0.124 light to Jims 0.047 who won with the holeshot, John ran 3.980 @ 181.59 to Jims 4.002 @ 184.72. Congratulations to Jim Luarita and team on the win and a BIG Congratulations for Jim and team going on to win their first ADRL event !!!

 Norwalk Night Under Fire

07-31-2010

   Well the day started out with the car shaking and did not get any better for John. Getting into the field with a 4.33 but lost first round w

 Norwalk Door Wars

07-16-2010

   Friday July 16th Time for another Door Wars!!

 First qualifying pass the car ran good on a hot track clocking a 4.08. In the second round, the heat was on, upper 80's and high humidity, and John ran a

4.001 at 185.41 taking the number one qualifier spot.

 First round of racing began with the temps cooling somewhat making it look like there would be some good numbers coming up. John was paired with Mark Malcuit and when the light came down both cars left on what looked like good passes but about 200 feet out John drifted left out of the grove and Mark pedaled at about 300 out but took the stripe first with a 4.25 to Johns 4.37 . Mark went on to the final and lost to Dave Roemer in yet another pedal fest.

 Congrats to Dave and his team!

 Norwalk Door Wars

06-18-2010

   Friday June 18th Its the first Door Wars the car has been ready for and after a Personal best of 3.951 at Martin, hopes were high for some low numbers at Chaos!

 The first qualifying pass was a 4.08 followed by a 4.02 to give John the number two spot.

 First round was a dip into the three's! 3.978 at 187 giving him a first round W. Second round placed John against the Erie boys and he laid down a 3.964 at 188 MPH winning the second round.

 The final was against the blown car of Todd Robertson. John ran into sever tire shake at the hit and Robertson also getting loose around the 330 mark took the victory with a 4.33. Congrats to him and his team! It was a great night of racing.

 ADRL Martin, Michigan

06-12-2010

  ADRL Martin, Michigan

Weather for the race was questionable, with a threat of rain both Friday and Saturday. On Friday the rain came early delaying the start of the race. Early afternoon finally cleared enough to get the track dry and start qualification runs.

 In the first round of qualifying John laid down a 4.025 on a great looking pass. His second round the car drifted out of the groove and netted a 4.36. The third qualifying run was canceled for lack of time on Friday .

 Saturday was rain again early eliminating the last chance for anyone to qualify who was not in from Fridays runs. John was the number nine qualifier which put him up against Stan Allen in the first round of eliminations.

 The tree came down and John cut a .008 light and never looked back, running a career best and record breaking 3.951 @ 187.82 for a nitrous automatic car!

 Second round he was up against Pat Stoken  and when the race began John got loose running a 4.09 to Stokens 3.95, good race guys and Congratulations to  Lee Adkins winner of pro nitrous at Martin!

 Thompson Raceway

05-29-2010

  Thompsons  First Asphalt Wars of the season sponsored by Dave Roemer & D&R Auto body.

  John was number one qualifier with a 4.0124 @ 182.65! 

 In the first round John had a by run and put done a 4.13 @ 167.10 getting loose just before the 330, this seemed to plague him the rest of the day.

 Still working out the new car in the second round John was paired against Nygeres and ran a 4.17 @ 155.49 taking the round to Nygeres 4.49 @ 160.00.

 This placed him in the finals against John Vergotz.

 In the final John ran a  4.22 @ 164.11, again  getting loose around the 330 to a winning 4.16 @ 178.20 by Vergotz.

 Congratulations to John Vergotz and team on the win! 

 ADRL Virginia Motorsports Park

05-22-2010

  Friday May 22nd, ADRL at Virginia  Motorsports Park.

 The debut of the new car for 2010 John stamps down a personal best  and a first for Bruno Drive/Lenco  automatics with a blistering 3.998 @ 184.90

 The race was cut short for John when in the fourth round of qualifying he suffered a broken flexplate, but at this rate 2010 should be an interesting season.

 Norwalk Door Wars

09-11-2009

   Friday September 11th (Never Forget)

 It's time again for Norwalk's Friday Night chaos!

 Continuing to experience some gremlins John managed to qualify with a 4.176 @ 177.46 Mph. In the first round the car came back and John took the win over Mark Kauffman, running a 4.079 @ 180.60 to Marks 4.564 @ 149.66. Second round pitted the two sponsors of Door Wars against each other. The gremlins were back as Johns car hesitated on the line giving the win to Carl Rossler. Carl ran a 4.160 @ 171.86 while John ran a 4.099 @ 180.24. Great race to both teams.

 Congratulations to Carl and his team for going on to win against last months winner Todd Robertson. Carl showed some great driving in a pedal fest victory over Robertson, Carl's 4.377 to Robertson's 4.495.

 Don't forget October 9th will be the last Friday Night Chaos of the season, with cooler weather should see some great Et's !!!

 ADRL Hebron, Ohio

08-21/22-2009

 Hebron, Ohio ADRL Ohio Drags III turned out to be another great weekend of racing! The ADRL series is always an exciting event and this was no exception.

 John qualified #12 for the event with a 4.053 @ 181.81 , fighting some minor gremlins.

 First round was against Burton Auxier again as it was in the Martin, Michigan race and this time Auxier took the win with a 3.94 @ 188.99 Mph against John's 4.236 @ 177.98 Mph Great race guys and congrats! 

 Thomas Meyers went on to take the Pro Nitrous final against Shannon Jenkins, Congratulations to him and his team!

 Kil-Kare Raceway

08-15-2009

  Kil-Kare Raceway

 Inaugural Pro Mod Shootout!  27 Pro Mods showed up for the race. With a surprise entry at the beginning of the second qualifying round by Billy Glidden who off the trailer runs a 4.17!! on a marginal surface at best.

 John qualified with a 4.320 @ 171Mph

and was faced with a first round race against Mr. Glidden, Johns 4.36 was not enough and we were done for the day.

 Congrats to Jason Hamstra on the event win running a 4.103 !

 Norwalk Door Wars

08-14-2009

  Time again for the Norwalk Raceway Friday Night Chaos!

 Great day for a drag race, but the car had a different idea. John was experiencing some issues with car today but managed to qualify on his second attempt with 4.129 @ 181.72. First round was against the "Erie Boys" who had some severe tire shake, John took the stripe running a 4.24 @ 174.80 Mph.

 Second round was against the blown car of Todd Robertson. In a pedal fest Robertson took the win with a 4.323 @ 137.440 to Johns 4.349 @ 162.80 Mph.

 Robertson went on to win Door Wars in the final against Mark Malcuit. Congrats to Todd and his Team!

08-01-2009

  The Norwalk 32nd annual Night Under Fire was one heck of a show to say the least. Watching Bob Motz burn down the large sign behind the burnout box was to say least interesting and the fireworks display was great as usual.

 The Door Wars program was a great show with some fantastic racing as usual.

 John qualified with 4.049 @ 182.33. First round victory came with a 4.054 against Pat Moore who ran into some trouble,  and this brought John up against the "Erie Boys" Brian and John Vergotz. When the green bulb lit both cars were out great but at about 250' in a ball of flame the rivaled the "Big Bang" Vergotz had a nitrous explosion and John ran into some shake at about 200' but took the "W" with a 4.267 @ 172.54.

 By the finals John and his Tuner Tom had been doing some hard work to get this far, and it had been a tuff afternoon. Dave Roemer sponsor of the days event had taken out the number one qualifier Bob Rahaim on a holeshot win with a 4.02 to Bobs 4.01 but Dave was at the stripe first and that left it with John against Dave in the finals.

 John took the win running a 4.156 @ 178.59 against Dave's 4.294. Dave ran into some shake at about 300 foot and by the 330 it was over. Congratulations to both teams on a great race and to Dave for putting on a great event the "R & R Auto Body Extreme" Door Wars during the Night Under Fire and a special congrats to Bob Rahaim and his team on his 3.999 pass, great run.

 Thompson Raceway

07-18-2009

  Thompsons  second Asphalt Wars of the season sponsored by the Vergotz team (Props to John Vergotz for sponsoring the event) John was number one qualifier with a 4.077 @ 179.60!  In the first round John ran Larry Higgenbottom in his return with the 57 Chevy blower car, (Car looks great Larry!) John ran a 4.09 @ 180.

 Second round against Carl Rossler in 55 Chevy, John ran into some bad tire shake about 300 out and couldn't drive through it losing to Carl's 4.22 @ 166, great race Carl and team .

 Congratulations to John Vergotz and his victory of the event and Happy Birthday also!

 Norwalk Door Wars

07-17-2009

  After last months rain-out of the Friday Night Chaos at Norwalk, everyone  must have needed a speed fix! The Door Wars class had a great turn out, and the weather turned out to be great. John had some tire shake on the first qualifying pass but came back for the second and laid down a 4.107 to grab the number two spot to a 4.106.

 A first round victory with a 4.084 @ 179.68 followed by second round with 4.062 @ 180.04 and finally in the final round John ran against long time friend Mark Malcuit, and ran into some shake about 250' out but was able to drive through it and still run a 4.107 @ 178.30 against Marks 4.190 @ 168.98.

 Congrats to both teams for a great race and to Mark and team for running their personal best of 4.111 @ 173.210!

 ADRL Martin, Michigan

06-06-2009

US131 Martin, Michigan ADRL summer drags. Great weekend of racing John’s Camaro was on a mission and in the 0's most of the time. John made the field qualifying with a 4.05 which put him in the eleven spot and up against the Al-Anabi car of Burton Auxier for the first round.

  While in the lanes the weather looked like it was going to delay the start of round one but the sprinkles stopped and John was lined up with Auxier.  As the tree activated John left in front of the Al-Anabi Camaro and at about 300 feet Auxier experienced a tremendous Nitrous explosion sending flames well behind the car. John took the stripe while running a nice 4.049 @ 182.01.

 Luckily Auxier was not injured in the serious explosion, and congrats to both teams on a great race.

 Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and the finals were

postponed until the Topeka, KS. race in July.

 Other local racers at the ADRL were Mark Malcuit, in his 68 Tim Mcamis Camaro running his best with a new combination of 4.17 and John and Brian Vergotz in their 68 Bickel Camaro also running their personal best of 4.09. Great job guys!

 Thompson Raceway

05-23-2009

 This weekend turned out to be a Double Header for the DeCerbo team, as John had another W at Thompson Raceway "Asphalt Wars".

  With temps in the upper 80's during the afternoon and gradually dropping as the evening approached, the track prep was great all day allowing The crew chief Tom to throw some serious power at  it, and power it made.

  John made top qualifier with a 4.16 and as the day progressed to the 2nd round John put down a crowd pleasing 4.08 as Pat Moore ran into shake early in the run.

  In the finals John was up against the Dave Roemer "Gladiator" car, as the lights went green both cars left on a mission but Roemer seemed to get a little loose at the 330 with the DeCerbo Camaro running straight down Broadway  laying down a 4.07 @ 181 MPH !! to Dave's 4.35.

   Congratulations to both teams for a great race.

 Norwalk Door Wars

05-22-2009

  Well its that time again race fans! The first Door wars of the season has come and gone and what a great race it was. Did not hear the exact car count but the turn out was great and the weather was fantastic!

 With some small glitches at the start it looked like the DeCerbo team was in for a long night, but with some hard work and good tuning choices from the crew chief,  John went from Shake to Victory. The final race was against Todd Robertson in his 07 Cobalt who put down a 4.14 @ 176.49 and may have been a bit loose but Johns 4.09 @ 180.50 made it first to the stripe. Congratulations to both teams for a great race.

 Shakedown at Etown

10-05-2008

 Englishtown, New Jersey;

Wow what a race this was!! Many tough competitors were present along with some very good air for some great hits. John qualified in a very tough field with a 6.413 @ 218.55 MPH which gave him the number 10 spot and placed him against Rickie Smith for the first round. John had smith on the tree but got loose and smith took the round with a 6.148 against Johns 6.476,  A special congratulations goes out to Jim Halsey and his team for being the first Nitrous promod in the fives!!! and for winning the shakedown. Great job guys!!!

 Norwalk Door Wars

09-19-2008

 The final Door Wars of the season was tonight and what a night it was! John put down his best numbers of the year with 4.040 @ 176.65 for top qualifier and top ET of the night!!!!

 Unfortunately this colossal hit damaged the motor and put him in the trailer early. Congrats to Todd Robertson and his team on their win of the last Door Wars of 2008

 Thompson Raceway

08-30-2008

 DeCerbo Racing puts down a  4.09 at Thompson's Quick 8 for top ET. This earth pounding hit did some damage to the power plant, and a big thanks to all who lent a hand in getting us ready in time for first round! In a second round pedal fest the victory went to John Vergotz in the Corvette Fever car, who went on to take the win for the event. Congratulations goes out to Vergotz and his team!

Norwalk ADRL

08-23-2008

 At a Jam packed ADRL event John managed to put down a 4.109 @ 178.07 to make the show on Saturday afternoon against a highly competitive field. First round John encountered severe tire shake running a 4.75 against a 3.98 of Shannon Jenkins.

8-15-2008

 Friday Night proved to be the fastest Doors wars in its history!

 With a 20 car field John qualified 5th for the night with a 4.22 .

First and second round looked like an episode off of Miami ink as he tattooed the competitors on the tree with back to back .004 lights  and made it to the final.

 The final was against Pat Moore,  with a great start John ran a 4.117 @ 177.95 with a .041 R/T against Moore who ended up with some tire shake and ran a 4.503 @ 165.52 with a .044 R/T. Congratulations to both teams for some great racing!

7-18-2008

 What a great night of racing, weather was hot and muggy with a temperamental race track but John and tuner Tom managed to get it done and done well!

 In qualifying John put down a 4.182 @ 177.25  which held for top qualifier of the night, he went rounds and was paired with a very tough competitor,  Barry Ballard and his APD 68 Camaro, in what proved to be one of the fastest Door Wars finals in the history of the event , John put down a 4.097   @ 178.12 against Ballard's 4.165 @ 174.19 and took the win! What a great race, congrats to both teams for an awesome final!

6-10-2008

 World's fastest Automatic ProMod uses Combo-Flo! Congratulations to John DeCerbo, winner of the Inaugural Pinks Quick 8 race at Norwalk, Ohio and who's final round pass of 6.27/222, with a 4.05/177 half track time, earns John the honor of "World's fastest Nitrous Automatic ProMod"! And all of this done in hot, muggy 93 degree track conditions!

"John is a high quality racer with a reputation for choosing the finest equipment. His immaculate race car is powered 738" Fulton motor equipped with Combo-Flo Nitrous and Fuel valves. We are proud John chose Combo-Flo for his winning combination. said Doug Mills

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