Dover Nostalgia Drags Brings the Memories and Great Racing to Lebanon Valley

On the weekend of September 27-29, 2025, Lebanon Valley Dragway hosted the 17th Anniversary of the Dover Nostalgia Drags with drag racing for cars 1990 and older along with a swap meet, vendors and a fantastic car show. With 9 different racing categories along with SuperCars, and exhibition races with front engine dragsters, altereds and funny cars, the crowd was treated to tons of drag racing action throughout both Saturday and Sunday day.

The results from the Sunday eliminators are as follows:

In Dover Gassers, Bryan Hanofee of Highland, NY defeated Tom Hillery of Windsor Locks, CT in the final. Bob Whalen of Pleasant Valley, NY finished his day in the semi-finals.

In Dover 409, Mike Steele of Frewsburg, NY took the top honors when he defeated Lewis Benea in the final. Tom Evers of Douglas, MA finished his day in the semi-finals.

In Dover Super, Karl Wright of East Longmeadow, MA finished on top when he defeated Steve Pray of Berlin, CT in the final. Mike Shinault of Waterford, CT and Debby Kehlenbach of North Haven, CT finished in the semi-finals.

Brandon Karaguezian finished his day with the jacket and trophy driving a Belot machine to the final where he defeated Alan Dwy of Poughkeepsie, NY. Chris Cuevas of Cheshire, MA finished in the semi-finals.

Earl Whitcomb of Jewett, NY took top honors in Dover Modified when he defeated James Ferrara in the final. Marty Melanson finished in the semi-finals.

Arthur Battersby of North Smithfield, RI defeated Ed Ghirardi of Portsmouth, RI in the final of Dover Comp. Don Joy or Machias, ME and Pat Bewer of Lebanon, PA finished in the semi-finals.

In Dover 4 Speed, Ken Boyer of Palmer, MA took home the trophy when he defeated Steve Vallieres of Bristol, CT. Phil Sachs of Saugerties, NY and Joe Turco, Sr of Rosendale, NY finished in the semi-finals.

Peter Spier of Bethel, CT took home the trophy and the jacket in Dover DOT when he defeated J. Guy Couture in the final round. Michael Wright of East Hartford, CT finished in the semi-finals.

And the report from DrJay on the NODRAMA weekend. "Saturday Saturday Saturday! At Lebanon Valley Dragway. Dover Reunion weekend has come and gone. Saturday was our normal program while we had the privilege of also running our show on Sunday in exhibition. Packed stands, packed pits, packed lanes, LET'S GO!

Event number 11 of our 2025 season was massive. A new NODRAMA record on the board had 50 racers ready to rock. The 2025 Championship is still up for grabs and the race to the top can't be any tighter. We haven't had a season come down to the wire season like this in quite some time. Here we go!

6 rounds on the day, early exits, more carnage, and serious competition, lead to a seasoned NODRAMA veteran and a Young Gun to meet up in the finals. Taking the stripe.... Congratulations to Ritchie Evan Degraff on another win! Andre Holhoch with the runner-up. With his third win of the year, Ritchie Jr, in just 2 races, has gone from outside looking in, all the way to the top. A never before seen 10 spot jump in just 2 races! Andre has now cracked into familiar territory finally showing up in the Top10.

Others at the top must have pissed off lady luck. Early exits down the stretch can break confidence and turn into a pressure cooker in an instant. Time is running out on 2025. Top contenders Kurt Burns, Bob Rizzo, Jeff Currie, and Mike Charron all had back to back weekend early outs. Will we have our first ever legacy champion in 2025? Possibly our greatest event finale ever was the 2023 Championship of Ritchie Degraff Sr taking it all in the final round at the final event of the season.

The final 2 events of our 2025 season are here. Up next is Event 12 on October 11th and our season finale is slated for October 25th.

As always, Stay tuned... DrJay"