PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 EDITION
Whiteland native Randi Lyn (Shipp) Butner proudly displays NHRA “Wally” trophy for her U.S. Nationals class win Friday at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg. (Bo Butner Racing Photos) By Al Stilley
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Whiteland’s Randi Lyn (Shipp) Butner grew up about 20 miles from Lucas Oil Raceway, home of the 69th Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals during the Labor Day weekend in Brownsburg.
She competed as a youth in the National Hot Rod Association’s Junior Dragster program, winning her very first drag racing trophies. She returned several consecutive years with the Shipp family to the nation’s most prominent drag strip to compete in class eliminator competitions in the grand-daddy of all NHRA drag races.
Along the way, Randi Lyn won seven national events in Stock Eliminator and the 2021 NHRA Division 3 championship driving a 1967 Pontiac owned by husband Bo Butner of Floyds Knobs.
This was her second U.S. Nationals class win. It came in her very first attempt driving the Bo Butner / Jim Butner Auto Group Cobra Jet Mustang to Super Stock (FSS/L) class win, her first triumph in Super Stock. Bo won the inaugural Factory Stock Showdown in 2012 at the U.S. Nationals.
“Indy is the class win that matters the most,” Randi Lyn said in a press release. ‘It’s the one race everybody watches and everybody looks to be very fast. It’s a big deal here.”
Randi Lyn’s first-ever two trips in the Cobra Jet came during qualifications for the class eliminations. She admitted it was a trying experience.
“It’s been very nerve-wracking and I’m definitely still out of my comfort zone,” she admitted. “That (eliminations) was my very first run where I almost hit all my shifts. Everything came together, and it felt good.”
She recorded a remarkable .005-second reaction time and raced to a 9.702-second pass at 139.52 miles per to capture the coveted “Wally” trophy at this year’s U.S. Nationals.
“No matter if it’s a class win, a divisional, or a national – all of the Indy wins are front and center,” Randi Lyn said.
Husband Bo reached the Pro Stock finals Monday but bowed out in the first round.
Greenwood’s Wesley Wells missed making the top 16 qualifiers in Pro Stock Motorcycle Sunday. Wells missed by 0.392-second. His best time was 7.226 seconds, 185.10 mph.
(Note: Bo Butner Racing contributed to this article)
Editor
Whiteland’s Randi Lyn (Shipp) Butner grew up about 20 miles from Lucas Oil Raceway, home of the 69th Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals during the Labor Day weekend in Brownsburg.
She competed as a youth in the National Hot Rod Association’s Junior Dragster program, winning her very first drag racing trophies. She returned several consecutive years with the Shipp family to the nation’s most prominent drag strip to compete in class eliminator competitions in the grand-daddy of all NHRA drag races.
Along the way, Randi Lyn won seven national events in Stock Eliminator and the 2021 NHRA Division 3 championship driving a 1967 Pontiac owned by husband Bo Butner of Floyds Knobs.
This was her second U.S. Nationals class win. It came in her very first attempt driving the Bo Butner / Jim Butner Auto Group Cobra Jet Mustang to Super Stock (FSS/L) class win, her first triumph in Super Stock. Bo won the inaugural Factory Stock Showdown in 2012 at the U.S. Nationals.
“Indy is the class win that matters the most,” Randi Lyn said in a press release. ‘It’s the one race everybody watches and everybody looks to be very fast. It’s a big deal here.”
Randi Lyn’s first-ever two trips in the Cobra Jet came during qualifications for the class eliminations. She admitted it was a trying experience.
“It’s been very nerve-wracking and I’m definitely still out of my comfort zone,” she admitted. “That (eliminations) was my very first run where I almost hit all my shifts. Everything came together, and it felt good.”
She recorded a remarkable .005-second reaction time and raced to a 9.702-second pass at 139.52 miles per to capture the coveted “Wally” trophy at this year’s U.S. Nationals.
“No matter if it’s a class win, a divisional, or a national – all of the Indy wins are front and center,” Randi Lyn said.
Husband Bo reached the Pro Stock finals Monday but bowed out in the first round.
Greenwood’s Wesley Wells missed making the top 16 qualifiers in Pro Stock Motorcycle Sunday. Wells missed by 0.392-second. His best time was 7.226 seconds, 185.10 mph.
(Note: Bo Butner Racing contributed to this article)
Randi Lyn (Shipp) Butner is in line for eliminations run in Super Stock class with Bo Butner Racing’s Cobra Jet Mustang at U.S. Nationals. Husband Bo won his second consecutive U.S. Nationals Super Gas championship Sunday.
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