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$500,000
‘BATTLE FOR THE
BELTS’ MOVING TO
ROCKINGHAM DRAGWAY
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Rockingham
Dragway
owner
Steve
Earwood
confirmed
Monday
that
the
American
Drag
Racing
League’s
“Battle
for
the
Belts,”
a
stand
alone
all-star
event
that
pays
a
purse
that
totals
$500,000;
$50,000
to
winners
in
the
American
Drag
Racing
League
(ADRL)
Pro
Extreme,
Pro
Nitrous
and
Extreme
Pro
Stock
classes,
will
for
the
first
time
be
contested
this
year
at
The
Rock.
The
“Battle
for
the
Belts”
features
the
top
eight
drivers
in
points
in
the
six
major
classes
at
the
conclusion
of
racing
in
the
ADRL
event
in
Memphis,
Tenn.,
on
Aug.
4th.
Those
drivers
will
race
for
the
aforementioned
big
money
bonuses
on
Friday,
Sept.
6,
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Although it is a
stand alone event,
the “Battle for the
Belts” will be the
lead-in to Dragstock
X, the ADRL season
finale which will be
contested at The
Rock on Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 7-8.
“Hosting the ‘Battle
for the Belts” event
is really icing on
the cake,” Earwood
said. “Our race fans
always have had a
rapport with Pro
Modifieds and
especially with the
ADRL-style of Pro
Modifieds. The
opportunity to see
them in back-to-back
events over three
days is something
that will really
appeal to them.”
In addition, the
ADRL, in
collaboration with
its Middle Eastern
counterpart, the
Arabian Drag Racing
League, announced a
$250,000 double-up
bonus to drivers in
the four common
classes who win both
series championships
in one season. Those
classes are Pro
Extreme, Pro
Nitrous, Pro Extreme
Motorcycle and the
new Pro Drag Radial
category.
As for the “Battle
for the Belts,” its
$500,000 payout also
will include $20,000
winners’ purses in
Pro Extreme
Motorcycle, Pro
Modified and Pro
Drag Radial, $10,000
winners’ shares in
Top Sportsman and
Top Dragster and
$2,000 to win in Pro
Jr. Dragster.
ADRL President Kenny
Nowling also
announced that the
nation’s premier
eighth mile drag
racing league will
increase its 2013
event purses by
$100,000. The new
event purse
structure will begin
at the ADRL Spring
Drags IV presented
by Curry’s
Transportation
Services on May
18-19 at Cordova
Dragway Park in
Cordova, Ill.
“This is another
milestone for
Rockingham Dragway”,
Earwood said. “We
were the first to
pay $100,000 to win
in Top Fuel and
Funny Car back in
the late ‘90s when
we hosted the NHRA
Winston
Invitational, and
now the first offer
$500,000 in one day
at an ADRL event”.
“There is nothing
more satisfying than
being able to reward
our racers
financially,”
Nowling said. “Our
work is nowhere near
finished, however.
The ADRL team will
continue to work to
increase our purses
to our racers
(because without
them) there is no
ADRL. They have and
always will be our
first priority.” |
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2013
HOLCOMB MOTORSPORTS
SPRING OUTLAW CIVIL
WARS SHOOTOUT
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WEATHER THE BIG
WINNER IN 18TH
HOLCOMB SPRING CIVIL
WARS EVENT
Rain brought an
early end to a
promising 18th
annual Holcomb
Performance Spring
Civil Wars event
Sunday at Steve
Earwood’s Rockingham
Dragway, sending a
strong field of
Outlaw Street races
home with a little
bit of cash and
dreams of what might
have been.
All qualifiers in
the five heads-up
Outlaw classes split
the purse including
the $5,000 winner’s
share in both the
BAER Brake Systems
X275 and the CFM/TRZ
Motorsports Outlaw
275 classes. The
surviving drivers in
the classes that
were able to
complete some racing
also split the
money.
There were 34
drivers still in
contention in the
ROCK Batteries Pro
Tree Doorslammers
class when rain
suspended and
ultimately ended the
competition. There
were 38 still alive
in the Sandy’s
Performance
Footbrake class, 18
in the Performance
Automatic Open Comp
class, 10 in the
Holeshot Racing
Wheels 6.0 Index and
five in the Holeshot
7.0 Index.
“We just seem to be
in a real wet
weather pattern
right now,” Earwood
said. “It’s a little
frustrating,
especially when you
have good events
shaping up.
Unfortunately, the
weather is the one
thing we can’t
control. I just want
to thank all the
Outlaw racers this
week and the MIRock
motorcycle racers
from the week before
for their patience
and cooperation.
“Rainouts are going
to happen but they
still create
hardships,
especially for those
who have to travel
and I just want all
of those racers to
know that we
appreciate their
continued support.”
The quickest cars on
the grounds in
qualifying were
those competing in
the Aerospace
Components Radials
versus World class
with only .023 of a
second separating
No. 1 qualifier
Chris Daniel of
White, Ga. (4.536
seconds) and No. 4
qualifier Keith
Berry of Clermont,
Ga. (4.559).
Other No. 1s
recognized before
the rains came were
Charlotte’s Robby
Keziah, who stopped
the eighth mile
timers in 4.753
seconds in Outlaw
275; Dean Marinis of
Whitestone, N.Y.,
whose 2000 Ford
Mustang was caught
in 4.775 seconds in
X275; John Phillips
of Clayton, quickest
in Ultimate
Converter Concepts
King of the Street
class at 5.189
seconds; and Matthew
Lawrence of Forest,
Va., who led the way
in Old Dominion Auto
Salvage Real Street
in his 1986 Mustang. |
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Dragway during the
April 26-27 18th
annual Holcomb
Motorsports Spring
Outlaw Civil Wars!
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RECORD,
BUT NO WIN FOR
TOWNSEND IN MIROCK
SERIES OPENER
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Joey
Gladstone
experienced
both
the
agony
and
the
ecstasy
of
Orient
Express
Pro
Street
motorcycle
racing
during
Sunday’s
FBR
Shop
Spring
Bike
Nationals
at
Rockingham
Dragway.
The
Townsend,
Del.,
pro
set
a
MIRock
Mickey
Thompson
Performance
Tires
Superbike
Series
speed
record
of
212.33
miles
per
hour
during
qualifying
and,
after
No.
1
qualifier
Rodney
Williford
was
upset
in
the
semifinals,
it
appeared
that
Gladstone
would
waltz
to
his
third
MIRock
win,
especially
since
he
was
unopposed
in
the
other
semifinal. |
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