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MORTON,
POTTS WIN BIG MONEY
IN CAROLINA
COALITION OPENER
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Girls Sweep Jr.
Dragster Titles
in Racing at
Rockingham
Dragway |
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
– Jacksonville’s
Preston Morton
and Greg Potts
of Roan
Mountain, Tenn.,
were the Top
Eliminator
winners at
Rockingham
Dragway in the
first race in
the 2015 Hoosier
Tires Carolina
Coalition
Bracket Series.
Potts claimed
the first $5,000
share of the
purse by turning
back Randall
Blinson on
Saturday. Morton
matched him on
Sunday by
stopping Chad
Duke of
Wilmington in
the final round.
In addition to
Carolina
Coalition
points, drivers
also earned
points toward
Rockingham track
championships in
Top Eliminator,
Footbrake and
Jr. Dragster.
The Carolina
Coalition next
moves to
Farmington
Dragway on April
18-19, then to
Piedmont Dragway
on June 20-21
and, finally, to
Galot
Motorsports Park
(formerly
Dunn-Benson) for
the finale on
Aug. 29-30. |
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Dunn’s Justen West
and Aaron “Hot Rod”
Brock of Pageland,
S.C., were the
series’ initial
Footbrake winners
while Jr. Dragster
was the domain of
the girls with
reigning Hoosier
Carolina Coalition
Series champion
Ashleigh Stafford of
Kernersville sharing
the podium with
Kimberly Dawn Messer
of Four Oaks.
Brock showed off his
starting line skills
to win Footbrake on
Sunday. First, he
used a .006-.028
reaction time
advantage to upend
Hudson’s Kelly
Stevens in the
semifinals and then
a .015-.046 margin
to get past
McLeanville’s Derek
Harris in the final.
Both Stevens and
Harris probably
deserved better. The
former threw a .037
package at Brock
only to lose to his
better .028.
Meanwhile, Harris
missed his target
number by a mere
.001 of a second
(6.471 on a 6.470)
but just couldn’t
overcome the
starting line
deficit and dropped
the final by .015.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. –
Results from the
season-opening race
in the 2015 Hoosier
Tires Carolina
Coalition bracket
Series contested
Saturday and Sunday
at Rockingham
Dragway:
SATURDAY
TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 5 – Josh
Hodson,
Graniteville, S.C.,
1986 Ford Mustang,
5.733 on a 5.690,
119.76 mph, def. Tim
Thomas, Lumberton,
5.877 on a 5.860,
115.83 mph; Gary
Ingold #1, Raleigh,
4.659 on a 4.650,
146.78 mph, def.
Allen Walters,
Southern Pines, 1969
Chevy Camaro, 6.809
on a 6.760, 100.34
mph; Greg Potts,
Roan Mountain,
Tenn., 1972 Chevy
Chevelle, 5.519 on a
5.420, 116.49 mph,
def. Marty Dabney,
Troy, Va., 5.703 on
a 5.460, 112.89 mph;
David Lowe, Raeford,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
6.272 on a 6.240,
107.98 mph, def.
Jake Woodrins,
Lenoir, 6.131 on a
6.100, 112.85 mph;
Randall Blinson, NA,
6.407 on a 6.350,
98.37 mph, def.
Shawn Davis,
Lumberton, 6.279 on
a 6.250, 107.03 mph;
Gary Ingold #2,
Raleigh, 4.643 on a
4.640, 146.69 mph,
def. Jerry Brewer,
Lumberton, 4.731 on
a 4.710, 144.08 mph;
Ken Batchelor,
Leland, 4.569 on a
4.580, 146.78 mph,
def. Nick Womack,
Lillington, 6.223
breakout on a 6.240,
106.39 mph.
Round 6 – Ingold #1,
4.655 on a 4.650,
146.91 mph, def.
Lowe, 6.242 on a
6.240, 106.36 mph;
Blinson, 6.326 on a
6.340, 106.39 mph,
def. Hodson, foul;
Potts, bye; Ingold
#2, 4.658 on a
4.650, 145.75 mph,
def. Batchelor,
4.620 on a 4.580,
147.46 mph.
Semifinals – Potts,
5.426 on a 5.410,
126.19 mph, def.
Ingold #1, 4.636 on
a 4.620, 148.64 mph;
Blinson, 6.353 on a
6.350, 104.11 mph,
def. Ingold #2,
4.623 breakout on a
4.630, 148.53 mph.
FINAL – Greg Potts,
Roan Mountain,
Tenn., 1972 Chevy
Chevelle, 5.423 on a
5.410, 127.23 mph,
def. Randall Blinson,
NA, 6.364 on a
6.340, 103.65 mph.
FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – Ross
Freeman #1,
Westerville, S.C.,
1979 Chevy Camaro,
8.121 on an 8.070,
81.35 mph, def. Jeff
Flood, Mocksville,
6.445 on a 6.420,
109.60 mph; Justen
West, Dunn, 1969
Chevy Camaro, 7.708
on a 7.700, 85.09
mph, def. Mark
Soles, Riegelwood,
1988 Ford Mustang,
5.593 on a 5.570,
115.67 mph; Edward
Freeman, Kershaw,
S.C., 1968 Chevy
Chevelle, 6.606 on a
6.600, 103.01 mph,
def. Eric Aman,
Clinton, 7.827 on a
7.800, 85.89 mph;
Chris Plott,
Winston-Salem, 5.599
on a 5.590, 120.12
mph, def. Kelly
Stevens, Hudson,
6.681 on a 6.650,
99.46 mph; Cody
Phillips, Lumberton,
1987 Oldsmobile
Cutlass, bye; Ross
Freeman #2,
Westerville, S.C.,
8.114 on a 8.100,
80.89 mph, def. Jeff
Flood, Mocksville,
6.415 breakout on a
6.430, 107.72 mph.
Round 6 – Plott,
5.529 on a 5.590,
124.34 mph, def.
Edward Freeman,
foul; Phillips,
6.416 on a 6.340,
100.27 mph, def.
Ross Freeman #1,
8.162 on an 8.100,
81.65 mph; West,
7.724 on a 7.700,
81.87 mph, def. Ross
Freeman #2, 8.128 on
an 8.100, 81.19 mph.
Semifinals – West
7.723 on a 7.730,
85.08 mph, def.
Phillips, 6.351
breakout on a 6.420,
98.04 mph; Plott,
bye.
FINAL – Justin West,
Dunn, 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 7.746 on a
7.720, 84.75 mph,
def. Chris Plott,
Winston-Salem, 5.623
on a 5.570, 106.66
mph.
JR. DRAGSTER
Semifinals – Noah
Johnson,
Fayetteville, 7.984
on a 7.900, 81.88
mph, def. Isaac
Bridges, Shelby,
foul; Kimberly Dawn
Messer, Four Oaks,
bye.
FINAL – Kimberly
Dawn Messer, Four
Oaks, 7923 on a
7.900, 84.15 mph,
def. Noah Johnson,
Fayetteville, foul.
SUNDAY
TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 5 – Dana Goins,
Red Springs, 1972
Chevy Nova, 6.121 on
a 6.110, 108.45 mph,
def. Tommy Plott #1,
Winston-Salem, 4.643
on a 4.620, 148.82
mph; Lee Desist #1,
Fayetteville, 6.210
on a 6.170, 105.81
mph, def. David
Lowe, Raeford, 1969
Chevy Camaro, 6.285
on a 6.250, 104.36
mph; Preston Morton,
Jacksonville, 1970
Chevy Nova, 7.053 on
a 7.020, 94.03 mph,
def. Chad Duke #1,
Wilmington, 5.173 on
a 5.150, 132.15 mph;
Chuck Bowman, Stony
Point, 4.615 on a
4.610, 147.21 mph,
def. Kevin Crawford,
Jefferson, S.C.,
6.100 on a 6.080,
109.36 mph; Jerry
Brewer, Lumberton,
4.741 on a 4.720,
145.69 mph, def.
Charles Doss,
Statesville, 4.857
breakout on a 4.860,
136.44 mph; Tommy
Plott #2, 4.625 on a
4.620, def. Lee
Desist #2, 6.167
breakout on a 6.180,
109.20 mph; Chad
Duke #2, Wilmington,
5.178 on a 5.170,
131.48 mph, def.
Joseph Harstell,
Stanfield, 1971
Dodge Dart, 5.442 on
a 5.430, 124.21 mph.
Round 6 – Duke #2,
5.184 on a 5.170,
130.97 mph, def.
Brewer, 4.736 on a
4.730, 145.99 mph;
Bowman, 4.624 on a
4.610, 148.14 mph,
def. Plott #2, 4.632
on a 4.630, 146.93;
Desist #2, 6.184 on
a 6.170, 108.95 mph,
def. Goins, 6.093
breakout on a 6.110,
109.90 mph; Morton,
bye.
Semifinals – Duke
#2, 5.196 on a
5.170, 131.36 mph,
def. Bowman, 4.654
on a 4.610, 148.04
mph; Morton, 7.021
on a 7.010, 96.14
mph, def. Desist #2,
6.192 on a 6.170,
106.58 mph.
FINAL – Preston
Morton,
Jacksonville, 1970
Chevy Nova, 7.033 on
a 7.010, 95.00 mph,
def. Chad Duke,
Wilmington, foul.
FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – Aaron “Hot
Rod” Brock,
Pageland, S.C.,
7.084 on a 7.070,
85.52 mph, def. Eric
Aman #1, Clinton,
7.914 on a 7.890,
83.13 mph; Hannah
Blevins, Jefferson,
7.154 on a 7.180,
95.57 mph, def.
Tommy Greer, foul;
Kelly Stevens #1,
Hudson, 6.682 on a
6.690, 101.01 mph,
def. Tim Cowick,
Mooresville, 2000
Ford Mustang, 6.271
breakout on a 6.300,
106.65 mph; Donald
Daniels, Godwin,
1981 Olds, 7.096 on
a 7.070, 97.03 mph,
def. Chris Plott,
Winston-Salem, foul;
Steve Alford,
Angier, 6.796 on a
6.780, 93.28 mph,
def. Ross Freeman,
Westville, S.C.,
1979 Chevy Camaro,
8.078 breakout on an
8.080, 92.92 mph;
Derek Harris,
McLeansville, 6.519
on a 6.480, 92.02
mph, def. Eric Aman
#2, Clinton, 7.916
on a 7.890, 85.25
mph; Kelly Stevens
#2, Hudson, bye.
Round 6 – Stevens
#1, 6.684 on a
6.690, 101.52 mph,
def. Stevens #2;
Blevins, 7.257 on a
7.180, 81.17 mph,
def. Daniels, 7.093
on a 7.080, 96.81
mph; Brock, 7.076 on
a 7.070, 85.54 mph,
def. Alford, 6.761
breakout on a 6.780,
92.96 mph; Harris,
bye.
Semifinals – Brock,
7.092 on a 7.070,
87.00 mph, def.
Stevens, 6.689 on a
6.680, 100.23 mph;
Harris, 6.471 on a
6.470, 99.96 mph,
def. Blevins, 7.146
breakout on a 7.180,
91.84 mph.
FINAL – Aaron “Hot
Rod” Brock,
Pageland, S.C.,
7.087 on a 7.070,
92.53 mph, def.
Derek Harris,
McLeansville, 6.471
on a 6.470, 97.15
mph.
JR. DRAGSTER
Semifinals – Jacob
Baker, Yorktown,
Va., 7.962 on a
7.900, 76.22 mph,
def. Noah Johnson,
Fayetteville, 7.891
breakout on a 7.900,
80.71 mph; Ashleigh
Stafford,
Kernersville, 7.931
on a 7.900, 80.73
mph, def. Kaylee
Love, Youngsville,
foul.
FINAL – Ashleigh
Stafford,
Kernersville, 7.918
on a 7.900, 80.33
mph, def. Jacob
Baker, Yorktown,
Va., 7.949 on a
7.900, 78.84 mph. |
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