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RIVENBARK GRABS
UP EVERYTHING IN
SIGHT AT ROCKINGHAM
Scruggs, Harvey,
Ferguson Among Other
Champions in Third
PDRA Spring
Nationals
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. –
Kevin Rivenbark
completed a near
perfect weekend
Sunday by driving
his GALOT
Motorsports 2015
Chevrolet Corvette
to the Pro Boost
championship in the
third annual PDRA
Spring Nationals at
Rockingham Dragway.
The Wallace, N.C.,
driver was quickest
in every qualifying
session and every
racing round in an
overpowering
performance that
sends him to Dallas
for the May 21 Texas
Nationals as the
PDRA point leader.
Meanwhile, the
featured Pro Extreme
class delivered some
of the best Pro
Modified racing ever
before Randell Reid
of Iowa Park, Texas
used an enormous
starting line
advantage to upset
reigning series
champion Jason
Scruggs of Saltillo,
Miss., in the final.
Scruggs covered the
eighth mile distance
in 3.501 seconds at
222.66 miles per
hour but he couldn’t
overcome Reid’s .017
reaction time which
got his Corvette to
the finish line .016
of a second ahead of
the champion’s early
model Camaro despite
a slower 3.550
second time.
In the semifinals,
all four Pro Extreme
cars ran in the
3.50s. Scruggs was
quickest at 3.573
but Reid, Jose
Gonzales of Ball
Ground, Ga., and
Mike Recchia of
Roselle, Ill., were
close at 3.576,
3.581 and 3.575,
respectively. Reid,
a two-time PDRA
winner who was shut
out a year ago, also
won that race on a
hole shot.
Other Spring
Nationals winners
included Travis “the
Carolina Kid” Harvey
of Elon, N.C., in
Pro Nitrous, Richard
Penland of Benson,
N.C., in Extreme Pro
Stock, Chuck Wilburn
of Tupelo, Miss., in
Pro Extreme
Motorcycle, Cody
Moore of
Collinsville, Okla.,
in Top Dragster and
Dan Ferguson of
Harrisburg, N.C., in
Top Sportsman.
The event was marred
by an accident in
which reigning PDRA
Top Sportsman
champion Ronnie
Davis of Suwanee,
Ga., and journalist
Ian Tocher of
Roswell, Ga.,
suffered serious
injuries. Both
eventually were
transported to UNC
Medical Center in
Chapel Hill where
they were in
critical condition
Sunday night.
Rivenbark beat
second generation
pro Steve Whiteley
of Grand Junction,
Colo., son of
two-time NHRA Top
Alcohol Dragster
world champion Jim
Whiteley, in
Sunday’s Pro Boost
final for his second
win of the weekend.
On Friday, he won
the
PDRA Osage
Nationals, a race
that began in Tulsa
but was completed at
The Rock due to
weather problems.
Harvey, a former
PDRA Top Dragster
World Champion,
earned a narrow
decision over Jay
Cox of Smithfield to
win Pro Nitrous
after being upended
in the Tulsa final
on Friday. Against
Cox, he covered the
course in 3.751
seconds at 201.73
mph. Sox trailed at
3.763, 200.76 mph.
In a duel between
the No. 1 and No. 2
qualifiers, Penland
got a free pass to
the winners’ circle
when the quickest
car on the grounds,
the 2013 Ford
Mustang of John
Pluchino of Commack,
N.Y., was guilty of
a foul start.
For Wilburn, it was
only his second PDRA
win in Pro Extreme
Motorcycle but it
was his second
straight at The Rock
where he beat Burke
Forster to win last
fall’s Dragstock
event. This time, he
beat Forster in the
first round and took
out Ashley Owens of
Decatur, Ala., in
the final.
Ferguson’s win in
Top Sportsman was
just his second on
the PDRA tour
although he was the
2014 series
champion. He beat
Scott Duggins of
Inman, S.C., in the
final round.
On Friday, the Top
Dragster winners’
circle was the last
place Moore expected
to be. He wasn’t
among the top 16
qualifiers and, as a
result, seemed
destined to be a
spectator at the
season’s second
race. Instead, he
got into the field
as an alternate when
No. 3 qualifier
George Marks of
Bourbon, Ind., was
unable to make the
first round call.
That was the only
opening he needed as
he stopped Matt
Sackman of
Channahanon, Ill,
Jimmy Sakuvich of
Raymore, Mo., Don
Hall of Georgetown,
Ky., and, finally,
Chaz Silance of
Jacksonville, N.C.,
for the win.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. –
Final round results
from Sunday’s third
annual PDRA Spring
Nationals at
Rockingham Dragway:
PRO EXTREME –
Randell Reid, Iowa
Park, Texas, 2007
Chevy Corvette,
3.550, 215.96 mph,
def. Jason Scruggs,
Saltillo, Miss.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.501, 222.66 mph.
PRO NITROUS – Travis
Harvey, Elon, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.751, 201.73 mph,
def. Jay Cox,
Smithfield, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.763, 200.26 mph.
PRO BOOST – Kevin
Rivenbark, Wallace,
N.C., 2015 Chevy
Corvette, 3.732,
203.43 mph, def.
Steven Whiteley,
Grand Junction,
Colo., 2015 Cadillac
CTS-V, 3.789, 199.82
mph.
EXTREME PRO STOCK –
Richard Penland,
Belmont, N.C., 2010
Ford Mustang, 4.096,
177.56 mph, def.
John Pluchino,
Commack, N.Y., 2013
Ford Mustang, foul.
PRO EXTREME
MOTORCYCLE – Chuck
Wilburn, Tupelo,
Miss., 4.043, 173.01
mph, def. Ashley
Owens, Decatur,
Ala., 4.116, 176.26
mph.
TOP SPORTSMAN – Dan
Ferguson,
Harrisburg, N.C.,
2002 Pontiac
Firebird, 3.981 on a
3.970, 184.65 mph,
def. Scott Duggins,
Inman, S.C., 1963
Chevy Corvette,
4.059 breakout on a
4.060, 181.11 mph.
TOP DRAGSTER – Cody
Moore, Collinsville,
Okla., 4.071 on a
4.060, 168.30 mph,
def. Chaz Silance,
Jacksonville, N.C.,
4.129 on a 4.110,
172.19 mph.
PRO JR. DRAGSTER –
Kendal Little,
Harker Heights,
Texas, 7.912, 78.51
mph, def. Zach
Pennington,
Lexington, S.C.,
7.905, 78.16 mph.
TOP JR. DRAGSTER –
Mia Schultz,
Woodbridge, Va.,
7.942 on a 7.900,
def. Brandon Lively,
Chesterfield, Va.,
8.482 on an 8.450.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. –
Round-by-round
results from
Sunday’s third
annual PDRA Spring
Nationals at
Rockingham Dragway:
PRO EXTREME
Round 1 – 1. Jason
Scruggs, Saltillo,
Miss., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 3.554,
217.35 mph, def. 14.
Tommy D’Aprile, Port
Charlotte, Fla.,
2015 Chevy Corvette,
no time; 2. Todd
Tutterow,
Yadkinville, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.927, 178.21 mph,
def. 13. Carl
Stevens Jr., North
Haledon, N.J., 2014
Chevy Camaro, 3.994,
170.84 mph; 12.
Johnny Cobb,
Lexington, Ky., 1969
Chevy Camaro, 6.304,
101.42 mph, def. 3.
Wesley Jones,
Vicksburg, Miss.,
1941 Willys, no
time; 11. John
Stanley, Hagerstown,
Md., 2014 Cadillac
CTS-V, 3.860, 200.05
mph, def. 4. Brandon
Snider, Atmore,
Ala., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 3.972,
158.15 mph; 5. Jose
Gonzales, Ball
Ground, Ga., 1969
Chevy Camaro, 3.689,
197.02 mph, def. 10.
Danny Lowry, Beech
Island, S.C., 1967
Ford Mustang, 5.736,
95.29 mph; 9.
Randell Reid, Iowa
Park, Texas, 2007
Chevy Corvette,
3.811, 170.64 mph,
def. 6. Turkey al-Azfari,
Kuwait City, Kuwait,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
foul; 7. Mike
Recchia, Roselle,
Ill., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 3.554,
215.20 mph, def. 8.
Frankie Taylor,
Dickinson, Texas,
2005 Chevy Corvette,
3.596, 213.03 mph.
Round 2 – Gonzales,
3.607, 228.92 mph,
def. Stanley, 3.810,
203.46 mph; Reid,
3.658, 213.64 mph,
def. Cobb, foul;
Recchia, 3.577,
210.14 mph, def.
Tutterow, 3.630,
214.54 mph; Scruggs,
4.178, 143.73 mph,
bye.
Semifinals –
Scruggs, 3.573,
216.97 mph, def.
Gonzales, 3.581,
231.24 mph; Reid,
3.576, 215.96 mph,
def. Recchia, 3.575,
215.51 mph.
FINAL – Randell
Reid, Iowa Park,
Texas, 2007 Chevy
Corvette, 3.550,
215.96 mph, def.
Jason Scruggs,
Saltillo, Miss.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.501, 222.66 mph.
PRO NITROUS
Round 1 – Ed Burnley,
Pasadena, Md., 1967
Chevy Camaro (in as
alternate for 1.
Dean Marinis,
Whitestone, N.Y.,
2015 Chevy
Corvette), 4.050,
188.15 mph, def.
Tommy Mauney,
Shelby, N.C., 1968
Chevy Camaro (in as
alternate for 16.
Mike Castellana,
Muttontown, N.Y.,
1968 Chevy Camaro),
no time; 2. Tommy
Franklin,
Fredericksburg, Va.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.760, 202.61 mph,
def. 15. Joshua
Vettel, Phillips,
N.C., 1971 Plymouth
Barracuda, 6.051,
118.99 mph; 3.
Travis Harvey, Elon,
N.C., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 3.846,
198.47 mph, def. 14.
Lizzy Musi,
Mooresville, N.C.,
2015 Dodge Dart,
3.866, 199.73 mph;
6. Jim Sackuvich,
Raymore, Mo., 1969
Chevy Camaro,
11.024, 36.67 mph,
def. 11. Edward
Wilson, Benson,
N.C., 1941 Willys,
no time; 4. Jay Cox,
Smithfield, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.793, 198.96 mph,
def. 13. Steve
Jackson, Evans, Ga.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.890. 199.58 mph;
5. John Camp,
Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.825, 199.67 mph,
def. 12. Jason
Harris, Pittsboro,
N.C., 2016 Chevy
Camaro, 3.888,
186.07 mph; 7. Jim
Laurita, Morgantown,
West Va., 2014 Chevy
Camaro, 4.308,
175.27 mph, def. 10.
Pat Stoken, Eureka,
Mont., 2014 Chevy
Camaro, 5.041, 94.75
mph; 8. Keith Haney,
Broken Arrow, Okla.,
2015 Chevy Camaro,
3.834, 199.02 mph,
def. 9. Ron Muenks,
Strafford, Mo., 1968
Chevy Camaro, 6.294,
79.56 mph.
Round 2 – Haney,
3.854, 198.20 mph,
def. Burnley, 4.059,
184.83 mph; Harvey,
3.740, 201.70 mph,
def. Sackuvich,
4.820, 108.43 mph;
Cox, 3.783, 199.40
mph, def. Camp,
3.824, 200.65 mph;
Laurita, 3.800,
200.83 mph, def.
Franklin, 4.671,
112.11 mph.
Semifinals – Cox,
3.776, 200.20 mph,
def. Haney, foul;
Harvey, 3.743,
201.70 mph, def.
Laurita, 5.690,
83.34 mph.
FINAL – Travis
Harvey, Elon, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.751, 201.73 mph,
def. Jay Cox,
Smithfield, N.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
3.763, 200.26 mph.
PRO BOOST
Round 1 – 1. Kevin
Rivenbark, Wallace,
N.C., 2015 Chevy
Corvette, 3.751,
202.06 mph, def. 16.
Tom Bailey, Orion,
Mich., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, no time; 2.
John Strickland,
Harrels, N.C., 1969
Chevy Camaro, 3.814,
195.87 mph, def. 15.
Jay Santos, Halton
Hills, Ontario,
Canada, 1969 Chevy
Camaro, no time; 3.
Steven Whiteley,
Grand Junction,
Colo., 2015 Cadillac
CTS-V, 6.198, 116.93
mph, def. 14. James
Linton Jr., Goose
Creek, S.C., 1969
Chevy Camaro, no
time; 4. Ric Fleck,
Lexington, S.C.,
1941 Willys, 4.090,
181.42 mph, def. 13.
Larry Higginbotham,
Mineral Ridge, Ohio,
1957 Chevy Bel Air,
3.997, 190.00 mph;
5. Doug Winters,
Pleasant Garden,
N.C., 1969 Chevy
Chevelle, 4.242,
129.99 mph, def. 12.
Tommy D’Aprile, Port
Charlotte, Fla.,
1962 Chevy Bel Air,
no time; 11. Marc
Caruso, Canandaigua,
N.Y., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 3.904,
188.60 mph, def. 6.
Melanie Salemi,
Buffalo, N.Y., 1968
Pontiac Firebird,
3.963, 168.16 mph;
7. Paolo Giust,
Osgoode, Ontario,
Canada, 2015 Chevy
Corvette, 3.824,
198.23 mph, def. 10.
Alan Pittman,
Newberry, S.C., 1969
Chevy Camaro, 4.326,
137.51 mph; 8. Tylor
Miller, Hartsville,
S.C., 1969 Chevy
Chevelle, 6.322,
110.49 mph, def. 9.
Don Tolley, Bedford,
Va., 2013 Chevy
Camaro, no time.
Round 2 – Giust,
3.832, 197.77 mph,
def. Strickland,
3.857, 195.73 mph;
Winters, 3.854,
194.46 mph, def.
Fleck, 3.822, 195.05
mph; Whiteley,
3.847, 199.20 mph,
def. Caruso, 4.075,
174.55 mph;
Rivenbark, 3.807,
202.00 mph, def.
Miller, 5.568,
103.35 mph.
Semifinals –
Whiteley, 3.800,
200.47 mph, def.
Giust, 3.834, 197.74
mph; Rivenbark,
3.750, 202.36 mph,
def. Winters, 3.815,
196.22 mph.
FINAL – Kevin
Rivenbark, Wallace,
N.C., 2015 Chevy
Corvette, 3.732,
203.43 mph, def.
Steven Whiteley,
Grand Junction,
Colo., 2015 Cadillac
CTS-V, 3.789, 199.82
mph.
EXTREME PRO STOCK
Round 1 – 1. John
Pluchino, Commack,
N.Y., 2013 Ford
Mustang, 4.044,
178.90 mph, def. 8.
Doug Kirk, Lenore,
West Va., 2014 Ford
Mustang, 7.114,
81.16 mph; 2.
Richard Penland,
Belmont, N.C., 2010
Ford Mustang, 4.058,
178.80 mph, def.
7. Lester Cooper,
Laurinburg, N.C.,
2009 Ford Mustang,
no time; 3. Brian
Gahm, Lucasville,
Ohio, 2013 Ford
Mustang, 4.042,
180.40 mph, def. 6.
John Bartunek, Pearl
River, N.Y., 2006
Chevy Cobalt, 4.546,
125.97 mph; 4.
Dwayne Rice, Grove
City, Ohio, 2015
Chevy Camaro, 4.550,
166.07 mph, def. 5.
John Montecalvo,
Center Moriches,
N.Y., 2014 Chevy
Camaro, 4.683,
159.17 mph.
Semifinals –
Pluchino, 4.074,
177.95 mph, def.
Rice, 6.232, 79.68
mph; Penland, 4.097,
178.21 mph, def.
Gahm, 5.823, 91.16
mph.
FINAL – Richard
Penland, Belmont,
N.C., 2010 Ford
Mustang, 4.096,
177.56 mph, def.
John Pluchino,
Commack, N.Y., 2013
Ford Mustang, foul.
PRO EXTREME
MOTORCYCLE
Round 1 – 1. Chris
Garner-Jones,
Harvest, Ala.,
4.086, 175.18 mph,
def. 8. Terry
Schweigert,
Abbotsford, British
Columbia, Canada,
4.214, 165.46 mph;
7. Ashley Owens,
Decatur, Ala.,
4.143, 169.66 mph,
def. 2. Masal
al-Saber, Kuwait
City, Kuwait, 4.144,
169.30 mph; 6.
Mohammed BouRashid,
Omariyah, Kuwait,
4.107, 171.38 mph,
def. 3. Eric
McKinney,
Hamersville, Ohio,
4.112, 171.05 mph;
4. Chuck Wilburn,
Tupelo, Miss.,
4.091, 170.99 mph,
def. 5. Burke
Forster, Ft. St.
John, British
Columbia, Canada,
4.149, 167.30 mph.
Semifinals – Owens,
4.138, 172.87 mph,
def. BouRashid, no
time; Wilburn,
4.113, 170.95 mph,
def. Garner-Jones,
no time.
FINAL – Chuck
Wilburn, Tupelo,
Miss., 4.043, 173.01
mph, def. Ashley
Owens, Decatur,
Ala., 4.116, 176.26
mph.
TOP SPORTSMAN
Round 1 – 9. Dwayne
Silance,
Jacksonville, N.C.,
1968 Chevy Camaro,
4.094 on a 4.090,
174.17 mph, def. 1.
John Benoit,
Montpelier, Vt.,
1969 Chevy Camaro,
foul;
2. Mick Snider,
Demotte, Ind., 1963
Chevy Corvette,
3.963 on a 3.950,
173.14 mph, def. 10.
John Lassiter,
Graham, N.C., 2006
Pontiac GTO, 5.149
on a 4.040, 95.64
mph; 3. Dan
Ferguson,
Harrisburg, N.C.,
2002 Pontiac
Firebird, 3.983 on a
3.950, 181.67 mph,
def. 11. Bruce
Thrift, Waycross,
Ga., 2006 Pontiac
GTO, 4.132 on a
4.100, 174.12 mph;
4. Henry Underwood,
Quinton, Va., 1968
Chevy Camaro, 3.978
on a 3.970, 183.99
mph, def. 12. Ronnie
Gardner,
Gibsonville, N.C.,
1968 Chevy Camaro,
no time; 13.
Cheyenne Stanley,
Cynthiana, Ky., 2007
Ford Mustang, 4.159
on a 4.110, 161.65
mph, def. 5. Buddy
Perkinson, Prince
George, Va., 2012
Chevy Camaro, 4.580
on a 4.010, 149.03
mph; 14. Billy
Albert, Wytheville,
Va., 2006 Ford
Escort, 4.179 on a
4.060, 177.46 mph,
def. 6. Randy
Perkinson, South
Chesterfield, Va.,
2015 Chevy Camaro,
foul; 15. Mark
Malcuit, Strasburg,
Ohio, 1968 Chevy
Camaro, 4.107 on a
4.080, 177.37 mph,
def. 7. Brett
Nesbitt, Burlington,
N.C., 2009 Pontiac
GXP, no time; 16.
Scott Duggins,
Inman, S.C., 1963
Chevy Corvette,
4.146 on a 4.120,
176.58 mph, def. 8.
Lester Johnson,
Cynthiana, Ky., 1955
Chevy Bel Air, 4.036
breakout on a 4.040,
166.66 mph.
Round 2 – Duggins,
4.195 on a 4.090,
160.33 mph, def.
Underwood, 5.009 on
a 3.980, 104.40 mph;
Stanley, 4.140 on a
4.140, 171.47 mph,
def. Silance, 4.109
breakout on a 4.110,
171.42 mph;
Ferguson, 5.110 on a
3.970, 108.26 mph,
def. Malcuit, foul;
Albert, 4.168 on a
4.130, 178.45 mph,
def. Snider, 4.034
on a 3.950, 183.62
mph.
Semifinals – Duggins,
4.152 on a 4.080,
167.84 mph, def.
Albert, 4.098
breakout on a 4.150,
179.14 mph;
Ferguson, 3.987 on a
3.990, 184.57 mph,
def. Stanley, 4.127
breakout on a 4.140,
168.26 mph.
FINAL – Dan
Ferguson,
Harrisburg, N.C.,
2002 Pontiac
Firebird, 3.981 on a
3.970, 184.65 mph,
def. Scott Duggins,
Inman, S.C., 1963
Chevy Corvette,
4.059 breakout on a
4.060, 181.11 mph.
TOP DRAGSTER
Round 1 – 1. Jody
Stroud,
Chesterfield, S.C.,
3.816 on a 3.750,
195.14 mph, def. 9.
Kathy Fisher, Lima,
Ohio, 3.947 breakout
on a 3.950, 174.12
mph; Chaz Silance,
Jacksonville, N.C.,
(in as alternate for
2. Andrew Johnson,
Cynthiana, Ky.),
4.126 on a 4.110,
170.82 mph, def. 10.
Chase Beverly, Wise,
Va., 3.971 on a
3.960, 174.73 mph;
Cody Moore,
Collinsville, Okla.
(in as alternate for
3. George Marks,
Bourbon, Ind.),
4.038 on a 4.030,
173.81 mph, def. 11.
Matt Sackman,
Channahanon, Ill.,
3.920 breakout on a
3.960, 188.41 mph;
4. David Brown,
Jacksonville, N.C.,
3.936 on a 3.910,
189.58 mph, def. 12.
Robert Pickens,
Elyria, Ohio, 3.967
breakout on a 3.970,
168.66 mph; 5. Don
Hall, Georgetown,
Ky., 13.517 on a
3.910, 44.02 mph,
def. 13. Eddie Syrek,
Claysville, Pa.,
foul; 6. Alan
O’Brien, Ronceverte,
West Va., 3.929 on a
3.950, 187.11 mph,
def. 14. Paul
Daigrepont,
Mooresville, N.C.,
3.962 breakout on a
3.990, 182.28 mph;
7. Jimmy Sakuvich,
Raymore, Mo., 3.974
on a 3.950, 180.24
mph, def. 15. Robert
Houston, Newland,
N.C., 4.046 on a
4.010, 164.59 mph;
8. Justin Kirk,
Raymore, Mo., 4.006
on a 3.950, 150.50
mph, def. 16. Junior
Houston, Newland,
N.C., 4.867 on a
3.990, 102.11 mph.
Round 2 – Hall,
3.942 on a 3.920,
181.42 mph, def.
Stroud, foul; Moore,
4.116 on a 4.040,
151.14 mph, def.
Sackuvich, no time;
Brown, 3.963 on a
3.930, 184.60 mph,
def. Kirk, 3.926 on
a 3.910, 185.72 mph;
Silance, 4.148 on a
4.110, 170.90 mph,
def. O’Brien, foul.
Semifinals – Moore,
4.051 on a 4.030,
175.07 mph, def.
Hall, foul; Silance,
4.130 on a 4.110,
171.42 mph, def.
Brown, 3.903
breakout on a 3.940,
190.89 mph.
FINAL – Cody Moore,
Collinsville, Okla.,
4.071 on a 4.060,
168.30 mph, def.
Chaz Silance,
Jacksonville, N.C.,
4.129 on a 4.110,
172.19 mph. |
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