Robbins, who was the No. 1 qualifier last spring in the debut of his 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, qualified only 15th this time.

 

Nevertheless, he was almost flawless on race day, posting the quickest time in each round to beat No. 1 qualifier Craig Miller of Savannah, Ga., Jared Brunner of Radford, Va., Stacy McIntyre of Lawndale and, finally, No. 5 starter Rome Berry of Miami, Fla.

 

Hoyle, unbeaten in Limited Street races at The Rock over the last two seasons, got a free pass when Keith Szabo of Gainesville, Ga., was guilty of a final round foul start.  Hoyle pushed his 1969 Camaro to the quickest time of the weekend (4.885 seconds) to beat No. 1 qualifier Terry Woodson of White, Ga., in the semifinals.

 

Turner never was really pressed en route to the Real Street title.  Only runner-up Jeff Plemmons of Old Fort was within a tenth of a second of Turner’s 1967 Camaro and his best (5.404) wasn’t even in the ballpark to Turner’s slowest competitive run (5.351).

 

 

First round –
Stacy McIntyre, Lawndale, 1993 Ford Mustang, 4.696, 158.02 mph, def. Scott Hartley, Lenoir, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.771, 152.80 mph; Josh McClelland, Fitzgerald, Ga., 2000 Pontiac Firebird, 4.681, 164.03 mph, def. Teddy Martin, Charleston, West Va., 1998 Mustang, 4.722, 156.01 mph; Jared Brunner, Radford, Va., 1985 Mustang, 4.615, 161.65 mph, def. Rob Hale, Statham, Ga., 1968 Camaro, 4.711, 157.14 mph; Terry Robbins, Forest, 2002 Camaro, 4.533, 168.26 mph, def. Craig Miller, Savannah, Ga., 1991 Camaro, 4.655, 164.91 mph; J.R. Webb, St. Albans, West Va., 1969 Camaro, 4.785, 154.00 mph, def. Marcus Birt, Gray, 1997 Camaro, 5.570, 151.56 mph; Tim Essick, Brandywine, Md., 2003 Mustang, 4.961, 145.02 mph, def. Tony Johnson, Conyers, Ga., 1969 Camaro, 6.712, 74.59 mph; Rome Berry, Miami, Fla., 1969 Camaro, 5.173, 152.64 mph, def. Greg Chandler, St. Albans, West Va., 1972 Chevrolet Nova, 5.295, 126.73 mph; Bobby Cole, Memphis, Tenn., 1970 Nova, 5.114, 144.43 mph, def. David Sheppard, Covington, Ga., 1969 Nova, 5.281, 156.88 mph.
 
Second round –
Robbins, 4.543, 167.41 mph, def. Brunner, 4.841, 132.58 mph; Berry, 4.715, 154.49 mph, def. Webb, 5.063, 148.27 mph; McIntyre, 4.703, 158.00 mph, def. Cole, 4.886, 148.71 mph; McClelland, 4.844, 162.57 mph, def. Essick, 4.902, 145.75 mph.
 
Semifinals –
Robbins, 4.556, 167.22 mph, def. McIntyre, broke; Berry, 4.754, 153.77 mph, def. McClelland, 4.737, 163.83 mph.
 
FINAL –
Terry Robbins, Forest, 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.542, 167.28 mph, def. Rome Berry, Miami, Fla., 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.679, 154.32 mph.
 
Qualifying –
1. Tony Johnson, Conyers, Ga., 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.560, 164.23 mph;
2. Craig Miller, Savannah, Ga., 1991 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.595, 165.60 mph;
3. David Sheppard, Covington, Ga., 1969 Chevrolet Nova, 4.629, 157.76 mph;
4. Marcus Birt, Gray, 1997 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.648, 156.59 mph;
5.  Rome Berry, Miami, Fla., 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.655, 154.90 mph.

 

LIMITED STREET

Second round –
Phillip Tarlton, Monroe, 1994 Mustang, 4.875, 154.86 mph, def. David Watts, Dacula, Ga., 1970 Nova, 4.993, 147.17 mph; Keith Szabo, Gainesville, Ga., 4.928, 155.60 mph, def. Scott Evert, Midland, 1987 Mustang, 5.057, 146.16 mph; Terry Woodson, White, Ga., NA, 8.917, 91.02 mph, def. Ben Schooler, Federicksburg, Va., 1990 Mustang, broke; Darrin Hoyle, Taylorsville, 1969 Camaro, 4.913, 154.23 mph, def. Bill Watts, Kannapolis, 1966 Chevrolet Corvette, 5.509, 114.78 mph; Dean Lewis, Concord, 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am, 4.998, 149.75 mph, def. Brandon May, Soddy Daisy, Tenn., 1988 Ford Thunderbird, broke.
 
Third round –
Szabo, 4.935, 156.08 mph, def. Tarlton, 6.010, 100.89 mph; Hoyle, 4.852, 154.74 mph, def. Lewis, 4.916, 147.79 mph; Woodson, 4.959, 151.97 mph, bye.
 
Semifinals –
Hoyle, 4.885, 154.92 mph, def. Woodson, 6.173, 64.67 mph; Szabo, 13.478, 48.67 mph, bye.
 
FINAL –
Darrin Hoyle, Taylorsville, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, 4.919, 153.88 mph, def. Keith Szabo, Gainesville, Ga., 1993 Ford Mustang, foul.
 
Qualifying – 1. Terry Woodson, White, Ga., NA, 4.895, 157.12 mph.

 

REAL STREET

 
Second round –
Rick Milks, Wilmington, 1989 Mustang, 5.681, 119.37 mph, def. Jim Davis, Simpsonville, S.C., 1986 Chevy S-10 truck, 5.950, 123.85 mph; Rick Long, Newton, 1984 Mustang, 5.610, 126.10 mph, def. Danny Phillips, Purlear, NA, broke; Patrick Honeycutt, Marion, 1987 Mustang, 5.531, 125.80 mph, def. Jimmy Boyd, Pittsboro, 1993 Mustang, 5.648, 130.28 mph; Scott Turner, Concord, 5.351, 136.10 mph, def. Jason Richards, NA, 5.699, 129.54 mph; John Dameron, Hildebran, 1993 Mustang, 5.527, 130.08 mph, def. Bobby Walters, Gastonia, 5.699, 125.12 mph; Jimmy McDowell, Garner, 1989 Mustang, 5.973, 129.62 mph, bye; Jeff Plemmons, Old Ford, 1974 Nova, 5.401, 135.17 mph.
 
Third round –
Dameron, 5.521, 129.83 mph, def. McDowell, 6.196, 108.99 mph; Turner, 5.332, 135.73 mph, def. Milks, 5.742, 122.46 mph; Plemmons, 5.438, 133.62 mph, def. Long, 5.705, 107.56 mph; Honeycutt, 7.230, 68.58 mph, bye.
 
Semifinals –
Turner, 5.349, 136.21 mph, def. Dameron, 5.509, 130.28 mph; Plemmons, 5.421, 134.10 mph, def. Honeycutt, 5.459, 127.51 mph.
 
FINAL –
Scott Turner, Concord, 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, 5.343, 136.00 mph, def. Jeff Plemmons, Old Fort, 1974 Chevrolet Nova, 5.444, 135.20 mph.
 
Qualifying – 1. Scott Turner, Concord, 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, 5.278, 135.76 mph.

 

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