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Because of rain on both
Saturday and Sunday, only a
handful of champions were
crowned in the Pro Tree
Racers Association (PTRA)
categories including Chad
Christy of
China Grove, Bobby Houston
Jr. of
Hickory
and Jeff Knox of
Goose
Creek,
S.C.
Christy,
Houston and Knox all got
free rides to their titles
when their final round
opponents were guilty of
foul starts.
Christy won
the Hedman Hedders 5.30
Index title,
Houston
won in the Hamburger’s Oil
Pans 6.0 Index class and
Knox prevailed in the Hedman
Hedders 7.0 Index.
In the other major
categories, the purse was
divided among the drivers
still in competition when
rain suspended racing. That
included Jimmy Blackmon of
Rockmart,
Ga.,
and Michael Martin of
Gloucester, who divided the
$6,000 purse as the last two
standing in the featured
ROCK Batteries Outlaw 10.5
class.
Racing results before rain
brought an early end to the
Holcomb Motorsports Spring
Civil Wars drag races at
Steve Earwood’s Rockingham
Dragway:
ROCK Batteries OUTLAW 10.5
Qualifying – 1. Jimmy
Blackmon,
Rockmart,
Ga.,
NA., 4.509, 168.64 mph; 2.
Michael Martin,
Gloucester,
1969 Chevrolet Camaro,
4.641, 256.48 mph; 3. Elliot
Thompson,
Hersham,
Pa.,
NA, 4.642, 154.00 mph; 4.
Stacy McIntyre, Lawndale,
1987 Ford Mustang, 4.687,
158.09 mph.
Round 2 (round two winners
split the purse) – Jimmy
Blackmon, Rockmart, Ga., NA,
.091, 4.594, 176.05 mph,
def. Stacy McIntyre,
Lawndale, 1987 Ford Mustang,
.028, 4.667, 169.14 mph;
Michael Martin, Gloucester,
1969 Chevrolet Camaro, .081,
4.753, 152.23 mph, def.
Elliot Thompson, Hersham,
Pa., 1992 Chevrolet Camaro,
.081, 4.753, 152.23 mph.
MSD Ignition Outlaw
10.5
LIMITED STREET
Qualifying – 1. Keith Szabo,
Gainesville,
Ga.,
1993 Ford Mustang, 4.805,
162.74 mph; 2. David Waits,
Winder,
Ga.,
2002 Chevrolet Camaro,
4.808, 157.50 mph; 3. Jeff
Paulk,
Social
Circle,
Ga.,
NA, 4.823, 157.12 mph; 4.
Darrin Hoyle, Taylorsville,
1969 Chevrolet Camaro,
4.853, 156.88 mph.
Round 2 (round two winners
split the purse) – Keith
Szabo, Gainesville, Ga.,
1993 Ford Mustang, .014,
4.853, 165.40 mph, def. Chad
Wellington, Columbia, S.C.,
1990 Ford Mustang,.042,
5.516, 137.81 mph; Jeff
Paulk, Social Circle, Ga.,
.066, 4.910, 154.74 mph,
def. Unknown, .064, 8.205,
58.33 mph; Darrin Hoyle,
Taylorsville, 1969 Ford
Mustang, .026, 4.859, 157.25
mph, def. Jason Black,
Gastonia, 1996 Ford Mustang,
.056, 5.221, 148.74 mph;
David Waits, Winder, Ga.,
2002 Chevrolet Camaro, .122,
4.862, 158.63 mph, def.
Pierre Burley, Charlotte,
1994 Ford Mustang, .156,
20.310, 23.69 mph.
Performance Automatic OPEN
COMP
Qualifying – 1, Bobby
McMasters, Ramseur, 1982
Ford EXP, 8.942, 142.42 mph;
2. Ron Williams, Eagle
Springs, NA, 10.133, 122.40
mph.
PTRA (Professional Tree Racers Association) Series
Hedman Husler Hedders 5.30
INDEX
Qualifying – 1. Eddie Smith
Jr.,
Hickory,
1967 Chevrolet Camaro,
5.307; 2. Todd Buckner,
Mooresville, 1967 Chevrolet
Camaro, 5.315.
Round 3 – Michael Martin,
Hickory, NA, .036, 5.311,
130.30 mph, def. Todd
Buckner, Mooresville, 1967
Chevrolet Camaro, .042,
5.330, 134.24 mph; Charlie
Gilbert, Fayetteville, NA,
.003, 5.328, 129.72 mph,
def. Eddie Smith Jr.,
Hickory, 1967 Chevrolet
Camaro, .054, 5.305, 132.58
mph; Archie Owens, Cola,
S.C., NA, beat Roger
McConnell, Mooresville, 1948
Anglia, foul; Chad
Christy,
China Grove, 2002 Pontiac
Firebird, .033, 5.357,
131.41 mph, def. Gary
Whipple, Waxhaw, S.C., 1927
Chevy roadster, .036, 5.385,
115.64 mph.
Semifinal s – Martin, NA,
def. Gilbert, NA;
Christy,
NA, def. Owens, NA.
FINAL – Chad
Christy,
China Grove, 2002 Pontiac
Firebird, .033, 5.357,
131.41 mph, def. Michael
Martin,
Hickory,
NA, foul.
Hamburger's Oil Pan 6.0
INDEX
Qualifying – 1. Mark Green,
Newport,
1989 Ford Mustang, 6.002; 2.
Eddie Jones, Benson, NA,
6.008.
Round 4 – Bobby Houston
Jr., Hickory, NA, .007,
6.027, 121.10 mph, def.
Kenny Floyd, Charlotte, 1958
Chevrolet Corvette, .029,
5.986 breakout, 111.65 mph;
Jeremy McSwain, Norwood, NA,
.009, 6.006, 111.42 mph,
def. Corlay Lucas, NA, 1971
Chevrolet Camaro, .060,
5.963 breakout, 116.36 mph;
Eric Hamilton, Washington,
Ga., 1968 Chevrolet Camaro,
.027, 6.026, 114.57 mph,
def. Mike Thomas, Old Fox,
NA, .115, 5.983 breakout,
115.07 mph.
Semifinals – McSwain, .022,
6.003, 111.42 mph, def.
Hamilton, .051, 6.016,
115.06 mph; Houston, bye.
FINAL – Bobby Houston Jr.,
Hickory,
NA, .024, 6.102, 102.28 mph,
def. Jeremy McSwain,
Norwood,
NA, foul.
Hedman Hedders 7.0 INDEX
Qualifying – 1. John Idol,
Advance, 1967 Chevrolet
Camaro, 7.003; 2. Michael
Sanders, Lenoir, NA, 7.006.
Round 4 – Jeff Knox, Goose
Creek, S.C., 1979 Chevrolet
Camaro, .066, 6.999, 96.94
mph, def. Gary Sanders,
Eagle Springs, 1992 Ford
Mustang, .084, 6.968, 95.85
mph; Kevin Robinson,
Blythewood, S.C., 1979 Ford
Mustang, .011, 7.128, 88.44
mph, def. Unknown, .204,
6.957, 97.45 mph; Thad Cook,
Lawndale, 1970 Ford Mustang,
.057, 7.071, 96.87 mph.
Semifinals – Knox, .054,
6.995, 96.92 mph, def. Cook,
.040, 6.957, 96.67 mph;
Robinson, bye.
FINAL – Jeff Knox,
Goose
Creek,
S.C.,
1970 Chevrolet Camaro, .002,
6.975, 96.64 mph, def. Kevin
Robinson,
Blythewood,
S.C.,
1979 Ford Mustang, foul.
TCI Automotive
TOP
STREET
Qualifying – 1. Jeremy
McElreath, Leicester, NA,
5.028, 152.52; 2. Jason
Richards, Belmont, 1968
Chevrolet Camaro, 5.060,
145.97 mph; 3. Brad Edwards,
Leicester, 1988
Ford Mustang, 5.084, 144.29
mph; 4. Derrick Sercy,
Sanford,
1992 Ford Mustang, 5.202,
146.56 mph.
Round 2 (round winners
split the purse) –Brad
Edwards, Leicester, 1988
Ford Mustang. .175, 5.050,
146.05 mph, def. Jeff
Plemmons, Old Fort, 1967
Chevrolet Camaro, .082,
10.294, 48.35 mph; Jason
Richards, Belmont, 1968
Chevrolet Camaro, .089,
5.089, 147.12 mph, def. Joey
Thier, Charleston, S.C.,
1967 Chevrolet Camaro, .082,
10.294, 48.35 mph; Brian
Price, Kannapolis, 1966
Chevrolet Corvette, .157,
5.178, 141.36 mph, def.
Derrick Sercy, Sanford, 1992
Ford Mustang, .543, 5.120,
145.17 mph; Jeremy McElreath,
Leicester, .072, 5.050,
150.41 mph, def. Steve
Jackson, Martinez, Ga.,
foul.
MSD Ignition REAL STREET
Qualifying – 1. Richard
Reagan,
Rutledge,
Tenn.,
1980 Ford Mustang, 5.396,
131.46 mph; 2. Danny
Phillips, Purlear, 1988 Ford
Mustang, 5.474, 130.20 mph;
3. Brandon Cline,
Newton,
1991 Ford Mustang, 5.540,
127.81 mph; 4. Kenneth Warta,
Hickory,
1986 Ford Mustang, 5.570,
126.89 mph.
TCI Automotive
TRUE
STREET
Qualifying – 1. Rob
Roberts, Swannanos, 1993
Ford Mustang, .5713, 125.95
mph; 2. Greg Herndon,
Gastonia,
1979 Ford Mustang, 5.771,
126.58 mph; 3. Jason Hoots,
NA, 1979 Ford Mustang,
5.808, 123.10 mph; 4.
Chris
Ellington, Nebo, NA, 5.819,
127.14 mph. |