NEWS : March 7th, 2005
BREWER, MARTIN AMONG WINNERS IN ROCKINGHAM'S OPENING DOUG HERBERT CAROLINA COALITION RACE

ROCKINGHAM – Lumberton’s Jerry Brewer used a near perfect .008 package Sunday to deny Chuck Martin of Connelly Springs a sweep of the Top Eliminator titles in the opening race in the 2005 Doug Herbert Performance Carolina Coalition Series at Steve Earwood’s Rockingham Dragway.
Brewer had a .005 of a second reaction time and then

coaxed his dragster through the eighth-mile course in 4.823 seconds (just .003 off his target time) to claim the $5,000 top prize.  Martin earned the same amount for winning Saturday’s race and, by reaching the final round of both races, moved solidly into the Top Eliminator points lead with seven races remaining.

Second in Doug Herbert Performance Coalition points last season, Martin turned back Michael Nelson Jr. of Valley Lee, Md., to win on Saturday.

The $340,000 Doug Herbert Performance Carolina Coalition Series moves next to Piedmont Dragway (April 2-3), Farmington Motor Sports Park (April 30-May 1) and Mooresville Dragway (May 21-22) before a second round of races concluding with the Carolina State Championships at Rockingham, Nov. 5-6.

Other winners in a series opener that attracted more than 280 entrants were Chris Plott of Winston-Salem and Dale Sanders of Eagle Springs in the Footbrake division and David Dean of Waxhaw, who earned a sweep in the Trailers of the East Coast Jr. Dragster division.

Plott, the Footbrake runner-up in last year’s Doug Herbert Performance Series, drove his 1970 Mercury Cougar past the 1973 Chevy Nova driven by Newton Grove’s Slim Davis for a Saturday victory while Sanders beat 2004 Rockingham track champion Roger Rhodes of Pikeville to claim the Sunday title.

Saturday and Sunday results from the Doug Herbert Performance Carolina Coalition race at Rockingham Dragway, first of eight events in the 2005 series:

Top Eliminator

Saturday Semifinals – Chuck Martin, Connelly Springs, dragster, .021 reaction time, 5.018 on a 5.010 dial-in, 134.00 mph, def. Rob Gregory, Fonia, Mich., 1980 Chevy Malibu, .019, 5.855 on a 5.840 dial-in, 116.91 mph; Michael Nelson, Jr., Valley Lee, Md., 1972 Chevy Vega, .007, 5.880 on a 5.880 dial-in, 116.04 mph, def. Billy Blackman, Sanford, dragster, .008, 5.047 on a 5.040 dial-in, 124.28 mph.
Saturday FINAL – Martin, .012, 6.490 on a 5010 dial-in, 72.85 mph, def. Nelson, foul.

Sunday Semifinals – Jerry Brewer, Lumberton, dragster, bye; Chuck Martin, Connelly Springs, dragster, .025, 5.018 on a 5.000 dial-in, 135.62 mph, def. Derrick Keifer, Sanford, dragster, foul.
 Sunday FINAL – Brewer, .005, 4.823 on a 4.820 dial-in, 139.60 mph, def. Martin, .018, 5.007 breakout foul on a 5.010 dial-in, 136.08 mph.

Footbrake

Saturday Semfiinals – Chris Plott, Winston-Salem, 1970 Mercury Cougar, .010, 7.032 on a 6.980 dial-in, 94.16 mph, def. Chad Dotson, Mill Spring , 1972 Chevy Nova, .065, 6.810 on a 6.750 dial-in, 99.96 mph; Slim Davis, Newton Grove, 1973 Chevy Nova, .044, 7.587 on a 7.590 dial-in, 89.17 mph, def. Michael Spaugh, Advance, 1970 Cougar, .031, 8.415 on a 8.420 dial-in, 75.26 mph.
Saturday FINAL – Plott, .037, 6.967 on a 6.990 dial-in, 99.00 mph, def. Davis, foul.

Sunday Semifinals – Roger Rhodes, Pikeville, 1968 Chevy Nova, bye; Dale Sanders, Eagle Springs, 1991 Ford Mustang, .020, 6.524 on a 6.510 dial-in, 100.63 mph, def. Steve Lucas, Princeton, 1973 Chevy Nova, .051, 6.888 on a 6.880 dial-in, 97.78 mph.
 Sunday FINAL – Sanders, .046, 6.515 on a 6.510 dial-in, 104.84 mph, def. Rhodes, .049, 6.722 breakout foul on a 6.730 dial-in, 100.81 mph. 

Trailers of the East Coast Jr. Dragster

Saturday FINAL – David Dean, Waxhaw, .016, 7.925 on a 7.900 dial-in, 81.72 mph, def. Lauren Freer, Lewisville, .039, 7.970 on a 7.930 dial-in, 82.18 mph.

Sunday FINAL – David Dean, Waxhaw, .080, 7.893 on a 7.910 dial-in, 75.58 mph, def. Kayla Leazer, Mooresville, .173, 8.194 on an 8.250 dial-in, 79.73 mph.
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