ROCKINGHAM
– Former
Rockingham Dragway
track champion
Allen Britt of
Clarkston and Joey
Randall of Shelby
were the $5,000
winners in the
Doug Herbert
Performance
Carolina Coalition
event completed
Sunday at
Rockingham
Dragway.
Britt took out
veteran Tommy
Stickland of
Raeford in the
Sunday finals
after Randall had
beaten Lumberton's
Thomas Cain in the
Saturday final of
the next to last
event in the
nine-race Carolina
Coalition Series
contested at
Rockingham,
Piedmont Dragway,
Farmington Dragway
and Mooresville
Dragway.
The Sportsman
winners were David
Spaugh of Advance,
who beat 2002
Carolina Coalition
champion Bob Tatum
of Salem, Va., in
the Saturday
finals, and Dan
Macy of Asheboro,
who beat Roger
Rhodes of
Goldsboro on
Sunday.
The 2003 Carolina
Coalition Series
concludes Oct.
11-12 with a
return trip to The
Rock, where the
series began last
spring.
Results from race
eight in the 2003
Doug Herbert
Performance
Products Carolina
Coalition Drag
Racing Series
event at
Rockingham
Dragway:
SATURDAY RESULTS
Top Eliminator
(Super Pro)
Quarterfinals –
Joey Randall,
Shelby, dragster,
.502 reaction
time, 5.045
seconds on a 5.030
target, 135.01
mph, def. Andy
Beal, Thomasville,
dragster, .525,
4.806 on a 4.800
target, 140.04 mph
Ben McPhatter,
Raeford, dragster,
.518, 4.985 on a
4.980 target,
136.22 mph, def.
Tommy Strickland,
Raeford, dragster,
.541, 4.852 on a
4.830 target,
140.65 mph Thomas
Cain, Lumberton,
dragster, bye.
Semifinals -
Cain, .500, 4.990
on a 4.970 target,
134.54 mph, def.
McPhatter, .562,
4.993 on a 4.980
target, 137.08 mph
Randall, bye.
FINAL –
Randall, .504,
5.047 on a 5.040
target, 135.81
mph, def. Cain,
.508, 4.967
breakout on a
4.970 target,
137.33 mph.
Sportsman
(Footbrake)
Semifinals -
Bob Tatum, Salem,
Va., NA, .534,
6.388 on a 6.360
target, 106.05
mph, def. Chris
Plott,
Winston-Salem,
Mercury Cougar,
.554, 7.136
breakout on a
7.140 target,
95.90 mph David
Spaugh, Advance,
Mercury Cougar,
.537, 8.037 on a
8.040 target,
83.93 mph, def
Randy Hawkins,
Fort Mill, S.C.,
Chevrolet Chevelle,
foul.
FINAL –
Spaugh, .545,
8.036 on an 8.040
target, 83.00 mph,
def. Tatum .553,
6.365 on a 6.370
target, 94.89 mph.
Jr. Dragster
FINAL –
Grayson Lister,
Taylors, S.C.,
def. Cliff Green,
Statesville.
SUNDAY RESULTS
Top Eliminator
(Super Pro)
Quarterfinals –
Tommy Strickland,
Raeford, dragster,
.515, 4.876 on a
4.860 target,
139.67 mph, def.
Allen Byrd,
Kingsport, Tenn.,
dragster, .515,
5.131 on a 5.100
target, 133.47 mph
Allen Britt,
Clarkston, .523,
5.023 on a 5.020
targett, 139.95
mph, def. Andy
Beal, Thomasville,
dragster, .515,
4.848 on a 4.810
target, 142.67 mph
David Phelps,
Clemmons, 1980
Chevy, .559, 6.443
on a 6.430 target,
104.65 mph, def.
David Long,
Stanfield, Camaro,
foul.
Semifinals –
Britt, .528, 5.050
on a 5.020 target,
136.44 mph, def.
Phelps, foul
Stickland, bye.
FINAL –
Britt, .514, 5.055
on a 5.040 target,
136.12 mph, def.
Strickland, .531,
4.882 breakout
foul on a 4.900
target, 138.51
mph.
Sportsman
(Footbrake)
Semifinals –
Dan Macy,
Asheboro, Dodge
Dart, .543, 6.997
on a 6.980 target,
96.42 mph, def.
Mike Hager, China
Grove, Chevy Nova,
.571, 6.747
breakout on a
6.750 target,
102.25 mph; Roger
Rhodes, Goldsboro,
Nova, bye.
FINAL –
Macy, .534, 6.984
on a 6.970 target,
97.19 mph, def.
Rhodes, .502,
6.809 breakout on
a 6.850 target,
98.35 mph..
Jr. Dragster
FINAL –
Jonathon Gibbs,
Mooresville, .539,
8.509 on a 8.510
target, 74.92 mph,
def. Corey Leazer,
Mooresville, .551,
7.962 breakout
foul on a 7.990
target, 83.25 mph.
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Coalition Points
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