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ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
It was a family affair
Sunday at Rockingham Dragway
where Brad Nesbitt of
McLeansville beat his father,
Jeff, in the final round to
claim the Quick Rod
championship in the opening
divisional race in the 2007
Summit Racing Equipment IHRA
Pro-Am Series.
The Nesbitts shared center
stage with Harrisburgs Steve
Furr, who won his fifth
straight Rockingham Pro-Am by
beating Todd Comer for Super
Rod honors.
Other winners included Frank
Teague of Hickory, who drove a
2000 Dodge Avenger to the Top
Sportsman championship; Scott
Duggins of Inman, S.C., who
prevailed in Top Dragster;
Lynwood Daugherty of Rocky
Mount, Va., the winner in
Super Stock; and Scott Macy of
Randleman, who took home the
hardware in Stock Eliminator.
Michael Harris of Norwood
claimed the Hot Rod
championship with the Jr.
Dragster titles going to
Brooke Hall of Chesnee, S.C.,
and Morgan Benfield of
Virginia Beach, Va. Chad
Traylor won Top Combo and the
Saturday night Stock/Super
Stock Combo went to Jamie
Lucas.
A total of 320 drivers
participated in the two-day
event.
For Furr, winner of multiple
IHRA series championships, it
was just another Rockingham
benefit. The veteran got to
the final round by nudging Bo
Upton of Taylors, S.C., by
.040 of a second in the
quarterfinals and Darryl
Hollin of Pelzer, S.C., by
only .033 in the semifinals.
He then drove his 1968 Chevy
Camaro to a convincing final
round victory over Comers
1997 Ford Ranger truck.
Teague beat Tracy
Eddins of Moncure in the Top
Sportsman final and Duggins
turned back Angel Miles of
Jackson, S.C., to win Top
Dragster. Most of the
participants in the Pro-Am are
expected to return to The Rock
next month (April 20-22) to
compete in the IHRA Spring
Nationals presented by Advance
Auto Parts.
Tickets for the Spring
Nationals, second of 12 events
in the 2007 IHRA Nitro Jam
Series, are available through
the Rockingham Dragway ticket
office or on-line at
www.rockinghamdragway.com
Results from Sundays IHRA
Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am
Series event at Rockingham
Dragway:
Top Sportsman
Round 3 Anthony Arcuni,
Westbabylon, N.Y., 1995
Oldsmobile, .011, 4.825 on a
4.820 dial-in, 141.39 mph,
def. Mike Anderson,
Fredericksburg. Va., 2001
Chevrolet Cavalier, .018,
4.950 on a 4.950
dial-in,139.49 mph; Chris
Warren, Concord, 1986 Dodge
Daytona, .025, 5.113 on a
5.110 dial-in, 133.37 mph,
def. Mike White, Arden, 1963
Chevrolet Corvette, .042,
4.8089 on a 4.810, 144.47 mph;
Tracy Eddins, Moncure, 1969
Chevrolet Camaro, .015, 5.357
on a 5.350 Dial-in,128.30 mph,
def. Michael E. Koontz,
Warrenton, Va., .025,
4.930 on a 4.910 Dial-in,
137.12 mph; Sandy Wilkins,
Fuquay-Varina, 2002 Chevrolet
Cavalier, .003, 4.879 on a
4.870 dial-in, 140.83 mph,
def. Tim West, Asheville, 1999
Chevrolet Monte Carlo, .026,
4.926 on a 4.920 dial-in,
139.13 mph; Frank Teague,
Hickory, 2000 Dodge Avenger,
.017,4.70, 4.697,143.49, Def.
Travis Harvey, Burlington,
1968 Chevrolet Camaro, .026,
4.840 on a 4.860 dial-in,
140.46 mph; Jeff Edmonds,
Statesville, 1994 Oldsmobile
Cutlass, .018, 5.215 on a
5.180 dial-in, 125.25 mph;
def. Jeremy Creasman,
Asheville, 2003 Grand am,
.031, 4.804 on a 4.850
dial-in, 134.63 mph; Howie
Dalton, Princeton, West Va.,
1990 Chevrolet Camaro, bye.
Round 4 Warren, .028, 5.129
on a 5.110 dial-in,132.09 mph,
def. Arcuni, .008, 4.905 on a
4.820 dial-in, 133.54 mph;
Teague, .033, 4.682 on a 4.70
dial-in, 145.83 mph, def.
Dalton, .025, 5.016 on a 5.040
dial-in, 133.87 mph; WILKINS,
.007, 4.884 on a 4.870
dial-in, 140.75 mph, def.
Edmonds, .022, 5.213 on a
5.190 dial-in, 125.41 mph;
Eddins, bye.
Round 5 Eddins, .025,5.34,
5.367 on a 5.340 dial-in,
130.44 mph, def. Warren, .029,
5.142 on a 5.110 dial-in,
132.74 mph; Teague, .008,
4.770 on a 4.700
dial-in,141.18 mph, def.
Wilkins, .132, 4.950 on a
4.870 dial-in, 132.50 mph.
FINAL Frank Teague,
Hickory, 2000 Dodge Avenger,
.054, 4.884 on a 4.700
dial-in, 137.64 mph, def.
Tracy Eddins, Moncure, 1969
Chevrolet, Camaro, .020, 5.341
on a 5.350 dial-in, 127.35
mph.
Top Dragster
Round 3 Darren Phillips,
North Charleston, S.C., .028,
4.892 on a 4.800 dial-in,
133.22 mph, def. Bruce
Holland, Lexington, S.C.,
foul; Angel Miles, Jackson,
S.C., .030, 4.826 on a 4.760
dial-in, 125.86 mph, def. Jeff
Edmonds, Statesville, Foul;
Michael Stowers, Huntington,
West Va, .007, 5.204 on a
5.190 dial-in, 130.15 mph,
def. Donald Pate, Effingham,
S.C., foul; Mike Treolo,
Hampstead, .379, 4.806 on a
4.770 dial-in, 141.05 mph,
def. David Shook, Leicester,
foul; Danny Shortring ,
Mooresburg, Tenn., .016,
4.768 on a 4.750 dial-in,
140.07 mph, def. Chad Traylor,
Providence Forge, Va., .023,
4.633 on a 4.600 dial-in,
142.43 mph; Michael White,
Arden, .020, 4.790 on a 4.800
dial-in, 142.04 mph, def.
Daniel Allison, Gastonia,
.003, 5.117 on a 5.130
dial-in, 132.36 mph; Scott
Duggins, Inman, S.C., .010,
4.622 on a 4.600 dial-in,
142.37 mph, def. Paul R.
Mosley, Inman, S.C., .023,
4.891 on a 4.850 dial-in,
132.80 Mph; Mark Matern,
Newport News, Va., .035, 4.860
on a 4.870 dial-in, 139.88
mph, bye.
Round 4 Stowers, .010,
5.234 on a 5.190 dial-in,
126.83 mph, def. Phillips,
.015, 5.285 on a 5.290
dial-in, 99.38 mph; Miles,
.018, 4.755 on a 4.760
dial-in, 143.29 mph, def.
Matern, foul; Treolo, .009,
4.793 on a 4.780 dial-in,
144.83 mph, def. Shortring,
.006, 4.786 on 4.760 dial-in,
140.04 mph; Duggins, .010,
4.647 on a 4.590 dial-in,
134.39 mph, def. White, .004,
4.917 on a 4.780 dial-in,
125.88 mph.
Round 5 Miles, 4.828 on a
4.750 dial-in, 134.39 mph,
def. Stowers, foul; Duggins,
.013, 4.643 on a 4.590
dial-in, 139.86 mph, def.
Treolo, .043, 4.819 on a 4.780
dial-in, 143.19 mph.
FINAL Scott Duggins, Inman,
S.C., .002, 4.596 on a 4.600
dial-in, 146.46 mph, def.
Angel Miles, Jackson, S.C.,
.017, 4.764 on a 4.780
dial-in, 142.46 mph.
Super Stock
Round 3 James Stoneman,
Winston-Salem, 1971 Chevrolet
Nova, .050, 6.338 on 6.040
dial-in, 87.53 mph, def.
Ronnie Skinner, High Point,
1986 Chevrolet Camaro, .079,
6.648 on a 6.000 dial-in,
94.00 mph; Lynwood Daugherty,
Rocky Mount, Va, 1965
Chevrolet Corvette, .021,
6.262 on a 6.140 dial-in,
110.66 mph, Def. Brian Oakes,
Debary, Fla., 1969 Chevrolet
Camaro, .047, 5.951 on a 5.850
dial-in, 106.50 Mph; Marvin
Dunahoo, Roanoke, Va., 1977
Ford Mustang, .025, 6.108 on a
6.090 dial-in, 112.03 mph,
def. Doug Hobgood, Lucama,
1990 Chevrolet Chevrolet
Camaro, .032, 5.951 on a 5.860
dial-in,115.96 mph; Sterling
Simmons Jr., Chesterfield,
Va., 1998 Chevrolet Camaro,
.028, 7.101 on a 7.100
dial-in, 86.18 mph, def. Danny
Stanton, Henderson, 1995
Achieva, .028, 5.981 on a
5.950 dial-in, 103.95 mph;
Robbie Hudlow, Monrovia, Md.,
1996 Oldsmobile Achieva, bye.
Round 4 Hudlow, .042, 5.874
on a 5.880 dial-in, 119.12
mph, def. Simmons, .052,
7.090 on a 7.100 dial-in,
84.99 mph; Daugherty, .034,
6.160 on a 6.150 dial-in,
109.45 mph, def. Dunahoo,
.051, 6.113 on a 6.110
dial-in, 114.00 mph; Stoneman,
bye.
Round 5 Hudlow, .074, 5.942
on a 5.870 dial-in, 110.68
mph, def. Stoneman, .139,
6.109 on a 6.110 dial-in,
113.53 mph; Daugherty, bye.
FINAL Lynwood Daugherty,
Rocky Mount, Va., 1965
Chevrolet Corvette, .020,
6.187 on a 6.150 dial-in,
109.88 mph, def. Robbie Hudlow,
Monrovia, Md., 1996 Oldsmobile
Achieva, .059, 5.865 on a
5.890 dial-in, 113.19 mph.
Stock
Round 3 Tony Ward, Graham,
1970 Plymouth Barracuda, .025,
7.186 on a 7.150 dial-in,
92.73 mph, def. Duane Eiskant
Ii, Chester, Va., 1986 Ford
Mustang, .053, 6.917 on a
6.980 dial-in, 96.88 mph;
Richard Alford Jr, Raleigh,
1968 Chevrolet Camaro, .016,
7.336 on a 7.310 dial-in,
83.15 mph, def. Ray Grice,
Aiken, S.C., 1986 Ford Mustang
.062, 8.525 on a 8.490
dial-in, 74.34 mph; Michael
Lee Truell, Lexington, 1985
Chevrolet Camaro, .033, 6.365
on a 6.380 dial-in, 105.79
mph, def. Mark Lewis, Inman,
S.C., 1969 Chevrolet Nova,
foul; Michael E. Herring,
Pikeville, 1983 Chevrolet
Camaro, .024, 8.030 on an
8.000 dial-in, 82.01 mph, def.
Jim Morgan, Conway, S.C., 1964
Plymouth Belvedere, .061,
6.563 on a 6.580 dial-in,
103.93 mph; Kevin Shipmon,
Burlington, 1974 Plymouth
Duster, .041, 7.154 on a 7.160
dial-in, 91.29 mph; def.
Scotty Galyean, Cameron, 1969
Chevrolet Camaro, .097, 6.538
on a 6.550 dial-in, 103.01
mph; Scott Macy, Randleman,
1978 Plymouth Volare, .032,
6.973 on a 7.000 dial-in,
93.75 mph, def. Mike Longhany,
Wade, 1972 Plymouth Duster,
.093, 6.953 on a 7.000
dial-in, 96.46 mph; Terry
Taylor, Lumberton, 1975
Chevrolet Corvette, .050,
6.132 on a 6.080 dial-in,
110.81 mph, def. Michael
Mayhew, Savannah, Ga., 1977
Oldsmobile Cutlass, .040,
7.503 on a 7.510 dial-in,
89.22 mph.
Round 4 Macy, .031, 6.967
on a 6.980 dial-in, 91.99 mph,
def. Alford, .041, 7.286 on a
7.310 dial-in, 90.93 mph;
Herring, .032, 8.048 on 8.020
dial-in, 78.55
mph, def. Ward, .050, 7.269 on
a 7.150 dial-in, 92.76 mph;
Taylor, .045, 6.132 on 6.080
dial-in, 111.20 mph, def.
Truell, .148, 6.351 on 6.370
dial-in, 105.20 mph; Shipmon,
bye.
Round 5 Macy, .029, 6.953
on 6.950 dial-in, 93.64 mph,
def. Herring, .033, 8.000 on
an 8.010 dial-in, 84.33 mph;
Taylor, .003, 6.127 on a 6.110
dial-in, 109.26 mph, def.
Shipmon, .008, 7.129 on a
7.100 dial-in, 93.36 mph.
FINAL Scott Macy,
Randleman, 1978 Plymouth
Volare, .031, 6.964 on a 6.930
dial-in, 89.35 mph, def. Terry
Taylor, Lumberton, 1975
Chevrolet Corvette, .076,
6.103 on a 6.110 dial-in,
114.28 mph.
Quick Rod
Round 3 Brett Nesbitt,
Mcleansville, .007, 5.688 on a
5.700 dial-in, 140.11 mph,
def. Brian Hicks, Pageland,
S.C., .039, 5.671 on a 5.700
dial-in,135.00 Mph; Danny
Waters Jr., Lagrange, .008,
5.675 on a 5.700 dial-in,
122.16 mph, def. Scott Lawton,
Sanford, .009, 5.651 on a
5.700 dial-in, 128.24 mph;
Jeff Nesbitt, Graham, .026,
5.706 on a 5.700 dial-in,
136.98 mph, def. Bubba Rogers,
Southport, .023, 5.679 on a
5.700 dial-in, 136.97 mph;
Lauren Freer, Lewisville,
.018, 5.700 on a 5.700
dial-in, 140.96 mph, def.
Cameron Manuel, Winston Salem,
.047, 5.666 on a 5.700
dial-in, 128.80 mph.
Round 4 Jeff Nesbitt, .011,
5.705 on a 5.700 dial-in,
135.93 mph, def. Waters, .009,
5.731 on a 5.700 dial-in,
118.01 mph; Brett Nesbitt,
.016, 5.738 on a 5.700
dial-in, 138.36 mph, def.
Freer, .027, 5.739 on a 5.700
dial-in, 140.08 mph.
FINAL Brett Nesbitt,
McLeansville, .014, 5.796 on a
5.700 dial-in, 131.65 mph,
Def. Jeff Nesbitt, Graham,
.020, 5.914 on a 5.700
dial-in, 111.18 mph.
Super Rod
Round 3 Todd Comer, New
London, 1997 Ford Ranger,
.018, 6.352 on a 6.400
dial-in, 120.14 mph, def.
James Sessoms, Suffolk, Va.,
1981 Chevy Monza, foul; Darryl
Hollin, Pelzer, S.C., 1927
Ford-T, .023, 6.381 on a 6.400
dial-in, 115.02 mph, def.
Cameron Manuel, Winston-salem,
2004 Chevrolet Corvette, .022,
6.379 on a 6.400 dial-in,
114.92 mph; Steve Furr,
Harrisburg, 1968 Chevrolet
Camaro, .046, 6.368 on a 6.400
dial-in, 118.17 mph, def. Bo
Upton, Taylors, S.C., 1963
Chevrolet Corvette, .046,
6.328 on a 6.400 dial-in,
125.56 mph.
Round 4 Furr, .026, 6.389
on a 6.400 dial-in, 123.78
mph, def. Hollin, .034, 6.373
on a 6.400 dial-in, 114.78
mph; Comer, bye.
FINAL Steve Furr,
Harrisburg, 1968 Chevrolet
Camaro, .028, 6.434 on a 6.400
dial-in, 115.08 mph, def. Todd
Comer, New London, 1997 Ford
Ranger, .034, 6.531 on a 6.400
dial-in, 102.53 mph.
Hot Rod
Round 3 Chip Johnson,
Fayetteville, 1968 Chevrolet
Camaro, .024, 7.010 on a 7.000
dial-in, 103.85 mph, def.
Angel Miles, Jackson, S.C.,
1994 Chevrolet Camaro, .024,
6.954 on a 7.000 dial-in,
101.41 mph; Doug Ramsey, Mt.
Airy, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro,
.025, 7.031 on 7.000 dial-in,
107.47 mph, def. Brooke
Warren, Clinton, 1970
Chevrolet Nova, .085, 6.943 on
a 7.000 dial-in, 99.85 Mph;
Barry Nall, Eagle Springs,
1968 Plymouth Barracuda, .038,
7.000 on a 7.000 dial-in,
113.18 mph, Def. John Simmons,
Wallace, S.c., 1978 Mercury
Zephyr, .007, 6.998 on a 7.000
dial-in, 100.77 Mph; Ethan
Atkinson, Clio, S.C., 1978
Chevrolet Monte Carlo .034,
7.051 on a 7.000 dial-in,
109.61 mph, def. Bill Upton,
Travelers Rest, S.C., 1956
CHEVY, .058, 7.059 on a 7.000
dial-in, 107.90 mph; Jerry
Phillips, Bridgeton, 1966
Chevrolet Nova, .017, 7.021 on
a 7.000 dial-in, 102.83 mph,
def. Randall Sessoms,
Roseboro, 1972 Chevrolet Nova,
.021, 6.978 on a 7.000
dial-in, 97.81 mph; Bobby
Tolley, Mt. Pleasant, 1968
Ford Mustang, .012, 7.021 on a
7.000 dial-in, 106.91 mph,
def. C.J. McDonald, Carthage,
1972 Chevrolet Nova, .029,
6.968 on a 7.000 dial-in,
101.25 mph; Michael Harris,
Norwood, 1980 Chevrolet Camaro,
.001, 6.985 on a 7.000
dial-in, 109.84 mph, def.
Anthony Aydt, Maoncure, 1966
Chevrolet Chevelle, .013,
6.966 on a 7.000 dial-in,
109.43 mph.
Round 4 Atkinson, .015,
7.028 on a 7.000 dial-in,
105.32 mph, def. Nall, .021,
7.023 on a 7.000
dial-in,112.87 mph; Ramsey,
.016, 7.003 on a 7.000
dial-in, 108.94 mph, def.
Phillips, .032, 6.930 on a
7.000, 102.43 Mph; Harris,
.055, 7.006 on a 7.000
dial-in, 111.30 mph, def.
Tolley, foul; Johnson, bye.
Round 5 Atkinson, .016,
6.989 on a 7.000, 105.86 mph,
def, Ramsey, .024, 6.982 on a
7.000, 109.64 mph; Harris,
.010, 7.018 on a 7.000
dial-in, 105.94 mph, def.
Johnson, .034, 7.028 on a
7.000, 103.11 mph.
FINAL Michael Harris,
Norwood, 1980 Chevrolet Camaro,
.010, 7.078 on a 7.000
dial-in, 105.60 mph, def.
Ethan Atkinson, Clio, S.C.,
1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo,
.002, 7.103 on a 7.000
dial-in, 108.06 mph.
Masters Jr.
Dragster
Semifinals Jessica Dean,
Monroe, .103, 8.279 on a 8.350
dial-in, 77.10 mph, def. Dylan
Stott, Columbus, .103, 7.929
on an 8.000 dial-in, 78.60
Mph; Brooke Hall, Chesnee,
S.C., .190, 8.048 on a 7.970
dial-in, 73.93 mph, def.
Taylor Wallace, Travelers
Rest, S.C., .221, 8.195 on an
8.020 dial-in, 77.39
mph.
FINAL Brooke Hall, Chesnee,
S.C., .239, 7.999 on 7.980
dial-in, 75.94 mph, def.
Jessica Dean, Monroe, .132,
8.414 on an 8.260 dial-in,
75.94 mph.
Advance Jr. Dragster
Semifinals Morgan Benfield,
Virginia Beach, Va., .096,
8.903 on an 8.900 dial-in,
72.97 mph, def. Chase Manuel,
Winston Salem, Foul; Shannon
Bell, Chesapeake, Va., .252,
9.044 on a 9.040 dial-in,
71.91 mph, def. Justin
Edmonds, Statesville, foul.
FINAL Shannon Bell,
Chesapeake, Va., .070, 9.075
on a 9.040 dial-in, 71.17 mph,
def. Morgan Benfield, Virginia
Beach, Va., .239, 8.924 on an
8.900 dial-in, 72.26 mph. |