ROCKINGHAM – Leicester’s
Jeremy McElrath qualifyied
his 1998 Ford Mustang at the
front of the pack and was
never challenged Saturday in
winning the Outlaw Drag
Radial championship at the
NDRRA Shootout featuring the
world’s fastest street legal
cars on radial tires.
McElrath qualified No. 1 at
4.915 seconds and unloaded a
jaw-dropping 4.764 second
run at
166.56 miles per hour
in a final round victory
over No. 2 qualifier Dave
Cox of Conway, S.C.
Other winners included
Asheboro’s Chad Branson, who
scored an X275 Drag Radial
title, and Clayton’s John
Phillips who scored an upset
victory in the Real Street
class, driving his 1990 Ford
Mustang past the vintage
1979 Ford Fairmont of
Sophia’s Lisa Handy in the
final.
Like McElrath, Branson went
wire-to-wire in the X275
class, driving his 1971
Dodge past the 2004 Mustang
of Raleigh’s James McDowell
in the final.
Round-by-round results from
Saturday’s National Drag
Radial Racers Association
Shootout at Rockingham
Dragway:
OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL
Qualifying – 1. Jeremy
McElrath, Leicester, 1998
Ford Mustang, 4.915, 160.23
mph; 2. Dave Cox, Conway,
S.C., 1989 Chevrolet Camaro,
5.421, 146.78 mph; 3. Kevin
Mullins, High Point, 1990
Ford Mustang, 5.574, 139.96
mph; 4. Joe Alvarez,
Liberty, 1983 Ford Mustang,
6.034, 133.70
mph.
Round 1 – Dave Cox, Conway,
S.C., 1989 Chevrolet Camaro,
.104, 5.331, 149.27 mph,
def. Will Tate, Denton, 1989
Ford Mustang, .162, 9.310,
43.50 mph; Joe Alvarez,
Liberty, 1983 Ford Mustang,
.195, 5.362, 135.86 mph,
def. Kevin Mullins, High
Point, 1990 Ford Mustang,
.163,
5.885, 148.82 mph;
Jeremy McElrath, Leicester,
1998 Ford Mustang, bye.
Semifinals – McElrath, .303,
5.122, 159.64 mph, def.
Alvarez, .172, 5.428, 127.91
mph; Cox, bye.
FINAL – Jeremy McElrath,
Leicester, 1998 Ford
Mustang, 1.390, 4.764,
166.56 mph, def. Dave
Cox,
Conway, S.C., 1989 Chevrolet Camaro, broke.
X275 DRAG RADIAL
Qualifying – 1. Chad
Branson, Asheboro, 1971
Dodge, 5.140, 146.97 mph; 2.
James McDowell, Raleigh,
2004 Ford Mustang, 5.242,
138.60 mph; 3. Eddie Jones,
Benson, 1993 Ford Mustang,
5.267, 136.93 mph; 4. Robbie
Patterson, Eden, 1970 Chevy
Nova, 5.335, 137.18 mph.
Round 1 – James McDowell,
Raleigh, 2004 Ford Mustang,
.133, 5.364, 132.18 mph,
def. Jamie Williams,
Carthage, 1994 Ford Mustang,
.072, 5.636, 131.22 mph;
Eddie Jones, Benson, 1993
Ford Mustang, .108, 5.166,
139.16 mph, def. Robbie
Patterson, Eden, 1970 Chevy
Nova, .069, 5.378, 136.68
mph; Chad Branson, Asheboro,
1971 Dodge, .062, 5.031,
149.27 mph, def.
Johnny Canaday, Lexington, S.C.,
.064, 5.596, 125.05 mph.
Semifinals – McDowell, .129,
5.218, 138.67 mph, def.
Jones, .057, 5.305, 137.11
mph; Branson, bye.
FINAL – Chad Branson,
Asheboro, 1971 Dodge, .109,
5.335, 117.29 mph, def.
James McDowell, Raleigh,
2004 Ford Mustang, broke.
REAL STREET RADIAL
Qualifying – 1. Jonathan
Atkins, Mooresville, 1999
Pontiac Trans Am, 5.630,
125.52 mph; 2.
Kevin
Robinson, Blythwood, S.C.,
1979 Ford Mustang, 5.694,
125.82 mph; 3. Paul Falcon,
Durham, 2001 Pontiac
Formula, 5.727, 129.52 mph;
4. Lisa Handy, Sophia, 1979
Ford Fairmont, 5.776, 122.52
mph.
Round 1 – Shannon Young,
Princeton, 1993 Ford
Mustang, .014, 7.018, 102.88
mph, def.
Jonathan Atkins,
Mooresville, 1999 Pontiac
Trans Am, foul; Bryan Fendren, Dunn, 1979 Ford
Mustang, .113, 6.058, 115.76
mph, def. Charles Lovings,
Ruffin, 1998 Chevrolet
Camaro, .224, 6.387, 99.71
mph; Darin Wasenhove,
Pikeville, .143, 5.852,
119.74 mph, def. Jayme
Thompson, NA, 1992 Chevrolet
Camaro, .273, 6.226, 116.91
mph; John Phillips, Clayton,
1990 Ford
Mustang, .049,
5.835, 125.52 mph, def.
Rodney Norman II, Creedmoor,
1995 Ford Mustang,
.034,
6.028, 124.38 mph; Paul
Falcon, Durham, 2001 Pontiac
Formula, .197, 5.689, 129.9
mph, def. Kevin Bortree,
Denton, 1989 Ford Mustang,
.172, 6.808, 111.53 mph;
Kevin Robinson, Blythwood,
S.C., 1979 Ford Mustang,
.131, 5.645, 126.03 mph,
def. Michael Howard, North
Augusta, S.C., 1995 Ford
Mustang, .161, 6.232, 111.61
mph; Lisa Handy, Sophia,
1979 Ford Fairmont, .286,
5.703, 124.37 mph, def. Ken
Weidle, Ozark, Ala., 1989
Ford Mustang, no time.
Round 2 – Handy, .149,
5.726, 124.63 mph, def.
Fendren, .352, 6.078, 116.51
mph; Robinson, .074, 5.620,
125.92 mph, def. Wasenhove,
.156, 5.968, 117.69 mph;
Phillips, .042, 5.661,
125.95 mph, def. Falcon,
.098, 5.760, 128.80 mph;
Young, bye.
Semifinals – Handy, .130,
6.193, 60.49 mph, def.
Young, .592, 6.721, 106.55
mph; Phillips, .004, 5.684,
126.21 mph, def. Robinson,
.132, 5.575, 126.45 mph.
FINAL – John Phillips,
Clayton, 1990 Ford Mustang,
.063, 5.683, 126.08 mph,
def. Lisa Handy, Sophia,
1979 Ford Fairmont, .094,
5.840, 124.12 mph. |