HAMLET’S
SIKES
RACES
TO
VICTORY
AT
ROCKINGHAM’S
DIESEL
DRAGS
Hamlet’s
Trey
Sikes
drove
his
2010
Volkswagen
to
victory
in
the
Sportsman
class
and
George
Peppard
of
Middleburg,
Fla.,
won
Super
Diesel
Sunday
in a
National
Hot
Rod
Diesel
Association
event
at
Rockingham
Dragway.
Darren
Morrison
of
Cairo,
Ga.,
won
in
Pro
Street
and
Jared
Jones
of
Montezuma,
Ind.,
Wade
Moody
of
Mechanicsville,
Md.,
and
Tim
Burchette
of
Winston-Salem
were
unopposed
in
winning
the
Top
Diesel,
Pro
Stock
and
Super
Street
titles.
Sikes never was
seriously challenged for the Sportsman title. In the final, he ran
16.416 seconds on a 16.300 target to easily handle the 2006 Chevy of Tyler
Radewold of Dandridge, Tenn.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. –
Results from Sunday’s National Hot Rod Diesel Association event at Rockingham
Dragway.
TOP DIESEL – Jared Jones, Montezuma, Ind., dragster, unopposed.
PRO STOCK – Wade Moody, Mechanicsville, Md., 2002 Chevy S-10 truck, unopposed.
SUPER STREET – Tim Burchette, Winston-Salem, 2003 GMC truck, unopposed.
PRO STREET
Round 1 – Darren Morrison, Cairo, Ga., 1997 Dodge, no time, no speed, def. Phil
Taylor, McDonough, Ga., 1996 Dodge, broke; Phillip Palmer, Calvary, Ga., 1994
Dodge, 9.168, 149.36 mph, def. Micah Sullivan, Stanford,Ky., 1997 Dodge, 10.269,
128.55 mph; Dmitri Millard, Highland, Utah, 2001 Chevrolet, 9.709, 150.95 mph,
def. Shawn Proctor, Calhoun, Ga., 2006 Doge, 10.032, 141.34 mph; Seth Sullivan,
Stanford, Ky., bye.
Semifinals – Morrison, 9.172, 142.43 mph, def. Palmer, 9.280, 148.41 mph;
Sullivan, 7.345, no speed, def. Millard, broke.
FINAL – Darren Morrison, Cairo, Ga., 1997 Dodge, 9.455, 142.18 mph, def. Seth
Sullivan, Stanford, Ky., 1998 Dodge, 13.036, 81.61 mph.
SUPER DIESEL (11.90 target)
Round 1 – Michael Dalton, Algood, Ind., 2010 Dodge, 13.465, 85.38 mph, def. Kory
Willis, Lake Charles, La., 2002 GMC, 13.512, 105.03 mph; George Peppard,
Middleburg, Fla., 1998 Ford, 11.817, 112.81 mph, def. Aaron Rudolf, Durham, no
time; Dillon Carter, Sapulpa, Okla., 9.199, no speed, def. Matthew Modley,
Monroe, Ga., broke.
Semifinals – Dalton, 12.156, 105.65 mph, def. Carter, 12.263, 109.37 mph;
Peppard, bye.
FINAL – George Peppard, Middleburg, Fla., 1998 Ford, 12.004, 100.29 mph, def.
Michael Dalton, Algood, Ind., 2010 Dodge, 12.132, 109.92 mph.
SPORTSMAN
Round 1 – John Boger, Hillsborough, N.C., 2001 Ford, 16.335 on a 15.800, 78.36
mph, def. Ashton Branch, Marion, N.C., 2006 Dodge, 16.501 breakout on a 16.200,
99.12 mph; Tyler Radewold, Dandridge, Tenn., 2006 Chevrolet, 13.318 on a 13.100,
101.71 mph, def. Donte Wall, Conover, N.C., 2004 Dodge, 16.501 breakout on a
16.200, 99.12 mph; Dan Holland, Roachdale, Ind., 2007 Dodge, 16.066 on a 15.980,
84.28 mph, def. Rachel Hull, Mount Airy, N.C., foul; Trey Sikes, Hamley, N.C.,
2010 Volkswagen, 16.822 on a 16.370, 71.14 mph, def. Adam Barnhardt, Advance,
N.C., 2006 Dodge, 15.369 on a 14.890, 84.78 mph; Bryan Pugsley, Cocoa, Fla.,
2007 Chevrolet, 12.591 on a 12.500, 106.11 mph, def. Harrison Tucker, Asheboro,
N.C., 2001 Chevrolet, 15.390 breakout on a 15.400, 88.73 mph; Zachary Pierce,
Waxhaw, N.C., 2002 Ford, 13.058 on a 12.650, 103.06 mph, def. Chris Hoover,
Asheboro, N.C., 1999 Ford, 14.398 on a 13.300, 97.29 mph; Robin Ridgeway,
Lafayette, Ind., 2001 Ford, 16.264 on a 16.120, 83.22 mph, def. Keith Housley
Jr., Concord, N.C., 2008 Dodge, foul; Justin Cagle, Raeford, N.C., NA, 15.061 on
a 14.600, 89.12 mph, def. Kenneth Watson, Randleman, N.C., 2003 Ford, no time;
Ernie Russo, Pensacola, Fla., 2008 Dodge, 13.337 on a 13.000, 111.87 mph, def.
Dean Sheldon, Sussex, Wis., 2000 Ford Excursion, foul.
Round 2 – Radewold, 13.299 on a 13.100, 101.21 mph, def. Cagle, 15.142 on a
14.600, 94.76 mph; Sikes, 16.379 on a 16.390, 80.73 mph, def. Russo, no time;
Ridgeway, 16.194 on a 16.160, 84.14 mph, def. Pugsley, 12.748 on a 12.500,
106.02 mph; Boger, 15.912 on a 15.800, 83.20 mph, def. Pierce, foul; Holland,
bye.
Round 3 – Radewold, 13.315 on a 13.180, 102.07 mph, def. Holland, 16.146 on a
15.980, 85.56 mph; Sikes, 16.375 on a 16.390, 83.16 mph, def. Ridgeway, foul;
Boger, bye.
Semifinals – Radewold, 13.385 on a 13.250, 101.67 mph, def. Boger, 16.150 on a
15.900, 82.63 mph; Sikes, bye.
FINAL – Trey Sikes, Hamlet, N.C., 2010 Volkswagen, 16.416 on a 16.300, 76.80
mph, def. Tyler Radewold, Dandridge, Tenn., 2006 Chevrolet, 13.439 on a 13.290,
101.67 mph.
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