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AMAN,
LEGGETT, RABON
CLAIMS FIRST
CAROLINA COALITION
TITLES
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For
Mt.
Olive’s
Eric
Aman,
the
reward
was
worth
the
wait.
After
three
consecutive
postponements
due
to
weather,
the
former
Rockingham
Dragway
track
champion
claimed
a
$6,000
top
prize
Sunday
as
the
Top
Eliminator
Champion
in
the
rain-shortened
opening
event
in
the
Hoosier
Tires
Carolina
Coalition
Bracket
Series.
In
addition
to
the
cash,
Aman
also
took
the
Coalition
points
lead
as
well
as
lead
in
the
race
for
the
2013
track
championship
in
the
Ronnie
Roberts
Racing
dragster. |
Track owner Steve
Earwood,
who was forced to
postpone his two-day
season opener and
the first day of the
Coalition opener,
doubled the purse
for racers who
had stuck with him
through the opening
two weeks.
That meant that Aman
got a double dose as
did Footbrake
champion Daniel T.
Leggett of Lumberton
($3,000) and Jr.
Dragster winner
Nicholas Rabon on
Florence, S.C.
($200).
The race also paid
double points while
serving not only as
the opening race in
the Carolina
Coalition Series but
also the first in
the battle for track
championships and
positions on the
team Rockingham
Dragway will send to
the Bracket Finals
this fall.
Aman used a .008
reaction time to get
past Raleigh’s Gary
Ingold in the final
after both drivers
went exactly .011
under their target
numbers. In
Footbrake, Leggett
got a free pass to
the cash when
Benson’s Wesley
Roberts, also part
of the Ronnie
Roberts Racing
stable, was guilty
of a final round
foul start.
Results from
Sunday’s Hoosier
Tires Carolina
Coalition bracket
racing series opener
at Rockingham
Dragway:
TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 5 – David
Lowe, Raeford, 1969
Camaro, .032, 6.534
on a 6.550, 103.95
mph, def. Gabe
Taylor,
Elizabethtown, foul;
Mike Joyner, Rocky
Mount, .022, 6.420
on a 6.420, 106.52
mph, def. Eric
Thomas, Fairmont,
.046, 5.563 on a
5.540, 121.76 mph;
Ken Batchelor,
Leland, .021, 4.725
on a 4.720, 138.14
mph, def. Howie
Adams, NA, .014,
5.049 on a 5.020,
137.05 mph; Joe
Julsrud, Stony
Point, .006, 4.875
on a 4.880, 135.61
mph, def. Tommy
Strickland, Raeford,
.020, 4.660 breakout
on a 4.690, 147.46
mph; Tommy Plott,
Winston-Salem, .031,
4.801 on a 4.790,
142.07 mph, def.
Terrance Sessoms,
Roseboro, .034,
6.302 breakout on a
6.310, 108.32 mph;
Gary Ingold,
Raleigh, .016, 4.682
on a 4.670, def.
Chad Duke,
Wilmington, 1970
Chevy Nova, .064,
6.257 on a 6.250,
107.30 mph; Eric
Aman, Mt. Olive,
.021, 4.746 on a
4.560, 114.51 mph,
def. Ernest McNeill,
NA, .016, 5.872 on a
5.270, 93.56 mph;
Chuck Bowman, Stone
Point, bye.
Round 6 – Batchelor,
.020, 4.756 on a
4.700, 139.79 mph,
def. Lowe, .063,
6.554 on a 6.540,
101.17 mph; Bowman,
.035, 4.944 on a
4.930, 138.98 mph,
def. Julsrud, .028,
4.866 breakout on a
4.870, 139.82 mph;
Ingold, .027, 4.679
on a 4.670, 146.96
mph, def. Joyn,
foul; Aman, .009,
4.590 on a 4.560,
145.34 mph, def.
Plott, .053, 4.805
on a 4.800, 141.56
mph.
Semifinals – Ingold,
.017, 4.682 on a
4.680, 140.91 mph,
def. Batchelor,
.009, 4.762 on a
4.740, 141.92 mph;
Aman, .013, 4.569 on
a 4.560, 148.40 mph,
def. Bowman, .017,
4.935 breakout on a
4.940, 139.41 mph.
FINAL – Eric Aman,
Mt. Olive, .008,
4.581 on a 4.560,
146.46 mph, def.
Gary Ingold,
Raleigh, .034, 4.681
on a 4.670, 145.96
mph.
FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – William
Roberts, Benson,
.037, 5.972 on a
5.970, 114.61 mph,
def. Joe Lewis,
Elizabethtown, 1970
Plymouth Duster,
.048, 7.177 breakout
on a 7.240, 93.30
mph; Allen Short,
Travelers Rest,
S.C., .033, 6.389 on
a 6.390, 103.78 mph,
def. Roger Rhodes,
Goldsboro, 5.070,
6.952 breakout on a
6.970, 96.98 mph;
Lee Norton, Grover,
.032, 8.080 on an
8.070, 77.17 mph,
def. Kevin Pollard,
Fincastle, Va.,
.044, 6.763 on a
6.720, 97.04 mph;
Daniel T. Leggett,
Lumberton, .006,
6.998 on a 6.980,
96.87 mph, def. Ross
Williard, NA, .055,
6.813 breakout on a
6.840, 95.97 mph;
Westly Roberts,
Benson, .074, 5.997
on a 5.980, 114.67
mph, def. Tommy
Lumley, Charlotte,
1940 Chevy coupe,
.089, 6.153 on a
6.140, 111.95 mph;
Unknown #1X0RX,
.040, 6.708 on a
6.590, 102.86 mph,
def. Scott Welborn,
West Columbia, S.C.,
.070, 9.675 breakout
on a 9.700, 70.07
mph; Unknown #1X90,
bye.
Round 6 – Short,
.058, 6.436 on a
6.380, 97.29 mph,
def. Unknown #1X90,
.093, 6.542 on a
6.520, 103.22 mph;
Unknown #1X0RX,
.021, 6.588 on a
6.590, 100,13 mph,
def. William
Roberts, .060, 5.960
breakout on a 5.970,
115.07 mph; Wesley
Roberts, .029, 6.004
on a 5.980, 114.89
mph, def. Norton,
foul; Leggett, bye.
Semifinals –
Leggett, .057, 6.990
on a 6.990, 95.25
mph, def. Unknown
#1X0RX, .151, 6.557
breakout on a 6.580,
100.57 mph; Wesley
Roberts, .028, 5.991
on a 5.990, 112.43
mph, def. Short,
.032, 6.391 on a
6.350, 105.13 mph.
FINAL – Daniel T.
Leggett, Lumberton,
.046, 6.971 on a
6.980, 97.06 mph,
def. Wesley Roberts,
Benson, foul.
JR. DRAGSTER
Round 2 – Dawson
Wiggins, Dunn, .161,
9.121 on a 9.040,
67.13 mph, def.
Rayce Blackmon,
Whiteville, broke;
Blake Denton,
Lillington,
083,8.893 on an
8.820, 72.69 mph,
def. Brittney Dial,
Maxton, .105, 7.987
on a 7.900, 80.30
mph; Morgan Tedder,
NA, .005, 8.094 on
an 8.080, 75.34 mph,
def. Janna Vogler,
Lewisville, .063,
7.925 on a 7.900,
79.94 mph; Nicholas
Rabon, Florence,
S.C., .106, 7.992 on
a 7.900, 75.82 mph,
def. Savanah Adams,
NA, .239, 8.730 on
an 8.690, 73.96 mph;
Luke Eggers,
Crumpler, .027,
8.222 on an 8.190,
78.80 mph, def.
Hayden Dial,
Rowland, foul;
Ashleigh Stafford,
Kernersville, bye.
Round 3 – B. Dial,
.035, 7.950 on a
7.930, 81.06 mph,
def. Stafford, .093,
8.095 on an 8.050,
75.90 mph; Rabon,
.003, 8.004 on a
7.900, 75.90 mph,
def. Denton, .256,
8.849 breakout on an
8.850, 74.04 mph;
Eggers, .068, 8.153
on an 8.220, 79.73
mph, def. Vogler,
.091, 7,832 breakout
on a 7.910, 80.70
mph; Tedder, .026,
8.083 on an 8.070,
76.98 mph, def.
Wiggins, .015, 9.105
on a 9.050, 68.79
mph.
Semifinals – Tedder,
.058, 8.090 on an
8.070, 78.17 mph,
def. B. Dial, .041,
7.982 on a 7.930,
81.87 mph; Rabon,
.050, 7.946 on a
7.910, 83.14 mph,
def. Eggers, foul.
FINAL – Nicholas
Rabon, Florence,
S.C., 7.908 on a
7.950, 82.98 mph,
def. Morgan Tedder,
NA, foul.
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