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MIROCK
SUPERBIKE SERIES
TRACK RECORDS FALL
AT THE ROCK FINALS
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The Mickey Thompson MIRock Superbike Series blistered legendary Rockingham Dragway this past weekend, as the world’s largest motorcycle drag racing organization concluded it’s 2013 season with the Lee’s Performance World Finals on November 1-3. Mother Nature made it a tricky three days for Steve Earwood’s hardworking staff, washing away a beautifully prepped track with a deluge on Friday and coming back with rain, cool, and damp conditions Saturday night. But through it all, Rockingham starter “Little Man” and his staff kept spraying plenty of PJ1 traction compound to deliver track records from the most razor-edge bikes around—the high horsepower, street legal rubber-shod machines of Orient Express Pro Street. |
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Looking to nail down
his first
championship, Joey
Gladstone qualified
number 1 with a
6.949 at 211.70 mph
on his turbocharged,
DME Suzuki Hayabusa.
Gladstone bettered
that in eliminations
with a 6.942, and
along the way
secured enough
points to finally
stop three-peat
champ Rodney
Williford’s
stranglehold on the
class. Gladstone
needed a holeshot to
get past teammate
(and Battle Royale
winner) Terrence
Angela’s 213.98 mph
blast in the semi,
then faced Battle
Royale runner-up
Tony Ficher in the
final.
Ficher was slaying
all-time
supercharged Pro
Street records on
his deafeningly loud
‘Busa, and nailed an
.018 light to
Gladstone’s .044 in
the final. Ficher
lost a little ET
somewhere on the
track, and as both
bikes streaked
through the traps
side-by-side at 210
mph, Gladstone’s
winlight flashed on.
DME Real Street also
saw an intense
points battle
between class titans
Johnny “Turbo”
Dobrin—the defending
champ—and multi-time
champ Jeremy Teasley.
By the time these
two met in the
final, Teasley
already had the
championship
secured. Then in
then final, “Jeremy
had me by a little
bit on the tree, as
he always does, and
a little on the 60
foot, as he always
does,” said Dobrin.
“Then I missed my
shift button. I
found it, then I
missed it again!”
The exasperated
Dobrin had to watch
Tealsey pull away to
the win on the Roger
Starrette
owned-and-tuned,
nitrous-huffing
Kawasaki ZX14, while
Dobrin’s own
Exoticycle turbo
‘Busa slowed from
the missed shifts.
It was Teasley’s
incredible fifth
Real Street title in
multiple sanctions.
But Teasley wasn’t
finished winning
championships.
Jeremy also won the
MIRock Crazy 8s
championship on his
own ZX14R. The Crazy
8s race was won by
number 1 qualifier
Chad Milford, who
shook off the
effects of getting
nailed in the
staging lanes by a
runaway scooter.
Milford beat Rick
Janney Jr. in the
final.
Riding Barry
Purnell’s stealthy
ZX9, Richard Gadson
took out new FBR
Shop 5.60 champion
Marion Ford in the
final of that class.
Gadson had an .012
light on the
streetbike.
Veteran racer Kenny
Cornnell finished
his season off in
style, bookending
his first ever win
at The Rock back in
March with another
one in November and
the first ever Louis
Concrete 4.60
championship.
Cornell beat Jay
Beasley in the
final.
After a spirited
battle with a whole
host of potential
winners, “Hillbilly
Hustler” Jimmy
Shifflett won the
Trac King/APE Top
Sportsman
championship. But in
the final it was Jay
Windsor and Richard
Diggs. Windsor
redlit and Diggs
took the win.
The absolute best of
the best in the
two-wheeled bracket
racing world fought
mano-y-mano in the
Street and Pro ET
Tournament of
Champions.
Connecticut Kingpin
Bob Carlson beat
Barry Pryer Sr. in
the Street ET
Tournament final. In
what was also a
battle of
streetbikes, Michael
Herman Jr. beat
fellow Virginian
Glenn Glass in the
Pro ET Tournament
final.
Jerry Turner beat
Boyd Mathias in
Saturday night’s
Nitrous Express Pro
ET final, but
Mathias came back
around and won
Sunday’s final over
Wayne Smith. Wayne
also runner-upped in
Sunday’s Brock’s
Performance Street
ET final, with
Spencer Claycomb
taking the win. Mike
Schulz beat Herman
in Saturday’s Street
ET final.
The Hustler’s
Paradise known as
Afterdark Undergound
raced past 2:00 am,
with Gadson claiming
two wins on “Bud
Light Lime.” And as
always, a family
reunion atmosphere
flourished all
weekend beneath
beautiful Rockingham
sunsets. |
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GLADSTONE WRESTS
MIROCK TITLE AWAY
FROM WILLIFORD AT
THE ROCK
Delaware’s Joey
Gladstone denied
Rodney Williford a
fourth straight
MIRock Series
title Sunday but
not without an
assist from
outside the
continental United
States.
Aruba’s Terence
Angela, a relative
newcomer to the
independently-produced
MIRock Series,
narrowly
eliminated
Williford in round
two of the Lee’s
World Finals at
Steve Earwood’s
Rockingham Dragway,
6.994-to-6.012,
opening the door
for Gladston who
went on to win the
event and the
Orient Express Pro
Street
championship.
However, even
after Williford’s
exit, it wasn’t an
easy path for the
rider from
Townsend, Del.,
who needed all his
skills to get
around Angela in
the semifinals
where his slower
7.036 was a winner
over a quicker
6.989.
Other winners
included veteran
Jeremy Teasley of
Columbus, Ohio,
Chuck Milford of
Florence, S.C.,
Philadelphia’s
Richard Gadson,
Kenny Cornell of
Manassas, Va., and
Richard Diggs of
Frederick, Md.
Three of the five
event winners in
top categories
also won 2013
MIRock
championships:
Gladstone, Teasley
in DME Real Street
and Cornell in the
Louis Concrete
4.60 index class.
Despite his
semifinal exit on
Sunday, Shifflett
claimed the TRAC
King/APE Top
Sportsman crown
and Marion Ford of
Hampstead, Md.,
took the FBR Shop
5.60 title.
Diggs was the
event’s only
double winner. In
addition to Top
Sportsman, the
Maryland rider
also won one of
the ET races,
sharing that stage
with Jerry Turner
of Bluff City,
Tenn., Mike Schulz
of Manassas Park,
Va., Bob Carlston
of Turrington,
Conn., Boyd
Mathias of
Strasburg, Va.,
and Spencer
Claycomb of Gates,
N.C.
Results from the
Lee’s Performance
World Finals at
Steve Earwood’s
Rockingham Dragway,
final event in the
2013 Mickey
Thompson
Performance Tires
MIRock Superbike
Series:
ORIENT EXPRESS PRO
STREET
Qualifying – 1.
Joey Gladstone,
Townsend, Del.,
6.949, 211.79 mph;
2. Tony Fisher,
Falmouth, Mass.,
6.965, 205.51 mph;
3. Terence Angela,
Aruba, 7.051,
205.35 mph; 4.
Rodney Williford,
Rougemont, 7.089,
193.40 mph; 5.
Chris Moore,
Taylors, S.C.,
7.178, 198.23 mph;
6. John Glover
Jr., New Florence,
Pa., 7.492, 195.05
mph; 7. Vincent
Demito, Plymouth
Meeting, Pa.,
7.516, 193.29 mph;
8. Darion Payne,
Fredericksburg,
Va., 7.538, 192.30
mph.
Round 1 – Joey
Gladstone,
Townsend, Del.,
bye; Terence
Angela, Aruba,
6.994, 207.88 mph,
def. Stephen
Scearce, Blairs,
Va., 9.175, 112.31
mph; Rodney
Williford,
Rougemont, 7.121,
197.57 mph, def.
Greg Wallace,
Timberlake, foul;
Tony Fisher,
Flamouth, Mass.,
6.953, 210.97 mph,
def. David Martin,
Roanoke, Va., no
time; Vincent
Demito, Plymouth
Meeting, Pa.,
11.672, 75.49 mph,
def. John Glover
Jr., New Florence,
Pa., no time;
Chris Moore,
Taylors, S.C.,
7.215, 200.62 mph,
def. Darion Payne,
Fredericksburg,
Va., 17.645, 44.79
mph.
Round 2 –
Gladstone, 6.942,
212.16 mph, def.
Demito, 11.923,
75.79 mph; Angela,
6.994, 213.98 mph,
def. Williford,
7.012, 210.21 mph;
Fisher, 6.951,
210.18 mph, def.
Moore, 7.267,
196.10 mph.
Semifinals –
Gladstone, 7.036,
208.65 mph, def.
Angela, 6.989,
206.35 mph;
Fisher, bye.
FINAL – Joey
Gladstone,
Townsend, Del.,
6.977, 210.24 mph,
def. Tony Fisher,
Falmouth, Mass.,
7.013, 210.64 mph.
DME REAL STREET
Qualifying – 1.
Jeremy Teasley,
Columbus, Ohio,
7.820, 188.99 mph;
2. Johnny Dobrin,
Sarasota, Fla.,
7.852, 191.89 mph;
3. “Super Dave”
Stewart,
Mooresville,
7.905, 189.84 mph;
4. Cameron Teasley,
Orient, Ohio,
7.961, 175.07 mph;
5. David Merks,
North Augusta,
S.C., 8.005,
184.42 mph; 6.
Mark Billiter,
North Augusta,
S.C., 8.010,
184.04 mph; 7.
Chris Moore,
Taylors, S.C.,
8.107, 184.45 mph;
8. Eddie Chapmen,
NA, 8.174, 181.13
mph.
Round 1 – “Super
Dave” Stewart,
Mooresville, bye;
Eddie Chapmen, NA,
8.215, 178.02 mph,
def. Victor Gotey,
Sarasota, Fla.,
8.237, 183.72 mph;
Cameron
Teasley,Orient,
Ohio, 7.939,
181.47 mph, def.
Lee Shierts,
Charlotte, 8.393,
170.82 mph; Mark
Billiter, North
Augusta, S.C.,
8.119, 184.09 mph,
def. Mike Mace,
Baltimore, Md.,
22.133, 56.88 mph;
David Merks, North
Augusta, S.C.,
8.053, 186.25 mph,
def. Ashton
Dickerson, Newark,
N.J., 10.811,
97.36 mph; Anibal
Merced, Concord,
8.882, 116.60 mph,
def. Chris Moore,
Taylors, S.C.,
8.009, 172.36 mph;
Johnny Dobrin,
Sarasota, Fla.,
bye; Jeremy
Teasley, Columbus,
Ohio, bye.
Round 2 – C.
Teasley, 8.052,
179.52 mph, def.
Merks, 12.354,
105.73 mph;
Billiter, 8.023,
185.05 mph, def.
Stewart, 8.071,
187.44 mph; J.
Teasley, 7.963,
186.54 mph, def.
Chapmen, 8.351,
176.33 mph; Dobrin,
7.805, 189.42 mph,
def. Merced,
8.304, 170.71 mph.
Semifinals – J.
Teasley, 7.852,
176.84 mph, def.
C. Teasley, 8.035,
182.21 mph; Dobrin,
7.857, 186.85 mph,
def. Billiter,
8.055, 185.18 mph.
FINAL – Jeremy
Teasley, Columbus,
Ohio, 7.936,
185.13 mph, def.
Johnny Dobrin,
Sarasota, Fla.,
8.236, 141.68 mph.
CRAZY 8s
Round 3 – Chuck
White, Rising Sun,
Md., 8.901, 126.45
mph, def. Toney
Freeman, NA, 8.825
breakout, 139.62
mph; Victor Gotay,
Orlando, Fla.,
8.898, 147.09 mph,
def. Ben Knight,
Beavercreek, Ohio,
8.979, 137.48 mph;
Rick Janney Jr.,
Roanoke, Va.,
8.857, 145.66 mph,
def. Erdin Floyd,
Fort Lee, Va.,
8.852 breakout,
154.51 mph; Chad
Milford, Florence,
S.C., 8.871,
130.03 mph, def.
Jeremy Teasley,
Columbus, Ohio,
8.838 breakout,
151.31 mph.
Semifinals –
Janney, 8.905,
133.70 mph, def.
Gotay, 8.835
breakout, 144.01
mph; Milford,
9.011, 128.20 mph,
def. White, 9.031,
139.33 mph.
FINAL – Chuck
Milford, Florence,
S.C., 8.920,
134.15 mph, def.
Rick Janney Jr.,
Roanoke, Va.,
8.957, 14.626 mph.
LOUIS CONCRETE
4.60
Round 2 – BayBay
Yarbrough,
Eatonton, Ga.,
4.709, 141.36 mph,
def. Willie Jones,
Louisburg, 4.737,
141.89 mph; Jay
Beasley,
Winston-Salem,
4.820, 141.45 mph,
def. Michael
Pendergraft,
Salisbury, 5.706,
129.45 mph; Kenny
Cornell, Manassas,
Va., bye.
Semifinals –
Cornell, 4.754,
148.67 mph, def.
Yarbrough, 5.234,
131.06 mph;
Beasley, bye.
FINAL – Kenny
Cornell, Manassas,
Va., 7.736, 170.77
mph, def. Jay
Beasley,
Winston-Salem,
5.058, 136.61 mph.
FBR SHOP 5.60
Round 3 – Marion
Ford, Hampstead,
Md., 5.637, 127.16
mph, def. Dystany
Spurlock,
Richmond, Va.,
5.583 breakout,
129.23 mph;
Richard Gadson,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
5.613, 127.49 mph,
def. Tyler Hall,
Albemarle, 5.583
breakout, 118.53
mph; Dustin Lee,
Morristown, Tenn.,
5.639, 119.00 mph,
def. Jorden
Pendergraft,
Salisbury, 5.547
breakout, 126.28
mph.
Semifinals –
Gadson, 5.636,
124.55 mph, def.
Lee, 5.650, 117.75
mph, Ford, bye.
FINAL – Richard
Gadson,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
5.730, 129.11 mph,
def. Marion Ford,
Hampstead, Md.,
5.579 breakout,
117.67 mph.
TRAC KING TOP
SPORTSMAN
Round 3 – Jay
Windsor, Felton,
Del., 7.736 on a
7.700, 170.77 mph,
def. Chad Milford,
Florence, S.C.,
foul; Brian
Canoles, Berkeley
Springs, West Va.,
7.999 on a 7.930,
146.85 mph, def.
Kelly Clontz,
Mechanicsville,
Md., 7.946 on a
7.850, 164.19 mph;
Richard Diggs,
Frederick, Md.,
9.019 on an 8.990,
146.18 mph, def.
Chuck White,
Rising Sun, Md.,
8.750 breakout on
an 8.770, 144.89
mph; Jim Shifflett,
Waynesboro, Va.,
8.224 on an 8.060,
147.88 mph, def.
Andy Dempsey,
Narvon, Pa., foul.
Semifinals –
Windsor, 7.776 on
a 7.730, 167.01
mph, def. Canoles,
foul; Diggs, 9.037
on an 8.990,
149.10, def.
Shifflett, foul.
FINAL – Richard
Diggs, Frederick,
Md., 9.062 on a
9.010, 148.43 mph,
def. Jay Windsor,
Felton, Del.,
foul.
NITROUS EXPRESS
PRO ET
Round 5 – Brandon
Bachmeier,
Manassas Park,
Va., 9.083 on a
9.050, 141.95 mph,
def. Derek
McCrawford,
Charlottesville,
Va., 9.268 on a
9.230, 84.68 mph;
Stanley Russell,
Gray, Ga., 10.052
on a 10.020,
134.23 mph, def.
Spencer, Claycomb,
Maryville, Tenn.,
9.340 on a 9.300,
140.94 mph; Jerry
Turner, Bluff
City, Tenn., 9.226
on an 8.980, 91.98
mph, def. Chuck
White, Rising Sun,
Md., 21.157 on an
8.890, 35.80 mph;
Boyd Mathias,
Strasburg, Va.,
bye.
Semifinals –
Mathias, 8.829 on
an 8.780, 142.64
mph, def.
Bachmeier, foul;
Turner, 9.033 on
an 8.980, 131.36
mph, def. Russell,
10.064 on a
10.020, 133.90
mph.
FINAL – Jerry
Turner, Bluff
City, Tenn., 8.918
on an 8.980,
146.99 mph, def.
Boyd Mathias,
Strasburg, Va.,
foul.
BROCKS PERFORMANCE
STREET ET
Round 6 – Michael
Herman Jr.,
Woodbridge, Va.,
9.260 on a 9.250,
86.02 mph, def.
Daniel Comer, New
London, foul; Mike
Schulz, Manassas
Park, Va., 8.953
on an 8.980,
145.96 mph, def.
Ben Knight,
Beavercreek, Ohio,
9.154 breakout on
a 9.220, 107.75
mph; Dustin Lee,
Morristown, Tenn.,
bye.
Semifinals –
Schulz, 8.970 on
an 8.950, 193.10
mph, def. Lee,
9.322 breakout on
a 9.350, 138.94
mph; Herman Jr.,
bye.
FINAL – Mike
Schulz, Manassas
Park, Va., 8.976
on an 8.950,
142.58 mph, def.
Michael Herman
Jr., , Woodbridge,
Va., 9.252 on a
9.230, 87.34 mph;
PRO ET CHAMP
Round 3 – Jay
Windsor, Felton,
Del., 7.736 on a
7.700, 170.77 mph,
def. Chad Milford,
Florence, S.C.,
foul; Brian
Canoles, Berkeley
Springs, West Va.,
7.999 on a 7.930,
146.85 mph, def.
Kelly Clontz,
Mechanicsville,
Md., 7.946 on a
7.785, 164.19 mph;
Richard Diggs,
Frederick, Md.,
9.019 on an 8.990,
146.18 mph, def.
Chuck White,
Rising Sun, Md.,
8.750 breakout on
an 8.770, 144.89
mph; Jim Shifflett,
Waynesboro, Va.,
8.224 on an 8.060,
147.88 mph, def.
Andy Dempsey,
Narvon, Pa., foul.
Semifinals –
Windsor, 7.776 on
a 7.730, 167.01
mph, def. Canoles,
foul; Diggs, 9.037
on an 8.990,
149.10 mph, def.
Shifflett, foul.
FINAL – Richard
Diggs, Frederick
Md., 9.062 on a
9.010, 148.43 mph,
def. Jay Windsor,
Felton, Del.,
foul.
STREET ET CHAMP
Round 2 – Bob
Carlson,
Turrington, Conn.,
9.437 on a 9.070,
105.77 mph, def.
Unknown #6969,
14.492 on a 8.840,
54.39 mph; Boo
Brown, Potomoc
Falls, Va., 9.779
on a 9.450, 116.01
mph, def. Unknown
#7201, 14.583 on
an 8.980, 72.04
mph; Barry Pryer
Sr., Chesapeake,
Va., 9.136 on a
9.000, 144.26 mph,
def. Unknown #116,
foul; Dustin Lee,
Morristown, Tenn.,
bye.
Semifinals –
Pryer Sr., 9.067
on a 9.000, 147.91
mph, def. Lee,
9.526 on a 9.420,
138.13 mph;
Carlson, 8.998 on
a 9.070, 149.05
mph, def. Brown,
9.366 breakout on
a 9.450, 146.00
mph.
FINAL – Bob
Carlson,
Turrington, Conn.,
9.105 on a 9.070,
135.39 mph, def.
Barry Pryer Sr.,
Chesapeake, Va.,
9.051 on a 9.000,
148.49 mph.
SUNDAY PRO ET
Round 6 – Scott
Claycomb, Gates,
bye; Boyd Mathias,
Strasburg, Va.,
8.826 on an 8.780,
141.09 mph, def.
Spencer Claycomb,
Maryville, Tenn.,
9.232 breakout on
a 9.250, 138.97
mph; Wayne Smith,
Chatham, Pa.,
9.065 on a 9.040,
149.20 mph, def.
Michael Herman
Sr.,
Fredericksburg,
Va., 9.286
breakout on a
9.290, 144.49 mph.
Semifinals –
Mathias, 8.823 on
a 8.800, 137.79
mph, def. S.
Claycomb, 11.227
breakout on an
11.290, 112.88
mph; Smith, bye.
FINAL – Boyd
Mathias,
Strasburg, Va.,
8.960 on an 8.800,
129.33 mph, def.
Wayne Smith
Chatham, Pa.,
40.723 on a 9.050,
22.55 mph.
SUNDAY STREET ET
Round 5 – Mike
Schulz, Manassas
Park, Va., 9.251
on an 8.990,
123.24 mph, def.
Stanley Russell,
Gray, Ga., 10.428
on a 9.960, 122.77
mph; Spencer
Claycomb, Gates,
9.253 on a 9.250,
138.88 mph, def.
Daniel Comer, New
London, 9.411
breakout on a
9.480, 142.32 mph;
Barry Pryer Sr.,
Chesapeake, Va.,
9.006 on a 9.000,
147.50 mph, def.
B.J. Pryer,
Chesapeake, Va.,
foul; Wayne Smith,
Chatham, Pa.,
9.050 on a 9.050,
150.33 mph, def.
Jacob Hamilton,
Middletown, Md.,
9.606 breakout on
a 9.730, 132.78
mph.
Semifinals –
Smith, 9.048 on a
9.040, 150.43 mph,
def. Schulz, 8.972
on an 8.970,
134.15 mph;
Claycomb, 9.326 on
a 9.220, 141.59
mph, def. Pryer
Sr., 9.020 on a
9.000, 150.08 mph.
FINAL – Spencer
Claycomb, Gates,
9.259 on a 9.220,
136.36 mph, def.
Wayne Smith,
Chatham, Pa.,
9.062 on a 9.040,
150.20 mph.
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