MUSGROVE WINS
4.70; BENNETT
AND WEST DOUBLE
UP AT CIVIL WARS
Russell Musgrove
saved his best
performance of
the weekend for
the final round
Saturday and it
was just good
enough to give
him the heads-up
4.70 Pro Mod
championship at
the 17th annual
Fall Civil Wars
showdown at
Rockingham
Dragway.
The Kannapolis
resident covered
The Rock’s
eighth mile
course in 4.721
seconds at
148.58 miles per
hour in his 1994
Pontiac Firebird
to beat
Salisbury’s
Jeremy Youker,
who was forced
to abort after
experiencing
problems.
Mooresville’s
Nick Cline, a
popular No. 1
qualifier in his
1934 Chevy
coupe, was
upended in round
two by
Charlotte’s
Bryan Nichols
who lost to
Musgrove in the
semis.
It was the debut
appearance for
the 4.70 cars
which topped a
program that
also included
racing in Open
Comp, Pro Tree
Doorslammers,
Footbrake and
6.0, 7.0 and
Combo Index
categories.
Bennett’s Howard
Brewer and
Dunn’s Justen
West both were
double-winners
during the
event. Brewer
won the 7.0
Index title on
Saturday before
driving his
venerable 1985
Ford Thunderbird
to the Combo
Index
championship on
Sunday. West won
Open Comp on
Saturday and
Footbrake
Sunday.
E.J.. Womack of
Lillington was
kind of another
double winner.
In the same
race. Womack
double- entered
his Chevy S-10
in Saturdays Pro
Tree Door
Slammer class
and met himself
in the final
round, taking
home both the
winner and
runner-up
monies. Womack
collected a
total of $2,000
for his double
effort.
Other winners
included Dale
Sanders of Eagle
Springs in Open
Comp on Sunday,
Frankie Irving
of Winnabow and
Michael Beard of
Columbus, Ohio,
in Footbrake and
Eric Hamilton of
Washington, N.C.
in the 6.0 Index
category.
ROCKINGHAM –
Results from the
17th annual Fall
Civil Wars drag
race at
Rockingham
Dragway:
OUTLAW 4.70
Qualifying –1.
Nick Cline,
Mooresville,
1938 Chevy
coupe, 4.700; 2.
Johnathan Gibbs,
Salisbury, 1963
Chevy Corvette,
4.705; 3. Donnie
Gibbs Jr.,
Mooresville,
1992 Chevy
Camaro, 4.706;
4. Jeremy Youker,
Salisbury, 2010
Chevy Cobalt,
4.725; 5.
Russell
Musgrove,
Kannapolis, 1994
Pontiac
Firebird, 4.729;
6. James Benton,
Statesville,
1996 Chevy
Corvette, 4.735;
7. Barry
Holshouser,
Indian Trail,
4.735; 8. Kenny
Ferrell, Fort
Mill, S.C., 1968
Chevy Camaro,
4.752.
Round 1 –
Phillip Keller,
Summerville,
S.C., 1996 Chevy
Beretta, 4.784,
143.87 mph, def.
Barry Holshouser,
Indian Trail,
1988 Ford
Thunderbird, no
time, no speed;
Bryan Nichols,
Charlotte, 1992
Pontiac Trans
Am, 5.219,
128.03 mph, def.
Randy Wood,
Graniteville,
S.C., 1995 Ford
Probe, 5.681,
103.06 mph;
Russell
Musgrove,
Kannapolis, 1994
Pontiac
Firebird, 4.763,
135.85 mph, def.
Warren York,
Charlotte, 2003
Ford Mustang,
4.943, 139.33
mph; Kevin
Carpenter,
Pageland, S.C.,
1969 Chevy
Camaro, 4.756,
136.00 mph, def.
Kenny Ferrell,
Fort Mill, S.C.,
1968 Chevy
Camaro, 4.796,
147.01 mph;
Jeremy Youker,
Salisbury, 2010
Chevy Cobalt,
4.713, 148.61
mph, def. Cody
Whitley, Locust,
1996 Chevy Monte
Carlo, 4.784,
147.67 mph;
James Benton,
Statesville,
4.759, 141.34
mph, def. Jeremy
Huffman,
Catawba, 4.880,
142.46 mph; Todd
Buckner,
Mooresville,
1967 Chevy
Camaro, 4.708,
143.69 mph, def.
Donnie Gibbs
Jr., 1992 Chevy
Camaro, 4.729,
147.20 mph; Nick
Cline,
Mooresville,
1938 Chevy
coupe, bye;
Johnathan Gibbs,
Salisbury, 1963
Chevy Corvette,
4.725, 147.07
mph, def.
Frankie Gurano,
Myrtle Beach,
S.C., no time,
no speed.
Round 2 –
Musgrove, 4.731,
145.53 mph, def.
Benton, 4.758,
147.10 mph;
Youker, 4.713,
148.84 mph, def.
Keller, 4.819,
143.17 mph;
Nichols, 4.702,
137.85 mph, def.
Cline, 4.720,
134.22 mph;
Carpenter,
4.731, 145.59
mph, def.
Buckner, 4.696
breakout, 145.02
mph; Gibbs, bye.
Round 3 – Youker,
4.701, 148.89
mph, def. Gibbs,
4.946, 141.39
mph; Musgrove,
4.871, 145.72
mph, def.
Nichols, 10.355,
57.31 mph;
Carpenter, bye.
Semifinals –
Youker, 5.238,
101.10 mph, def.
Carpenter, 4.697
breakout, 144.84
mph; Musgrove,
bye.
FINAL – Russell
Musgrove,
Kannapolis, 1994
Pontiac
Firebird, 4.721,
148.58 mph, def.
Jeremy Youker,
Salisbury, 2010
Chevy Cobalt,
5.457, 91.98
mph.
SUNDAY COMBO
Eliminator
Round 4 – Howard
Brewer, Bennett,
1985 Ford
Mustang, 7.008
on a 7.000,
95.15 mph, def.
Joe Michaels,
Monroe, 1980
Plymouth Arrow,
6.007 on a
6.000, 11504
mph; Nick
Womack,
Lillington, NA,
5.994 on a
6.000, 92.01
mph, def. Chad
Duke, NA, foul;
Frankie Irving,
Winnabow, 1968
Chevy Camaro,
7.054 on a
7.000, 97.62
mph, def. Krik
Way, Manning,
S.C., 1985 Mazda
RX7, 6.022 on a
6.000m 119.01
mph.
Semifinals –
Brewer, 7.006 on
a 7.000, 98.68
mph, def.
Womack, 5.983
breakout on a
6.000, 95.39
mph; Irving,
bye.
FINAL – Howard
Brewer, Bennett,
1985 Ford
Mustang, 7.032
on a 7.000,
96.67 mph, def.
Frankie Irving,
Winnabow, 1968
Chevy Camaro,
7.031 on a
7.000, 97.64
mph.
SUNDAY OPEN COMP
Round 4 – Will
McKay,
Rockingham, 1985
Ford
Thunderbird,
12.371 on a
12.250, 91.99
mph, def. Travis
Frazier,
Franklinville,
1987 Ford
Mustang, 10.475
breakout on a
10.620, 129.00
mph; Dale
Sanders, Eagle
Springs, 11.471
on an 11.630,
121.89 mph, def.
Justen West,
Dunn, 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 12.445
breakout on a
12.620, 99.32
mph; Donnie
Gibbs Jr.,
Mooresville,
8.862 on an
8.850, 137.61
mph, def. Tim
Martin, Fort
Mill, S.C., 2010
Chevy Camaro,
10.113 breakout
on a 10.140,
136.68 mph;
Allen Furr,
Richfield, 1962
Chevy II, bye.
Semifinals –
McKay, 12.204 on
a 12.250, 108.44
mph, def. Gibbs,
8.817 breakout
on an 8.850,
150.55 mph;
Sanders, 11.621
on an 11.630,
102.46 mph, def.
Furr, 10.531
breakout on a
10.540, 116.28
mph.
FINAL – Dale
Sanders, Eagle
Springs, 11.641
on an 11.630,
113.20 mph, def.
Will McKay,
Rockingham. 1985
Ford
Thunderbird,
12.229 breakout
on a 12.250,
110.24 mph.
SUNDAY PRO TREE
DOORSLAMMERS
Round 5 –
Frankie Irving,
Winnabow, 1968
Chevy Camaro,
6.925 on a
6.900, 97.76
mph, def. Greg
Lane, New Bern,
1994 Ford
Mustang, no
time, no speed;
Eddie Shelly,
Rockingham, 1990
Chevy Camaro,
5.781 on a
5.740, 117.09
mph, def. Nick
Womack,
Lillington,
5.410 on a
5.380, 126.46
mph; John Hodson,
Graniteville,
S.C., 1986 Ford
Mustang, 5.755
on a 5.750,
119.26 mph, def.
Nick Womack #2,
Lillington,
6.342 on a
6.320, 107.54
mph.
Semifinals –
Irving, 7.009 on
a 6.910, 87.79
mph, def. Hodson,
foul; Shelley,
bye.
FINAL – Frankie
Irving, Winnabow,
1968 Chevy
Camaro, 6.942 on
a 6.930, 97.41
mph, def. Eddie
Shelley,
Rockingham, 1990
Chevy Camaro,
5.780 on a
5.740, 118.74
mph.
SUNDAY FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – Larry
Jollie, Loris,
S.C., 1973
Toyota, 6.487 on
a 6.470, 104.82
mph, def. Kenny
Roberts, Raynor,
S.C., 1978 Chevy
Nova, 6.230 on a
6.220, 111.27
mph; Justen
West, Dunn, 1969
Chevy Camaro,
7.891 on a
7.730, 77.07
mph, def.
Brandon
Williams, Eagle
Springs, 9.428
on a 9.400,
75.97 mph; Earl
Blackmon, Erwin,
6.111 on a
6.100, 112.65
mph, def. Chad
Duke, NA, foul;
David Scotten,
Robbins, 1991
Ford Mustang,
bye.
Semifinals –
West, 7.738 on a
7.730, 84.71
mph, def. Jollie,
6.480 on a
6.470, 105.44
mph; Blackmon,
6.143 on a
6.100, 112.40
mph, def.
Scotten, foul.
FINAL – Justen
West, Dunn, 1969
Chevy Camaro,
7.736 on a
7.730, 83.08
mph, def. Earl
Blackmon, Erwin,
6.133 on a
6.100, 110.55
mph.
SATURDAY 6.0
INDEX
Round 3 – Bill
Ritts, Danbury,
1969 Dodge Dart,
6.016, 113.52
mph, def. Joe
Michaels,
Monroe, 1980
Plymouth Arrow,
5.993 breakout,
115.25 mph; Eric
Hamilton,
Washington, 1968
Chevy Camaro,
6.014, 111.44
mph, def. John
Hodson,
Graniteville,
S.C., 1986 Ford
Mustang, 5.970
breakout, 108.45
mph; Krik Way,
Manning, S.C.,
1985 Mazda RX7,
6.036, 114.30
mph, def.
Michael Crumpler,
Elm City, 6.042,
112.91 mph;
Jerry Cline,
Mooresville,
1990 Chevy
Camaro, 6.002,
117.89 mph, def.
Chad Duke, NA,
6.039, 110.27
mph;
Semifinals –
Ritts, 6.013,
109.02 mph, def.
Way, 6.002,
117.27 mph;
Hamilton, 5.987,
114.16 mph, def.
Cline, 5.952
breakout, 114.39
mph.
FINAL – Eric
Hamilton,
Washington, 1968
Chevy Camaro,
6.005, 110.30
mph, def. Bill
Ritts, Danbury,
1969 Dodge Dart,
6.082, 114.46
mph.
SATURDAY 7.0
INDEX
Round 3 – Howard
Brewer, Bennett,
1985 Ford
Mustang, 7.009,
96.67 mph, def.
Darren Stancil,
Albemarle, 1990
Ford Mustang,
7.005, 101.10
mph; Terry Shaw,
Bonneau, S.C.,
7.038, 94.65
mph, def. Jamie
Yelton, Belmont,
1964 Pontiac GTO,
6.983 breakout,
96.22 mph; Kurt
Flanagan,
Huntersville,
6.991, 97.37
mph, def. Ron
Williams, Eagle
Springs, 6.928
breakout, 96.64
mph.
Semifinals –
Brewer, 7.019,
93.34 mph, def.
Shaw, 7.142,
90.06 mph;
Flanagan, bye.
FINAL – Howard
Brewer, Bennett,
1985 Ford
Mustang, 7.094,
92.23 mph, def.
Kurt Flanagan,
Huntersville,
7.065, 96.11
mph.
SATURDAY OPEN
COMP
Round 4 – Travis
Frazier,
Franklinville,
1987 Ford
Mustang, 10.764
on a 10.720,
125.40 mph, def.
Curtis Williams,
Jacksonville,
1989 Ford
Mustang, 13.699
breakout on a
13.700, 89.17
mph; Alan Swader,
Kannapolis,
10.385 on a
10.540, 127.57
mph, def. Andy
Walker, Roxboro,
1990 Ford
Mustang, no
time, no speed;
Justen West,
Dunn, 1969 Chevy
Camaro 12.637 on
a 12.670, 95.01
mph, def. Kyle
Gaines,
Greenville, 2006
Ford Mustang,
11.971 on a
12.040, 121.65
mph;
Semifinals –
West, 12.560 on
a 12.670, 103.28
mph, def.
Frazier, 10.600
breakout on a
10.720, 121.81
mph; Swader,
bye.
FINAL – Justen
West, Dunn, 1969
Chevy Camaro,
12.547 on a
12.670, 103.55
mph, def. Alan
Swader,
Kannapolis,
foul.
SATURDAY PRO
TREE
DOORSLAMMERS
Round 5 – Nick
Womack,
Lillington,
6.395 on a
6.380, 107.15
mph, def. Randy
Etheridge,
Eaglehead, 1994
Chevy Camaro,
foul; Eddie
Shelley,
Rockingham, 1990
Chevy Camaro,
5.770 on a
5.750, 118.71
mph, def.
Michael Morris
Sr., Walterboro,
S.C., 1985 Chevy
Camaro, foul;
Todd Comer, New
London, 1997
Ford Ranger
truck 6.047 on a
5.990, 106.94
mph, def. Tim
Williams,
Lucama, 2008
Ford Mustang,
5.468 on a
5.050, 101.58
mph; E.J.
Womack,
Lillington,
6.363 on a
6.380, 107.68
mph, def. Howard
Brewer, Bennett,
1985 Ford
Mustang, foul.
Semifinals –
Nick Womack,
6.378 on a
6.370, 107.49
mph, def.
Shelley, foul;
E.J. Womack,
6.378 on a
6.360, 106.81
mph, def. Comer,
6.213 on a
5.990, 108.44
mph.
FINAL – E.J.
Womack,
Lillington,
14.014 on a
6.380, 54.29
mph, def. Nick
Womack,
Lillington, no
time, no speed.
SATURDAY
FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – Justen
West, Dunn, 1969
Chevy Camaro,
7.819 on a
7.820, 84.43
mph, def. Adam
Fyle, Pinetown,
1992 Ford
Mustang, foul;
Kenny Roberts,
Raynor, S.C.,
1978 Chevy Nova,
6.310 on a
6.240, 101.08
mph, def.
Darlene Wells,
Asheboro, 1969
Ford Mustang,
6.971 on a
6.970, 98.59
mph; Larry
Jollie Loris,
S.C., 1973
Toyota, 6.538 on
a 6.520, 104.29
mph, def. Derek
Harris,
McLeansville,
foul; Michael
Beard, Columbus,
Ohio, 6.729 on a
6.620, 90.36
mph, def. Roy
Baber,
Randleman, 1970
Chevy Nova,
6.650 on a
6.620, 101.68
mph.
Semifinals –
Beard, 6.650 on
a 6.600, 101.87
mph, def. West,
7.804 breakout
on a 7.810,
101.87 mph;
Roberts, 6.329
on a 6.230,
109.11 mph, def.
Jollie, foul.
FINAL – Michael
Beard, Columbus,
Ohio, 6.619 on a
6.620, 101.95
mph, def. Kenny
Roberts, Raynor,
S.C., 1978 Chevy
Nova, 6.280
breakout on a
6.300, 103.96
mph. |