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GORDON
RACES TO $5,000 WIN
IN ROCKINGHAM’S
SPRING CIVIL WARS
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Billy Gordon
(pictured above)
of Bedford, Va.,
took his 2004
Ford Mustang to
a wire-to-wire
victory worth
$5,000 Sunday in
the CFM Outlaw
275 feature at
the 19th annual
Holcomb
Motorsports
Spring Civil War
Shootout at
Steve Earwood’s
Rockingham
Dragway.
Gordon qualified
No. 1 at 4.538
seconds, beat
veteran Keith
Szabo of
Gainesville,
Ga., in their
semifinal
showdown and
then turned back
David Pearson of
Marion, N.C., in
final.
Other winners in
the event, held
in conjunction
with Fun Ford
Weekend,
included Buddy
Holton of Monks
Corner, S.C.,
John Phillips of
Clayton, N.C.,
Donald Banks of
Burnsville,
N.C.,
Charlotte’s
Kenny Floyd and
Rockingham’s
Will McKay.
Holton won the
Fast Ford Quick
8 title in his
1982 Mustang,
Phillips drove
his 1990 Mustang
to success in
the Ultimate
Converters King
of the Street
event, Banks was
the SCCA Pure
Street champion,
Floyd beat 7.0
Index winner
Kurt Flanagan to
claim the
6.0-7.0 Combo
title and McKay
drove his 1985
Ford Thunderbird
to a Sunday
victory in Open
Comp after
having to settle
for runner-up
honors in the
same category on
Saturday.
Roxanne Shepard
of Virginia
Beach, Va.,
provided the
frustration for
McKay on
Saturday in
winning Open
Comp. She shared
the podium with
6.0 Index winner
Jerry Cline of
Mooresville,
N.C., Flanagan,
Pro Tree
Doorslammer king
Tracy Massey of
Wilmington,
N.C., who won
when
Cherryville’s
Todd Robinson
fouled out by
.001 of a second
in the final,
and Footbrake
champ Randy
Etheridge of
Eagle Head, N.C.
Sunday’s ET
titles went to
Donald Norris of
Conway, S.C., in
Pro
TreeDoorslammer
and Mark Soles
of Riegelwood,
N.C., in
Footbrake. Alan
Ottinger of
Blountville,
Tenn., was
unopposed in
winning the S&W
Race Cars 5.0
Ford Shootout.
Results from the
19th annual
Holcomb
Motorsports
Spring Civil
Wars and Fun
Ford Weekend at
Steve Earwood’s
Rockingham
Dragway.
SUNDAY
CFM OUTLAW 275
Qualifying – 1.
Billy Gordon,
Bedford, Va.,
2004 Ford
Mustang, 4.538,
178.73 mph; 2.
Scott Owenby,
Marion, N.C.,
1986 Ford
Mustang, 4.628,
169.23 mph; 3.
David Peason,
Marion, N.C.,
NA, 4.712,
158.80 mph; 4.
Jayme Thompson,
Pittsboro, N.C.,
NA, 4.758,
160.59 mph; 5.
Keith Szabo,
Gainesville,
Ga., 1993 Ford
Mustang, 4.794,
170.99 mph; 6.
John Gross,
Sanford, N.C.,
2000 Chevy
Camaro, 4.820,
158.59 mph; 7.
Frank Gurano,
North Myrtle
Beach, S.C., NA,
5.036, 143.89
mph; 8. John
Phillips,
Clayton, N.C.,
NA, 5.113,
145.23 mph.
Round 1 – Szabo,
4.865, 172.63
mph, def. Joe
Alvarez, Siler
City, N.C., NA,
5.395, 134.50
mph; Thompson,
4.863, 160.73
mph, def. Butch
Bouldin,
Rockingham,
N.C., 1999 Ford
Mustang, no
time, no speed;
Gross, 4.970,
156.63 mph, def.
James “Ringo”
Tincher,
Randleman, N.C.,
NA, 4.391,
141.19 mph;
Pearson, 4.874,
155.35 mph, def.
Shannon Young,
Princeton, N.C.,
no time, no
speed; Davis
Braxton,
Chocovinity,
N.C., NA, 5.068,
149.93 mph, def.
Gurano, no time,
no speed; Owenby,
5.574, 148.30
mph, def.
Johnney Bowen,
Williamston,
N.C., 1988 Ford
Mustang, no
time, no speed;
Phillips, 5.128,
144.83 mph, def.
Ben Harris,
Clover, S.C.,
NA, 6.547,
123.27 mph;
Gordon, bye.
Round 2 –
Pearson, 4.792,
149.18 mph, def.
Gross, 4.967,
156.99 mph;
Szabo, 4.891,
168.01 mph, def.
Thompson, 4.837,
160.90 mph;
Braxton, 6.191,
136.28 mph, def.
Owenby, 6.267,
149.40 mph;
Gordon, 4.696,
172.72 mph, def.
Phillips, 9.749,
65.27 mph.
Semifinals –
Pearson, 4.938,
150.65 mph, def.
Braxton, 5.020,
151.07 mph;
Gordon, 4.803,
166.33 mph, def.
Szabo, 4.899,
169.78 mph.
FINAL – Billy
Gordon, Bedford,
Va., 2004 Ford
Mustang, 5.211,
151.27 mph, def.
David Pearson,
Marion, N.C.,
5.977, 127.29
mph.
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Qualifying – 1.
Buddy Holton,
Monks Corner,
S.C., 1982 Ford
Mustang, 5.448,
125.03 mph; 2.
Mark Stone,
Walterboro,
S.C., 1988 Ford
Mustang, 5.654,
125.03 mph; 3.
Robert Holton,
Monks Corner,
S.C., 1982 Ford
Mustang, 5.694,
121.58 mph; 4.
Willie Morgan,
Eagle Springs,
N.C., NA, 5.850,
117.37 mph; 5.
Greg Lane, New
Bern, N.C., 1994
Ford Mustang,
5.869, 118.89
mph; 6. Steve
Ratliff,
Asheboro, N.C.,
NA, 5.910,
114.65 mph; 7.
Brett Feimster,
Valdese, N.C.,
NA, 5.947,
110.87 mph; 8.
Jay Ayers, Monks
Corner, S.C.,
6.082, 116.41
mph.
Round 1 – B.
Holton, 5.513 on
a 5.440, 124.80
mph, def. Lane,
5.967 on a
5.860, 117.70
mph; R. Holton,
6.108 on a
5.690, 117.24
mph, def.
Feimster, 7.057
on a 5.940,
115.15 mph;
Stone, 5.674 on
a 5.650, 123.60
mph, def.
Ratliff, foul;
Ayers, 6.136 on
a 6.080, 115.48
mph, def.
Morgan, 5.824
breakout on a
5.850, 117.78
mph.
Semifinals – B.
Holton, 5.465 on
a 5.240, 119.95
mph, def. R.
Holton, 5.775 on
a 5.490, 119.47
mph; Stone,
5.650 on a
5.450, 121.73
mph, def. Ayers,
6.108 on a
5.880, 115.29
mph.
FINAL – Buddy
Holton, Monks
Corner, S.C.,
1982 Ford
Mustang, 5.424
on a 5.240,
123.71 mph, def.
Mark Stone,
Walterboro,
S.C., 1988 Ford
Mustang, 5.654
on a 5.450,
122.46 mph
ULTIMATE
CONVERTERS
CONCEPTS KING OF
STREET
Qualifying – 1.
John Phillips,
Clayton, N.C.,
1990 Ford
Mustang, 5.087,
145.45 mph; 2.
Matt Lawrence,
Forest, Val.,
NA, 5.090,
142.70 mph; 3.
Kevin Robinson,
Blythewood,
S.C., 1979 Ford
Mustang, 5.143,
137.79 mph; 4.
Scott Vestal,
Bristol, Tenn.,
NA, 5.190,
139.62 mph; 5.
Bruce Rentz,
Bayley, Ga.,
5.193, 138.44
mph; 6. Jacky
McCarty,
Bristol, Va.,
1991 Ford
Mustang, 5.327,
140.30 mph; 7.
Doug Casselman,
Andrews, S.C.,
NA, 5.404,
137.05 mph; 8.
Thadd Dawson,
Durham, N.C.,
NA, 5.510,
130.19 mph.
Round 2 –
Vestal, 5.234,
135.43 mph, def.
Brandon Jenkins,
Conway, S.C., no
time, no speed;
Phillips, 5.787,
143.32 mph, def.
Casselman,
8.059, 66.98
mph; McCarty,
5.274, 137.86
mph, def.
Robinson, foul;
Shannon Young,
Princeton, N.C.,
1993 Ford
Mustang, bye.
Semifinals –
Phillips, 5.161,
143.23 mph, def.
Vestal, no time,
no speed;
McCarty, 5.293,
136.06 mph, def.
Young, 6.207,
134.50 mph.
FINAL – John
Phillips,
Clayton, N.C.,
1990 Ford
Mustang, 5.248,
140.44 mph, def.
Jacky McCarty,
Bristol, Va.,
1991 Ford
Mustang, 5.279,
139.93 mph.
SCCA PURE STREET
Qualifying – 1.
Steve Hicks,
Concord, Va.,
1969 Chevy Nova,
5.186, 140.91
mph; 2. Scott
Vestal, Bristol,
Va., NA, 5.283,
136.86 mph; 3.
Donald Banks,
Burnsville,
N.C., 1969 Chevy
Nova, 5.302,
132.21 mph; 4.
Jenny Radford,
Goldsboro, N.C.,
1989 Ford
Mustang, 5.306,
138.12 mph; 5.
Mark Rogers,
Salisbury, N.C.,
5.400, 131.22
mph; 6. John
Damern,
Hildebren, N.C.,
1993 Ford
Mustang, 5.405,
134.00 mph; 7.
Donald O’Meara,
Clayton, N.C.,
1968 Chevy Nova,
5.478, 129.58
mph; 8. Kevin
Robinson,
Blythewood,
S.C., 1968
Chevrolet,
5.496, 143.03
mph.
Round 2 – Hicks,
5.229, 141.13
mph, def.
Robinson,
11.062, 53.62
mph; Banks,
5.309, 133.41
mph, def. Damern,
5.403, 134.11
mph; Radford, no
time, no speed,
def. Tim Loftin,
Gastonia, N.C.,
1963 Chevy II,
no time, no
speed; Vestal,
6.022, 88.97
mph, def.
O’Meara, 7.268,
87.02 mph.
Semifinals –
Hicks, 5.211,
139.13 mph, def.
Radford, 5.329,
137.18 mph;
Banks, 5.509,
131.09 mph, def.
Vestal, no time,
no speed.
FINAL – Donald
Banks,
Burnsville,
N.C1969 Chevy
Nova, 5.328,
132.23 mph, def.
Steve Hicks,
Concord, Va.,
1969 Chevy
Nova., foul.
6.00/7.00 COMBO
Round 4 – Kurt
Flanagan,
Huntersville,
N.C., 7.173 on a
7.000, 84.67
mph, def.
Micharl Crumpler,
Elm City, N.C.,
1967 Chevy
Camaro, 18.206
on a 7.000,
24.72 mph; Kenny
Floyd,
Charlotte, N.C.,
6.039 on a
6.000, 110.42
mph, def. Daniel
Comer, New
London, N.C.,
7.093 on a
7.000, 91.78
mph; Jerry
Cline,
Mooresville,
N.C., 1990 Chevy
Camaro, bye.
Semifinals –
Flanagan, 7.016
on a 7.000,
96.85 mph, def.
Cline, foul;
Floyd, bye.
FINAL – Kenny
Floyd,
Charlotte, N.C.,
6.010 on a
6.000, 111.94
mph, def. Kurt
Flanagan,
Huntersville,
N.C., 7.009 on a
7.000, 96.97
mph.
OPEN COMP
Round 4 – Will
McKay,
Rockingham,
N.C., 1985 Ford
Thunderbird,
12.218 on a
12.300, 109.17
mph, def. Dale
Sanders, Eagle
Springs, 11.554
breakout on an
11.620, 114.32
mph; Justin
West, Dunn,
N.C., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 12.660
on a 12.600,
97.55 mph, def.
Roxanne Shepard,
Virginia Beach,
Va., 9.515 on s
9.470, 141.06
mph; Clee Guinn,
Four Oaks, N.C.,
bye.
Semifinals –
Guinn, 11.769 on
an 11.820,
112.03 mph, def.
West, 12.578
breakout on a
12.660, 102.14
mph; McKay, bye.
FINAL – Will
McKay,
Rockingham,
N.C., 1985 Ford
Thunderbird,
12.190 on a
12.300, 109.65
mph, def. Clee
Guinn, Four
Oaks, N.C.,
foul.
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Round 5 –
Michael Smith,
Rieglewood,
N.C., 1971 Chevy
Nova, 5.731 on a
5.680, 117.72
mph, def. Donald
Norris, Conway,
S.C., Chevy
Monza, 5.943 on
a 5.890, 115.56
mph; Kenny Ward,
Loris, S.C.,
6.429 on a
6.430, 107.34
mph, def. Willie
Morgan, Eagle
Springs, N.C.,
foul; Donald
Norris, Conway,
S.C., second
entry, 5.954 on
a 5.940, 115.25
mph, def. Ron
Williams, Eagle
Springs, N.C.,
foul; Joshua
Reigle, Monks
Corner, S.C.,
1990 Ford
Mustang, bye.
Semifinals –
Norris, 5.958 on
a 5.940, 115.62
mph, def. Smith,
5.687 on a
5.680, 119.73
mph; Reigle,
6.180 on a
6.180, 114.26
mph, def. Ward,
foul.
FINAL – Donald
Norris, Conway,
S.C., Chevy
Monza, 5.959 on
a 5.950, 112.48
mph, def. Joshua
Reigle, Monks
Corner, S.C.,
1990 Ford
Mustang, 6.206
on a 6.170,
113.96 mph.
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Round 5 – Tommy
Lumley,
Charlotte, N.C.,
1940 Chevy
Coupe, 6.122 on
a 6.110, 110.25
mph, def. Sandy
Beard,
Fayetteville,
N.C., 1990 Ford
Mustang, 6.727
breakout on a
6.730, 97.78
mph; Norman
Williams, West
Columbia, S.C.,
7.096 on a
7.050, 95.71
mph, def.
Hillary Sloan,
Sanford, N.C.,
1982 Chevy
Camaro, 6.396 on
a 6.380, 105.99
mph; Norman
Williams, Cayce,
S.C., 7.833 on a
6.400, 69.12
mph, def. John
Love, Wade,
N.C., 1984 Ford
Mustang, foul;
Mark Soles,
Riegelwood,
N.C., bye.
Semifinals –
Williams, Cayce,
S.C., 6.413 on a
6.400, 104.61
mph, def.
Lumley, 6.105
breakout on a
6.120, 107.82
mph; Soles,
6.790 on a 6.750
110.19 mph, def.
Williams, West
Columbia, S.C.,
foul.
FINAL – Mark
Soles,
Riegelwood,
N.C., 6.786 on a
6.750, 95.64
mph, def. Norman
Williams, Cayce,
S.C., 6.452 on a
6.400, 100.15
mph.
SATURDAY
7.0 INDEX
Round 3 – Kurt
Flanagan,
Huntersville,
N.C., 7.000,
97.33 mph, def.
Michael Crumpler,
Elm City, N.C.,
1967 Chevy
Camaro, 6.949
breakout, 99.02
mph; Daniel
Comer, New
London, N.C.,
1971 Ford
Maverick, 6.849,
99.00 mph, def.
Darrek Stancil,
Albemarle, N.C.,
no time; Todd
Robinson,
Cherryville,
N.C., Ford
T-roadster,
7.041, 85.20
mph, def. Horace
Dew, Chadbourn,
N.C., 7.038 on a
7.000, 97.38
mph; Jamie
Yelton, Belmont,
N.C., 1964
Pontiac GTO,
bye.
Semifinals –
Comer, 6.962,
93.31 mph, def.
Robinson, 6.950
breakout, 93.86
mph; Flanagan,
6.995, 97.36
mph, def. Yelton,
6.957 breakout,
97.46 mph.
FINAL – Kurt
Flanagan,
Huntersville,
N.C., 6.989,
97.30 mph, def.
Daniel Comer,
New London,
N.C., 1971 Ford
Maverick, 6.965
breakout, 97.12
mph.
6.0 INDEX
Round 4 – Terry
Floyd, Lake
Wylie, S.C.,
1955 Chevy,
6.183, 110.01
mph, def. Rickey
Clark, Pleasant
Garden, N.C.,
6.181, 106.71
mph; Anthony
Griekspoor,
Belhaven, N.C.,
6.046, 113.78
mph, def. Chris
Witzel, Shelby,
N.C., 5.956
breakout, 105.22
mph; Jerry
Cline,
Mooresville,
N.C., bye.
Semifinals –
Cline, 5.992,
119.21 mph, def.
Floyd, no time;
Griekspoor, bye.
FINAL – Jerry
Cline,
Mooresville,
N.C., 6.002,
117.80 mph, def.
Anthony
Griekspoor,
Belhaven, N.C.,
6.040, 113.99
mph.
Performance
Automatic OPEN
COMP
Round 4 – Justen
West, Dunn,
N.C., 1969 Chevy
Camaro, 12.529
on a 12.660,
103.27 mph, def.
Travis Frazier,
Franklinville,
N.C., 1987 Ford
Mustang, 10.504
breakout on a
10.620, 134.19
mph; Will McKay,
Rockingham,
N.C., 1985 Ford
Thunderbird,
12.175 on a
12.300, 109.83
mph, def. Brett
Feimster,
Valdese, N.C.,
1986 Ford
Mustang, foul;
Roxanne Shepard,
Virginia Beach,
Va., 9.457 on a
9.470, 138.22
mph, def. Tim
Sloan, Sanford,
N.C., 10.136
breakout on a
10.260, 115.83
mph; Dale
Sanders, Eagle
Springs, 11.521
on an 11.620,
112.61 mph, def.
Clee Guinn, Four
Oaks, N.C.,
11.693 breakout
on an 11.820,
114.50 mph.
Semifinals –
McKay, 12.221 on
a 12.300, 109.79
mph, def. West,
12.514 breakout
on a 12.660,
102.29 mph;
Shepard, 9.488
on a 9.470,
142.25 mph, def.
Sanders, 11.509
breakout on an
11.620, 103.99
mph.
FINAL – Roxanne
Shepard,
Virginia Beach,
Va., 9.524 on a
9.470, 142.25
mph, def. Will
McKay,
Rockingham,
N.C., 1985 Ford
Thunderbird,
12.172 breakout
on a 12.300,
109.67 mph.
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Round 5 – Jay
Ayers, Monks
Corner, S.C.,
6.101 on a
6.080, 114.42
mph, def. C.J.
McDonald,
Carthage, N.C.,
1972 Chevy Nova,
6.367 on a
6.350, 106.25
mph; Keith
Daniel, Currie,
N.C., 1988 Ford
Mustang, 6.850
on a 6.830,
99.85 mph, def.
Michael Crumpler,
Elm City, N.C.,
56.514 on a
6.500, 102.49
mph; Tracy
Massey,
Wilmington,
N.C., 6.976 on a
6.960, 92.56
mph, def. Mark
Stone,
Walterboro,
S.C., 1988 Ford
Mustang, 5.682
on a 5.650,
123.60 mph; Todd
Robinson,
Cherryville,
N.C., 6.980 on a
6.940, 89.84
mph, def.
Richard Britt,
Darlington,
S.C., 1972 Ford
Maverick, 7.980
on a 7.940,
84.02 mph.
Semifinals –
Robinson, 6.976
on a 6.940,
93.75 mph, def.
Ayers, foul;
Massey, 6.988 on
a 6.950, 91.95
mph, def.
Daniel, 6.806
breakout on a
6.830, 100.17
mph.
FINAL – Tracy
Massey,
Wilmington,
N.C., 6.944 on a
6.960, 96.31
mph, def. Todd
Robinson,
Cherryville,
N.C., foul.
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FOOTBRAKE
Round 6 – Norman
Williams, West
Columbia, S.C,
7.021 on a
7.030, 95.36
mph, def. Dwayne
Rozier, Sophia,
N.C., 6.247
breakout on a
6.270, 108.38
mph; Randy
Etheridge, Eagle
Head, N.C., 1994
Chevy Camaro,
6.531 on a
6.470, 96.04
mph, def. Roy
Baber,
Randleman, N.C.,
1970 Chevy Nova,
6.632 on a
6.610, 99.74
mph; Dwayne
Rozier, Sophia,
N.C., second
entry, bye.
Semifinals –
Etheridge, 6.467
on a 6.450,
104.74 mph, def.
Rozier, 6.274 on
a 6.240, 108.75
mph; Williams,
bye.
FINAL – Randy
Etheridge, Eagle
Head, N.C., 1994
Chevy Camro,
6.477 on a
6.450, 105.40
mph, def. Norman
Williams, West
Columbia, S.C.,
foul.
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