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FATHER AND SON WIN ROCKINGHAM TRACK
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Allen Furr Repeats as Footbrake Champ with Winner
and Runner-Up Weekend
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ROCKINGHAM – (Sept. 8, 2019) - As a result of
racing Saturday and Sunday in the Hoosier Tires
Carolina Coalition Series at Rockingham Dragway,
James and Conner Caulder of St. Pauls became the
first father and son to earn track championships
at The Rock in the same season.
James Caulder held off 2017 champ Mark Soles of
Delco to win the Top Eliminator title and son
Conner outpaced Alyssa Rabon of Florence, S.C.,
for the Jr. Dragster title.
Allen Furr of Richfield repeated in the Footbrake
class thanks to a spectacular weekend during which
he drove to victory on Saturday and to a runner-up
finish on Sunday.
The three newly-crowned champs will lead the
Rockingham Dragway team competing in the NHRA
Southeast Division Summit ET Finals at
Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 10-13.
HUMES CLAIMS THIRD HOOSIER TIRES COALITION TITLE
Julsrud, Bridges Win Runoffs for Championships in
Top Eliminator, Jr. Dragster
ROCKINGHAM – Troutman’s Ernie Humes took his 1972
Dodge Demon to the semifinals in the first of two
Hoosier Tires Carolina Coalition events contested
Saturday and Sunday at Rockingham Dragway and that
was enough to give him a record third Coalition
Series Footbrake championship.
Humes, who also won Carolina Coalition titles in
2012 and 2016, finished just ahead of defending
series champion Kelly Stevens of Bostic in the
year-long series at Rockingham and three other
area tracks – Piedmont Dragway, Mooresville
Dragway and Farmington Dragway.
Series championships in Top Eliminator and Jr.
Dragster were decided in runoffs with Joe Julsrud
of Stony Point earning his first title in Top and
Isaac Bridges of Shelby winning his second in the
Junior class.
Julsrud and Steve Whisnant of Dallas finished the
eight-race series tied at the top but, in the
runoff, Whisnant was guilty of a foul start that
handed the trophy to Julsrud.
It wasn’t quite as easy for Bridges, who first won
the Jr. Dragster title as a 14-year-old in 2016.
Gavin Whisnant, the son of the Top Eliminator
runner-up, came up just short in the runoff when
he was guilty of a breakout foul, missing his
target by a miniscule .005 of a second. Had he
won, he would have joined brother Cam, won the Jr.
title a year ago.
Whisnant came into the final weekend trailing
Bridges by four points but moved into a tie with a
pressure victory over Skyler Bustle of Sherrills
Ford in the final round on Sunday.
It was a big weekend for former and current
Rockingham Dragway track champions as Clinton’s
Eric Aman won Footbrake on Sunday, Fayetteville’s
Lee Desist claimed the Top Eliminator title on
Saturday and Allen Furr just missed out of a
double in Footbrake, winning Saturday and reaching
the final on Sunday.
Aman, track champion in 2012 and 2015, used a .009
reaction time to best Furr in the Sunday final.
Even though he didn’t get the double, Furr earned
enough points to clinch his second straight track
championship.
Desist, who won track titles in 2014 and 2015,
beat Mooresville’s Lauren Freer by .001 of a
second in the Saturday Top Eliminator final. He
lost to Julsrud in the sixth round on Sunday, but
it was Will Cauthen of Lancaster, S.C. who emerged
with the trophy, beating Jacksonville’s Austin
Brown in the final round.
Alyssa Rabon of Florence, S.C., won Saturday’s Jr.
race and veteran T.G. Paschal of Lumberton, the
outgoing Coalition champion in Top Eliminator, won
Saturday’s Gamblers race.
ROCKINGHAM – Results from the final two races in
the 2019 Hoosier Tires Carolina Coalition Series
Saturday and Sunday at Rockingham Dragway.
Hometowns are North Carolina unless otherwise
indicated. Results include reaction time, track
time, target time and finish line speed:
TOP ELIMINATOR RUNOFF – Joe Julsrud, Stony Point,
.027, 6.137 on a 4.770, 78.51 mph, def. Steven
Whisnant, Dallas, foul.
JR. DRAGSTER RUNOFF – Isaac Bridges, Shelby, .059,
8.416 on an 8.390, 77.16 mph, def. Gavin Whisnant,
.074, 7.915 breakout on a 7.920, 80.98 mph.
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TOP ELIMINATOR SUNDAY
Round 5 – Randy Carmichael, Mullins, S.C., .010,
6.757 on a 6.740, 99.73 mph, def. Reggie Lytch,
Southern Pines, .030, 6.267 on a 6.260, 106.52
mph; Austin Brown, Jacksonville, .009, 6.205 on a
6.200, 107.44 mph, def. Travis Varner, Alexis,
.014, 5.609 on a 5.600, 123.52 mph; Willie Lytch,
Southern Pines, 1967 Chevy Camaro, .013, 6.401 on
a 6.400, 107.17 mph, def. RV3, Lewisville, .012,
4.523 on a 4.510, 153.32 mph; Lee Desist,
Fayetteville, .014, 6.092 on a 6.070, 111.02 mph,
def. Ron Phipps, Salisbury, 1968 Chevy Camaro,
.038, 6.210 on a 6.190, 108.77 mph; Joe Julsrud,
Stony Point, .020, 4.771 on a 4.770, 144.32 mph,
def. Billy Varner III, Stanley, .006, 4.867 on a
4.850, 138.20 mph; Will Cauthen, Lancaster, S.C.,
.020, 4.613 on a 4.510, 153.33 mph, def. Billy
Varner Jr., Stanley, .017, 5.576 on a 5.560,
120.58 mph; Mike Reanis, bye.
Round 6 – Brown, bye; Cauthen, NA, 4.523 on a
4.510, 153.46 mph, def. Willie Lytch, foul;
Julsrud, .010, 4.770 on a 4.760, 137.68 mph, def.
Desist, .016, 6.075 on a 6.060, 111.43 mph; Reanis,
.011, 4.713 on a 4.720, 145.78 mph, def.
Carmichael, foul.
Semifinals – Cauthen, .000, 4.556 on a 4.520,
147.42 mph, def. Julsrud, .029, 4.779 on a 4.760,
144.33 mph; Brown, .013, 6.187 on a 6.180, 105.18
mph, def. Reanis, .016, 4.716 on a 4.710, 145.22
mph.
FINAL – Will Cauthen, Lancaster, S.C., .007, 4.540
on a 4.530, 152.90 mph, def. Austin Brown,
Jacksonville, foul.
FOOTBRAKE SUNDAY
Round 5 – Allen Furr, Richfield, Mustang, .048,
6.635 on a 6.610, 97.62 mph, def. Jonathan Surratt,
Charlotte, .027, 6.433 breakout on a 6.440, 102.31
mph; Lauren Edwards, Maysville, 1965 Chevy II,
.027, 6.382 on a 6.370, 105.84 mph, def. Mark
Soles, Delco, .036, 5.756 breakout on a 5.770,
118.36 mph; Rickey Greer, Advance, .018, 6.184 on
a 6.140, 107.72 mph, def. Shane Thiele,
Darlington, S.C., 2016 Chevy Camaro, .023, 6.205
on a 5.990, 112.26 mph; Kelly Stevens, Bostic,
.025, 6.701 on a 6.690, 93.22 mph, def. Allen Furr
#2, Richfield, 1962 Chevy II, .057, 6.629 on a
6.610, 101.54 mph; Eric Aman, Clinton, bye.
Round 6 – Furr, .029, 6.649 on a 6.610, 99.19 mph,
def. Edwards, foul; Ama, .012, 6.480 on a 6.450,
100.79 mph, def.Stevens, .025, 6.675 on a 6.670,
98.89 mph; Greer, bye.
Semifinals – Aman, .019, 6.430 on a 6.450, 105.12
mph, def. Greer, foul; Furr, bye.
FINAL – Eric Aman, Clinton, .009, 6.530 on a
6.450, 98.26 mph, def. Allen Furr, Richfield, 1962
Chevy II, .086, 6.665 on a 6.610, 104.17 mph.
JR. DRAGSTER SUNDAY
Round 3 – Noah Luther, Mooresville, .183, 8.631 on
an 8.560, 75.39 mph, def. Alyssa Rabon, Florence,
S.C., .059, 8.956 breakout on an 8.960, 71.84 mph;
Sayler Bustle, Sherrills Ford, .043, 7.912 on a
7.900, 82.36 mph, def. Budd Trammell II, Aynor,
S.C., .086, 7.900 on a 7.900, 81.68 mph; Kenzie
Whitley, Locust, .054, 7.956 on a 7.900, 81.13
mph, def. Hayden Dial, Lumberton, .100, 7.914 on a
7.900, 80.80 mph; Skyler Bustle, Sherrills Ford,
.002, 7.940 on a 7.900, 81.42 mph, def. Cam
Whisnant, Dallas, .057, 7.983 on a 7.960, 81.22
mph; Gavin Whisnant, Dallas, .081, 7.960 on a
7.900, 81.80 mph, def. Lauren Hudson, Davidson,
foul; Isaac Bridges, Shelby, .007, 8.442 on an
8.380, 76.03 mph, def. Connor Caulder, St. Pauls,
.051, 7.935 on a 7.900, 80.31 mph.
Round 4 – Sayler Bustle, .095, 7.896 on a 7.900,
82.54 mph, def. Whitley, .117, 7.848 breakout on a
7.900, 82.69 mph; Whisnant, .014, 7.954 on a
7.930, 76.39 mph, def. Bridges, .076, 8.387
breakout on an 8.420, 77.76 mph; Skyler Bustle,
.002, 8.120 on a 7.900, 75.71 mph, def. Luther,
.176, 8.846 on an 8.600, 74.55 mph.
Semifinals – Whisnant, .035, 7.969 on a 7.900,
78.41 mph, def. Sayler Bustle, .059, 7.976 on a
7.900, 80.97 mph; Skyler Bustle, bye.
FINAL – Gavin Whisnant, Dallas, .004, 7.929 on a
7.910, 81.39 mph, def. Skyler Bustle, Sherrills
Ford, foul.
TOP ELIMINATOR SATURDAY
Round 6 – Reggie Lytch, Southern Pines, .014,
6.262 on a 6.260, 108.15 mph, def. Jeff Turner,
Mooresville, .007, 6.839 breakout on a 6.840,
98.36 mph; Lauren Freer, Mooresville, .013, 4.560
on a 4.560, 151.83 mph, def. Mark Arthur, Sandy
Level, Va., 1970 Ford Maverick, foul; Lee Desist,
Fayetteville, .010, 6.084 on a 6.070, 109.17 mph,
def. Dean Phillips, Burlington, .045, 5.995
breakout on a 6.020, 113.56 mph; Mark Soles,
Delco, .010, 5.667 on a 5.660, 123.38 mph, def.
Jermaine McCaskill, Elgin, S.C., 1975 Chevy Monza,
.011, 5.552 breakout on a 5.560, 123.35 mph;
Lauren Freer #2, Mooresville, .001, 4.616 on a
4.590, 145.77 mph, def. Leon Tynossr, .031, 5.204
on a 5.190, 132.13 mph.
Round 7 – Desist, .010, 6.075 on a 6.070, 110.38
mph, def. Lytch, .019, 6.247 breakout on a 6.260,
107.87 mph; Freer, .008, 4.565 on a 4.550, 148.74
mph, def. Soles, .021, 5.645 breakout on a 5.660,
123.45 mph; Freer #2, bye.
Semifinals – Desist, bye; Freer def. Freer.
FINAL – Lee Desist, Fayetteville, .012, 6.061 on a
6.050, 112.54 mph, def. Lauren Freer, Mooresville,
.021, 4.554 on a 4.550, 149.83 mph.
FOOTBRAKE SATURDAY
Round 5 – Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon,
.030, 6.441 on a 6.440, 104.53 mph, def. K. Ray
Alexander, Mocksville, 1969 Chevy Nova, .028,
5.928 on a 5.920, 108.32 mph; Ricky Edwards,
Maysville, .041, 6.540 on a 6.540, 101.84 mph,
def. Steve Alford, Angier, .007, 6.949 on a 6.890,
95.63 mph; Allen Furr, Richfield, 1962 Chevy II,
.001, 6.618 on a 6.610, 102.63 mph, def. James
Lockhart, Charlotte, .013, 7.847 on a 7.830, 87.52
mph; Mark Soles, Delco, .011, 5.711 on a 5.700,
122.91 mph, def. Bobby York, Pleasant Garden, 1967
Plymouth Barracuda, .017, 6.286 breakout on a
6.290, 109.85 mph; Willy Buie, St. Pauls, 1972
Chevy Nova, .115, 6.575 on a 6.550, 103.52 mph,
def. William Walton, Jacksonville, foul (-003);
Rickey Greer, Advance, .012, 6.150 on a 6.140,
111.64 mph, def. Joe Foley, Mooresville, foul
(-.002); Robert Benge Jr., Mt. Airy, .024, 5.918
on a 5.920, 105.88 mph, def. Robert Maddox,
Franklinville, .054, 6.885 breakout on a 6.890,
100.74 mph.
Round 6 – Greer, .036, 6.148 on a 6.140, 111.47
mph, def. Edwards, .039, 6.529 breakout on a
6.530, 103.66 mph; Humes, .022, 6.460 on a 6.450,
101.56 mph, def. Benge Jr., .056, 5.867 breakout
on a 5.880, 111.67 mph; Furr, bye; Soles, .034,
5.722 on a 5.710, 116.65 mph, def. Buie, .105,
6.553 on a 6.550, 103.48 mph.
Semifinals – Furr, .038, 6.610 on a 6.610, 100.31
mph, def. Humes, .047, 6.462 on a 6.460, 101.58
mph; Soles, .032, 5.741 on a 5.710, 121.29 mph,
def. Greer, .064, 6.142 on a 6.140, 111.22 mph.
FINAL – Allen Furr, Richfield, 1962 Chevy II,
.039, 6.619 on a 6.610, 96.18 mph, def. Mark
Soles, Delco, .058, 5.690 breakout on a 5.710,
123.16 mph.
JR. DRAGSTER SATURAY
Round 3 – Alyssa Rabon, Florence, S.C., .016,
8.958 on an 8.950, 73.52 mph, def. Noah Luther,
Mooresville, foul; David Tedder, Bishopville,
S.C., .071, 8.116 on an 8.100, 78.38 mph, def.
Sayler Bustle, Sherrills Ford, .065, 7.923 on a
7.900, 81.39 mph; Cadyn Smith, Winterville, .078,
7.995 on a 7.960, 82.26 mph, def. Cam Whisnant,
Dallas, .052, 8.031 on a 7.970, 79.72 mph; Hayden
Dial, Lumberton, .026, 7.922 on a 7.900, 80.17
mph, def. Kristen Brady, Liberty, .054, 7.999 on a
7.980, 80.81 mph; Gavin Whisnant, Dallas, .013,
7.920 on a 7.930, 82.40 mph, def. Skyler Bustle,
Sherrills Ford, foul; Kenzie Whitley, Locust,
7.852 on a 7.900, 83.16 mph, def. Isaac Bridges,
foul.
Round 4 – Dial, .108, 7.869 on a 7.900, 82.70 mph,
def. Tedder, foul; Whitley, .098, 7.892 on a
7.900, 82.62 mph, def. Whisnant, .060, 7.900
breakout on a 7.910, 80.07 mph; Rabon, .027, 8.960
on an 8.960, 73.27 mph, def. Smith, .086, 7.992 on
a 7.980, 82.46 mph.
Semifinals – Dial, .059, 7.969 on a 7.900, 77.04
mph, def. Whitley, .109, 7.961 on a 7.900, 82.36
mph; Rabon, bye.
FINAL –Alyssa Rabon, Florence, S.C., .034, 9.002
on an 8.980, 72.26 mph, def. Hayden Dial,
Lumbertoon, .108, 7.891 breakout on a 7.900, 80.06
mph.
* * * *
GAMBLERS RACE
Round 2 – T.G. Paschal, Lumberton, .002, 5.958 on
a 5.950, 116.47 mph, def. Unknown #AX97, foul;
Dean Phillips, Burlington, .005, 6.042 on a 5.990,
113.95 mph, def. Unknown #2X71, .014, 5.994 on a
5.950, 109.12 mph; Billy Varner Jr., Stanley,
.020, 4.834 on a 4.790, 140.80 mph, def. Unknown
#9X94, NA, 5.911 on a 4.650, 147.89 mph; Howard
Westbury, Harleyville, S.C., Chevy Nova, .008,
5.088 on a 5.070, 132.33 mph, def. Unknown #5X90,
.043, 5.594 on a 5.580, 120.44 mph.
Semifinals – Paschal, .017, 6.151 on a 5.950,
94.97 mph, def. Varner, foul; Phillips, .032,
6.000 on a 5.990, 113.78 mph, def. Westbury, foul
(-.005)
FINAL – T.G. Paschal, Lumberton, .019, 5.947 on a
5.940, 115.97 mph, def. Dean Phillips, Burlington,
.037, 5.985 breakout on a 5.990, 113.95 mph.
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