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DESIST, MANUEL $20,000 WINNERS AT ROCKINGHAM
Thiele, Buie, Smith and Core Also Prevail in Big
Money Bracket Race
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ROCKINGHAM – (Oct. 6, 2019) Two-time former
Rockingham Dragway track champion Lee Desist
forced Kyle Cultrera into a breakout foul in
Sunday’s final round and snatched up the final
$20,000 share of the Top Eliminator purse paid out
in the track’s annual Twin 20s bracket
championships.
On Saturday, Corey Manuel’s final round reaction
time was the difference in what otherwise would
have been a dead heat as he got the first 20
grand. Manuel and Goldsboro’s Brandon Lane both
were .013 of a second off their respective
targets, but Manuel’s .014-.029 advantage at the
starting line earned him the big money.
Desist, the track champ in 2014 and 2015, had a
.001 reaction time in the final round, leaving
Cultrera, a touring bracket star and former
Northeast Division Champion from Eliot, Maine,
with a very narrow window of opportunity. His
4.455 second eighth-mile time was too quick by
.005.
Veteran bracket racer Willie Buie of St. Pauls
used a .004 final round package to turn back
Goldsboro’s M.A. Pennington in Sunday’s Footbrake
final after Darlington’s Shane Thiele used a .013
reaction time to get his 2019 Copo Camaro to the
finish line just ahead of Winston-Salem’s Chris
Plott on Saturday.
Sunday’s Jr. Dragster title went to Bladen Clint
Core of Benson who got a free pass when Davidson’s
Lauren Hudson was guilty of a final round foul
start. Camdyn Smith of Winterville beat Gavin
Whisnant of Dallas in Saturday’s final.
Next up at The Rock will be this weekend’s 28th
annual Jim McClure Memorial All-Harley Nitro
Finals. Multiple time series champions Jay
“Bulldog” Turner of Julian, Tii Tharpe of East
Bend and Doug Vancil of Cedar Crest, N.M., are
among the favorites in the featured Ray Price Top
Fuel Challenge.
ROCKINGHAM – Results from the Twin 20s bracket
racing event completed Sunday at Rockingham
Dragway. Hometowns are North Carolina unless
otherwise indicated. Results include reaction
time, track time in relation to target time and
finish line speed:
SUNDAY TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 5 – Lee Desist, Fayetteville, .037, 6.059 on
a 6.060, 110.94 mph, def. Jake Hodge, Spencer,
Ind., 1967 Chevy Chevelle, .027, 5.598 breakout on
a 5.600, 115.34 mph; Shannon Justice, Lexington,
.008, 5.467 on a 5.460, 123.23 mph, def. Chad
Duke, Wilmington, .021, 5.438 on a 5.430, 128.46
mph; Alan Walters, Southern Pines, 1969 Chevy
Camaro, .051, 6.091 on a 6.090, 111.69 mph, def.
Jeff Serra, Denver, Pa., foul (-.001); Tony
Meltvedt, Concord, .042, 4.960 on a 4.960, 137.27
mph, def. Barry Teachey II, Beulaville, foul
(-.004); Kyle Cultrera, Eliot, Maine, .003, 4.494
on a 4.480, 149.85 mph, def. Clayton Roberts,
Willow Springs, .013, 4.606 on a 4.600, 147.02
mph; Carey Long, Roxboro, .014, 4.698 on a 4.710,
144.01 mph, def. Gary Ingold, Raleigh, .000, 4.687
breakout on a 4.700, 145.85 mph.
Round 6 – Meltvedt, .006, 4.961 on a 4.960, 137.27
mph, def. Justice, .009, 5.455 on a5.450, 125.62
mph; Cultrera, .007, 4.480 on a 4.470, 150.51 mph,
def. Walters, .013, 6.098 on a 6.090, 111.90 mph;
Desist, .011, 6.046 on a 6.040, 113.32 mph, def.
Long, .036, 4.679 breakout on a 4.690, 146.48 mph.
Semifinals – Desist, .005, 6.056 on a 6.050,
109.78 mph, def. Meltvedt, foul
(-.005); Cultrera, bye.
FINAL – Lee Desist, Fayetteville, .001, 6.054 on a
6.040, 113.26 mph, def. Kyle Cultrera, Eliot,
Maine, .011, 4.455 breakout of a 4.460, 153.72
mph.
SATURDAY TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 5 – Tanner Gray, Hope Mills, 1974 Chevy
Camaro, .026, 7.132 on a 7.060, 94.44 mph, def.
Shannon Justice, Lexington, 1967 Ford Mustang,
foul (-.001); Cody Strickland, Raeford, .029,
4.561 on a 4.540, 148.94 mph, def. Cameron Manuel,
Lewisville, .006, 4.515 on a 4.440, 150.93 mph;
Cory Funderburk, Marshville, .008, 4.930 on a
4.930, 137.00 mph, def. Brent Alford, Raleigh,
1970 Chevy Nova, .028, 5.462 on a 5.450, 126.15
mph; Alan Walters, Southern Pines, 1969 Chevy
Camaro, .043, 6.054 on a 6.050, 109.55 mph, def.
Terry Rucker, Benson, .056. 6.246 on a 6.240,
105.35 mph; Brandon Lane, Goldsboro, .010, 4.754
on a 4.740, 142.72 mph, def. Eric Thomas,
Fairmount, .027, 5.060 on a 5.060, 141.68 mph;
Corey Manuel, Lewisville, .014, 4.448 on a 4.420,
146.08 mph, def. Michael Smith, Riegelwood, 1971
Chevy Nova, .051, 5.400 on a 5.360, 127.62 mph.
Round 6 – Manuel, .018, 4.457 on a 4.420, 155.69
mph, def. Gray, .000, 7.032 breakout on a 7.050;
Walters, .054, 6.038 o a 6.040, 112.36 mph, def.
Funderburk, .031 4.924 breakout on a 4.930, 137.34
mph.
Semifinals – Manuel, .020, 4.455 on a 4.440,
153.95 mph, def. Walters, .015, 6.056 on a 6.030,
112.63 mph; Lane, bye.
FINAL – Corey Manuel, Lewisville, .014, 4.453 on a
4.440, 150.66 mph, def. Brandon Lane, Goldsboro,
.029, 4.753 on a 4.740, 145.11 mph.
SUNDAY FOOTBRAKE
Round 4 – Brent Hyatt, Hickory, 1984 Chevy S10
truck, .037, 6.028 on a 6.030, 110.51 mph, def.
Tyler Sears, Holly Springs, .042, 7.025 breakout
on a 7.050, 99.22 mph; Chris Plott, Winston-Salem,
.041, 5.268 on a 5.240, 120.81 mph, def. Don
Anderson, Bennett, .048, 6.634 on a 6.570, 104.27
mph; M.A. Pennington, Goldsboro, 1987 Buick Regal,
.023, 8.586 on an 8.550, 87.70 mph, def. Richard
Britt, Darlington, S.C., 1972 Ford Maverick, .148,
7.307 breakout on a 7.320, 91.73 mph; Shane
Thiele, Darlington, S.C., 2019 Copo Camaro, .069,
5.959 on a 5.900, 114.62 mph, def. Carson Robbins,
Winston-Salem, foul (-.004); Willy Buie, St. Pauls,
1972 Chevy Nova, .008, 6.578 on a 6.570, 96.40
mph, def. Trey Sikes, Hamlet, 1969 Chevy Nova,
.044, 7.013 on a 6.940, 92.72 mph; Brent Hyatt #2,
Hickory, 1984 Chevy S10 truck, .016, 6.041 on a
6.030, 111.12 mph, def. Shane Thiele #2,
Darlington, S.C., 2019 Copo Camaro, .054, 5.916 on
a 5.900, 114.43 mph; Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972
Dodge Demon, bye.
Round 5 – Hyatt, .013, 6.029 on a 6.020, 109.71
mph, def. Thiele, .062, 5.901 breakout on a 5.910,
115.19 mph; Pennington, .005, 8.578 on an 8.570,
87.48 mph, def. Humes, .009, 6.484 on a 6.480,
105.85 mph; Buie, bye; Hyatt #2, .000, 6.048 on a
6.020, 111.59 mph, def. Plott, .061, 6.431 on a
5.240, 91.25 mph.
Semifinals – Pennington, .000, 8.549 on an 8.570,
87.71 mph, def. Hyatt, foul; Buie, .025, 6.571 on
a 6.530, 87.71 mph, def. Hyatt #2, .052, 6.021 on
a 6.000, 112.85 mph.
FINAL – Willy Buie, St. Pauls, .003, 6.561 on a
6.560, 99.51 mph, def. M.A. Pennington, Goldsboro,
.077, 8.532 breakout on an 8.540, 87.79 mph.
SATURDAY FOOTBRAKE
Round 4 – Buddy Faile, Pageland, 1967 Chevy II,
.097, 7.274 on a 7.270, 95.11 mph, def. Chris
Johnson, Fayetteville, 1979 Chevy Malibu, foul;
Robert Rayfield, Jefferson, S.C., 1964 Chevy Nova,
.038, 5.870 on a 5.860, 113.67 mph, def. Ernie
Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon, .049, 6.504 on
a 6.500, 100.33 mph; Shane Thiele, Darlington,
S.C., 2019 Copo Camaro, .022, 5.860 on a 5.860,
115.53 mph, def. Ross Gould Jr., Newport, 2015
Chevy Impala, foul (-.005); Rodney Faile,
Pageland, .020, 6.200 on a 6.190, 104.15 mph, def.
Tommy Hussey, Kinston, 2014 Ford Mustang, .073,
7.894 breakout on a 7.910, 89.45 mph; Carson
Robbins, Winston-Salem, .036, 6.291 on a 6.290,
108.12 mph, def. Michael Brabham, Elgin, S.C.,
1990 Ford Mustang, foul (-.001);
Kevin Blevins, Jefferson, S.C., .031, 6.658 on a
6.600, 95.81 mph, def. Tyler Mahew, Marshville,
1996 Chevy Camaro, .140, 6.247 breakout on a
6.250, 105.64 mph; Ricky Bullock, Sanford, 1971
Chevy, .088, 6,183 on a 6.160, 107.75 mph, def.
Bradley Hoffman, Richlands, 2004 Ford Mustang,
.048, 7.246 breakout on a 7.250, 93.00 mph; Chris
Plott, Winston-Salem, .026, 5.257 on a 5.230,
128.36 mph, def. Shane Thiele #2, Darlington,
S.C., 2019 Copo Camaro, .061, 5.857 on a 5.860,
113.41 mph.
Round 5 – Blevins, .039, 6.593 on a 6.610, 101.84
mph, def. Robins, .063, 6.275 breakout on a 6.300,
107.82 mph; Thiele, .022, 5.893 on a 5.850, 110.84
mph, def. Bullock, .040, 6.175 breakout on a
6.180, 110.01 mph; Plott, .056, 5.278 on a 5.230,
126.90 mph, def. Rayfield, .096, 5.856 breakout on
a 5.860, 114.63 mph; R. Faile, .001, 6.242 on a
6.180, 98.61 mph, def. B. Faile, .086, 7.270 on a
7.270, 96.14 mph
Semifinals – Thiele, .048, 5.845 on a 5.850,
115.60 mph, def. Blevins, .047, 6.572 breakout on
a 6.600, 106.09 mph; Plott, .034, 5.504 on a
5.230, 102.31 mph, def. Faile, foul.
FINAL – Shane Thiele, Darlington, S.C., 2019 Copo
Camaro, .013, 5.863 on a 5.850, 114.42 mph, def.
Chris Plott, Winston-Salem, .049, 5.231 on a
5.231, 129.59 mph.
SUNDAY JR. DRAGSTER
Round 3 – Lauren Hudson, Davidson, .075, 7.916 on
a 7.900, 78.84 mph, def, Kaite Adams, Myrtle
Beach, S.C., foul; Bladen Clint Core, Benson,
.038, 8.820 on an 8.830, 74.58 mph, def. Hayden
Dial, Lumberton, .093, 7.876 breakout on a 7.900,
80.32 mph; Isaac Bridges, Shelby, .022, 8.325 on
an 8.340, 76.54 mph, def. Gavin Whisnant, Dallas,
.008, 7.906 breakout on a 7.930, 79.98 mph; Gabe
Williamson, Marion, S.C., .093, 8.946 on an 8.930,
72.74 mph, def. Camdyn Smith, Winterville, .103,
7.915 on a 7.900, 82.90 mph; Reece Branton,
Conway, S.C., .043, 8.860 on an 8.840, 75.79 mph,
def. Cam Whisnant, Dallas, .124, 8.043 on an
8.030, 77.51 mph.
Round 4 – Hudson, NA, 7.950 on a 7.900, 80.04 mph,
def. Branton, foul; Bridges, 8.350 on an 8.320,
77.06 mph, def. Williamson, no time; Core, bye.
Semifinals – Core, .015, 8.851 on an 8.800, 73.63
mph, def. Bridges, .117, 8.345 breakout on an
8.370, 75.64 mph; Hudson, bye.
FINAL – Bladen Clint Core, Benson, .015, 8.822 on
an 8.800, 74.17 mph, def. Lauren Hudson, Davidson,
foul.
SATURDAY JR. DRAGSTER
Round 3 – Gabe Williamson, Marion, S.C., .056,
9.077 on a 9.040, 72.19 mph, def. Kristen Brady,
Liberty, .118, 8.027 on an 8.000, 80.04 mph; Isaac
Bridges, Shelby, .071, 8.439 on an 8.360, 73.41
mph, def. Bladen Clint Core, Benson, .042, 9.020
on an 8.880, 73.42 mph; Reece Branton, Conway,
S.C., .102, 8.919 on an 8.880, 75.04 mph, def.
Kaite Adams, Myrtle Beach, S.C., .557, 9.151 on a
9.150, 70.69 mph; Camdyn Smith, Winterville, .028,
7.914 on a 7.900, 83.15 mph, def. John Claybough,
Conway, S.C., .094, 8.670 on an 8.660, 75.66 mph;
Zabriel Thomas, Lumberton, .074, 8.451 on an
8.280, 80.07 mph, def. Lauren Hudson, Davidson,
foul; Gavin Whisnant, Dallas, .006, 8.087 on an
8.060, 72.06 mph, def. Cam Whisnant, Dallas, no
time.
Round 4 – Bridges, .058, 8.407 on an 8.370, 73.66
mph, def. Williamson, .121, 9.052 breakout on a
9.060, 72.39 mph; Whisnant, .043, 8.129 on an
8.090, 72.06 mph, def. Branton, .089, 8.900 on an
8.900, 75.12 mph; Smith, .179, 7i.905 on a 7.900,
83.07 mph, def. Thomas, .229, 8.456 on an 8.400,
80.90 mph.
Semifinals – Smith, .053, 7.899 on a 7.900, 82.84
mph, def. Bridges, .024, 8.341 breakout on an
8.370, 75.44 mph; Whisnant, bye.
FINAL – Camdyn Smith, Winterville, .099, 7.905 on
a 7.900, 82.70 mph, def. Gavin Whisnant, Dallas,
.022, 8.022 breakout on an 8.030, 78.48 mph. |
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