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McCANDLESS, DOTSON AND CAISSIE WIN ROCK’S THIRD
AMBER TITLES
Coalition Champion Ernie Humes Drives His Dodge
Demon to Victory in Bonus Races
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – (Nov. 4, 2019) Graham’s Jason McCandless, Chad
Dotson of Mill Springs and former Division 1
Summit ET Series Champion Dan Caissie of Thompson,
Conn., were the big winners in the inaugural Third
Amber Throwdown completed Sunday at Rockingham
Dragway.
Caissie drove his 1987 Ford Mustang past the ’89
Mustang of Danny Faile of Pageland, S.C., to win
Friday’s feature and just missed doubling up in
the Friday bonus race in which he lost to reigning
and three-time Hoosier Carolina Coalition Champion
Ernie Humes of Troutman by .001 on a second in the
final round.
Humes and his 1972 Dodge Demon won both of the
bonus races, beating Caissie on Friday before
turning back Lauren Edwards of Maysville, a former
Fayetteville Motorsports Park track champion and a
winner at the Rock’s 2019 Super Chevy Show, on
Saturday.
Dotson, 2017 runner-up at the World Footbrake
Challenge in Bristol, Tenn., was Saturday’s big
winner in a final round shootout with Brandon
White of Austinville, Va. McMandless, grandson of
Pro Stock Champion Herb, prevailed on Sunday,
using a .034 final round package to beat Tim
Douglas, Wytheville, Va. for the top prize.
Bracket racing will take center stage once again
this weekend (Nov. 8-10) with the return of the
track’s popular Twin 5s event.
For more information, visit
www.rockinghamdragway.com
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Results from the inaugural
Third Amber Throwdown bracket racing championships
completed Sunday at Rockingham Dragway. Hometowns
are North Carolina unless otherwise stipulated.
Results include reaction time, track time in
relation to target time and finish line speed:
SUNDAY MAIN EVENT
Round 7 – Jason McCandless, Raleigh, .017, 4.648
on a 4.630, 147.05 mph, def. Unknown #89x, .005,
4.711 breakout on a 4.720, 143.58 mph; Curt
Douglas II, Wytheville, Va., .002, 4.807 on a
4.810, 142.58 mph, def. Cory Gulitti, Spring,
Texas, foul (-.004); Don Hausen, Palor Beach,
Fla., bye.
Semifinals – McCandless, .025, 4.682 on a 4.640,
132.93 mph, def. Hausen, .015, 4.973 on a 4.800,
132.58 mph; Douglas, bye.
FINAL – Jason McCandless, Raleigh, .020, 4.644 on
a 4.630, 145.50 mph, def. Curt Douglas II,
Wytheville, Va., .018, 4.844 on a 4.810, 141.36
mph.
SATURDAY MAIN EVENT
Round 6 – Chad Dotson, Mill Springs, 1972 Chevy
Nova, .045, 6.326 on a 6.330, 108.36 mph, def.
William Walton, Jacksonville, foul; Brandon White,
Austinville, Va., 1969 Chevy Camaro, .040, 6.279
on a 6.280, 105.74 mph, def. Jason McCandless,
Graham, foul (-.002); Shane Cook, Newport, Tenn.,
bye.
Semifinals – Dotson, .032, 6.355 on a 6.330,
105.32 mph, def. Cook, .014, 7.671 on a 7.620,
85.27 mph; White, bye.
FINAL – Chad Dotson, Mill Springs, 1972 Chevy
Nova, .006, 6.374 on a 6.330, 102.89 mph, def.
Brandon White, Austinville, Va., 1969 Chevy Camaro,
.071, 6.295 on a 6.280, 103.03 mph.
SATURDAY BONUS RACE
Round 6 – Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon,
.033, 6.507 on a 6.490, 102.54 mph, def. Tim
Douglas, Wytheville, Va., 1983 Chevy S10 truck,
.054, 6.242 breakout on a 6.250, 107.79 mph; Jason
McCandless, Graham, .007, 7.310 on a 7.260, 89.65
mph, def. Dustin Carnel, .054, 7.587 on a 7.560,
87.94 mph; Aaron “Hot Rod” Brock, Pageland, S.C.,
1985 Chevy S10 truck, .058, 6.931 on a 6.910,
91.27 mph, def. Pope Sellers, Byron, Ga., 1964
Dodge Dart, .054, 7.187 on a 7.160, 91.04 mph;
Lauren Edwards, Maysville, 1965 Chevy II, 6.510 on
a 6.510, 104.27 mph, def. Buddy Faile, Pageland,
S.C., 1967 Chevy II, 11.330 on a 7.150, 41.41 mph.
Semifinals – Edwards, .000, 6.495 on a 6.480,
104.70 mph, def. McCandless, .024, 7.273 on a
7.270, 93.78 mph; Humes, .022, 6.510 on a 6.490,
100.81 mph, def. Brock, .058, 6.889 breakout on a
6.910, 93.27 mph.
FINAL – Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon,
.020, 6.530 on a 6.500, 101.74 mph, def. Lauren
Edwards, Maysville, 1965 Chevy II, .065, 6.502 on
a 6.480, 104.31 mph.
FRIDAY MAIN EVENT
Round 5 – Aaron “Hot Rod” Brock, Pageland, S.C.,
1985 Chevy S10 truck, .028, 6.958 oon a 6.920,
92.66 mph, def. Ricky Bullock, Sanford, 1971
Dodge, .064, 6.270 on a 6.160, 110.08 mph; Danny
Faile, Pageland, S.C., 1989 Ford Mustang, .032,
6.164 on a 6.140, 111.96 mph, def. Tom Hettig,
Wnston-Salem, .040, 6.398 on a 6.380, 107.87 mph;
Dan Caissie, Thompson, Conn., 1987 Ford Mustang,
.018, 6.581 on a 6.550, 103.31 mph, def. Matt
Sayers, .051, 6.708 on a 6.700, 100.60 mph; Josh
Carroll, Olar, S.C., 1967 Chevy Camaro, bye.
Semifinals –Caissie, .033, 6.683 on a 6.570, 91.84
mph, def. Carroll, foul; Faile, .048, 6.179 on a
6.160, 111.90 mph, def. Brock, .073, 6.916
breakout on a 6.920, 94.36 mph.
FINAL – Dan Caissie, Thompson, Conn., 1987 Ford
Mustang, .002, 6.586 on a 6.570, 104.17 mph, def.
Danny Faile, Pageland, S.C., 1989 Ford Mustang,
foul.
FRIDAY BONUS RACE
Round 6 – Dan Caissie, Thompson, Conn., 1987 Ford
Mustang, .013, 6.610 on a 6.560, 102.32 mph, def.
Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon, .056,
6.482 on a 6.470, 99.23 mph; Tim Douglas,
Wytheville, Va., 1983 Chevy S10 truck, bye; Ernie
Humes #2, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon, .012, 6.488
on a 6.470, 101.04 mph, def. Aaron “Hot Rod”
Brock, Pageland, S.C., 1985 Chevy S10 truck, .048,
6.911 breakout on a 6.920, 94.27 mph.
Semifinals -- Caissie, .028, 6.664 on a 6.580,
95.44 mph, def. Douglas, .018, 6.421 on a 6.220,
107.88 mph; Humes, bye.
FINAL – Ernie Humes, Troutman, 1972 Dodge Demon,
.040, 6.477 on a 6.470, 103.51 mph, def. Dan
Caissie, Thompson, Conn., 1987 Ford Mustang, .010,
6.608 on a 6.570, 103.06 mph |
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