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Tabitha Draughon · 10-14-2024, 05:11 PM

GBM Land and Construction Races #9 & #10 Darlington Dragway Recap:

This past weekend we were racing at Darlington Dragway & had beautiful weather both days. This was a rescheduled race & me personally, I think it was a great decision. Thank you to Bear Aiken & his crew at Darlington Dragway for the awesome track conditions! Unfortunately Jeff Miles wasn't able to be there this weekend as he was doing Hurricane cleanup in the Tampa, FL area.

Saturday afternoon we had one time run, followed by our Warren Engines Dash for Cash. Chad Wisecarver picked up the first cash of the day collecting the Dash for Cash winnings. He was dialed a 6.07 & ran a 6.0734 at 109.73 mph. We had a total of 5 dead on runs. We had 33 cars on the property & all of them were able to make the 1st round call. Also we had 7 female racers competing with us on Saturday. Frank Beasley received the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He was dialed a 6.23, had a .0442 RT, & ran a 6.2437 @ 108.36 mph. Anyone who knows Frank, is aware that he has struggled with his car over the last year so it was good to have him racing with us this weekend & his car performing well. Curt Smith Jr. lost in R2 but he didn't leave empty-handed. He received a 5 gallon pail of Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants PRO 112+ for his losing efforts. Curt had a .0365 RT & ran a 7.1319 @ 93.13 mph on his 7.11 dial. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate with us to start R3 on Saturday evening to due heavy dew setting on the track so the decision was made to pick up on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. Kelsey Alexander, racing with us for the 1st time in 2024, was the lone semi-finalist. She went up against Kevin Locklear. Although Kelsey had a slight advantage at the tree, Kevin took the round win in a double breakout. The finals was Terry Hiatt, driving one of Homer's cars, & Kevin Locklear. Kevin had an .04 advantage on RT & went on to pick up the win for the Saturday race. Kevin's dial was 6.36, he ran a 6.3852 @ 102.76 mph with a .0081 RT. Terry had a .0489 RT, ran a 6.3501 @ 104.38 mph on his predicted 6.35 dial. In addition to Kevin's race winnings, he received another CCRA Eagle trophy, trailer check courtesy of MJ Printing & Graphics, a $100.00 gift certificate to Altronics Inc, a can of #FOGGIT, a certificate for a set of #E3 Ignition spark plugs, $100.00 gift certificate to Crew Chief Pro Software, $100.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, $100.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, & a 5 gallon pail of #Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel. Terry received his race winnings, a smaller runner-up trailer check (in which he asked Homer if he could keep it to put beside Tanner's), a $50.00 gift certificate to Portatree Timing Systems, an #E3 Ignition certificate for a set of spark plugs, $50.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, $50.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, & a 5 gallon pail of #Fuel Factory F8 racing fuel.

Terry's winning didn't stop there though. He received the Dunn Logging Company The Paul Bunyan "Best RT" money for his .0015 RT during R3. Curtis Smith Racing received The Hard Luck Award from McLawhorn Racing for his parts failure which didn't allow him to come back for E3. Kevin Riner took the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award for taking out Farmington Dragway Sunday's race winner, Hillarey Marshall in R2. Jake Melton was awarded the Wisecarver Brothers Racing Sportsmanship Award for his willingness to help any fellow racers even when he is having issues of his own. Hillarey Marshall won the Best Winning Package sponsored by Performance Sealing & Striping with his R1 win. She was dialed a 6.30, had a .0158 RT & ran a 6.3022 @ 102.86 mph (.0158 package). Current points leader, Mr. Charlie Wisecarver was all smiles & his family got lots of laughs when he received the Gutters by Design/Worst RT for his .2765 RT during R2 but he did win the round.

10-14-2024, 05:11 PM	#4
Tabitha Draughon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 520 Likes: 134 Liked 823 Times in 282 Posts	Re: Race #9 & #10 at Darlington Dragway GBM Land and Construction Races #9 & #10 Darlington Dragway Recap: This past weekend we were racing at Darlington Dragway & had beautiful weather both days. This was a rescheduled race & me personally, I think it was a great decision. Thank you to Bear Aiken & his crew at Darlington Dragway for the awesome track conditions! Unfortunately Jeff Miles wasn't able to be there this weekend as he was doing Hurricane cleanup in the Tampa, FL area. Saturday afternoon we had one time run, followed by our Warren Engines Dash for Cash. Chad Wisecarver picked up the first cash of the day collecting the Dash for Cash winnings. He was dialed a 6.07 & ran a 6.0734 at 109.73 mph. We had a total of 5 dead on runs. We had 33 cars on the property & all of them were able to make the 1st round call. Also we had 7 female racers competing with us on Saturday. Frank Beasley received the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He was dialed a 6.23, had a .0442 RT, & ran a 6.2437 @ 108.36 mph. Anyone who knows Frank, is aware that he has struggled with his car over the last year so it was good to have him racing with us this weekend & his car performing well. Curt Smith Jr. lost in R2 but he didn't leave empty-handed. He received a 5 gallon pail of Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants PRO 112+ for his losing efforts. Curt had a .0365 RT & ran a 7.1319 @ 93.13 mph on his 7.11 dial. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate with us to start R3 on Saturday evening to due heavy dew setting on the track so the decision was made to pick up on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. Kelsey Alexander, racing with us for the 1st time in 2024, was the lone semi-finalist. She went up against Kevin Locklear. Although Kelsey had a slight advantage at the tree, Kevin took the round win in a double breakout. The finals was Terry Hiatt, driving one of Homer's cars, & Kevin Locklear. Kevin had an .04 advantage on RT & went on to pick up the win for the Saturday race. Kevin's dial was 6.36, he ran a 6.3852 @ 102.76 mph with a .0081 RT. Terry had a .0489 RT, ran a 6.3501 @ 104.38 mph on his predicted 6.35 dial. In addition to Kevin's race winnings, he received another CCRA Eagle trophy, trailer check courtesy of MJ Printing & Graphics, a $100.00 gift certificate to Altronics Inc, a can of #FOGGIT, a certificate for a set of #E3 Ignition spark plugs, $100.00 gift certificate to Crew Chief Pro Software, $100.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, $100.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, & a 5 gallon pail of #Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel. Terry received his race winnings, a smaller runner-up trailer check (in which he asked Homer if he could keep it to put beside Tanner's), a $50.00 gift certificate to Portatree Timing Systems, an #E3 Ignition certificate for a set of spark plugs, $50.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, $50.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, & a 5 gallon pail of #Fuel Factory F8 racing fuel. Terry's winning didn't stop there though. He received the Dunn Logging Company The Paul Bunyan "Best RT" money for his .0015 RT during R3. Curtis Smith Racing received The Hard Luck Award from McLawhorn Racing for his parts failure which didn't allow him to come back for E3. Kevin Riner took the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award for taking out Farmington Dragway Sunday's race winner, Hillarey Marshall in R2. Jake Melton was awarded the Wisecarver Brothers Racing Sportsmanship Award for his willingness to help any fellow racers even when he is having issues of his own. Hillarey Marshall won the Best Winning Package sponsored by Performance Sealing & Striping with his R1 win. She was dialed a 6.30, had a .0158 RT & ran a 6.3022 @ 102.86 mph (.0158 package). Current points leader, Mr. Charlie Wisecarver was all smiles & his family got lots of laughs when he received the Gutters by Design/Worst RT for his .2765 RT during R2 but he did win the round.