[Mike Carr]

Thanks to you Mike, Elmer, and the entire Mason-Dixon Dragway staff !

Awards from the weekend:

~Long Distance Tow Award: John Kurzenberger, who, for the third year in a row, made the tow up from Soddy Daisy Tennessee.

~Best first round reaction time Saturday ($75): Matt Butter with a .000 light. Thanks to Chris Barnes of WheelzUp Radio and Rob Jackson of RobzNeed4Speed Videos for posting the award.

~Best Appearing Car(s): Larry Mohar SS/JA on Saturday and Danny Henderson B/SA on Sunday. Thank you to Kevin Clark for posting the awards for the weekend.

There were sixty-four total S/SS cars for the weekend, from eight different states (OH, WV, PA, NY, MD, VA, DE and TN) plus Canada (Chris VanBaalen driving Dan Bellany's Crate Motor Stocker; Dan was also at our two Pittsburgh races in September).

This was the largest Saturday I have ever seen in twenty-one years of going to this race. One hundred seventy-five (175) test and tune tech cards were purchased, plus there were forty-eight S/SS cars (223 total). It was a congestion early on, with everyone in every staging lane; after a while, they put S/SS in lanes 1-2, which was much better.

Also, a huge thank you to Ronnie Dicks, who came down Sunday to watch and support us, and volunteered to help pair cars up in the lanes Sunday. Thank you, Ronnie, I really do appreciate it.

The weather was pretty nice all weekend, and warmer than average. Sunny and upper fifties on Sunday; sun/clouds and in the sixties on Sunday. A brief, light shower Sunday was over by 7:30 or 8:00 am, and the track crew were drying shortly after, and big cars were on the track at 12:10 pm (only ten minutes later than scheduled).

Congrats to the weekend's race winners. Michael Wood drove his Iron Soldier '67 Dodge to the Saturday win; his third of the year and clinched the Tri-State S/SS Association Championship, defeating Dan Fahey's F/PS '95 Impala SS. Michael took home a thousand dollars for the win; Dan $500 for R/U. Keith Bowman was the Sunday winner, also in a '67 Dodge. He defeated last years winner Kyle Huntzberry in his SS/JA '69 Camaro. The race was to pay $2,350 win/$1,200 R/U, but they elected to run for $100, so it paid $1,825 and $1,725.

Thank you again to everyone who came out, and we will see you at The Mason-Dixon S/SS Fall Classic next year !