[Tabitha Draughon]

We did it AGAIN but this time we also got Sunday's race done too!!! 3 CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association races were completed in 2 days this past weekend at KDS Motorsports. On behalf of CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association racers & officials, we owe a BIG THANK YOU to the staff of KDS Motorsports. Not only did they allow us to start our race early on Saturday, they had phenomenal race track conditions. At 2:36 p.m. on Saturday, track temperature was 143*.

KDS Motorsports Race #9, #8, & #10 Results:

Just like we'd done at each CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association race in 2022, there was 2 raffles done Saturday morning with each winner receiving $200.00 of their entry fee back for only a $10 each chance. Monnie Morris & Howie Adams were the winners of those 2 raffles. Thanks to each racer for your participation in those this year as they seem to be a big hit! Greg Rowe, Mr. Dash for Cash at KDS Motorsports, was the winner of the Saturday Race #1 Warren Engines sponsored Dash for Cash in his Pontiac Firebird. Rowe received $100.00 & eligibility for the 1st round bye run for his 6.780 on 6.78 dial-in. 33 cars made the 1st round call for this race. Korey Alexander in his stick-shifted Chevrolet Camaro took the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. Mr. Mullet had a .045 RT, dialed 7.18 & ran dead on his dial with a 1 at 93.71 mph for the loss. Ray Bunton got himself 5 gallons of Renegade PRO 112+ racing fuel sponsored by Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants/Ford's Fuel and Propane for his 2nd Round Best Losing Package. Ray, in his Chevy Camaro, was dialed a 7.39, had a .037 RT, & ran a 7.410 @ 89.38 mph. Dewitt Pope was our lone semi-finalist as he lost to the event winner. Timothy Fletcher found himself in another CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association final round appearance at KDS Motorsports but this time he was up against Scott Tilley. Tilley had motor issues earlier in the season & this was his first race back with us. Unfortunately in the finals, Tilley was mathematically ineligible for the win when Fletcher laid down a .011 total package. Tim was dialed on his trusty 7.03 dial, had a .006 RT, & ran 7.035 at 91.08 mph. Scott was .033 on the tree, was dialed a 7.40, & broke up running 7.389 at 89.91 mph. Timothy also received the Auto Plus Service Center Paul Bunyan Award (Best Reaction Time) for his .002 in Round 2 of competition. John Lattimore lost a battery after pairings in the staging lanes down to 9 cars & was awarded the Hard Luck Award sponsored by McLawhorn Racing.

For the Sunday make-up from Farmington Dragway a few weeks ago, our racers continued to battle it out at KDS Motorsports for Race #2 of 2 for Saturday. Homer Carty had won the Warren Engines sponsored Dash for Cash on the regular scheduled Sunday race at Farmington Dragway on 07/17/22. Homer was the last car down the track & made it all worth it in the end. He had a .0176 RT, dialed a 6.22, & went dead on 6.2206 at 110.62 mph & pick up a crisp $100 & 1st Round Bye eligibility. We lost 2 racers from our 1st race so we started first round with 31 cars. Timothy Fletcher had a bulleye on his back from his win earlier & came up short for race #1 round 1. He didn't leave empty handed from this race though as he was awarded the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He was once again dialed on a 7.03, had a .039 RT, & broke out running 7.020 at 91.45 mph. He said he would gladly take some of Eddie Jr. money smiling for the picture! Dewitt Pope, 1st race semi-finalist, lost in Round #2 of the 2nd race. He was awarded 5 gallons of Renegade PRO 112+ racing fuel sponsored by Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants/Ford's Fuel and Propane for the 2nd Round Best Losing Package. Pope was dialed a 7.23, had a .028 RT, & ran a 7.257 at 92.69 mph for the dreaded "L". He also was smiling for the picture as he said he needed fuel to race on Sunday. We had a very unique finals & semi-finals for Race #2 of Saturday. Once all 4 cars we in the staging lanes, I noticed something that you don't always see in the later rounds so I had to get a little noisy with those 4. As you see a shirt line called "Old Guys Rule", this was the case for this race. We had a 62, 63, 72, & 73 year old racer as our final 4. Ray Bunton, 62 y/o went up against Doug Hobgood, 72 y/o in the first semi. Both drivers were .047 red but Ray was the first driver to turn on the dreaded red bulb so that carried Mr. Doug Hobgood to his first CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association finals of the year. In the next pairings, it was 63 y/o Doyle Evans, picking the wrong time to take a nap on the starting line against 73 y/o Mike Moller finding himself in his 3rd CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association final round appearance of the 2022 season. Mike Moller left a tick too early in the finals with his .002 red RT handing the win over to Mr. Doug Hobgood. Doug was somewhat of a sitting duck in the finals as his air bottle was empty but all of that didn't matter once Moller left early. To add a little fuel to the fire, Mike went a 8.595 on his 8.59 dial while Hobgood saw his red bulb & had a .253 RT and ran a 7.656 at 75.45 mph on his 5.99 dial. If only we had our ET slips before the round, we could win every day. As Mr. Doug said, he had lots of luck on his side today! Mike Moller also was the winner of the Auto Plus Service Center Paul Bunyan Award for his .001 RT in Round 2 of eliminations.