[Tabitha Draughon]

After some rest from the heat of Sunday, our racers were ready to do battle once again on Sunday. It's been awhile since we've completed a race on Sunday so everyone was itching to get it in the books. We started the day off wishing Tim & Sheila Sloan a Happy 46th Anniversary! Greg Rowe was once again the Warren Engines sponsored Dash for Cash winner. Y'all should be seeing a pattern by now! He had a .021 RT, dialed a 6.78 & ran a 6.782 at 98.46 mph. Dan Fletcher was up very early (6:45ish a.m.) on Sunday morning replacing the transmission in his ATI Performance Products sponsored Chevrolet Camaro so he could make it back for Sunday's action. He actually talked Saturday evening about kicking son, Timothy, out of his ATI Performance Products sponsored Chevrolet Camaro that he drove to high school to be able to compete on Sunday. We had 32 cars make the first round call. Tim Sloan didn't get the win on his anniversary but he did get a little cash to give to Sheila as he won the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He was .002 on the tree, then broke out running a 6.074 at 112.72 mph on his 6.08 dial. Timothy Fletcher got the Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants/Ford's Fuel and Propane sponsored 2nd Round Best Losing Package & receiving 5 gallons of Renegade PRO 112+ racing fuel. Tim dialed a 7.02 dial, was .002 on the tree (as well as his opponent Lee Truell), and broke out running 7.001 at 93.12 mph. Once Dan found out both were .002 on the tree, he told Timothy, "damn you really suck" 😂. Brent Pozzi staged up against Lee Truell in the first semi-finals. Lee throwed down a .003 total package against Brent ending his hopes of reaching the finals. Brent was .043, dialed 6.72, and ran 6.705 at 97.27 mph. In the second semi's, Steve Lucas left .020 too early handing the win over to Homer Carty. Homer was ready for battle though as he laid down a .007 total package. We all knew the finals were going to end up good because both Truell & Carty have been struggling this season & both were due for a victory. Crayden Waters & Tabitha had been discussing it all day in the tower. Lee had been deadly on the tree all 4 rounds prior to the finals but chose the wrong time to be late on the tree against Homer. Homer finally got the monkey off his back & found himself back in the Winner's Circle. Homer had a .017 RT, dialed a 6.06, and ran a 6.106 at 108.64 mph for the win. Lee on the other hand was .109 on the tree, dialed a 6.16, and ran a 6.138 at 111.33 mph. Homer had the comment in the lanes after his win that he was beginning to think it wasn't ever going to happen again. Steve Lucas won the Paul Bunyan Award sponsored by Auto Plus Service Center for his .001 RT during 3rd round eliminations. Hillarey Sloan Marshall was the recipient of The Hard Luck Award sponsored by McLawhorn Racing as her 24 year old transmission finally let go turning off the end of the track after her 2nd round win & she wasn't able to make the 3rd round call.

CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association is off until November & that will be our remaining 2 events for the 2022 season. In the off time, we hope to see our racers competing at the upcoming NHRA Southeast Division 2 race at GALOT Motorsports Park, NHRA national events at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Maple Grove Raceway, & zMAX DRAGWAY, as well as the NHRA Northeast Division race at Virginia Motorsports Park.