The Annual Mason-Dixon S/SS Fall Classic Oct 31-Nov 1

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by mcashman

Looked like really good turnout today. Did i hear that we will be 1/8mile Sunday ?

S/SS will be quarter-mile; bracket classes will be eighth-mile.

We had forty-six cars on property today; forty-two raced. Michael Wood N/SS was the winner over Dan Fahey F/PS. Semi was Augustus Adkins SS/B; 1/4-finals were Matt Butter G/SA, Brad Huntzberry GT/DA and Steve Klacik H/PS. More are expected tomorrow,

[Dan Lattimore]

Mike ----- Thanks for all your hard work and I'll miss the Bull shift session at Dinner this year but I won't miss getting my toes smashed by all the ( walkers ) in the room .I'm working on a boat on the left coast this week and can't make it . Son John and Jeff Gardiner will be there to fill in. Have a great race and thanks again. :-)

[Mike Carr]

Great day today at Hagerstown for the final day of The Mason-Dixon S/SS Fall Classic. Fifty-eight cars were here today, all raced. When all was done, Keith Bowman wheeled his N/SS '67 Dodge to the win, defeating defending event winner Kyle Huntzberry's SS/JA '69 Camaro. Semifinals were Roger Reese and Dan Henderson. Quarterfinalists were Aris Asdourian, Steve Klacik, Herbie Null and Glen Myers. A huge thank you to all who came out this weekend; we had a total of sixty-four cars for the weekend, and paid a total of $3,350 to win, without money splits. Thank you to all, and we hope to see you all next year at our Tri-State Stock/Super Stock Association events !

[Mike Carr]

And a HUGE thank you to Ronnie Dicks, who came to support us and watched, and was a huge help pairing cars the first few rounds. Thank you, Ronnie !

And it was great to see everyone this weekend and talk to you all; albeit briefly at times.

[Lee Valentine]

A big thank you to Mason Dixon and Mike Carr and family for a great race. Awesome little track, great staff.Was worth the drive.

[kjclark887]

Congratulations to the two best appearing car winners this weekend.


Larry Mohar SS/JA 69 Chevy Camaro (Saturday's Race)


Dan Henderson B/SA Dodge Polara (Sunday's Race)


Good to see the Ewing Bros. out! Gary was last year's Best Appearing winner.

[Mike Bassin]

A big thanks to all that participated in our 2 day Stock / S/S event. Mike Carr and his mom and dad did a great job of organizing and running the event, very nice turnout. Great driving by all. I can tell you that all our staff look forward to the class cars coming to our track every November. It was also nice talking with the many racers I don't get to see very often, Michael Beard, Lee Valentine, Vic Guilmino and others to name a few. It's amazing how long some of you have been racing class cars, many since way before the brackets came into being. A couple of you I sent down the track over 50 years ago, were did the time go?? Again, have a great off season and hope to see you all again next year!

[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 !

[Terry Knott]

Thanks again to Mike and his family for taking the time to put this all together. We really enjoyed having you guys over on Friday for drinks and some good conversation.
The NHRA gang can bitch and moan all they want...,we'll just continue to come to your races for great fun and great payouts all in a two day span.
Thanks again, we look forward to doing it again next year.
Terry n Barbara

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Terry Knott

Thanks again to Mike and his family for taking the time to put this all together. We really enjoyed having you guys over on Friday for drinks and some good conversation.
The NHRA gang can bitch and moan all they want...,we'll just continue to come to your races for great fun and great payouts all in a two day span.
Thanks again, we look forward to doing it again next year.
Terry n Barbara

Amen to that! I'm shifting my focus from NHRA to the Tri-State S/SS and Buckeye S/SS Series and big money bracket racing next year. NHRA's arbitrary and unreasonable rules have gone too far, and the local series provide a better value.