CCRA Racer Spotlight

[Tabitha Draughon]

CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association Racer Spotlight:

Let's travel to Blacksburg, VA this week & introduce everyone to Darrion Houston, an up & coming new drag racer to CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association in 2023. He is 25 years old & has only been racing for 1 year & let me just say, he's eat up with it 😉! His car is a 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 powered by a SBC 355/Pontiac headed 867 built by Bill Emerson of Bland, VA & his transmission of choice is a Jerico 4-speed. You might notice this car as it's been around for awhile & was previously owned by Steve McCreary of Cana, VA. Darrion list his sponsors as himself, Melton Motorsports of Mt. Airy, NC, & Houston Towing of Wytheville, VA. He would like to give "Special Thanks" to his mom & dad, his cousin Mr. George Houston for inspiring him to start racing & also starting with a stick, Brad Smith, Jake Melton, & Steve & Chad McCreary. Being that Darrion has only been racing a year now, he hasn't gotten his first win but he has went multiple rounds in various races which he should consider a small victory in such a short period of time. When he was asked about his accomplishments in racing so far, he says being able to successfully get a Super Stock Stick car down the track as there is a lot going on in the car. He says "some people cant' do it & that's why they drive automatics 😁". He got very lucky when he talks about his most epic fail in racing this year. He was at Motor Mile Dragway & after his burnout, he got way out of the groove & decided not to abort the run. His funny story from 2022 came at the Clemmons Concrete Stick Shift Nationals when he saw Jon Bowman's daughter buy a life size Barney Fife cut out from Homer Carty (he says it's a long story). We'll have to get Darrion to share this story when we see him at the track. Darrion has primarily focused on testing & Classic Gear Jammers races in 2022 but he is planning to race with CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association, Classic Gear Jammers, & NHRA Southeast Division 2 in 2023.

Darrion is a nice young man to be around & enjoys meeting all his fellow racers. He is a hands on kind of guy & is always willing to listen & learn anything new in drag racing. I look forward to seeing him improve each trip down the 1/8 mile. Darrion, CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association will welcome you to our races in 2023.

CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association still has about 6 weeks off before our finale race of the season at Coastal Plains Raceway Park Dragway but we wish our racers nothing but success in any races they attend during this time. Some of the upcoming races are NHRA Southeast Division 2 final race at Orlando Speed World Dragway, the Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway, & the Stock/SS Combo race at GALOT Motorsports Park. See y'all at the track soon!

BTW, hope everyone stays safe this week from Hurricane Ian & if anyone needs anything, please don't hesitate to let us know.