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Next Race Saturday, September 8th

Record 24 Race Tech Mad Dawgs in the House July 28th...................Rain STAYS AWAY !!!!!!!

Houston Dial Defeats David Lambert for First Race Tech Mad Dawg Win; Gun Slinger Andy Beal Scores First Heads-up Victory Over Jamie Chappell. Rick Whaley Scores Bad 16 Door Win, Chris Warren Takes TOP Door win and Young Gun Jonathan Gibbs Picks up First Foot Brake Win in the 1st annual DOOR Carpalooza

The Race Tech Race Cars Mad Dawgs and “ALL DOORCARpalooza” headline the action this past Saturday night at Mooresville Dragway. A large crowd was on hand to witness Houston Dial from Rowland, NC defeat local favorite David Lambert of Kannapolis, NC for the Race Tech Mad Dawg victory. Dial driving the #1 Stunna Chevrolet Cavalier ran a 4.26 ET at 163.83 MPH to stop the “Junkyard Dog” Lambert in his Chevrolet Camaro. Lambert set LOW ET of the met with a 4.20 ET 171 MPH charged past Chad Tilley of Lexington, NC in the semi-final round. Dial defeated two time Race Tech Mad Dawg winner Rocky Raynor of Greensboro, NC in the other semi-final round match up. There was a record twenty four cars attempting to qualify for the elite quickest eight Mad Dawg positions. In the special second Quickest 8 race (for non qualifiers) Andy Beal of Thomasville, NC picked up his first ever heads-up Quick 8 victory. The “Gun Slinger” Beal, driving his Chevrolet Camaro ran a 4.38 ET at 162.31 MPH to defeat Jamie Chappell of Boonville, NC for the 2^nd 8 Mad Dawg win. James Bunton of Statesville, NC in a Chevrolet Corvette and Ron Whitlock of Mocksville, NC in a Pontiac Firebird finished in the semi-finals.

In the all door car racing action, Rick Whaley of Reidsville, NC captured the Bad 16 Doors win over Chris Warren from Concord, NC. Whaley, who was also the number one qualifier, drove his Chevrolet Camaro to a 4.94 ET at 132 MPH clocking to defeat Chris Warren Dodge Daytona’s 5.22 ET at 130 time. Hollis Reid of Charlotte, NC and Dale Green of Mooresville, NC finished third and fourth. Warren, driving his Pitts Repair Service Dodge, also made it to the TOP Doors finals, were he defeated Todd Wike of Winston-Salem, NC. The former track champion Warren ran a 5.24 ET at 132 MPH to stop the Chevrolet Nova of Wike. Todd Comer of New London, NC was the lone semi-finalist in his Ford Ranger Truck. Third generation drag racer Jonathan Gibbs of Mooresville, NC picked up his first career Foot Brake division win knocking off current PBM Performance/Erson Cams Foot Brake point’s leader Tim Byrd. Gibbs, driving his Gibbs Race cars & Parts Chevrolet Nova ran a 7.22 ET at 93 MPH to defeat Byrd of Lexington, NC in his Chevrolet Monza. Shannon Waycaster of Kings Mtn.,NC was the lone Foot Brake semi-finalist. Photo's by Gene Hobbs Pro Photo Production