Welcome on Board Transmission Specialties and K&R "Pro Cube"

 Mooresville Dragway would like to welcome on board two new supporters Transmission Specialties and K & R Performance Engineering. Transmission Specialties has over 30 years of hard work and dedication to excellence. They have became on the premiere manufacturers of high performance automatic transmissions, torque converters and related parts. Call 610-485-9110 or go to www.transmission-specialties.com for more information. For 2007 they have posted a $800.00 Gift Certificate to be given away to the third place TOP Eliminator finisher in the PBM/Erson Race Series at Mooresville.

We would also like to welcome K & R Performance Engineering of Cleveland, TN to Mooresville Dragway list of supporters. K & R opened in 1992  with a new technologically advanced series of delay boxes that would revolutionize drag racing electronics. As racers and engineers, we saw a need for a more sophisticated delay box. One box that could do multiple tasks; be easily set even while wearing gloves; have large “backlit” displays that could be easily read (day or night); having the ability to take two “hits” at the tree; having a safety transbrake lockout feature; and even incorporating a built-in timer that could be used for throttle stop control, nitrous, etc. It was a success, and accomplished in one devise, without the need to connect a multitude of “boxes”. Since its early debut, K&R has continued to develop and add many more beneficial features while also being able to package the unit much smaller; hence the development of the PRO-CUBE. K&R is proud to hold the U.S. Patents 5,839,419 and 5,855,196 for the Pro-Stage starting line control system, which is incorporated into every PRO-CUBE delay box.
Over the years K&R has added other quality products that compliment the serious racers’ needs. K&R is committed to maintaining high standards and quality control by designing, manufacturing and testing all it’s products in house along with carrying other top quality products. So confident in all our electronic components, we have backed them with a full 2-year warranty. You can go to www.krperformance.com or call 423-614-7778 for more information.

Race Tech Race Cars to Sponsor Mooresville Mad Dawgs in 2007

 For over sixteen years, Race Tech has manufactured award-winning, high performance race cars and racing components for racer's across the country. Long known for their building of long cars, Race Tech  has been steadily increasing there construction of "Door Cars". In 2006 Russ Farmer owner of Race Tech Race Cars debut his latest "Door Slammer" creation a new 1968 Chevrolet Camaro with the "Carolina Kid" Travis Harvey behind the controls. "Where excited to have Race Tech Race Cars as the Mad Dawg series sponsor," said Mark Joyce. This should be a great year for the all automatic heads-up Quick 8 series. Last year the Mad Dawgs had two rain outs that set the class back. The only race in the books was the September 23rd race. Perfect weather greet the racers as Greensboro, NC's Rocky Raynor "We Fly Together" Corvette defeated Chad Tilley driving David Lambert's Camaro. The Dawgs got off to a wet start last year and hopefully they'll see dryer times this year at the five scheduled events. The actions gets off "da chain" Saturday Night, MAY 12th, for the first Outlaw Quick 8 Race Tech Race Cars "Mad Dawgs". Other races include: June 30th, July 28th (Door Carpalooza), September 8th and October 6th.

the GRUDGE matches on Friday.........starts May 11th

The Friday night before each Race Tech Mad Dawg event there will be the "GRUDGE" match. They will feature special arranged "GRUDGE" matches among some of the locals vs. out of town racers. Chris Cline of Mooresville, NC will headline the first "GRUDGE" match on Friday, May 11th. He'll have the notorious small block Corvette up against some bad competition. There will also be a open Test-N-Tune for all Race Tech Mad Dawgs, PBM/Erson Series and street cars.

ShootOut Races for TOP Eliminator, Foot Brake and Junior Dragster

"You don't know what this means to have such a great prize for our TOP Eliminator "TOP 16" points finishers to race off for, said Mike Westmoreland" "This just reinforces our commitment to the Mooresville weekly racers". Race Tech Race Cars have been building award winning Dragsters for over fifteen years. Matter of fact, our own TOP Eliminator champion Charlie Doss and Summit/Pro Drag Series champion Chuck Martin won with Race Tech Race Cars this past year at Mooresville. The "slip joint" Dragster has a value of $9,000.00 and it will go to the TOP Eliminator 16 Shootout champion. The Shootout race will be contested on Saturday, October 13th. All TOP qualifiers will receive a T-Shirt and Decal.

  Right now plans are to also have a  shoot out race for Mooresville's TOP 16 finishing Foot Brakers. "Where looking right now to find a sponsor to help us reward the Foot Brakers that work all year to make it into the top sixteen of there class, said Mike".  Hopefully by the first PBM/Erson points race we'll have idea what Foot Brake will be racing for on Saturday, November 3rd. This shoot out race that day will be in conjunction with our 1st annual "Race City" Foot Brake Nationals. Stay tune for more details.

MJ Printing Junior Dragster "TOP 8" Showdown Back for '07

  MJ Printing and Graphics of Kernersville, NC will return as the sponsor of the Drake Coatings Junior Dragster "TOP 8" Showdown race. The top eight Junior Dragster points finishers will race off for a posted cash purse of $500.00 on Saturday, October 13th. Last year our Bracket Finals Champion Corey Leazer took home the honors defeating Justin Edmonds in the first TOP 8 Showdown race. " These Juniors are our future drag racers and I'm glad to support these kids that worked so hard to make it into that elite top eight of the Drake Coating points, said Mark Joyce.

Drake Coatings Returns As Junior Dragster Series Sponsor For 2007

 Drake Coatings Inc. of Monroe, NC will once again be the title right sponsor of the weekly Junior Dragster program for 2007 at Mooresville Dragway. "Where extremely glad to have Tom Drake and his family back as the official sponsors of the Junior Dragster division," said Mark Joyce. Last year was a unbelievable year for the Junior division with all the different winner's and new participant's to the series. Wendell Bowie II of Statesville, NC captured this year's Drake Coatings Junior Dragster championship. He and the other "2006 Top 10" points finishers will receive there cash and awards Saturday Night, February 10th. The first Drake Coatings Junior Dragster Points Race will be held Saturday night, April 7th.

Drake Coatings, is a custom powder coating shop, located outside of Charlotte, NC at  2627-A Executive Point Dr. in Monroe, NC.  DCI's goal is provide the customer with a superior powder coating service. DCI also offers in house media blasting. They can handle up to 19' long in house. The Drake's also campaign several drag cars. Tom drives the  unique 1938 Simca "Turbocharged" Slant 6 and dad Dreighton has ran his Dodge Valiant several at Mooresville.

 You can go to www.drakecoatings.com for more information about the unbeatable powder coat protection Drake Coatings can do for you! Or give them a call at 704-289-7200          "Give the folks that support Mooresville Racing your SUPPORT !"

Mooresville Dragway Withdraws From Carolina Coalition; New Mooresville Series “Carolina’s Cup” To Debut in 2007!

 For the upcoming 2007 season Mooresville Dragway will not be apart of the Carolina Coalition. This past year marked the fifth season for the four track series that has seen two races in “Race City” each of those years. Tommy Plott (TOP), Steve Alford (Foot Brake) and Dylan Stott (Junior Dragster) were crowned the series champions this past Saturday night in Sophia, NC at the “CC” banquet.

“This was a tough decision for me and Mike to make. Remember I was at Farmington when the Carolina Coalition was started some five years ago”, said Mark Joyce.  When this series first started it had a lot of hype behind it and was very success for all. In the last few years it has lacked the luster it first had and we feel at this time that Mooresville needs to go in a different direction. Mike and I wish the other tracks the best, as they have great operators and racers alike.” Said Mark.

Former Rockingham Track Champion Mike Westmoreland said, “We’ll still try to work together with these tracks, as one thing that was learned, is a line of communication among tracks works better for all concerned. I think the world of Steve Earwood (Rockingham) and Alvin Dilldine (Piedmont); I’ve raced at these guys’ tracks

countless times. We’ll just do our own series called the “Carolina’s Cup” that will consist of two day races hopefully with four race weekend’s this year”. That’s to go along with two new “ BIG Money Foot Brake races, the “Labor Day weekend” Poor Boys & Gals Nationals and the Thanksgiving Leftover Nationals schedule for this year at Mooresville. This will make for lots of BIG MONEY up for grabs in “Race City USA” for 2007.

Full details on the Carolina’s Cup will be announced at the upcoming Drag Racing Expo in Greensboro, NC January 26-27. Also, keep posted to mooresvilledragway.com for the latest news.

Bill's Transmission Shop To Sponsor Racing Transmission

Drawing For Perfect Attendance at Moorevsille in  2006

 Thanks, to "Big" Bill Varner and Billy, Jr. for putting up a powerglide transmission this year to be drawn at the Mooresville Dragway Banquet. All racers that attended all 15 points races in TOP Eliminator and Foot Brake will be put in a hat and the lucky person drawn out will get the new racing transmission from BILL's Transmission Shop in Charlotte, NC. at 704-391-1635   THANKS again !

Top Eliminator Racers Include: Charlie Doss, Robert Warlick, Dan Whisnant, Jerry Smith, Ricky Caldwell, Rick Henry, Doug McGraw, Steven Whisnant and Gail Whisnant. FootBrake Include: Paul Shell, Jr., Joe Thompson, James Lockhart, Jeff Flood, Jamie Southards, David Beam, Jon Reid and Scott Yates.

Doug McCraw Takes the Holder High Performamce TOP Weekend Points; Aaron Brock and Gary Cline Tied for Foot Brake; Tesz Powell Claims Junior Dragster

 In the special weekend points for the racer that goes the most rounds, but doesn't go to a finals was won by Doug McCraw (TOP), Aaron Brock and Gary Cline (FB) and Tesz Powell (JR). McCraw a long time racer at Mooresville Dragway took his "Cooterback" Monza a strong semi-final finish on Saturday and a sixth round loss on Sunday. He collect a cool $1,000.00 cash from Holder High Performance for his twelve rounds won.  Aaron Brock from Pageland, SC was a consistent round winner in Foot Brake with two fifth round losses in his '85 Chevy S-10 Truck. He tied Gary Cline of Statesville, NC for the Foot Brake weekend points. Cline scored a big semi-final finish on Saturday and went out in round five on Sunday.  Morganton, NC's Tesz Powell captured the Junior Dragster points scoring semi-final finishes on Friday and Sunday.

 First Champions Crowned for 2006 at Mooresville 

Four Race PRO DRAG SERIES a Final !

 Chuck Martin Captures TOP Eliminator, Paul Shell, Jr. Dominates Foot Brake and Wendell Bowie II Junior Champion Again

  Probably the most misunderstood little series was a big hit this year. The four race (April, May, June & July) PRO Drag Series was a series within a series on Saturday night of these BIG MONEY race dates. There was a separate points just for these races and the first Mooresville Dragway champions of the year are; TOP Eliminator- Chuck Martin, Foot Brake-  Paul Shell, Jr and Junior Dragster - Wendell Bowie II.

 Martin, a former Mooresville TOP Eliminator champion, had to come from behind to take this year's bonus title. He won the May event and made five rounds at the last race to beat out "00" Charlie Doss and June's winner Tony Meltvedt.

  What can you say Paul Shell, Jr of Lexington, NC did what he had to do in Foot Brake, WIN !  He and Joe Thompson had a tight race going, and April's event winner Shell backed it up with a big win July 29th. The Nova racer finished six points ahead of David Spaugh ( the man of many cars) and Mopar ace Joe Thompson. This made Paul's first Mooresville Dragway championship and he currently leads the mooresvilledragway.com Weekly Race Series in Foot Brake.

  Going into the final Pro Drag weekend Wendell Bowie and Ashley Strickland were tied in the Drake Coatings Junior Dragster division. A semi-final finish for Bowie and a big win back in May help the defending weekly Junior champion take his second Mooresville title. The East Coast Performance entry beat out a consistent Strickland by one point for the bonus Pro Drag title. Bowie, also leads the weekly mooresvilledragway.com Race Series in Drake Coating Junior Dragster.

 The three class champions will receive a Gold card for 2007, a automatic spot on Team Mooresville Dragway, trophy and jacket. 

 THANKS to all RACERS that support the Friday-Saturday Night PRO Drag Series in 2006.

                       TOP "5" FINAL Class Point Standings (after 7/29/06)

   TOP Eliminator             Foot Brake                Junior Dragster

1- Chuck Martin        29     1- Paul Shell, Jr.   30       1- Wendell Bowie II     26

2- Charlie Doss         28     2- David Spaugh    24       2- Ashley Strickland   25

Tie Tony Meltvadt      28    Tie Joe Thompson  24        3- Dillon Winkler        23

4- Doug Leazer         25     4- Jamie Soutard   23       4- Brittany Sprinkles   18

5- Travis Varner         24     5- 4 drivers tied     22       Tie Jesse Warren       18

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  Charlie Doss, Paul Shell, Jr. and Wendell Bowie Claim 2006 mooresvilledragway.com Race Series Championships

  Veteran "00" Charlie Doss of Statesville, NC claimed his THIRD Mooresville Dragway Doug Herbert Performance TOP Eliminator championship beating out some top notch competition. This reporter thought he hadn't ever won Roadster. BUT now ONE in his Race Tech Dragster. Can you spell consistency, that would be Charlie Doss, even though he did win a race he made rounds and that's what paid off Doss. "Mr. Nice Guy" beat out Pro Drag/MD Summit Super Series champion Chuck Martin of Connelly Springs, NC by seven points. Former MD champion Robert Warlick of China Grove, NC gave it a shot, but came up tied for third with Dan "the Man" Whisnant of Caser, NC. Both "Door Car" drivers posted wins this year, but couldn't over come Doss at the end. Summit Super Series champion Tommy Plott finished fifth with his TSR Dragster. Early points leader C.Jerry Smith of Troy, NC finished sixth, tied with a strong Summit Super Series challenger Stuart Smith and Family. Mopar "door man" Chris Warren of Concord, NC came home tied for eighth with Roaster Man Tony Meltvedt of Concord, NC. Rounding out the TOP "top 10" was the yellow flash Camaro of Lonnie Plyer from Statesville, NC and "Young Gun" Travis Varner from Stanley, NC in tied for tenth.

  People may have not known who Paul Shell, Jr was when the 2006 Points season started at Mooresville, but they know now. He took his "famed" '66 Chevrolet Nova to two wins and one runner-up finish reroute to his first ever Foot Brake championship at Mooresville Dragway. The driver out of Lexington, NC beat out former Mooresville champion Chris  Plott of Winston-Salem, NC by one point. "Cougar Daddy" did all he could do at the end, but came up one point short to Shell. "King Coug's finished five points ahead of arch rival David Spaugh from Advance, NC. Spaugh, who drove Tony Own's Mustang to a win on September 9th, also finished third in the Summit Super "No Box" at Mooresville. Early Foot Brake points leader Joe Thompson of Mooresville, NC finished tied with two time racer winner James Lockhart of Charlotte, NC for fourth. Last year's champion Jeff Flood of Advance, NC came in sixth with his "Vegazilla". On the charge Kelly Stevens of Hickory, NC came in a strong seventh in the final MD Foot Brake point standings. Even though he missed the last two races, veteran Robert Hamrick finished eighth in his Dodge. "Mopar Gal" Jamie Southards made a strong showing. placing a strong ninth in the final standings. Statesville, NC 's Gary Cline made a late season charge to take the tenth spot in his Chevrolet Camaro.

  Whether this was the 2005/2006 Drake Coatings Junior Dragster champions last race, Wendell Bowie lII of Statesville, NC showed why he is the champion. Coming into the last MD points race Bowie had heat from former "CC"/ Mooresville champion Corey Leazer. Theses two veteran KIDS (anyway) paired up first round, with Bowie getting the nod over Leazer. The clincher was the second round loss by Corey. Wendell would go on to score his second Drake Coatings win of the year over Ashley Strickland from Concord, NC. Either way will see these two again maybe in BIG CARS. Another Junior moving up to the BIG CARS Ashley Strickland would end up second, five points behind Bowie. Leazer  would end up tied with young gun Dillon Winkler of China Grove, NC for fourth. 

Statesville, NC's Justin Edmonds put in a late season charge to end up fifth in the final Drake Coating standings. "The Bad Kiddy" Larry Ratley from Thomasville, NC placed seventh. Tied for eighth was the Weddington Kids, Mitch and Kacey from Concord, NC and rounding out the Junior "Top 10" is Brittany Sprinkles, Kade Nichols & Tesz Powell.