May 24th- IHRA Iron Man Classic and Gaston Used Auto Parts  & Recycling  Center Series Race Wins Goes To Smith, Thompson, Dillon and Owens

 Joe Smith, Joe Thompson and Dillon Winkler all picked IHRA Iron Men at the Dirty MO in the Drag Review Magazine “IRON MAN” Classic Race Saturday night.

Joe Smith of Matthews, NC drove his ’62 Chevrolet to a first Mooresville Gaston Used Auto Part TOP Eliminator win over Dale Green of Mooresville, NC in his ’72 Chevrolet Vega. Green was red in the finals by -.005 to Smith’s .008 “green” light start. Smith turned the 1/8^th in 5.51 seconds at 126 MPH to pick up the IHRA Iron Man win over the C.D. Trucking Vega.  Billy Ray Varner III of Stanley, NC and the “legend” Larry Lee of Huntersville, NC was semi-finalist.

 Veteran Foot Braker Joe Thompson of Mooresville, NC got the big “Iron Man” win by defeating Ray Crane of Morganton, NC in his Buick Skylark. Thompson drove his ’68 Plymouth Barracuda to a 6.15 ET at 107 MPH win over Crane’s 7.39 ET at 90 MPH effort. Thompson, a 2006 IHRA Bracket Finals Modified ET (Foot Brake) runner-up finally got the IHRA Iron Man he deserved with this Gaston Used Auto Parts Foot Brake win.  Allen Watson of Mt. Holly, NC and Chris Yates of China Grove, NC was semi-finalist.  The “Ice Man” Dillon Winkler from China Grove, NC picked up another IHRA Iron Man to his collection in dragstripbrats.com Junior Dragster racing. Winkler, the reigning “Iron Man” winner from last year defeated Mitch Weddington of Concord, NC in his “On the Prowl” entry. Ricky Fesperman of Salisbury, NC was the lone semi-finalist.

 Jonathan Owens of China Grove, NC drove his ’70 Chevrolet to the Ace High Performance Real Street win over Anthony Farmer from Stanfield, NC in his 2002 Ford.

Thanks to Lori B. for the winner circle Photo's