PBM/Erson-Drake Coatings Points Race #10- 7-21-07Tom Talmon Takes Classic Gear Jammer Win, Fire Child David Dean Lights 'em Up in TOP, Jason Phillips Spins His Web in Foot Brake, Corey Leazer Goes to #1 in Junior Dragster and Chase King Scores First Real Street Win

A large crowd was on hand this past Saturday night, July 21^st at Mooresville Dragway to welcome back the Classic Gear Jammers. It had been over eight years since the high whining, wheel standing; stick shift cars had run at the 1/8^th mile Rowan County facility. Taking the Gear Jamming Main event win was veteran Tom Talmon of Lexington, NC driving his 1955 Chevrolet. Talmon blasted a winning 6.15 ET at 108 MPH to defeat Tim Jones from Rural Hall, NC in his 1970 Chevrolet Nova. 7 time IHRA World Champion Mike Boyles of King, NC and Adam Hull of Mount Airy, NC placed in the semi-finals. Long time gear jamming ace Jessie Pittman of Midland, NC drove his “Kansas Twister” 1964 ½ Ford Mustang to the Second Chance Gear Jammer win. Pittman ran a 6.66 ET at 97 MPH to stop Brett Keesee of Elgin, SC in his 1978 Chevrolet Monza. Keith Steelman of Cleveland, NC placed thirdSeventeen year old David Dean of Waxhaw, NC scored his first Doug Herbert TOP Eliminator win defeating Rick Mann of Trinity, NC. Dean driving his “Fire Child” Chevy powered Dragster ran a 4.79 ET at 137 MPH to stop the 1968 Race Tech built Camaro Roadster of Mann. Jerry Tomlinson of Connelly Springs, NC was the lone semi-finalist. Billy Varner, Jr. of Stanley, NC leads the PBM/Erson Race Series after ten events in TOP Eliminator division.

  Jason Phillips of East Bend, NC scored his second “Dirty MO” win of the year defeating Matthew Hager of Concord, NC. Phillips driving his “Black Widow” 1990 Chevrolet Camaro had won earlier this year at Mooresville’s Div.9 IHRA Pro Am race in the Hot Rod division. This marked the first time this year that he won in the Foot Brake division at Mooresville. He ran a 6.23 ET at 104 MPH to stop the 8.09 ET at 82 MPH run of Hager and his 1973 Chevrolet Nova. Reigning Foot Brake champion Paul Shell, Jr. finished a strong third in his 1966 Chevrolet Nova. Tim Byrd of Lexington, NC continues to lead the Foot Brake standings in the PBM Performance/ Erson Cams series at Mooresville.   Former track champion Corey Leazer of Mooresville, NC picked up his first Drake Coating Junior Dragster win of the season and took over the number one spot in the standings. Leazer, a third generation racer in his “Shut Up & Race Motorsports” Dragster defeated Samantha Sweet of Mooresville, NC, who was making her second straight Junior Dragster finals at the “Dirty MO”. Leazer ran a 7.94 ET at 79 MPH to hold off Sweet’s 8.08 ET at 78 MPH run. Taylor Davis of Thomasville, NC was the lone semi-finalist. Former Junior Dragster standout Chase King of Kannapolis, NC picked up his first Real Street win for “street legal cars” Saturday driving Dale Green’s 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. King ran a 9.63 ET at 65 MPH to stop the 10.53 ET at 66 MPH of Misty Reid of Troutman, NC in a Buick. Multi-time Real Street winner Bill Crane of Morganton, NC and Robert Ellison of Sophia, NC pl