.

Season Opening quick 8 outlaw Mad Dawg action at the “dawg house”

“the Yank” Chris Rini’s Takes Another Dawg race win this time over Carolina’s Todd Howard

  He did at Piedmont and now he’s done it again! Chris the “unstoppable” Rini from Carmel, NY drove his ATI Performance Products Dodge Stratus to his first career Mad Dawg win over the Jerry Williams Motorsports Ford Probe and hired gun Todd Howard of Mocksville, NC. Just doin it Dirty MO style! Of course, Rini marched to the finals by defeating engine builder Andy Beal of Thomasville, NC in round one in the Dogeli/Beal Camaro. Rini’s 4.23 ET in the semi’s stopped the Scott Duggins owned Par Racing Engines owned Pontiac GXP in a slip sliding away round two match up.

  Former Quick 8 Racers Assoc. and Volkswagen series champion Howard defeated number four qualifier “Happy” Gilmer Hinshaw of Burlington, NC in his Senorial Construction Chevy Colbalt. A low ET from round one of a  4.21 by Howard in the Williams Family Ford lead him lead into good side by match up of “Bounty” award winner Douglas. “Big T” lead from the start going another 4.20 ET to stop the 4.25 ET of the “wheeler dealer” Douglas in his ASM Chevy. The two most conservative teams made it down the track and their first ever Mad Dawg finals; ATI/Rini and Williams/Howard. It was Buck power VS. Fulton power, Scott Cozzali VS. Bryan & Jonathan Williams and finally its was a Dodge VS. Ford Dirty Mo finals. Howard got the jump off the start but the Probe got moving left and TH had to back pedal to a 4.57 ET at 144 MPH runner-up finish.  Chris Rini’s 4.32 ET at 148 MPH was no better, but he was bale to drive his way to the stripe and a first ever Carolina’s Mad Dawg win for the guys.

 A big Thanks to all the fans, crews and racers that came out to the Dirty Mo for the first of four quick 8 outlaw Mad Dawg races this year. Next quick outlaw Mad Dawg event is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend MAY 22^nd and 23^rd. Hope to see you back at the “dawg house” Mooresville Dragway.

Mad Dawg Consolation Race

The Lil’ Dawg 4 Win Goes to “Skinny” KID Mike Heath over Darrin “the Outlaw” Hoyle

 The smallest cube inch dawg in the house, the Oldsmobile of Rural Hall, NC’s Mark” Kid” Jones went to the “Dirty Mo” winner’s circle with “Skinny” Kid on board in Lil Dawg 4 action. The Kid team just missed qualifying for their first Mad Dawg race by .007’s of a second with a #9 position of 4.266 ET. In round one young gun Heath ran a 4.25 ET to get by a 4.26 ET of Charlotte, NC’s Robbie and Gene Keziah’s Corvette. Former Outlaw champion Darrin Hoyle from Taylorsville defeated Bristol, VA’s Brian Shrader’s Corvette in the other Lil Dawg 4 match up. This set up the heads-up veteran Hoyle Fulton powered Camaro against the Buck Racing Engines OLDS of the Kids. “the Outlaw” got the jump, but got out of shape and lifted to let Heath motor by to a 4.26 ET win.

Qualifying Order for the MAD DAWGS at Mooresville Dragway 4.11.09

No.      Driver                                      Make of Dawg            TIME   MPH

* 1        Jason HARRIS                      Pontiac GTO             4.123   176.90

 2         Chris RINI                              Dodge Stratus             4.148

 3         David LAMBERT                     Chevrolet Cavalier        4.177

 4         Gilmer HINSHAW                   Chevrolet Colbalt         4.185

 5         Todd HOWARD                      Ford Probe                  4.203

 6         Brian NEAL                            Pontiac GXP               4.218

 7         Andy BEAL                            Chevrolet Camaro       4.239

+ 8       Joel DOUGLAS                      Chevrolet Cavalier        4.259

 9         Mike HEATH                         Oldsmobile                  4.266

10        Darrin HOYLE                        Chevrolet Camaro        4.271

11        Rocky RAYNOR                    Chevrolet Corvette        4.274

12        Robbie KEZIAH                      Chevrolet Corvette        4.326

13        Brian SHRADER                    Chevrolet Corvette        4.430

14        Jamie CHAPPELL                  Pontiac Grand Am      4.673

15        Sambo PRICE                       Chevrolet Camaro        4.969

16        Rick SMITH                           Chevrolet Corvette         N/T   

*“Dawg Shootout”

(No1 & No 2 Qualifiers square off in final round of qualifying)

Jason Harris Leads the Souths Charge back to Number One over the North’s Chris Rini

 Jason Harris with his Albert Performance Racing Engines Pontiac lead the south in a charge back to the top, taking the “Dawg Shootout” win over Chris “the yank” Rini’s ATI Performance Dodge. Lil Daddy Harrs lead form the start and ran a new dawg record 4.123 ET to beat out opening Piedmont Dragway Big Dog winner Carmel, NY’s Rini. Harris of Pittsboro, NC a former Big Dawg winner collected $200.00 for the Shootout win and $100.00 for pole position.

+ “Dawg the Bounty Award”

(If the No8 man can knock off the No1 Dawg Qualifier in round 1)

Joel Douglas Collects the Bounty on Number One Qualifier Jason Harris

Former Dawg winner Joel Douglas just barely made it into the quick 8 Mad Dawg field with his 4.259. So, having to take on the number one man Jason Harris would be even a more tall order. In the battle of David and Goliath, No1 man Harris and No8 qualifier Douglas square off for round one. The red hot GTO Jason’s got out of shape quick as Douglas in the Steve Vance powered Anthony Sherrill owned Chevy motored to a 4.25 win. That upset win gave the Statesville, NC based “yellow streak” team of Joel and Ant the “Dawg the Bounty” award of $200.00.

Gaston Used Parts Points Race Series

 The Varner’s Rule Opening Gaston Points action in TOP Eliminator

  Mopar veteran racer Billy Ray Varner Jr of Stanley, NC took the tree for the opening Gaston Used Parts points race win by defeating son Billy Varner, III of Charlotte, NC in the all Varner/Mopar family “dirty mo style” TOP finals. Roger Plyer “on the back bumper” Plyer of Statesville, NC placed a strong semi-final finish in his Chevrolet Nova.

 Kelly Stevens Rolls to First Foot Brake Gaston Points Victory over “Old School” Tommy Lumley

2008 D-9 Modified ET world champion Kelly Stevens of Bostic, NC drove Eric Shoemakers Mooresville Auto/Black Oak Design Pontiac to the opening Gaston Used Parts points race Foot Brake win. Cool hand Stevens used a better reaction off the start to beat out the 1940 “Old School Outlaw” entry of Charlotte, NC’s Tommy Lumley. The Stevens/Shoemaker Pontiac ran a 6.91 ET at 88 MPH to better the 6.16 ET at 110 MPH of Lumley’s old school entry. Up an coming Foot Brake racer Ernie Humes III of Troutman, NC drove his deadly Demon to a semi-final finish.

Maria Kay Bowie Keeps East Coast Perf. Tradition Going, Taking Junior Dragster win over Mitchell Harkey

 Statesville, NC’s Maria Kay Bowie drove her East Coast Performance Dragster to the opening day Gaston Points race win over two time dirty mo Junior champion Mitchell Harkey of China Grove, NC. The champ Harkey turned it red on the start giving Bowie the win automatically. Her brother Wendell, a former Mooresville Junior Dragster champion, crewed her to a 8.97 ET at 72 MPH opening day win. The “iceman” Dillon Winkler of China Grove, NC and “little E” Justin Edmonds of Statesville, NE were semi-finalist.

James Hayden Takes Real Street Victory Over Daniel Comer

 The classic 1955 Chevrolet of James Hayden of Charlotte, NC scored the street legal Real Street victory over Daniel Comer of New London, NC. Hayden ran a 7.89 ET at 75 MPH to beat out second generation drag racer Comer in his Ford Mustang. Barry Jenkins of Matthews, NC in his Acura Interga was the lone semi-finalist.

Next Gaston Used Parts Points Race Saturday, May 23^rd and Sunday, May 24th

Winner’s of the Free Mooresville Dragway Race Pass

TOP- Steven Whisnant

FOOT Brake- Ken Reece

JUNIOR Dragster- Mitchell Flynt