Mooresville
Doorcarpalooza Turn's Back Time With Record Crowd
and Door Cars On Hand!
Thanks!
to all that participate in the 2009 DoorCarpalooza
this past weekend at Mooresville Dragway. It was a
flash back to the golden day of all door cars and
late night finishes "Dirty Mo style"
New Skool meets OLD
SCHOOL.
Lee Cropps, Robert
Sawrey, Todd Comer, Jeff Flood and Larry South Post
DoorCarpalooza Wins
It was an history making DOORCARpalooza at the Dirty Mo this
past weekend! Over 150 DOOR CARS was in attendance in the Mad
Dawg, Renegade, TOP, Foot Brake and Street classes. Like the
Mooresville Dragway of times, it run just a little past
mid-night before Dobson, NC’s Lee Cropps drove his 1967
Chevrolet Camaro to a big TOP
DOORS win over Lonnie Plyer from
Statesville, NC in his 1967 Chevrolet Camaro. Cropps a former
DoorCarpalooza finalist received the Dirty Mo victory, when
Plyer broke out on the run. New London, NC’s Todd Comer the
bonus Quick 16 TOP winner was the lone semi-finalist in his 1997
Ford Ranger Truck. Comer, a former IHRA divisional champion
defeated the old man of Statesville, NC James Overcash in his
Chevrolet Lumina for that Quick 16 door car win. Kannapolis,
NC’s Dave Matthews in James Bunton’s ’82 Covette and multi-time
DoorCarpalooza winner Rick Whaley of Reidsville, NC was the
bonus semi-finalist.
“The Grem” Robert Sawrey of Winston-Salem, NC drove his S&S
Mobile Car Wash 1972 AMC Gremlin to the Foot Brake Doors win
defeating the 1940 Chevy Coupe of Charlotte, NC’s Tom Lumley.
Sawrey used a better reaction time of the start and ran a 6.99
ET at 95 MPH to beat out the quicker 6.21 ET at 108 MPH of
Lumley’s classic Chevy. In the semi-finals the Farm Boys Jeff
Flood in his Chevy Vega and Lil Fat Boy Tommy Greer in his Chevy
Nova was the semi-finalist. The 2008 IHRA D-1 Mod ET champion
Flood won the special Foot Brake Quick 8 race defeating former
Dirty Mo Foot Brake champion Paul Shell, Jr. of Lexington, NC in
his super fast small block Chevy Nova. Former Classic Gear
Jammer champion Larry Leazer of Mooresville, NC and Joe Thompson
from Race City, USA in his Plymouth Barracuda were
semi-finalist.
Larry South of Sophia, NC drove his Dodge Truck to the Real
Street Doors victory over Michael Goodnight of Landis, NC in his
4 door Chevy Nova.
the "Carolina Kid"
Travis Harvey Beats Darrin Hoyle for Second Career
Mad Dawg Win!
There was a lot of new players Mad Dawg in the “dawg house”
Saturday night. Coming back for the first time this year was Jim
Teachman, Ronnie Gardner, Buzz Varner, Kevin Carpenter, “Baby
Boy” McCauley, Travis Harvey, Tony Wilson, Johnny Reavis and
Chad Tilley to mix in with previous dawg participants. Come away
with his second career Mooresville Mad Dawg win was the Carolina
Kid Travis Harvey of Burlington, NC. Just like a Carolina
basketball game the Race Tech team came to play and win. Lead by
car owner Russ Farmer, the Race Tech Race Cars ’68 Camaro and
driver Travis Harvey lead all the dawgs with a 4.175 175.17
charge. Then in the final round of Mad Dawg qualifying Harvey
defeated the “Gotham City” 57 Chevy of Jim Teachman from
Virginia Beach, VA for the “Dawg Shootout” win.
In round one of the dawgs….. veteran Quick 8 racer Todd Howard
of Mocksville, NC won a pedalfest race over Rocky Raynor of
Greensboro, NC. Howard in his JW Motorsports Ford Probe got to
the finishline first with a 4.38 ET over the Rick Hendrick’s
Auto Mall of Durham, NC Chevrolet Corvette of the “We Fly
Together” race team. The races tighten up with the next pair
out. “Mr Extreme” Darrin Hoyle of Taylorsville, NC in his ’68
Chevrolet Camaro defeated the dawg shootout runner-up Teachman.
Doyle with his Fulton 762 rain a 4.17 ET @ 174 MPH to beat out
the 776 Cu.in ’57 Chevy. Next pair saw defending DoorCarpalooza
champs Ronnie Gardner of Greensboro, NC and “Diamond” Jack
Gaddy of Burlington, NC stop the Charlotte, NC based team on
Robbie and Gene Keziah. The rescent Piedmont Big Dog winners
Gardner and Gaddy won the closes race of the round going a 4.176
ET at 181 MPH to stop the 4.196 ET at 173 MPH of Keziah. The
final pair down the legendary Mooresville 1/8th mile
was Harvey in his Nesbitt Race Engines 762 powered Race Tech
Camaro and Price in his 710 cu.in “68 “Back in Black” Stroupe
built Camaro. Price gave the “Carolina Kid” a good run going a
4.19 ET @ 170 MPH, but Farmer and the gang had the tune-up going
a 4.13 ET at 175 MPH to take the win.
Round
two of the Dawgs saw Darrin Hoyle, and crew chief Emily Hoyle
’68 Camaro square up with “Mr. Prime Time Race Cars” man himself
Gardner in Gaddy’s Ace Fence, Foust Backhoe Service and
Tree-R-Us 2002 Chevy Cavalier. Ronnie pushed the tree red by
.008ths giving away a 4.15 ET a new Mad Dawg record 183 MPH
charge to Hoyle’s winning 4.21 ET @ 173 MPH. “Mr. Mega Machine
Shop” owner Howard got the jump out the gate in Jerry Williams’
Ford, But his 4.21 ET @ 169 MPH couldn’t handle the “Carolina
Kids” quicker 4.15 @ 174 MPH charge.
In them dawg finals in was the battle of 1968 Camaro’s. Bickle
VS. Race Tech. The Race Tech boys came load for bear.....going
.976 60ft, 2.714 half track and a winning 4122 ET @ 175.59.
Hoyle clock in with a .038 R/T, .997 60ft, 2.798 330ft and 4.29
@ 149 MPH back pedaling time.
Thanks to all the
fans, crews and drivers that participate @ the 4th
annual DOORCARpalooza!
Mad Dawg Qualifying
No. Driver
Time MPH
*1 Travis Harvey
4.175 175.17
2 Ronnie Gardner
4.180 181.44
3 Darrin Hoyle
4.203 173.87
4 Rocky Raynor
4.215 173.45
5 Todd Howard
4.224 170.36
6 Jim Teachman
4.238 174.51
7 Robbie Keziah
4.243 171.85
8 Sambo Price
4.273 171.30
"Skinny Kid" Mike Heath Takes "Kids" Olds to second Lil Dawg Win
Over "Baby Boy" McCauley's OLDSMOBILE
In
the Lil Dawg (next 4 non-qualifiers race) “Skinny Kid” Mike
Heath of Tobaccoville, NC, driving for Mark “the Kid” Jones
scored his second “Dirty Mo win by defeating “Baby Boy” Clay
McCauley of Mebane, NC. In the finals what a match up match
up…the Kid’s 615 Buck racing engines ’90 Olds Cutlass VS. Baby
Boy’s 706 cu in ’91 Olds Cutlass. Baby Boy got lane choice
from his first round one win over Kannapolis, NC’s Tony Dale
Wilson’s MBE Monte Carlo. A 4.30 ET @ 166 MPH with his Melissa
Dupre lead Olds beat out the Wilson’s Fulton 706 powerplant.
“Skinny Kid” was long down the track with his 4.31 ET at 169 MPH
victory over Johnny Reavis hoodscope throwing Pontiac. In the
finals of the littlest dawgs the team of Jones and Heath got the
jump of the line over “BB” and ran a 4.30 ET @ a big 172 MPH to
win their second straight Lil Dawg win.
Mad Dawg Qualifying
9 Tony Dale Wilson
4.307 167.92
10 Joel Douglas
4.325 162.06
11 Mike “Skinny Kid” Heath
4.329 168.27
12 Clay ”Baby Boy” McCauley
4.344 165.53
13 Buzz Varner
4.356 146.65
14 Brian Neal
4.439 171.15
15 Johnny Reavis
4.468 160.17
16 Kevin Carpenter
N/T N/T
17 Chad Tilley
N/T N/T
* Dawg Shootout Winner!
Bubba
T Takes Emotional First Piedmont-Dirty Mo Renegade Win Over
Kentucky's Josh Salley
Claiming
the very first Dirty Mo Renegade win was Piedmont Dragway’s
Bubba Turner in his Albert Racing Engines/ Jim Turner 1992
Pontiac Trans Am T/A. This was an emotional win for Turner, who
lost his mom back in January. Bubba T defeated the Renegade
Challenge winner Wayne Chambers of Burlington, NC in the
semi-finals. While on the other side of the ladder number one
qualifier Brian Shrader of Bristol, VA run of 4.31 was
disallowed after it was discovered that his blanket had fell
down, thus holding the light. His semi-final opponent Josh
Salley of Russell, KY was reinstated, but couldn’t make the
call in his A-1 Cleaning & Restoration, Don Salley, Inc 1992
Chevy Camaro experienced motor troubles. That gave the veteran
Bubba T. his first Piedmont Dragway Renegade win Dirty Mo style!
Dirty MO Renegades Qualifying
No. Driver
Time MPH
1 Brian Shrader
4.454 160.80
*2 Wayne Chambers 4.468
157.31
3 Doc Bilbrey
4.498 156.31
4 Charlie Richards
4.506 155.70
5 Josh Salley
4.510 157.59
6 Bubba Turner
4.543 155.76
7 Todd Baker
4.585 152.32
8 Cletus Croft
4.610 153.63
9 Ralph Hancock
4.625 156.13
10 James Bunton
4.638 152.64
11 Steve Sechlar
4.714 156.91
12 Greg Rudsill
4.729 152.03
13 Donnie Gibbs, Sr.
4.849 139.89
14 Sandy Wilkins
4.987 140.21
15 Chad Christy
4.996 141.05
16 Rich
Adkins 5.154 132.17
* Renegade Challenge Winner