CCRA Farmington August 24-25

[Tabitha Draughon]

Big wheels rolling into Farmington Dragway this Friday-Sunday for the GBM Land and Construction CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association for an action packed weekend points races #7 & #8.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. on Friday with a test & tune as well as other racing activities beginning at 6 p.m.

Saturday gates will open at 8 a.m. with time runs beginning at 10 a.m. Run order for Saturday will be Footbrake, Top, then CCRA. There will also be a Jerry & Norman Wall of Fame Induction at 2 p.m. on the starting line which includes Mr. Jimmie & Mrs. Anne Flynt so let's show our support for this! Our Saturday title race sponsor is Jerry Johnson Motors out of Winston-Salem, NC & Doyle Evans Realty out of Jacksonville, NC is the associate sponsor. We will continue with our normal Saturday schedule for one time run followed by our Warren Engines Dash for Cash & straight into eliminations.

Sunday gates will open at 9 a.m., church services at 11 a.m., & no cars to be cranked until 12:15 p.m. Our only run before eliminations on Sunday will be the Warren Engines Dash for Cash. We will follow the same run order on Sunday as posted above for Saturday. The Sunday title sponsor is Homer's Custom Paint and Body of Wytheville, VA & Mr. Doug & Mrs. Katie Hobgood of Wilson, NC.

We are completed half of the CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association season for 2024 so we are well on our way to having another successful year!

* $100.00 to enter race (daily)
* CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association t-shirts, hoodies, & hats available for purchase.

The weather is looking great for the weekend which has played havoc on lots of tracks this year. Let's show our support to Farmington Dragway as they have always been a HUGE supporter of CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association by having an excellent turnout & great on-track action!

See y'all at THE FARM on Friday!!!

[Tabitha Draughon]

This past weekend we were able to visit the improved Farmington Dragway after their 2023 repairs that didn't allow us to race there last year. This was a special race for the track as it was the Jerry & Norman's Memorial Legends of the Farm #14 Reunion-Gathering-Race-Show event. There was plenty of on track action on Saturday for all race fans. Thank you to Sandy Collins, Mark Joyce, & all of their track staff for having great track conditions all weekend!!!

On Saturday we started out with our one time run, followed by the Warren Engines Dash for Cash. Dell Britt picked up where he left off from the following weekend at GALOT Motorsports Park picking up the first cash award of the weekend. He was dialed a 6.89 and ran a 6.8925 @ 96.42 mph. We had 32 cars make the 1st round call. Our current points leader, Charlie Wisecarver lost out 1st round but he didn't leave empty handed. Although I'm sure he would have rather had the round win. He received the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He was dialed a 6.29, had a .0208 RT & ran a 6.3328 @ 106.11 mph for a losing 0.0636 package. Mrs. Stacie Ridings doesn't get the chance to race with us much but when she does, she typically leaves with a little something! Stacie received the 2nd Round Best Losing Package courtesy of Ford's Fuel and Propane/ Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants. She was dialed a 6.98, had a .1085 RT, & ran a 6.9813 @ 95.66 mph for a 0.1098 package. She walked away with a 5 gallon pail of Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants PRO 112+ racing fuel. In the semi-finals, Kevin Locklear took the loss to Homer Carty & Hillarey Marshall took the loss to her own dad, Tim. For the finals, we had 2 Super Stock cars line up which doesn't happen too often. Homer Carty got the monkey off his back & came out victorious on Saturday night after Tim Sloan was timed out at the tree. Homer was dialed a 6.21, had a .0525 RT, & ran a 6.1881 at 107.66 to claim the win. We once again were able to pay $2000.00 1st Place, THANKS to our Series Sponsor for 2024, GBM Land and Construction. Homer wanted away with a no split finals as well as a $100.00 gift certificate to Altronics Inc, a can of FOGGIT, a certificate for a set of E3 Ignition spark plugs, $100.00 gift certificate to Crew Chief Pro Software, $100.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, $100 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, & a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel for this win. Tim, although disgusted in the outcome of the finals, still received his race winnings as well a $50.00 gift certificate to Portatree Timing Systems, a certificate for a set of E3 Ignition spark plugs, $50.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, $50.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, & a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F8 racing fuel.
The Paul Bunyan Best Reaction Time award sponsored by Dunn Logging Company went to Tim Sloan for his .0000 RT in the Semi's against non other than his daughter, Hillarey. He received a cash prize for that but also received $100.00 Cash from Farmington Dragway for his superb reaction time. Don Shuford raced with us for the first time this season as he was preparing for his trip to the 70th Anniversary Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis later this week. Unfortunately he suffered parts failure right before pulling into the waterbox for E1. He was given The McLawhorn Hard Luck award. Homer Carty won the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award after taking out GALOT Motorsports Park race winner Kevin Locklear. Dennis Pope helped work on Don's Camaro to get him back going for Sunday & was given The Wisecarver Brothers Racing sponsored Sportsmanship Award. Scotty Galyean won the Performance Sealing and Striping Best Winning Package for his R1 win. He was dialed a 6.96 dial, had a .0012 RT, & ran a 6.9889 @ 95.95 mph for a 0.0301 package. Brodie McKee, still learning the ropes of his Chevy Camaro powered by a G-Force Transmissions, received the Gutters by Design "Mind in the Gutter/Worst RT for his .2441 RT during R1 but still picked up the round win. We were able to complete our Saturday race about 11:15 p.m.

[Tabitha Draughon]

Sunday race day started with firing up of engines shortly after 12 p.m. Like all Sunday races, we only do our Warren Engines Dash for Cash followed by eliminations. Hillarey Marshall started her Sunday off great by picking up the $100.00 Cash prize. She was dialed a 6.34 & ran a 6.3405 @ 106.76 mph. We had 28 cars on the property with 27 making 1st round call. Kevin Locklear had a .0443 package, 6.41 dial, .0292 RT, & ran a 6.4251 @ 105.61 mph & picked up the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. Just as in 1st round, the 2nd Round Best Losing Package was also a .0443 package loss for Scotty Galyean. He was dialed a 6.43, had a .0288 RT, & ran a 6.9755 @ 94.66 mph. He was joking saying he won the Best Winning Package on Saturday followed up by the 2nd Round Best Losing Package on Sunday. Scotty was awarded a 5 gallon pail of Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants PRO 112+ racing fuel for his R2 loss. Sunday's semi-finals had Mike Moller taking the loss to Don Shuford & Saturday night's winner Homer Carty taking the loss to Saturday night's semi-finalist, Hillarey Marshall. In the finals, both drivers were tip for tap at the starting line with Hillarey taking a small advantage over Don (.0230 RT to a .0256 RT). Hillarey took the double breakout win over Shuford. Marshall was dialed a 6.34 & ran a 6.3398 @ 103.69 mph for the "W". Shuford was dialed a 6.52 & ran a 6.5097 @ 103.21 mph. Hillarey also received the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award for taking out Saturday night's race winner, Homer Carty. In addition to her race winnings, she also received a $100.00 gift certificate from Altronics Inc, a can of FOGGIT, an E3 Ignition certificate for a set of spark plugs, a 50% off one item from Zamp Racing, $100.00 gift certificate from Edelbrock Performance, $100.00 gift certificate from COMP Cams, & a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F8 racing fuel. Shuford received some travel money to Indy as well as a $50.00 gift certificate to Meziere Enterprises, an E3 Ignition certificate for a set of their spark plugs, $50.00 gift certificate to COMP Cams, $50.00 gift certificate to Edelbrock Performance, & a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel. Homer Carty received The Paul Bunyan Best RT award sponsored by Dunn Logging Company for his .0012 RT during E3 which also won him the Performance Sealing and Striping Best Winning Package of the race for his .0032 package; 6.24 dial .0012 RT, & ran a 6.2420 mph @ 109.86 mph. Charlie Wisecarver was pulling into the staging lanes for E1 when he heard a noise that wasn't supposed to be there so he quickly went back to his pit area. His son, Chad hopped out of his Chevy Cavalier & gave his seat up for his dad so he could continue in the points chase. Charlie was awarded The McLawhorn Racing Hard Luck award & Chad won The Wisecarver Brothers Racing Sportsmanship award. Chad's tech card was also pulled at random for the Half Moon Marketplace "Act of Giving Back" award with a $35.00 Visa gift card. Billy Plage received the Gutters by Design/Worst RT for his .2173 RT during R1.

This weekend officially put us over the hump for the 2024 CCRA season but we still have lots of racing left to do. The CCRA team/officials; Leigh Anne Flynt, myself, Dave & Gloria Ley would like to say THANK YOU to all of our racers that support our association as well as the tracks that welcome us to race at their facilities. Our next weekend is in mid September at Darlington Dragway & hopefully the weather will be a bit cooler by then.

See y'all at the track soon!!!