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I wanted to thank Bo, Jason, Dave, Randy Lyn, all of the sponsors and I am sure a host of others for all of their effort in making this event a reality. If you weren’t able to attend I hope you watched the live stream. This was the best celebration of Stock/Super Stock racing I have ever seen. The excitement level was off the charts. The emotions were all there, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat but through it all were examples of competitors helping each other, examples of the best of class racing. I hope this was the beginning of something great. Thanks again! Mike McMahan 2543 H/SA

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It was awesome seeing nothing but Stockers and Super Stockers on the live feed under the lights at SGMP.

Hope the event was a financial success for the promoters and sponsors.

Congrats to all the winners

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What a fantastic race! I was up watching the live feed until 1.00 am (Atlantic Time), incredibly tight packages all weekend. And Ricky Pennington and Josh Barczy giving us stick guys someone to root for. Speaking about Barczy`s Nova, it looked like it had SS/PD on the window, is that one of the old IHRA classes? I assume it is similar to a NHRA SS/Modified class?

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This is, without a doubt, the best event that I have seen. It may have been on my computer, but all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!

The racing, the winner's interviews, the announcing, the freebies to all the racers - totally cool. What a way to showcase the Stock and Super Stock racers.

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Yes I I think that is what IHRA called Stock Production. I feel the roots are in the old AHRA Formula Stock Classes.

In NHRA I think the closest class would be Modified Stock. Modified Stock is actually a little less restrictive with the exception of the carburetor (750 NHRA Approved).

I have a car that was built for AHRA Formula Stock, that I raced in IHRA Stock Production that I am trying to make somewhat completive in Modified Stock.

Bill Lamb
4340 SS/BS

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If Randy Lyn ever wants another job, she could go into announcing.She was real fun to listen to with her knowledge of the people, the cars and no drama. About the best I have heard in a long time.

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Really glad to see this become a reality with Stock & Super Stock being the stars of the show. Enjoyed the live stream. Well done as usual on Motormania. Hopefully it will grow to the D1 area and out west.

Sounds and looks like it was a lot of fun. I hope to be able to participate in the future.

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Thumbs up!! This is the direction for stock and super stock!!

Treated great!
Great payout!
What more could you ask for !



Looking forward to Tyler's race now !!

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I rarely post on this site, but this event was more than awesome. I was glued to the computer screen for 2 days. I'm thrilled that sportsman racers were showcased in a premiere event. And kudos to the telecaster!

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This was a who's who of class racing. Every round had marquis match-ups with big name hitters from every NHRA division. The internet coverage was great, as was the announcing. The racing was ultra tight. This race set the bar high for other sportsman events. Well done!

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Well said Mike! You are a class act (get it, class act?). Even though I wasn't able to be there would like to go a little further with Mikes remarks. I watched for two days on the live feed which was the finest live Sportsman race production I have ever seen! Great job MotorMania, you have out done yourselves once again. From MM's humble beginnings with the IHRA races to the S/SS Showdown you are setting the standards in Sportsman Drag Racing video!
Also to the sponsors of the race. We all know there would be no race without the generous sponsorships both large and small. I know how extremely difficult it is to put a race together with decent payouts. You guys (too many to name, we know who you are) stepped up for Bo and crew like real champs! Thank you!
Last but not least, huge thanks to Ozzy Moya and his South Georgia Motorsports Park crew! Calling it a well oiled machine doesn't even start to describe them. I have been dealing with them as President of the SSSSA for many, many years and they have never failed us! Ozzy's tracks, OSW and SGMP are among the top tracks in the country and this type of race shows it.
I wish this type of race could become more frequent so we wouldn't have to depend on the NHRA so much to get our Class Race fix, but that will take more than wishing and a lot of dedication and hard work such as Bo, Jason and crew put forth. Thank you to all those who chose to participate. Without all you there wouldn't have been all the action and color we witnessed. Thanks to all! Jim Wahl, 2239 I/SA. President, SSSSA.

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I got to watch some of the event and it looked pretty cool. Getting to race for some bigger doe like the bracket races.

Like more cow bell (SNL reference for you young'ins), we need more Randi Lynn announcing. Nice candor and some inside baseball info. I could see her doing national events and helping explain class racing to the spectators.

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Congrats to all the crew that worked so hard to put this race together. You pulled it off !!!! Thanks to all of the personal at the track that helped keep this race going long after my bedtime. Some of the best Stock/ Super Stock racing I have ever seen. BP

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A$100 to the first 2 cars to start eliminations , wow factor huge,,,,

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33,000 views Friday and 33,000 views Saturday on Motor Mania. This event will be hard to surpass. Had an absolute ball. Other than the wind, there was really nothing to bitch about....nothin. Facility, track prep, payout, organization, appreciation, originality, and talent level down there was through the roof ..... Thanks to all...

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Can't wait until the next one!
Thanks to all involved!

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I was a spectator/crew member and had a Blast....
Hope theirs more of these type races not to far from me lol.

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I have to agree with Jeff. This was a first class deal. Every racer there was high caliber. You had to be on the bulb and the dial to even think about going rounds. SGMP was a great venue for this type of event. Sure hope there is another next year. If you weren’t there you missed being part of class racing history. Big thanks to Bo, Jason and Dave. Also the rest of the crew and workers that made this possible.
It was good to meet you Jeff. Congrats on the #1 qualifying position.

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Didn't they have some sort of points contest for most round wins or something like that? Who won that?

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Aaron Allison won the points deal.

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A lot of passes made! I wonder who had the most over two days of time runs and elims. Warren, Allison, Pennington?