CCRA Race #7 & #8 Farmington Dragway

[Tabitha Draughon]

Coming up this weekend, CCRA presented by GBM Land & Construction will be making their yearly stop at Farmington Dragway for an action packed weekend of drag racing.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. on Friday for a track hosted test & tune event. Time runs will begin at 6 p.m. for testing.

Saturday gates will open at 8 a.m. with time runs beginning at 10 a.m. Run order for Saturday will be Footbrake, Pro, followed by CCRA. There will also be a Jerry & Norman Wall of Fame induction at 2 p.m. on the starting line. The Saturday title sponsor is Butner Construction out of King, NC with the associate sponsor being Jerry Johnson Motors out of Winston Salem, NC. Our Saturday schedule will be 1 time run followed by our Warren Engines Dash for Cash, then straight into eliminations.

Sunday gates open at 9 a.m. & church services at 11 a.m. NO cars are to be cranked until 12:15 p.m. on Sunday. The track will have new entry time runs only & we will have our Warren Engines Dash for Cash. We will follow the same run order on Sunday as listed above for Saturday. Our Sunday title sponsor is Scenic Motors out of Mt. Airy, NC & the associate sponsor is Jerry Johnson Motors out of Winston Salem, NC.

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

See y'all at THE FARM this weekend! Go away Hurricane Erin!

[JP1738]

Count me in! I need a hat too

[Tabitha Draughon]

It's crazy to say that we are officially 1/2 way through our 2025 CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association season & it's the end of August but thanks to Mother Nature, here we are. We rolled into Farmington Dragway this past weekend for their 15th Annual Jerry & Norman's Memorial Legends of the Farm race. Thankfully Ma Nature tossed us a "bone" on Saturday with great racing weather & sunny skies for the majority of the day on Sunday.

Although Saturday started rough for the track staff with a clean up before time runs ever started, they prevailed in the end & all races declared a winner right at curfew. We started out with our one time run followed by our Warren Engines sponsored Dash for Cash. Kevin Locklear picked up the first $100.00 of the day for that run. He dialed a 6.48 & ran dead on his dial 6.4801 at 104.94 mph. We had 40 cars make the first round call with 1 car suffering breakage. Dawson Pauley made a post on Thursday night that since NHRA Southeast Division 2 canceled their National Open race at Carolina Dragway, he was coming racing at Farmington Dragway with CCRA. Although he lost first round on a good run, he didn't leave empty handed. He received the Victory Lane Golf Carts First Round Best Losing Package. DP was dialed a 8.05, had a .0544 RT & ran a 8.0554 at 82.77 mph. Kelsey Alexander unfortunately lost in 2nd round but she was awarded the Renegade Racing Fuel-Ford?s Fuel South East Master Distributor/ Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants 2nd Round Best Losing Package & got herself a 5 gallon pail of PRO 112+. She had a .0942 RT, ran a 7.2645 at 85.50 mph on her 7.22 dial. At 3 cars, we had 2 different generations of Chevrolet Camaros & a Ford Mustang. Tanner Hiatt came out of the losing end to be the lone semi-finalist losing to Greg Viscome on a great run for both drivers. The finals finds Greg Viscome staging up his Ford Mustang against Stacie Ridings in her Chevrolet Camaro. Neither driver was in a hurry to leave the line but Viscome came out of top after Ridings broke out. I told her husband, Lambert, that we needed to schedule her for a chiropractic adjustment of her neck this week & we all laughed about it! Greg was .0943 at the tree, dialed a 7.07 but ran off his dial a bit, 7.2875 at 94.92 mph but came out with the victory. This was Stacie's first time putting her orange Camaro in the winner's circle. She was dialed a 6.97, had a .1116 RT & broke out running 6.9597 at 98.23 mph. Greg received a 2025 Winner's hat sponsored by Phillips Automotive, a large race trailer check sponsored by MJ's Custom Printing & Graphics, $250.00 gift certificate for Hippie Headers, $100.00 gift certificate to ATI Performance Products, a certificate for a set of spark plugs from E3 Spark Plugs, a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel, $50.00 Meziere Enterprises gift certificate, $100.00 Altronics Inc gift certificiate, $100.00 COMP Cams gift certificate, & a $100.00 Edelbrock Performance gift certificate. Viscome also picked up the Charlene's Tax Service Best Winning Package of the race during E5 when he staged up against Hiatt in the semi's. Greg was dialed a 7.07, had a .0031 RT, & ran a 7.0758 at 95.36 mph. Stacie received a smaller race trailer check from MJ's Custom Printing & Graphics, $150.00 gift certificate from Hippie Headers, $50.00 ATI Performance Products gift certificate, 5 gallons of Fuel Factory F8 racing fuel, 50% off 1 item coupon from Zamp Racing, $50.00 COMP Cams gift certificate, & a $50.00 Edelbrock Performance gift certiciate.

Tanner Hiatt also picked up the Dunn Logging Company, The Paul Bunyan "Best Reaction Time" award for his .0013 RT during E3. Cam Collins won the 3rd round but unfortunately broke a 3rd gear & was unable to return for R4 of competition so he was awarded the McLawhorn Raving Hard Luck award. Kenny Horne took out our last race winner, Jaymes Rawlings from the Sunday The Dragway at Coastal Plains Park event & picked up the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award money. Anyone who knows Homer Carty, knows he comes to races with a trailer full of spare parts & is always willing to loan those out to his fellow competitors in which he did on several occasions on Saturday. He was chosen for the Wisecarver Brothers Racing Sportsmanship award. The Gutters by Design "Mind in the Gutter"/Worst RT went to Chad Wisecarver in E1. This past weekend only made 2 events for the year for Chad due to races being rescheduled & his daughter Sarah being an active & might I add, great softball player so he was a little "rusty" & he made a post earlier today that stated he just wasn't mentally in it this past weekend. Don't worry Chad, you'll get back in the groove!

[Tabitha Draughon]

Sunday brought sunny skies & warmer temperatures. Avery McLawhorn after having a transmission issues on Saturday, picked up the first money envelope of the day collecting the Warren Engines Dash for Cash. He was dialed a 6.96 & ran a 6.9603 at 96.28 mph. 30 cars made the 1st round call for eliminations. Kevin Wideman finally had a CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association appearance this weekend but things didn't go his way during R1. He picked up the Victory Lane Golf Carts 1st Round Best Losing Package. He had a .0334 RT, ran a 6.2033 at 107.50 mph on his 6.18 dial. Renegade Racing Fuel-Ford?s Fuel South East Master Distributor/ Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants 2nd Round Best Losing Package went to Mr. Dallas Locklear. He was dialed a 6.37, had a .0583 RT, & ran a 6.4047 at 105.58 mph. He got himself a 5 gallon pail of Renegade PRO 112+ racing fuel. The semi-finalists for Sunday's race was Blake Hickman & Kevin Locklear. Sadly, rain ultimately won the race but the 2nd finalists was Charlie Wisecarver & Kelsey Alexander. Both drivers agreed to split the purse & flip a coin to declare winner (video attached of coin flip). Wisecarver was the Sunday race winner. He picked up another trailer check courtesy of MJ's Custom Printing & Graphics, the CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association Eagle trophy, as well as a handful of contingency gift certicates; $250.00 to Hippie Headers, $100.00 to ATI Performance Products, a certificate for a set of E3 Spark Plugs, Portatree Timing Systems 15% off coupon, a 5 gallon pail of Fuel Factory F12 racing fuel $50.00 Meziere Enterprises, $100.00 Altronics Inc gift certificate, $100.00 Edelbrock Performance, & a $100.00 COMP Cams gift certificate. Kelsey got a smaller version trailer check (but still bigger than Korey's last trailer check), $150.00 gift certificate to Hippie Headers, $50.00 ATI Performance Products gift certificate, F8 fuel from Fuel Factory, 50% off one item coupon from Zamp Racing, $50.00 gift certificate from COMP Cams, & a $50.00 gift certificate from Edelbrock Performance. Alexander also picked up the Charlene's Tax Service Best Winning Package from her round 3 win. She had a .0049 RT, ran a 7.2738 on his 7.27 dial. The Paul Bunyan "Best Reaction Time" sponsored by Dunn Logging Company went to Howie Adams for his .0004 RT in R1. Keith Alexander is undergoing cancer treatment & this round of treatment is being somewhat tough on his body. He woke up Sunday morning not feeling well enough to race. He was given the McLawhorn Racing Hard Luck award. Keith is going to kick cancer's a** & we are all here in his corner!! Raymond Roland took out the Saturday race winner, Greg Viscome, & was awarded the Wayside Landscapes & Supply Bounty Hunter award. Stacie Ridings was awarded The Wisecarver Brothers Racing Sportsmanship award. Stacie had loaned out her 1st race car to fellow racer, Raymond Roland, & sadly he took her out in R2 of Sunday's eliminations. Jennifer Hinson, sharing the driver's seat this year with sister Jessica Lail, competing in her 1st CCRA-Carolina Class Racers Association race ever lost in R1 of eliminations having a .1362 RT but didn't leave empty handed as she was awarded the Gutters by Design/Worst RT award. Raymond Roland's tech card was pulled randomly on Sunday morning to receive the Act of Giving Back $35.00 Visa gift card given by Half Moon.

We will start our 2nd half of the season in October at Darlington Dragway where we will also be running our Sunday event from the GALOT Motorsports Park race. There is several races in between that our racers will be participating in & we want to wish them all good luck in those races. We look forward to seeing everyone in October at Darlington Dragway where we hope we can have fall type weather.