LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont

Michael Beard · 03-13-2011, 02:23 PM

Perfect weather and a nice cross tailwind at Piedmont Dragway, along with a new concession pavilion and completely remodeled and tiled modern bathrooms greeted a big crowd of Stock/Super Stock cars for the first race in the Bobby Murray Chevrolet Carolina Class Racers Association. I count at least 35 cars. We are the feature show running alongside a test n' tune. Looks like some guys stopped by on the way home from Gainesville. Saw Rob Carpenter's Cobalt, and The Tax Group's H/SM Cobalt.

73.5 deg, 30%, 29.30, 1862' DA, cross tailwind, gusty hit n' miss. (It quit blowing during my 2nd qualifying run). --rolls eyes--

Had a good warmup at Farmington yesterday, winning the Race of Champions (shootout for all 2009-2010 event winners at that track). Felt good to shake my 2011 curse. We'll see how today goes!

Thanks to Scott Tilley for picking up the CCRA reigns, and to Piedmont for hosting the event!

Got tons of pics, will try to post tonight.

Michael Beard · 03-13-2011, 07:26 PM

33 cars made 1st rnd. Cars were laddered based of best pkg of the 2nd qualifying run (ran w/ dial-ins). Frequent #1 qualifier Mark Young was again #1, even withe different format! Also heard he won a .0001 MOV race 2nd rnd.

I had a barn burner with young Joe Collins (G/S Camaro) 1st rnd. We're both dead-on and I got there .001. Rnd 2, .003 and dead-on vs Lynwood Daugherty, then got by Mark Young and Buddy Ingold to pick up the semifinal bye with the Duck Tape Turismo. Danny Water, Jr. Expertly wheeled the Moser Engineering GT/EA Camaro into the finals, getting past Travis Womble's D/CM Camaro.

I went deer-in-headlights in the finals and came up smokin' late. Danny's .005. Both on the brakes, he got there by .0004.

Great show, great track, great purse, and a REALLY great job by DW. Congrats!

Michael Beard · 03-13-2011, 09:13 PM

More photos...

Michael Beard · 03-13-2011, 09:16 PM

even more photos...

Michael Beard · 03-13-2011, 09:20 PM

Terry -- LOL! That's what Chip said! Yep, still kickin', and the car runs good. We had a really good race, too. I think he was 7.75 on a 7.74 (B/PS)

Last batch (last two photos are from Saturday's ROC win at Farmington)

danny waters sr · 03-13-2011, 09:45 PM

Nice pics Michael ,Thanks and congrats to you on a great weekend. Nice turn-out . Hope they all show up next Sat at Fayetteville for 1/4 mile stock/superstock combo.. If my back is better i will be there for sure.

Duane Eiskant II · 03-13-2011, 09:50 PM

If i would have known Buddy was gonna be there i would have gone just to watch... Mike next time you see Buddy, ask him about looking for a place to eat in Darlington around 2000. LOL

X-TECH MAN · 03-13-2011, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard

33 cars made 1st rnd. Cars were laddered based of best pkg of the 2nd qualifying run (ran w/ dial-ins). Frequent #1 qualifier Mark Young was again #1, even withe different format! Also heard he won a .0001 MOV race 2nd rnd.

I had a barn burner with young Joe Collins (G/S Camaro) 1st rnd. We're both dead-on and I got there .001. Rnd 2, .003 and dead-on vs Lynwood Daugherty, then got by Mark Young and Buddy Ingold to pick up the semifinal bye with the Duck Tape Turismo. Danny Water, Jr. Expertly wheeled the Moser Engineering GT/EA Camaro into the finals, getting past Travis Womble's D/CM Camaro.

I went deer-in-headlights in the finals and came up smokin' late. Danny's .005. Both on the brakes, he got there by .0004.

Great show, great track, great purse, and a REALLY great job by DW. Congrats!

BUDDY INGOLD ! Is he still kickin' ?

KShipmon · 03-13-2011, 10:24 PM

Great job to everyone that came to our event, this shows that class racing is alive and well. To all the racers, thank you for your cooperation in staging and the way you came to the lanes. It's great to work an event and feel like the customer truly appreciates the hard work of the staff and putting on a great show for the fans. Congratulation to all of you, it was great to see DW jr in the finals, my son told me I had battled DW sr several times. Beard, great job again racing and for the coverage. Thanks to Scott Tilley, look forward to you guys & gals coming back!!!

Kevin Shipmon

Piedmont Dragway

Duane Eiskant II · 03-13-2011, 10:29 PM

Hey Brandon, your dad may have been with us on the trip im talking about... Buddy had us looking for this place for about a hour. Got there, it had been closed about 5 years lol... Buddy is always good a laugh, im with Chip i can only hope to be out racing when im his age. Truely a class act.

03-13-2011, 07:26 PM	#2
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont 33 cars made 1st rnd. Cars were laddered based of best pkg of the 2nd qualifying run (ran w/ dial-ins). Frequent #1 qualifier Mark Young was again #1, even withe different format! Also heard he won a .0001 MOV race 2nd rnd. I had a barn burner with young Joe Collins (G/S Camaro) 1st rnd. We're both dead-on and I got there .001. Rnd 2, .003 and dead-on vs Lynwood Daugherty, then got by Mark Young and Buddy Ingold to pick up the semifinal bye with the Duck Tape Turismo. Danny Water, Jr. Expertly wheeled the Moser Engineering GT/EA Camaro into the finals, getting past Travis Womble's D/CM Camaro. I went deer-in-headlights in the finals and came up smokin' late. Danny's .005. Both on the brakes, he got there by .0004. Great show, great track, great purse, and a REALLY great job by DW. Congrats! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS Last edited by Michael Beard; 03-13-2011 at 09:11 PM. Reason: more pics

03-13-2011, 09:13 PM	#3
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03-13-2011, 09:16 PM	#4
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03-13-2011, 09:20 PM	#5
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont Terry -- LOL! That's what Chip said! Yep, still kickin', and the car runs good. We had a really good race, too. I think he was 7.75 on a 7.74 (B/PS) Last batch (last two photos are from Saturday's ROC win at Farmington) Attached Thumbnails __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS Last edited by Michael Beard; 03-13-2011 at 09:24 PM.

03-13-2011, 09:45 PM	#6
danny waters sr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: lagrange,nc Posts: 2,224 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont Nice pics Michael ,Thanks and congrats to you on a great weekend. Nice turn-out . Hope they all show up next Sat at Fayetteville for 1/4 mile stock/superstock combo.. If my back is better i will be there for sure. __________________ Danny Waters, Sr / 73 Duster "340"

03-13-2011, 02:23 PM	#1
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont Perfect weather and a nice cross tailwind at Piedmont Dragway, along with a new concession pavilion and completely remodeled and tiled modern bathrooms greeted a big crowd of Stock/Super Stock cars for the first race in the Bobby Murray Chevrolet Carolina Class Racers Association. I count at least 35 cars. We are the feature show running alongside a test n' tune. Looks like some guys stopped by on the way home from Gainesville. Saw Rob Carpenter's Cobalt, and The Tax Group's H/SM Cobalt. 73.5 deg, 30%, 29.30, 1862' DA, cross tailwind, gusty hit n' miss. (It quit blowing during my 2nd qualifying run). --rolls eyes-- Had a good warmup at Farmington yesterday, winning the Race of Champions (shootout for all 2009-2010 event winners at that track). Felt good to shake my 2011 curse. We'll see how today goes! Thanks to Scott Tilley for picking up the CCRA reigns, and to Piedmont for hosting the event! Got tons of pics, will try to post tonight. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS Last edited by Michael Beard; 03-13-2011 at 09:08 PM. Reason: added pics

03-13-2011, 09:50 PM	#7
Duane Eiskant II Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Alexandria, Va Posts: 501 Likes: 261 Liked 57 Times in 33 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont If i would have known Buddy was gonna be there i would have gone just to watch... Mike next time you see Buddy, ask him about looking for a place to eat in Darlington around 2000. LOL __________________ Duane Eiskant 1354 Stock/Super Stock

03-13-2011, 10:24 PM	#9
KShipmon Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Burlington, NC Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont Great job to everyone that came to our event, this shows that class racing is alive and well. To all the racers, thank you for your cooperation in staging and the way you came to the lanes. It's great to work an event and feel like the customer truly appreciates the hard work of the staff and putting on a great show for the fans. Congratulation to all of you, it was great to see DW jr in the finals, my son told me I had battled DW sr several times. Beard, great job again racing and for the coverage. Thanks to Scott Tilley, look forward to you guys & gals coming back!!! Kevin Shipmon Piedmont Dragway __________________ I/CM Stock Eliminator Class Racer

03-13-2011, 10:29 PM	#10
Duane Eiskant II Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Alexandria, Va Posts: 501 Likes: 261 Liked 57 Times in 33 Posts	Re: LIVE from CCRA @ Piedmont Hey Brandon, your dad may have been with us on the trip im talking about... Buddy had us looking for this place for about a hour. Got there, it had been closed about 5 years lol... Buddy is always good a laugh, im with Chip i can only hope to be out racing when im his age. Truely a class act. __________________ Duane Eiskant 1354 Stock/Super Stock