NHRA FMDRS final results from Texas Motorplex

30 May 1999

1999 NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES
TEXAS MOTORPLEX
MAY 30, 1999


               
FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR DRIVER JACKIE STIDHAM IS READY TO CELEBRATE HIS
FOURTH NHRA SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION TITLE, ALMOST…

        Ennis, Texas - Excitement could be heard and felt from the Stidham
Bros. Trailers Racing Team as Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver Jackie
Stidham, from Chickasha, Okla. won his third NHRA South Central event at
the O'Reilly NHRA Federal-Mogul Divisional at Texas Motorplex.
     "We think that this championship is ours but you never know, there are
still some great drivers out there like Todd Simpson and Tate Branch"
Stidham said.
     With three wins and two final round runner-ups out of five NHRA South
Central Division events Stidham, has a very comfortable lead over second
place driver Todd Simpson, from Ponder, Texas who was last year's
Federal-Mogul Funny Car champion in the same division.  There is a
possibility for Simpson to catch Stidham, but it would require nothing less
than a win at every race Simpson runs at.  
     "Mathematically it would be very difficult for someone to catch me at
this point, even if they raced at several more out of division events"
Stidham explained.
     The reason that it would be so difficult for another Federal-Mogul
Funny Car racer to catch Stidham is due to the fact that racers receive
fewer points at out of division races.  So the 1999 NHRA South Central
Division Federal-Mogul Funny Car champion, if it does turn out to be
Stidham, could be receiving his fourth division championship title in his
racing career which is a career achievement by itself.
     "If my math is correct and we win this year's title this will be our
fourth division championship which I am very excited about" Ronnie Stidham,
Jackie's brother, said about this weekend's victory.

        

     The following are final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag
Racing Series event at Texas Motorplex, the fifth of six races in the NHRA
South Central Division listing driver, city, state, make of car, elapsed
time in seconds and miles per hour:








FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER

Round 1

1. Darrell Russell, Cypress, Texas, 5.757, 247.25 def. 8. Larry Traugott,
Woodward Okla. 5.960, 237.52
7. Gene Snow, Ft. Worth, Texas, (.431 reaction time) 5.881, 227.10 def. 2.
Greg Roberts, Kenner, La., (.548 reaction time) 5.847, 240.89
6. Billy Bybee, Mclean, Texas, 5.943, 241.74 def. 3. Troy Buff, Spring,
Texas, 5.651, 250.41 (Red light, .304)
4. Shelly Howard, Tulsa, Okla., 5.768, 247.66 def. 5. James Thompson,
Vernon, Texas, 5.806, 248.07

Round 2

1. Russell, 5.656, 250.76 def. 4. Howard, 5.786, 245.90
6. Bybee, 5.741, 248.27 def. 7. Snow, 6.128, 206.80

Final Round

6. Bybee, 5.869, 242.98, def. 1. Russell, 5.699, 249.23 (Red light, .395)


FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 

Round 1

1. Jimmy Jones, Cleburne, Texas, '97 Chevy Camaro, 6.078, 242.00, def. 8.
Skater Chambers, Del City, Okla., '93 Dodge, 6.697, 160.02
2. Jackie Stidham, Chickasha, Okla., '98 Olds Acheiva, 5.938, 247.11 def.
Jason Rupert, Anaheim, Calif., '98 Chevy Camaro, 5.950, 241.15
3. Tate Branch, Artesia, N.M., '98 Dodge Avenger, 5.773, 251.39 def. 6.
Bill Howry, '93 Dodge Daytona, Oklahoma City, 7.572, 168.31
5. Todd Simpson, Ponder, Texas, '99 Dodge Avenger, 6.007, 231.66 def.   
   4. Ron Morrison, Oklahoma City, '97 Olds Cutlass 6.122, 234.37

Round 2

1. Jones, 6.017, 234.31 def. 4. Simpson, 8.586, 101.78
2. Stidham, 5.870, 245.90 def. 3. Branch, 6.162, 245.16

Final Round

2. Stidham, 5.964, 245.43 def. 1. Jones, 6.034, 240.19

COMP ELIMINATOR

Taylor Lastor, Austin, Texas, C/A '99 Chevy S-10, 7.878, 170.39 def.
Maryann Austin, Lowell, Ark., C/EDragster, 7.578, 175.47  

SUPER STOCK

Tony Wood, Tulsa, Okla., SS/H '68 Chevy Camaro, 10.656, 115.53 def. Ron
Cheshier, White Hall, Ark., SS/DA '69 Chevy Camaro, 10.122, 133.78

STOCK ELIMINATOR

Terry Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, G/SA '69 Chevy Camaro, 11.812, 102.75 def.
Bobby Roper, Atkins, Ark., A/SA '69 Chevy Camaro, 10.836, 118.85

SUPER GAS

Don Gutierrez, Waco, Texas, '29 Roadster, 9.888, 137.02 def. Joe Harper,
Florence, Miss., '96 Dodge Avenger, 9.882, 155.19

SUPER COMP

Rodney Horton, Ft. Worth, Texas, '99 Dragster, 8.912, 155.70 def. Luke
Bogacki, Arlington, Texas, '99 Dragster, 8.908, 145.37

SUPER STREET

Bob Gulitti, Spring, Texas, '69 Chevy Camaro, 10.932, 129.60 def. Steve
Domingues, Derby, Kan., '67 Chevy Camaro, 10.937, 135.37