NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series-Silver Dollar Raceway, Reynolds, GA
1 April 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES-SOUTHEAST DIVISION
SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2000
PAYNE RESETS FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR TRACK RECORDS AT SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY
REYNOLDS, Ga.- In Saturday's NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series
final qualifying at Silver Dollar Raceway, Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver
Jay Payne of Upland, Calif. broke Todd Paton's track record in E.T. and
reset his own speed record set in 1999. In Federal-Mogul Dragster, Michael
Gunderson of Middleburg, Fla. secured the No. 1 qualifying position because
not one other dragster could come within two-hundreths of his run in
Fridays qualifying session.
On another beautiful day in Reynolds, Ga., Payne was in a giving
mood in Saturday's first round of qualifying giving up his No. 1 qualifying
position to Tate Branch of Artesia, N.M. Branch made a run of 5.909
seconds at 246.30 mph to take over the top spot in Federal-Mogul Funny Car
for the moment. Payne was in the taking mood a little later in the day,
blowing away the Funny Car field with a track record run of 5.737 seconds
at 248.20 mph to collect the Winston Top Qualifier Award of $1000. This
broke Paton's E.T. record of 5.800 seconds and crushed his old speed record
of 246.67 mph set last year.
"The track record is great, but it doesn't mean much if I don't
take care of business tomorrow in eliminations," said Payne. "The left
lane is great and overall the track is in good shape so we will go with the
same setup tomorrow."
In Federal-Mogul Dragster, Gunderson could not better his run of
5.571 seconds at 250.74 mph, but either could the competition. Billy Bybee
of McLean, Texas came the closest in his final qualifying attempt with a
run of 5.590 seconds at
254.14 mph.
Byron resident, Woodro Josey made some major adjustments on his
2000 Pontiac Firebird and collects $200 from Winston for securing the No. 1
qualifying position in Stock Eliminator. Also claiming the No. 1
qualifying positions are Larry Mayes of Greenwood, Ind. in Competition
Eliminator and Andy Fogle of Norway, S.C. in Super Stock.
The NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series at Silver Dollar Raceway
continues tomorrow with eliminations beginning at 9 a.m. Federal-Mogul
Dragsters and Federal-Mogul Funny Cars will begin first round of
eliminations at 12 noon.
The following are Saturday's qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul
Drag Racing Series event at Silver Dollar Raceway:
FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1) Michael Gunderson, Middleburg, Fla., 5.571 seconds, 250.74 mph vs. 8)
Marty Thacker, Robinson, Ill., 6.106 seconds,
231.20 mph
2) Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 5.590, 254.14 vs. 7) Bob Bears, Clearwater,
Fla., 5.918, 229.59
3) Darryl Hitchman, Hanford, Calif., 5.639, 245.81 vs. 6) Artie Allen,
Jacksonville, Fla., 5.833, 238.98
4) Bill McCornack, Lexington, Ky., 5.770, 239.02 vs. 5) Don Fiorelli, Palm
Bay, Fla., 5.820, 240.89
Alternates
1) Cherissa Griffis, Gainsville, Fla., 6.517, 211.93
2) Bob Leverich, Marysville, Mich., 7.006, 206.42
3) Tim Slagle, Fairfex, Va., 14.331, 67.50
FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
1) Jay Payne, Upland, Calif., '00 Chevrolet Camaro, 5.737 seconds, 248.20
mph vs. 6) Mike Preslar Sr., Arden, N.C., '00 Chevrolet Corvette, 8.772
seconds, 90.69 mph
2) Tate Branch, Artesia, N.M., '99 Dodge Avenger, 5.878, 245.18 vs. 5)
Jerry Freeman, Mew Market, Ala., '98 Avenger, 6.687, 197.22
3) Mark Billington, Apopka, Fla., '95 Oldsmobile Achieva, 6.089, 226.35
vs. 4) Warren Dauzat, Baton Rouge, La.,
'96 Achieva, 6.176, 230.76
COMP ELIMINATOR
1. Larry Mayes, Greenwood, Ind., '96 Oldsmobile Achieva, D/SM, 8.218
seconds (0.612-seconds under Index)
2. Larry Pritchett, Clarkrange, Ind., '98 Pontiac Grand Am, A/SM, 8.539
seconds (-0.591)
3. David Rampy, Piedmont, Ala., '99 Dragster, B/ED, 7.034 (-0.566)
4. Mike Saye, Johnston, N.C., '92 Oldsmobile Cutlass, F/A, 8.613 (-0.557)
5. Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., '23 Ford T, A/EA, 7.618 (-0.512)
6. Michael Hardee, Wilmington, N.C., '97 Pontiac Firebird, D/EA, 8.605
(-0.485)
7. Van Puckett, Snellville, Ga., '97 Firebird, D/A, 8.147 (-0.473)
8. Jerry Hemmingson, Concord, N.C., '94 Chevrolet Lumina, B/A, 7.435
(-0.435)
9. Jim Kimbrough, Pace, Fla., '32 Roadster, A/EA, 7.704 (-0.426)
10. Jeff Wilkerson, Athens, Ala., '00 Pontiac Trans Am, B/A, 7.484,
(-0.386)
SUPER STOCK
1. Andy Fogle, Norway, N.C., '67 Chevrolet Camaro, SS/HA, 9.877 seconds
(1.023-seconds under Index)
2. Kenny Schindler, Hedersonville, Tenn., '68 Chevrolet Corvette, SS/E,
9.537 (-1.013)
3. Jerry Silveus, Van Buren, Ohio, '99 Pontiac Firebird, GT/IA, 10.509
(-0.991)
4. Cliff Reigle, Ashland City, Tenn., '67 Camaro, SS/FA, 9.840 (-0.910)
5. Everette Keesley, Edgefield, S.C., '82 Firebird, GT/EA, 10.045 (-0.905)
6. John Livingston, Nashville, Tenn., '70 Corvette, SS/FA, 9.778 (-0.872)
7. Mike Crutchfield, Montgomery, Ala., '90 Camaro, SS/BS, 9.134 (-0.866)
8. Terry Pearson, Spanish Fort, Ala., '98 Oldsmobile Achieva, GT/BA, 9.694
(-0.856)
9. Steve Tschetter, Riverdale, Ga., '64 Chevrolet Chevelle, SS/LA, 10.905
(-0.845)
10. Scott Richardson, Goodlettsville, Tenn., '00 Firebird, GT/FA, 10.265
(-0.835)
STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Woodro Josey, Byron, Ga., '00 Pontiac Firebird, F/SA, 11.066 seconds,
(1.084-seconds under Index)
2. Jimmy Hidalgo, Donaldsonville, La., '97 Chevrolet Camaro, E/SA, 10.975
(-1.025)
3. Paul Dilcher, Brockport, N.Y., '78 Firebird, L/SA, 11.975 (-1.025)
4. Brandon Wood, Meigs, Ga., '85 Camaro, M/SA, 12.133 (-1.017)
5. Sharla Joffrion, Belle Rose, La., '98 Camaro, G/SA, 11.307 (-0.993)
6. Lee Tuttle, Albany, Ga., '66 Chevrolet, T/SA, 13.825 (-0.975)
7. Hugh Meeks Jr., Union Springs, Ala., '74 Chevrolet Nova, J/SA, 11.784
(-0.966)
8. Harold Culpepper, Pine Mtn. Valley, Ga., '90 Camaro, K/SA, 11.989
(-0.961)
9. Tom Hemmingson, Concord, N.C., '66 Chevrolet Chevelle, M/S, 12.197
(-0.953)
10. Peter Noriega, Hialeah, Fla., '80 Chevrolet Malibu, V/SA, 14.896
(-0.904)
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