NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Silver Dollar Raceway, Reynolds, Ga.
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2004 FIVE GEORGIA RACERS TAKE WINS IN REYNOLDS REYNOLDS, Ga. - Guy Kelly grabbed his fourth win of the year and Mark Billington picked up his second at this weekend's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Silver Dollar Raceway. Kelly took out Arthur Allen in the final round extending his points lead for the Top Alcohol Dragster Southeast Division Championship. Kelly out ran Allen with a 5.529 second run at 256.80 mph to Allen's 5.686 at 234.49 mph. Billington of Norcross, Ga., took out Jay Payne in the final of Top Alcohol Funny Car with a run of 6.155 seconds at 239.74 mph. This is Billington's second win of the season picking up a win back in June at South Georgia Motorsports Park. "Somedays it's better to be lucky than good. We're real happy with the win but it shook the tires right off the start which it shouldn't be doing. We'll take it any way we can get it." Payne's car broke at half track slowing him to an 8.121 second run although he maintains the points lead for the Southeast Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Championship. Don Eberly of Brunswick, Ga., beat No. 1 qualifier Glen Treadwall in Comp Eliminator with a pass of 8.210 seconds at 160.52 mph and Jeff Wilkerson out ran Gilmer Hinshaw in Top Sportsman running 7.434 seconds at 177.84 mph. Other Georgia racers picking up wins were Jonathan Anderson of Griffin, Ga., in Super Street, Jeff Brown of Forest Park, Ga., in Super Gas, and David Tatum of Palmetto, Ga., in Super Comp. David Rampy won in Stock Eliminator over Trevor Weiss of Cuthbert, Ga., and Stan Perry won in Super Stock over Mike Crutchfield. In Friday night's Top Sportsman shootout, Ronnie Davis of Suwanee, Ga., knocked off Jeff Pittman for the win with a run of 6.934 seconds at 201.64 mph. The Southeast Division racers head to Darlington International Dragway for its next and last stop on the NHRA Southeast Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, October 8-10. The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Silver Dollar Raceway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER: ROUND ONE 4) Don Fiorelli, Palm Bay, Fla., 6.214, 218.41 def. 3) Robin Samsel, Marion, Ind., 6.134, 204.76 2) Artie Allen, Jacksonville, Fla., 5.801, 231.40 def. 5) Cherissa Smallwood, Gainesville, Fla., 6.789, 208.62 1) Guy Kelly, Wadley, Ala., 5.548, 254.62 def. 6) Dan Lucas, Cumming, Ga., 6.697, 168.14 SEMI-FINALS Allen, 5.674, 244.65 def. Fiorelli, broke Kelly, 5.491, 257.19 was unopposed FINAL Kelly, 5.529, 256.80 def. Allen, 5.686, 234.49 TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR: FINAL 2) Mark Billington, Norcross, Ga., '01 Avenger, 6.155, 239.74 def. 1) Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif., '02 Camaro, 8.121, 108.21 TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Guy Kelly, Wadley, Ala., 5.529, 256.80 def. Artie Allen, Jacksonville, Fla., 5.686, 234.49 TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR Mark Billington, Norcross, Ga., '01 Avenger, 6.155, 239.74 def. Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif., '02 Camaro, 8.121, 108.21 COMP ELIMINATOR Don Eberly, Brunswick, Ga., '03 Cavalier, F/AA, 8.210, 160.52 def. Glen Treadwell, Sorrento, Fla., dragster, E/ED, 8.574, 132.82 SUPER STOCK Stan Perry, Nashville, Tenn., '69 Camaro, SS/DA, 9.900, 135.05 def. Mike Crutchfield, Montgomery, Ala., '90 Camaro, SS/BS, 9.201, 142.00 STOCK ELIMINATOR David Rampy, Piedmont, Ala., '67 Camaro, E/SA, 11.270, 113.92 def. Trevor Weiss, Cuthbert, Ga., '67 Camaro, B/S, 10.953, 122.76 SUPER COMP David Tatum III, Palmetto, Ga., dragster, 8.896, 165.99 def. Shannon Brinkley, Highlands, Texas, dragster, 8.891, 165.17 SUPER GAS Jeff Brown, Forest Park, Ga., '95 Cutlass, 9.900, 137.43 def. Tom Ratliff, Eustis, Fla., '27 roadster, 9.877, 148.09 SUPER STREET Jonathan Anderson, Griffin, Ga., '77 Vega, 10.915, 130.57 def. Tony Fuller, Oviedo, Fla., '69 Firebird, 10.872, 138.96 TOP SPORTSMAN Jeff Wilkerson, Athens, Ala., '02 Firebird, 7.434, 177.84 def. Gilmer Hinshaw, Burlington, N.C., '99 Monte Carlo, 7.174, 183.47