Gassers and King of the Track at South Georgia Motorsports Park
by Marvin T. Smith
Cecil, Georgia October 9, 2004
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The Classic Gassers brought their exciting brand of heads up racing to SGMP. They race A/G cars on a 5.30 index and B/G cars on a 6.00 index, and put on quite a show with their nostalgia flavored machines. If you want to see Willys, Anglias, and Henry J's and other great cars, this group is not to be missed! The racing is awesome!
The A/G field of seven cars narrowed down to the yellow 37 Chevy of David Wiggins and the Mighty Mouse Anglia of Roger McConnell. Both cars dipped into the 5.20s but Wiggins broke out least to take the win.
The B/G field of eight cars boiled down to Ronnie Winston's early Nova against the Van of Bob Busch. Bush took a holeshot win with a slower 6.03 to the Winston Nova's better 6.01.
In regular Super Pro action, Bryan Jones ran a dead-on 4.980 on his 4.98 dial in to beat last week's winner Carey Locke who fouled. Pro racing saw Todd Sapp in his MTS racing Mustang win with a 7.139 on a 7.13 dial in when his opponent ran 7.48 on a 7.47 dial in. Racing action is tough at SGMP.
Tonight was the special King of the Track event for cars finishing in the top ten in points for the year in both Pro and Super Pro. The Pro cars raced each other and the Super Pro cars raced each other, and the two winners faced off for an NHRA Wally trophy and ultimate bragging rights. The Pro winner, Ricky Kent, took on the Super Pro winner, Brian Jones, for the "little man." Kent ran 7.74 on his 7.72 dial to lose to Bryan's 4.990 on his 4.98 dial in. This was really Bryan's night as he won both the regular event and the King of the Track race. Congratulations on an outstanding performance.
As always at SGMP, there were many other things to see. There was an excellent motorcycle daredevil show that had to be seen to be believed. The Cherissa Motorsports team showed up to test their A/FD and ran a troubled 6.72 at 205mph. The smell of nitro was a welcomed addition to an excellent night of racing! Kenny Voss brought Richard Earle's 57 Ford Pro Outlaw Street car to test for the big event coming up in Orlando. He drove through the clutch on his first attempt, but came back and ran a 7.20 at 191 in the quarter followed up by an eighth mile pass of 4.66 at 153. Clarence Cloud brought back his crowd pleasing 40 Willys after the Gasser event eliminations to try out his 300 hp nitrous system for the first time. He ran a career best 4.97 at 146. You gotta love it!
In November, South Georgia Motorsports Park is having a three day $30,000 bracket race. Check SGMPracing.com for more information.
Cecil, Georgia October 9, 2004
Photos
The Classic Gassers brought their exciting brand of heads up racing to SGMP. They race A/G cars on a 5.30 index and B/G cars on a 6.00 index, and put on quite a show with their nostalgia flavored machines. If you want to see Willys, Anglias, and Henry J's and other great cars, this group is not to be missed! The racing is awesome!
The A/G field of seven cars narrowed down to the yellow 37 Chevy of David Wiggins and the Mighty Mouse Anglia of Roger McConnell. Both cars dipped into the 5.20s but Wiggins broke out least to take the win.
The B/G field of eight cars boiled down to Ronnie Winston's early Nova against the Van of Bob Busch. Bush took a holeshot win with a slower 6.03 to the Winston Nova's better 6.01.
In regular Super Pro action, Bryan Jones ran a dead-on 4.980 on his 4.98 dial in to beat last week's winner Carey Locke who fouled. Pro racing saw Todd Sapp in his MTS racing Mustang win with a 7.139 on a 7.13 dial in when his opponent ran 7.48 on a 7.47 dial in. Racing action is tough at SGMP.
Tonight was the special King of the Track event for cars finishing in the top ten in points for the year in both Pro and Super Pro. The Pro cars raced each other and the Super Pro cars raced each other, and the two winners faced off for an NHRA Wally trophy and ultimate bragging rights. The Pro winner, Ricky Kent, took on the Super Pro winner, Brian Jones, for the "little man." Kent ran 7.74 on his 7.72 dial to lose to Bryan's 4.990 on his 4.98 dial in. This was really Bryan's night as he won both the regular event and the King of the Track race. Congratulations on an outstanding performance.
As always at SGMP, there were many other things to see. There was an excellent motorcycle daredevil show that had to be seen to be believed. The Cherissa Motorsports team showed up to test their A/FD and ran a troubled 6.72 at 205mph. The smell of nitro was a welcomed addition to an excellent night of racing! Kenny Voss brought Richard Earle's 57 Ford Pro Outlaw Street car to test for the big event coming up in Orlando. He drove through the clutch on his first attempt, but came back and ran a 7.20 at 191 in the quarter followed up by an eighth mile pass of 4.66 at 153. Clarence Cloud brought back his crowd pleasing 40 Willys after the Gasser event eliminations to try out his 300 hp nitrous system for the first time. He ran a career best 4.97 at 146. You gotta love it!
In November, South Georgia Motorsports Park is having a three day $30,000 bracket race. Check SGMPracing.com for more information.
posted by David @ 2:24 AM
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