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Friday, November 10, 2006

Barker Trailer Sales / CSR Pro Bracket Masters Championship Event

from Tim Glover

Over $275,000 Awarded at First Annual Ending DRR Pro Bracket Masters Championship Event, brother and sister Rustin and Misty Mayse win world championships in their class.

by DRR Staff

(November 2-5, 2006) Racers from all over, as well as those in the year long DRR Series championship hunt, converged on South Ga. Motorsports Park for the Barker Trailer Sales / CSR Pro Bracket Masters Championship event. Thursday, Friday and Sunday were points racing days, and Saturday featured a $1000 entry, 100 percent payout event, along with a $7500 to win Jeg's 32 Car No-Box Shootout. Sunday also featured a sold-out $15,000 to win, $31,000 total payout Jeg's 32 Car No-Box Shootout.

By the end of the weekend, the Mayse family celebrated not one, but two championships. Rustin Mayse of Frost, Texas finished in a tie with Luke Bogacki at 37 points for the BTE Super Pro championship, but Mayse won the tie-breaker with more wins than Bogacki. Misty Mayse, also of Frost, Texas, earned the Race Tech Jr Dragster championship by making it to the final
round on the last day of racing, and even though she didn't win that final, the Race Tech championship was already hers to cherish. Benny Gossett of St. Angelo, Texas, ended his year as the Jeg's Sportsman world champion.


(Wednesday) "Racing Jason" Lynch defeated Larry Jones from St Pete, Fla. for the Jeg's Wednesday Gambler at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Lynch was ..001 to Jones .007 on the tree in the final. Both racers broke out, but Lynch got the better end of the deal. Graeme Frawley from Brisbane, Australia was the lone semi-finalist.


(Thursday) Drew Phillips from South Carolina won the Super Pro portion of the Pace American Run for the trailer on Thursday, giving him an extra point toward the Race Tech world championship. Drew ran 4.940 on a 4.94 for the cash. Franky Bishop went dead on with a one in the Jegs Sportsman portion of Run for the Trailer. Allen Rouse from Jacksonville was the Race Tech Jr Dragster money winner, running 7.909 on a 7.90.

Bruce Mouat of Ty Ty, Ga. won $10,000 Thursday in BTE Super Pro, defeating veteran racer Jeff Strickland from Red Bay, Ala. Mouat was 4.898 on a 4.89 in the final. Strickland was .016 and just a hair under with a 4.647 on a 4.65, taking the runner up spot. Nick Folk of Durand Ill. and Randy Rice from Tennessee were the semi-finalists. Joe Rampley from Gainesville, Ga.
enjoyed winning the K&R Performance Challenge during round one with a perfect light.

Jack Macfarlane from Aitkin, Minn., was the $2000 winner in Jeg's Sportsman, defeating Jeff Gatlin of St. Augustine, Fla. Gatlin went -.002 red in the final, handing the win to the Minnesota racer. Two time defending world champ, Phil Combs from Kentucky, was the lone semi finalist.

Misty Mayse from Texas made a move for the championship in Race Tech Jr Dragster when she defeated Zach Menter from Jax, Fla. for the money and trophy.

Mike Stout from Indy was the Jeg's Trophy winner over Dave Gatlin from St. Augustine, Fla.


(Friday) Scotty Helman from Norristown, Pa. won the Pace American / Barker Trailer Sales Run for the Trailer in BTE Super Pro with a 4.750 on a 4.75, coupled with a .013 light, in his S&W dragster. In Jeg's Sportsman, Gene Holton drove his '75 Nova to a 7.430 on a 7.43 for the money and first round bye.


Race Tech Jr Dragster racer Justin Driver went 7.919 on a 7.90 for the cash and bye run.

Dave Triplett from Eustis, Fla. took a single pass down the race track for the $10,000 payday in BTE Super Pro after veteran racer David Rampy from Ala. could not make the call. Rampy had the fastest car at the track all day, dialing in the low 4.40s. Tony "Pizza Man" Sciarrino was the lone semi-finalist in his '80 Malibu. Triplett was the second BTE Super Pro racer of the year to win twice.

In Jegs Sportsman action, Rick Baehr from Wellington, Ohio used a .032 and 6.661 on a 6.64 for the win over veteran racer Anthony Blackburn from Paris, Ky. E.J. Jones from St. Pete, Fla. was the single semi-final finisher.

Eric Rodden from Cleveland, Tenn. made a serious move in the championship points by defeating Neil Williams from Ga. Rodden ran 7.963 on a 7.93 for the win. Justin Driver of Frost, Texas was the lone semi-finalist.

Mike Stout out of Indy won Jeg's Trophy class for the second night in a row when he used a perfect light to defeat Ray Williams, who posted a -.003 red.


(Saturday) Timmy Smith from Alabama earned the Super Pro Run for the Money win, courtesy of a .001 over the dial and .003 light run. Luke Bogacki from Woodville, Ala. was the 50/50 Run for the Money winner. Bug McCarty was the Sportsman winner in the Pace American / Barker Trailer Sales Run for the Trailer event.

Scott Richardson from Springfield, Tenn. won the biggest event of the year in the DragRaceResults.com GoodYear Series Saturday night 100 percent payout race. The event featured a star studded field and a huge $70,000 payout! Richardson defeated "Young Gun" Timmy Smith from Ala. in a close final. Smith had a better light, but Richardson ran 4.660 on a 4.66 for the huge payday, kicking off the 2006 Winter Series. The semi-finalists were Brian
Folk from Durand Ill. and Kenny Dixson from Calhoun, Ga.

Saturday also featured the Jeg's Sportsman $7500 to win 32 Car Shootout. Veteran bracket racer Clayton Clark from Bowling Green, Ky. cashed in on the huge payday after he defeated John "The Mongoose" Boyer for the win. Clark's ..027 light was to much for Boyer's .057 and the MGM backed Olds took home the win. Bug McCarty from Hazlehurst, Ga. and Anthony Blackburn from Paris, Ky. were the semi-final pair.

In a special Super Pro Gambler, Jeremy Bargo from Kentucky defeated Pete Wheeler of Wheeler Power Products for the cash. Rick Baer from Wellington, Ohio took the Sportsman win against Franky Bishop's Jeep.


(Sunday) Gary Thompson from Douglasville, Ga, a multi time Super Pro champ from the now defunct Southeastern International Dragway, topped off a great weekend on the very last day of the 2006 DRR GoodYear Series. Thompson ran a perfect 4.950 on a 4.95 with a .000 light to win the Barker Trailer Sales / Pace American Run for the Trailer event. Dennis Cameron Jr from Mt Pleasant, Texas, was the leader with a perfect run earlier in the year, but did it a
non-points car. It won't be a long drive for Thompson to Fitzgerald, Ga. to pick up the new trailer. Thompson not only won the Pace American / Barker Trailer Sales trailer, he was also the winner in the CSR Dead-On Challenge. This was the third time this year the cash has been claimed from CSR.

Brandon Wood, a former Jeg's Racer of the Month from Thomasville, Ga., used his '71 Nova to earn the $15,000 to win Jeg's Sportsman 32 Car No-Box Shootout event against Rick Baehr from Wellington Ohio. In the final, Baehr went .007 on the tree and ran 6.667 on a 6.65 (.024 package), but it missed the pay window by .002 seconds, as Wood went .020 and a super close 6.772 on a 6.77. Adam Davis and Ken Grant were the semi-finalists. A total of $31,000
was paid out to the racers in this event.

In BTE Super Pro Kevin Rodden took home winner and runner up money in a very tough field of cars. This helped Rodden make a serious move in the Race Tech championship points standings.

Luke Bogacki defeated Jeff Green for the $2000 payday in Jeg's Sportsman. Bogacki went 6.097 on a 6.09 for the win.

Jason Enfinger from Undercover Chassis won the K&R Challenge with a perfect light in round one.

Misty Mayse made it to the final in Race Tech Jr Dragster and won the Race Tech Run for the Money event earlier in the day, making her the new 2006 Race Tech World champion. In the final, however, Sam Slater from Sarasota, Fla. was not overly impressed, and took out the newly crowned champ with a ..023 light and a 9.314 for the win.

Ray Williams Sr. defeated Cyrus Hampton in Jeg's Trophy for the four foot tall monster trophy.

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