SEMDRA at South Georgia Motorsports Park May 29-30, 2009

by Marvin T. Smith

The Southeastern Motorcycle Drag Racing Association staged a big event at South Georgia Motorsports Park May 29-30. Bikes from all over the Southeast participated in seven classes in the eighth mile format.
Headlining the event were the Pro Mod cycles. Travis Davis qualified number one in the twelve bike field and went on to score the win. In the finals, Davis ran low elapsed time of the event at 4.252 at 168 to defeat Lance Hines’ 4.33 at 169.38. Carlos Wilkerson was the semifinalist.
Twenty-seven bikes battled for the win in Top Gas. Racing on a 5.10 index, Curtis Clark of Florence, Mississippi, defeated Robin Procopio of Wake Forest, North Carolina, when Procopio broke out. Clark ran a fine 5.116 for the win.
The 35 bike Super Comp field was topped by Deshawn Wheeler of Louisville, Kentucky when he defeated John Falciglia of Davie, Florida. Wheeler ran 5.624 on the 5.60 index to beat Falciglia’s 5.698.
In Ultra Street, after six hard rounds of racing, Georgian Terry Singleton defeated Tim Patrick when Patrick broke out with a close 5.991 on the 6.00 index. Singleton ran 6.042.
Six rounds of Super Street boiled down to Stanley Russell beating Thomas Whytas in a double break-out final.
It took seven rounds, but Mike Lakoskey defeated Roy Koch in the final of Pro ET when Koch fouled.
Seventy-seven bikes raced in Street ET. In the eighth round, Andy Lynch of South Carolina defeated Georgian Jerome Hill when Hill broke out. Lynch ran a fine 6.465 on his 6.46 dial for the win.
In the V-Twin class, Troy Kersey of Naples, Florida defeated Hunter Hancock of Georgia in a double break-out final. Both ran on a 7.74 dial.