Summit Series event at SGMP, June 7, 2009

by Marvin T. Smith

South Georgia Motorsports Park held a make-up Summit Bracket Series event on June 6-7 for an earlier rained-out event. Rain again intervened, shortening the two day event to Sunday only for all but the Junior Dragsters.

Junior Dragster eliminations round one was held on Saturday prior to the rain, and completed Sunday morning, with a second elimination event held Sunday afternoon. “Saturday” winners included Abby Hostetter, who beat Josh Cook in the Junior Novice class, Daniel Young, who beat Chris Bowman in the Junior Intermediate finals, and Trevor Estes, who defeated Corey Cox in the double break-out Junior Advanced final. On Sunday, Abby Hostetter beat Zachery Holland for the Junior Novice class to sweep the weekend and hold the series points lead. Matt Cook defeated Jordan Arnold for the Junior Intermediate class to hold the series points lead, and Trevor Estes repeated his Saturday win by again defeating Corey Cox for the Junior Advanced Class after the two raced four hard rounds.

Sunday was a beautiful day for racing. In the Street Class, Ethan Anderson defeated a fouling Dallas Burger in the final. Jamey Addison, Jr. was the sole semifinalist in the odd-number field.
Forty-nine cars battled for the Pro Class on Sunday. In the final round, David Walker defeated a fouling Jason Tucker. Walker, who took over the Summit Series points lead with his win, would have been hard to beat. He ran a 7.629 on his 7.62 dial. Roger Kelly was the lone semifinalist.
Fifty-four cars fought for the Super Pro Class on Sunday. After seven rounds of racing, Jennifer Bir defeated number one qualifier Mark Young. Bir took the starting line advantage with a .017 to .034 reaction time, and ran a 4.936 on her 4.93 dial to defeat Young’s dead on 4.990 on his 4.99 dial. Larry Strickland and Carol McCarty were the semifinalists.