I think we called this one right. The only "weather delays" at this race were caused by folks hiding in the air conditioned spaces. The high 90's afternoon temps gave way to a nice evening of perfect racing weather. Thanks to Texas Steak Express for supporting our race and cooking up a mess of great food. We don't have any figures, but we're thinkng that the ice cream was a big seller today. Steak Express put a bounty of $50 and a steak dinner on the Steak Express Malibu to be claimed by whoever took out Stu West in the first round of AJ Enterprises Top ET. Maxey Chittum, Bounty Hunter, will be eating very well this week.
A. J. Enterprizes Top ET - 04/26 Final: Just before regular eliminations, we ran off the two rain delayed finals from April 26. In Top ET, Michael Stultz of CLyde (left) took the win after Neil Tinsley of Melvin went "pink" with a -.0029 red light. Then just to rub salt in the wound, Neil ran it out for a 4.995 on a 4.99. Micheal ran 7.49 on a 7.51 with a .062 light.
Audio Magic Modified ET - 04/26 Final: The All Merkel Ford vs Chevy Modified final from 4/26 was run off right after the Top final. Chris Kelly (right) took the win here after Jay Campbell left early with a -035 red. Jay ran the Camaro out for a 6.02 on a 6.00 dial. Chris pushed the Falcon to a 7.36 on a 7.38 dial with a .016 reaction time.
A. J. Enterprizes Top ET: Charles Baucum of Abilene parked his Firebird in the Winner's Circle after a super tight double breakout final lap. Charles went .004 on the tree and ran 6.729 under a 6.73 dial for the win. Joe Collier of Clyde was right there after him, hitting a .008 on the start but ran farther under at 4.781 on a 4.79 dial. A real squeaker at the stripe.
Audio Magic Modified ET: Robert Schoemer of Abilene drove the "Dead On Stealth Pontiac" to a win in Modified ET with a 9.186 on a 9.18 dial with a .059 reation time. Debbie Kelly of Merkel had a slightly better light at .052 but the Mustang went too fast, clocking 7.899 on a 7.91 at the top end. This final was played out already in the second round, where Robert went 9.17 with a zero to make Debbie buy back. And Debbie had the better light then, too.
Longmire Plumbing Jr. Dragster: Heather Swiney of Merkel (top) put down a dead on 8.455 on an 8.45 dial and hit the tree with a .023 light to claim the Jr. Dragster win. Kimie Lakey from Sylvester, who won the last points race, had to settle for runner up this time. Her 8.04 on an 8.01 dial wasn't close enough to catch Heather.
Max's Kawasaki Motorcycle:
Mike Rogers of Cisco (top) took home the winner's check in the Max's Motorcycle class, taking out Cory Farmer of Tuscola in the final. Mike ran 7.31 on a 6.89 dial to get the win. Corey broke out, running 7.45 under a 7.56 dial.
Rhino Liner of Abilene All Run Quick:
Casey Longmire of Abilene (top) is this weeks' All Run Quick winner. Joanna Tinsley from Melvin took the runner up spot. This one was all over right at the start, with both racers going red. Casey's dial was a 4.93 with Joanna's showing up as 4.98. That had Joanna leaving first and resulted in her ending up as first runner up.
Whitten Inn Street Money: Theresa Dempsey of Abilene (top) scored the win in Street Money when Joe Edd Boaz of Anson red lit away the round. Joe Edd was also todays Dialing for Dollars WInner.
TSTC West Texas Open Trophy: The Open Trophy final was "no lift" special. Tommy Wade of Abilene hit a great .023 light and ran a bit under 7.65 on a 7.67 dial to take home the winning trophy in Open Trophy. Runner up Theresa Dempsey blasted her Firebird to a way under 8.68 on an 8.74 dial
Dodge Rambunctious Friday Night Gamblers
Dodge Rambunction Friday Gamblers: Robert Foucha from Metraie Louisana went .020 on the tree and clocked a 5.15 on a 5.14 dial for the Gamblers win. Runner up Sambo Tyra hit a .031 on the start and broke out, running 7.08 under a 7.11 dial
In Thursday night action, Theresa Dempsey took the Street Eliminator win, running 9.08 on a 8.75 dial. Victor Alcasas of Dyess AFB runnerd up with a 9.06 on a 8.60 dial. Third place went to Brian Dempsey of Abilene.
