TMECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND (September
27th, 2021) – The IHRA Summit Racing
Equipment Team Finals brought
picture perfect weather Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. Temperatures
in the mid 70’s during the day, mid
50’s at night, and plenty of
sunshine brought a much-needed
change of pace in weather to those
that traveled to Maryland
International Raceway (MDIR). The
energy was felt first thing Friday
morning as racers from MDIR,
Sumerduck Dragway, US13 Dragway
(US13), and Roxboro Motorsports Park
would be ready to duel it out all
weekend long.
Friday’s Gamblers race would start
with Time Trials at 10am. After the
two time trials, eliminations would
begin and the competition would be
fierce. Vic Gordy from US13 Dragway
would win Box, John Mattera from
MDIR would win in No Box, and
Nicholas Bowie from US13 Dragway
would take the win with the Junior
Dragsters. Friday’s event would also
include a pit bike race, which would
be won by MDIR’s AJ Jenkins.
Saturday’s
Gamblers race would start at 9am
with one time trial for all racers.
Eliminations would start after the
time trial was completed. Robbie
Parlett from MDIR would win Box,
Robert “Hambone” Copsey from
Sumerduck would win No Box, and
Nicholas Bowie from US13 would win
again in Junior Dragster. Saturday
would also have a High Roller
Gamblers race added to the event.
The High Roller Gamblers Winners
would be Welsey Washington Jr from
MDIR in Box, Bobby Mattera from MDIR
in No Box, and Calvin Weaver from
Sumerduck in Junior Dragster.
The Main Event on Sunday would bring
drama early. During the First Round
of Eliminations, the Top 4 teams in
the Track Championship Points would
swap or tie the top spot with each
run. At the end of first round MDIR
Team A would sit atop the points
with 24, MDIR Team B and US13 Team A
would be tied with 22, Sumerduck
would sit with 16, US13 Team B with
13, and Roxboro with 9. During
Second Round, many drivers would put
up perfect rection times, however,
Scott Holsey of Team Sumerduck would
put together a perfect run with a
triple zero reaction time and a dead
on zero run on his dial on. The
points lead for MDIR Team A, would
continue to grow through the
remainder of the day and turn into a
runaway situation by the end of
fourth round of eliminations.
MDIR
Team A showed they wanted to bring
the Division 1 Championship back to
MDIR. Three of the four finals had
two drivers from MDIR Team A racing
for the win, the chance to go to
Memphis, the Ironman, and the check.
In Box, Robert Jones would best
Wesley Washington Jr as Washington
would go -.005 red on his reaction
time. Patrick Estevez Jr would take
the event win in No Box as Keven
Yates would go -.009 red on his
reaction time when leaving the tree.
In Junior Dragster, Jordan Denny
would beat Gayge Farrell in a double
breakout situation at the finish
line with Denny breaking out by less
and hoisting the trophy in the end.
In Sportsman, Kirk House from US13
Team B would win over Glenda Cochran
from Roxboro.
The final points standings at the
end of event would be MDIR Team A
with an astounding 71 points, MDIR
Team B with 46, US13 Team A with 35,
US13 Team B with 27, Sumerduck with
25, and Roxboro with 13 points.
Best Appearing and Best Engineered
judging would be selected by IHRA
officials as drivers would sit in
the staging lanes instead of
representatives being voted by their
peers then selected by an IHRA
official as per usual. Below is who
won each respective award.
|
Award |
Name |
Track |
Hometown |
|
|
Best Appearing Open Body |
Jimmy Tayman |
MDIR |
Mechanicsville, MD |
|
|
Best Engineered Open Body |
Wayne Patton |
US13 |
Rhodesdale, MD |
|
|
Best Appearing Full Body |
Tony Tull |
MDIR |
Annapolis, MD |
|
|
Best Engineered Full Body |
Buddy McGowan |
MDIR |
Perry Hall, MD |
|
|
Best Appearing Jr Dragster |
Jessi Tayman |
MDIR |
Mechanicsville, MD |
|
|
Best Engineered Jr Dragster |
Jacob Nahory |
SD |
Pasadena, MD |
|
|
Best Team Spirit |
|
Roxboro |
|
|
|
Best Appearing Team
|
|
US13 |
|
|
|
Best Decorated Grandstand |
|
Maryland |
|
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Congratulations again to Team
MDIR for bringing the Division 1
Team Finals Championship back to
MDIR!
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