In the first round…Makayla Wilson treed young Ken Dabney, Jr. with a killer .028 light.
while Jasmyn Wilson handed ADRL’s KJ Nowling a win with a red light start
Matt Hopkins powered his way to a victory over JC Gloyd
Robert Vogler, III snatched the win from sweet Tia Tutterow in their Halfscale match-up
and Brandon Pottorff barely handed the round to Virginia’s Morgan Benfield with a -.015 red
Roger Wayne Thornton slammed a .028 light over John Moretz
Patrick Weatherford overtook Kendall Thiesse with nearly a tenth on the tree
Timmy Clifton, Jr passed to the second round when top qualifier Taylor Weatherford broke his motor mid race.
Round 2… Virginia Racers KICK IT! Matt Hopkins ran almost on the money to snatch the win from Roger Thornton
Patrick Weatherford eeked out a win over KJ Nowling as the sun began to sink
Timmy Clifton, Jr handed the round to Makayla Wilson with a -.006 red [OUCH!]
Morgan Benfield ran a tight race as Robert Vogler, III broke out by 1/1000th of a second
SEMIs… Patrick Weaterford and Matt Hopkins both broke out as the track cooled at VMP, but under the First or Worst Rule of drag racing Patrick took the win with a break out of .014 over Matt’s .024 [how close is THAT?]
Morgan Benfield’s consistency on the tree sent Makayla Wilson to the trailer despite a valiantly tight race
Finals… Has this been a race or WHAT?
The final round brought Patrick Weatherford to the line against Morgan Benfield, at nearly 11 PM, after a grueling weekend of heat both on and off the track.
With nearly a heads up dial (and a slight slip in Morgan’s light) Patrick’s tight game forced an all out battle as Morgan pushed her car into a break out giving the clean and well deserved victory to Patrick!
Congratulations, Patrick...as he adds his first Minute Man to his
trophy room.
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