New Winners Again In Verge Motorsports 4.50/4.70 Outlaws

Bowling Green, KY – After a couple of repeat winners emerged this summer in both the 4.70 Door Slammer and 4.50 Dragster classes for the first time ever, some wondered if the parity of the classes would fade away and door for dominance would open.  In the group’s August event held at beautiful Beech Bend Dragway in Bowling Green Ky, first time winners, Ryan Gibson and Brian Jones proved that is not the case.

Ryan, driving his turbo powered Firebird defeated a field of 46 cars to claim his $10,000 check for the G-Tech Cleaners 4.70 Class win over Ron Barnhill’s Ohio based Mustang. His .006 reaction time (4.76) was all he needed as Barnhill was tardy on the tree and broke out (4.68) trying to make up the difference. Gibson took a bye run into the finals while Barnhill and Jerry Duke raced to a near dead heat. Both drivers were .015 on the tree and ran 4.707 ET for a margin of victory of .000.

Seth Garrison was number one qualifier with a 4.7000 148.01 mph pass.  A total of 9 drivers qualified 4.70.

In Outlaw Trailers 4.50 action, Brian Jones and runner/up Cody Wiggins both recorded .024 reaction times but Jones ran dead on 4.500 to defeat Wiggins 4.516.  In the semi-finals Jones defeated past winner Aaron Roberts while Wiggins won over Ron Stayer Jr.

Derrick Laney was #1 qualifier with his 4.500 156.12 mph shot in the opening qualifying session.  After the second and final qualifier, no less than 4 drivers had run 4.500 and a total of 19 of the 51 entries had qualified with a 4.50_ .  Unbelievably, the aforementioned Aaron Roberts qualified #20 with a 4.510.

In the Get-m Performance Jr dragster class, newcomer NaGarren Bush defeated Braylon Lee.

In the inaugural Danny Coffman Memorial S/SS Combo Race held in conjunction with the Outlaws, Alabamian Todd Ewing defeated Midway KY’s Braden Wells in an all Stock Eliminator finals.

Recap by Wade Mooney

Photos by Donnie Jones-Lifetime Photography