2020 Race Season Overview - Mason Dixon Dragway

Saturday — Nov 21st

This was a Test & Tune event along with a $1,000.00 to win no entry fee Gamblers Race. Just before we got underway we had a special match race with our track manager Jake Landes in his 650 hp supercharged Corvette against his dad Chris Lil in his 485 hp Dodge Challenger. Jake got there first with a 10.65 @129mph and Chris followed with a tire spinning pass but did log a 109 mph top end speed. The first time they’ve ever run each other, good to see this happen. We started on time a 11am under cloudy skies but temps near 60 degrees with numerous test & tune 1/4 passes then went to round one of our 1/8 mile Gamblers Race. Things got a little unusual as we had three oil downs, two were coolant one an oil related deal and it took awhile to them clean up. In the Gamblers it was Frank Falter IV in his “Candy Man” dragster winning over Rick Wenger, Dahryl Clark and Keith Lehman were the semi racers. We had 70 entries and stuck around a little over an hour longer than scheduled wrapping this up at 4:10 pm.

Well, the 2020 season is over. With losing all of March, April and May races once we got going we had great support from our racers, their family and crew members then eventually our race fans. Many races were well attended especially the five day SBRA event in October with a record one day car count on Saturday of 543 entries. A big thanks to all the supported us, racers and spectators, sponsors and Mason Dixon staff and owners, we made a messed up year work!! Keep checking our website / facebook pages for updates, schedule etc. through out the winter. I will certainly miss my racers and co-workers in the off season. Everyone please stay safe, have a great Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years holidays and get ready for a better 2021!!

Message from Track Operator, Still having troubles with glass bottles so the 2021 Season will impart a rate increase for entry for those racers and crew members that feel they must have glass bottles to exist, maybe a nipple on the end and a security blanket would explain their need for glass. Thank all of the racers that enjoy a local track with a family atmosphere, It is all made possible by the great group of people working at the track. I appreciate their efforts in making events work smoothly and am looking forward to working with them in the future.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Keep an EYE on the website for upcoming news.

Saturday — Nov. 14th

This was a well attended annual Turkey Race event with class winners and runnerups receiving turkeys along with the usual cash purse. Weather was perfect, low 50’s and sunny. We started right at 9:30 am sharp with our Junior Dragsters with 13 entries. In the final it was first time winner Madison Boyd running dead on her 11.97 dial combined with an .019 light to defeat Carleigh Forrest in the final, great race. Semi racers were Steven Morgan and Isabella Ritchley. Now the big cars, we started at 11:30 am with a one time run and go 1/8 mile racing for all classes. Super had 55 entries and in the end it was Steve Morgret getting the win over Roger Lewis, Joe Maggetti Jr. took third spot. By the way Steve’s dragster is for sale. Pro Driver had 105 entries with oe Slifko winning over Eric TennyJoe , Doug Lindahl was third. Trophy was a big class with 34 entries, Marshall Wardrope won over Denny Wagaman. We had several Test & Tune cars that made passes, total car count for day was 215 entries. A good event to end the Bracket Racing program for 2020. We finished up at 6:20 pm. The track worked great all day long even the when temps dropped quick after sunset, 42 degrees at the end. The racers and staff did a great job keeping the event moving at a quick pace. Steve Dickey was with us announcing with Elmer and I all day adding a lot to the event. A good, fun day, great racing and everyone was fast too. Also long time racer, Marvin Lucas stopped by to see the great show. He is 85 years young and still loves our sport, good to see him again. We did opt to cancel Sunday as the forecast was not looking good, and sure enough, high winds and afternoon rains rolled in. A good call.

This Saturday is it, a limited 75 car Test & Tune, 11am to 3pm finishes out the 2020 race season. If over 60 Entries there will be a FREE $1000 Gamblers Race
See you at Mason Dixon Dragway this Saturday!

Saturday — Nov 7th

This was our final Street Nite race of the year and it was a really good one. It was sunny, temps in the mid 70’s greeted the 196 competitors, crew members and race fans that got underway right at 1 PM. In Quick 16 we had 23 entries with bump spot coming in at a 5.52 et. In the final it was Joe Richmond getting the win over Cory Carper, the semi racers were Darlene Staub and Daryl Clark. The NA cars had Charlie Booze winning over Vince Dastra, semi racers were Shane Stymiest and Mike Stouffer. These four all ran 10 teens at over 130 mph, very fast all motor 5.0 Coyote crate engine powered cars. The 5.90 Index class had Mike Shoop over Rob Falcone, Dan Shaffer took third. The 6.50 class again had 26 entries with Tim Bard getting the win over Darrell Law. Pro Street had an all lady final. Michelle Plasterer’s Camaro running 9.70’s all night won out over former Pro Street winner Nancy Kovak. Limited was the biggest class, 50 entries had Eric Stickley winning over Kelli Fleming, great racing by these racers, both were on the tree for all 6 rounds. Drive-in Street had many time winner Glen Estelle getting the first place trophy. Excellent racing all day / evening long, we finished up about 8:30 PM.

Sunday — Nov. 8th

Weather again perfect like yesterday, how about 212 entries with 68 going into the no entry fee Gamblers $1,000.00 win race. In the final Dave Gillespie driving Wayne and Tammy Skelly’s 73 Pontiac Ventura won over Tammy Gray. This was Dave’s first time racing after a 32 year break from the sport, he was plainly killer on the tree with his win. Track owners Elmer and Cathy Wachter added an extra $100.00 to Dave’s purse because of the great turn out. We finished up at 5:30 PM.

This Saturday Nov. 14th, the Turkey Race. All classes run, Jr. Dragsters at 9:30 am, all racing 1/8 mile. Sunday is a Test and Tune event, See you at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — Oct. 31st
This was our Stock / Super Stock event, day one, on a cold day, temps in the 40’s. We also ran a Gamblers race for Pro Driver cars and Test & Tune cars ran also. The Stock S/S race had 34 entries and in the final it Dan Fahey in his 96 Caprice E/PS entry winning with a single when Aris Asdourian couldn’t make the call in his SS/B AMX as he had broken in his semi final win. The semi racers were Vic Guilmino and Kevin Anderson. Pro Driver Gamblers was won by Brent Darroch who actually was also racing in the Stock S/S race with Rocky Moore as the runnerup, Nathan Englar was third. Great racing all day, we finished up at 4:15 pm. A big thanks to Troy Huntzberry for helping to run the Stock / Super Stock portion of the race. Thanks to all that participated in the event!

Sunday — Nov. 1st
Well we tried. It looked like we might miss the rain but about 10 am a cold soaking rain backed in over the mountain and soaked the place and we had to cancel. This coming weekend we have a Street Nite event, Qualifying starts at 1 pm. A Test & Tune event on Sunday. Don’t miss the Street Nite show, the last of Street Nite races of the year. The following weekend is the Game Hen / Turkey race on Sat. and Sun. Oh of note, our computer / timing specialist Angela made her first pass down the track in her new car, 16.60 @ 80 mph, great job. See you the next two weekends at Mason Dixon DragwayI

Saturday — Oct. 24th

This was another very good Street Nite race. We started earlier at 1 pm with cloudy skies and temps in the high 50’s, great and fast racing conditions. We started with our 23 Quick 16 entries with a field that had several 4 second cars and a 5.55 bump to make the field. In the finals Mike Daymude used an .011 light and a one over 5.16 to take the win over Cory Carper. Semi racers were Bobby Dunn and Derek Clark. The 5.90 Index class had 14 entries Rob Bowers won over Colby Imes. 6.50 Index class again had 25 entries, the class is really doing well, had Richie Burns on a single pass when Howard Lawson’s Camaro broke before the final. Tough break there, no doubt would have been a really good match up. Pro Street had 20 cars George Stanley running 8.70’s won over Nathan Englar. Limited had 43 cars with Roger Bard over Rick Wenger. Drive In Street had 24 cars, with George Miller winning over David Celli. We had several Test & Tune cars, Boris Skoblov’s BMW turbo coup ran several 8.20 passes at 170 mph. The racing finished up at 7:20 pm just as it was getting breezy and chilly. Minimal issues, fast track and great racing too. Oh, we do one more Street Nite this year, Saturday Nov. 7th start time 1 pm. Don’t miss it.

Sunday — Oct 25th

Cool temps and rain moving had us cancel the Test & Tune event

Next weekend, Stock and Super Stock cars both Sat. and Sun. Pro Driver class Sat. and Test & Tune cars Sunday.See you Mason Dixon drag Way this weekend!

Wednesday — Oct. 14th

This was day one of the 2020 SBRA Bracket Finals which got underway at 3 pm with all competitors getting one time run and then on to round one. Super got down to six cars that made a 6 way split of $430.00 each. Pro had Travis Hill winning over Danny Perry. We finished the 236 race entry show at 10:50 pm. Overall very good day one, was a sunny day well into the 70’s. Weather no issue.

Thursday — Oct. 15th

Day two started earlier. Weather again sunny in the 70’s. We managed to get most of the Gamblers race done we stopped on the weekday deal at 11 pm. splitting money to those still in the race. Very big Thursday car count, 363 entered round one.

Friday — Oct. 16th

If we were going to have weather issues it would be this day only, light rain was just west of the track but never moved over us, another rain free race day. This was a huge turnout of racers in all the classes, 443 entries. At 11:00 pm we still had a lot of racers still in, we opted to split the money than go on much later. Amazing racing again.

Saturday — Oct. 17th

A sunny but much cooler day, temps in the low 30’s over night but got to about 60 later in the day. Talk about a full house, 543 racers, a record number of entries ever at Mason Dixon, and they fit on the property too. First off new arrivals got a time run, then we went to the Race of Champions, round one. In Junior Dragster it was Eric Bowles winning over Cole Foskey, Super had Paul Burruss taking the win, Pro was won by Jeff Stewart. We then got the Gamblers races going, with the huge car count we ran til 12:30 am but still had many entries, we stopped and split money at that point.

Sunday — Oct. 18th

The main event! About 400 entries from the seven tracks all racers that qualified from their home track entered this no entry fee race. The Junior Dragsters started off at 9 am, 37 entries in the end, John Henry took the win with Peyton Bunch the runnerup. Now the big cars took the track at 11:30 am In Super it was Rich Loury over Mike Anderson, Pro had Tom Lilliard over Jay Woodward and in Bike Taylor Dunham over Clay Davies. Great, close racing all day. The new guys from Summerduck Dragway won the overall points, Mason Dixon second and last years Champs, Beavers Springs Dragway third. We finished up at 7:30 pm. Hardly any down time / clean up delays for the whole day and very few all weekend. Another great SBRA Bracket finals in the books!

Kudos to many this weekend. We thank our racers and the family / crew members for their cooperation all week long. The Mason Dixon staff worked five really long days, some slept in their cars Saturday night to be ready for the early Sunday start time. All my co-workers put in a great effort to make the event work. Track owners and management made all the good calls organizing and supervising the race. Both of our new SBRA tracks really enjoyed the event it seemed. To my count that I think is pretty close we were just 15 cars short of 2,000 entries for the five days. There was a minimal of breakage or down time and super great track prep / maintenance every day. Joe Martz did the invocation each day to get us started, thanks Joe. Gary Gore of Eastside was with us all week long, Hain Dominick though not here helped us with scoring of the final day from home. On a personal note, I missed the first three days recovering from surgery and Elmer Wachter, Steve Dickey and Courtney Suders shared announcing those three days. On Saturday and Sunday Tony Tumberello from South Mountain and again Courtney Suders announced off and on all day, I can’t thank them enough, great job too! There is no doubt some mistakes / omissions in this recap will be seen here which I apologize for in advance. Anyway, another outstanding SBRA Bracket Finals!

A NOTE FROM TRACK OPERATOR, Thank all the racers for participating in the SBRA Bracket Finals, Thank those also that Parked in the proper pit areas and respected the track. Thank all that participated in the Gamblers Races. Thank the Staff for professionally acting and administering the event. We always say we should do this and that for the next years event to make it better, but at this time I am not sure there will be a next year or next time. The rules we operate under are primarily for safety sake and when they are not adhered to I do not want to be part of that culture. I also see the writing of the keyboard cowboys complaining and condemning, but not person enough to voice their problem to the proper authority. My answer to them is to not come to a track you feel does not live up to you stringent expectations God only knows you must be perfect in all that you do. I hope your glass house is made of non shattering glass. Over the winter months I will decide the future of not only this event but also the tracks status.

This weekend a Street Nite race Sat. Oct. 24th, Sunday a Test and Tune. See you at Mason Dixon Dragway this coming weekend!

Saturday — Sept. 26th

This was a SBRA double-header race that fog and drizzle held up the start time by about three hours. After hours of track drying it was finally time to go racing. Junior Dragsters kicked off the weekend with 16 cars entered. In the final, Nathan Mendenhall took the win over Carleigh Forest, Jamain Dietz and Thomas Oates took the semi spots. Now the big cars, in a Super field of 50 entries Dave Churchey took the win over Roger Lewis with Al Hite the third place driver. What a win for Dave, it was his first time out with us this year, good effort for certain. Pro Driver had 73 entries and Chris Crawford winning out over Kevin Moore and Mark Harbaugh was third. Outlaw Pontiacs were here with 16 cars in round one. Chuck Hutlzler took the win over Mike Clay. The Pontiac gang has one more race for the year in our house, Steve Dress, Rodney Eichelberger and Mike Clay all jammed up at the top of the points list, anybody’s guess who the champ will be for 2020. It’ll be settled on Sunday Oct. 11th. Al’s Body Shop Trophy had 16 cars with Nathan Nicholson over Rocky Roach, both ended up getting the “Xmas Tree” trophies. What great racing all day and even with the late start and 188 entries we finished up at 9.35 PM. Well done all.

Sunday — Sept. 27th

Yes it was foggy but no mist or wet conditions so we started just before 9:30 am with 21 Junior Dragsters. Emma Henry took the win over Eric Bowles, Kevin Mendehall took third. Big cars got underway right at 11:30 am. The Super cars in a big field of 45 cars, had Allen Chamberlain running the table with consistent 5.30 ets and great lights also to defeat Jim Day in the final, Marcus Henry took third. Pro Driver had 74 entries and this time Mark Harbaugh won out over Britt Olson and Ken Dick was third. The real nice “Xmas Tree” trophies went to winner Rodger Twigg over Greg Orris. Again close, fast racing was the norm for day 2, 175 cars strong and we we finished up by 5:15 PM.

A big thanks to all racers, family and crewmembers and all the Mason Dixon staff and owners for a really good race. Very fun weekend. We are closed Oct 3rd and 4th. We are back for a Street Nite race Oct. 10th and a Test & Tune and Outlaw Pontiac race on Oct. 11th. See you all soon at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — Sept. 12th

This was another really good Street Nite race. First off the weather was perfect, partly cloudy and temps in the mid 70’s, great racing weather. We got underway right on time at 4 pm with all classes making two time runs. Quick 16 had 26 cars, low qualifier was Don Teague in his 66 Chevy Nova running 4.42 @ 160 mph and right behind him in second spot was Doug Farrace in his 63 supercharged Vette at 4.56 @ 156 mph. The bump spot was a quick 5.65 et. In the semis it was Lance Krieger over Bill Stevens and Mark Gray over Mitch Willingham. In the finals, Lance ripped a .003 light with a dead on 5.26 to take the win over Mark in a great race. Congrats to Lance and Karen Krieger on an excellent night. The N/A cars had Charlie Booze over Shane Stymiest. The 5.90 Index class is getting more popular each race with 15 entries fighting it out with Marc Combs getting the win over Mark Gray. The 6.50 Index class had 24 entries with Ryan Ely in dad Chad’s GTO Judge over Kasey McNew. Pro Street had Michael Donnelly over Paul James Sr. Limited Street class, the biggest of the event with 40 cars had Chase Campbell winning over Joe Cooper. Lastly Drive-in street had Mike Fenslau in his SS Chevy running a string of 12.50 @ 112 mph passes winning over John White. Mike was on the tree all night and the SS Chevy ran the number run after run. Great night of racing, fast paced, 143 competitors and we finished up at 9:55 pm. Great job by track staff and management and all of our racers and their crew members.

Sunday — Sept. 13th

This was a Test & Tune event with a fair amount of racers and crew members. We got underway at noon. Everyone made many passes of note though was Taylor Everson who now drives her late grandfathers street rod big block Chevy coupe, she made many passes, a best of 11.84 @ 112 mph. Weather again cooperated, temps in the 70’s cloudy at times but no rain, an overall good day. We finished up at 4 pm.

Next week we are closed for the NHRA Bracket Finals held in Numidia Pa. We will be back on Sept. 26th and Sept. 27th for SBRA bracket racing. We really did have a great Street Nite and our crew members and racers followed the Covid guidelines well. Best of luck to our Summit ET series racers this weekend at Numidia for the 2020 Bracket Finals. I’m going to try make one day there if possible. See you soon!
Saturday — Sept. 12th

Sunday — Sept. 13th

Friday — Sept 4th

This was a Test & Tune event and free Gamblers Race for a $500.00 winner take all deal. We had a great turnout with many of SBRA racers getting ready for the big weekend of racing. Well finally Nick Lindeman got his car out of “paint shop prison” and for his first racing action of the year the he took first place $500.00 purse winning over Cole Francis. We finished up about 10:45 pm. A good opening day for sure, not hot either, cool and nice once the sun went down.

Saturday — Sept 5th

Junior Dragsters took the track first, Parker Fields won out over Carleigh Forrest and Cameron Proctor took third. Parker won $400.00 for his big win, $200.00 of that money provided by Falter Candy Co. A big thanks to them. At 2 pm the big cars took the track. First off the Outlaw Pontiac gang was with us and they too ran 1/8 mile as all the classes did. Mark Harbaugh took the win over Bruce Garber. Pro Driver, 99 entries had Dylan Moore over Troy Gerhart. Super field was a big one also with Ronnie Horwath winning over Mike Daymude. Al Crawford’s Body Shop Trophy had Jason Bowers over Matt Kronenberg. We finished up about 10 pm.

Sunday — Sept. 6th

Junior Dragsters kicked off the day with Thomas Oates winning over Abriella Ritchey and Isabella Ritchey took third. Pro got underway at 11:30 am with Bob Ford winning over Rocky Moore. Super had Scotty Bodmer over Kalvin Kline.
Trophy had Greg Orris getting the win. At the end of the SBRA racing we had a pre-entered 16 Hi-Roller race. Candi Derry got the $1,600 payout over Mike Daymude. Another great day.

Labor Day Monday — Sept. 7th

Again Junior Dragsters kicked off the day at 9:30 am with Parker Fields winning his second race of the weekend winning over Carleigh Forrest, Dylan Moore and Thomas Oates were the semifinalists. Pro had a repeat winner Bob Ford over Brian Moore. Super was won by Lin Bowie over Michael Shoop Jr. Trophy had Dave Myers over Stephanie Morgan. High School was won by Thomas Oates. Again the Super Hi-Roller had Mark Gray winning Frank Falter IV. We finished up at 6:45 pm.

Comments on this event…..where do we start? First off the weather was fully cooperative all four days, high 70’s to low 80’s and not humid. We had a big turnout, 753 competitors for the four day race. We had great help from Scotty Bodmer with the two Hi – Roller races, he pitched this idea to us and carried out all that was required to make it work so well, thanks Scotty! As usual we had a great track to race on, cars were fast and consistent all weekend. All the staff worked the longer days to keep the program going. Bill Smith and Joe Martz did the invocation each day Toni Smith sang our National Anthem on Monday and was in her always top shelf form! Sponsors, The Falter Candy Company, Vince Fourcade / ATI Transmission, Jays Automotive, Al’s Body Shop, Paul Burruss, Bruce Combs Drywall, Coppermine Applicators, Mallow Construction Co., S & W Race Cars, Steve Henry, Al’s Body Shop and “This is Bracket Racing” magazine. Thanks to all. Hope I didn’t miss anyone. The racers were cooperative all four days, some had great weekends, Bob Ford winning 15 rounds in row to win Sunday and Monday. Dylan Moore, Rocky Moore, Mike Daymude all had good weekends. Over in Junior dragster, Thomas Oates winning Sunday and Parker Fields winning on Saturday and Monday, great job
Junior Racers.

This weekend, Saturday Sept. 12th is another Street Nite race, Sunday a Test & Tune event, see you at Mason Dixon Dragway this weekend!

Saturday — Aug. 22nd

This was a Test & Tune event that had enough cars to have our free entry, $1,000.00 to win Gamblers Race. Dylan Moore took the win over Greg Orris and Rick Wenger and Jason Day were semi racers, those four moved money around so all did well for the day. We had an excellent turnout even though it was another 90 degree plus day.

Sunday — Aug. 23rd

This was again a Test & Tune event with a $500.00 to win no entry fee Gamblers Race. Since we didn’t get to run our Ford event, Elmer decided that if a Ford won the race he would add another $100.00 to the pot. Of course Bobby Smith in his wheel standing Ford Mustang won over Mike Rogers with Dave Slusher Jr. the third place driver. Another good event and again it was 90 degrees late in the day as rain was moving in right at 4 pm. A big thanks to all that came out this weekend.

We have a Test & Tune Friday night and Street Nite on Saturday. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!
Friday — Aug. 14th

This was a well attended Test & Tune event on the eve of our VW and Pro-Stick race. We had numerous VWs and Pro-Stick racers and other full on race cars and street cars making many passes on this cloudy overcast evening. Low et. for the VWs was Steve Hawes in his air cooled turbo bug, he ripped a 5.36 @ 136 mph pass. He later ran a 5.39 @ 135 mph. A bullet for sure. Pro-Stick’s Tim Riggleman managed a 7.91 @ 172 mph in his small block Mopar. We ran a 16 car Hi-Roller VW class, a 55 yr. old and up class and a Quick 4 also. Good racing, we finished just after 10 pm.

Saturday — Aug. 15th

We started out ok, weather very cloudy, dreary and occasional light mist and sprinkles slowed us down badly as it took from 11 am til 3 pm to get in one qualifier / time run. It was a stop and start affair but finally we got under way. We were able to complete three rounds of VW racing and two Pro-Stick rounds, the VW classes got to semi finals in all but one class and Pro-Stick got to 13 remaining cars still in the game. Finally about 7 pm a steady rain did us in, we called it a day. A very nice turnout of racers in both VW and Pro-Stick were in competition, considering the threatening forecasts of rain all week, we did well both days.

A big shout out to Scott Pacaro who runs / promotes the VW shows with us each year. Many of the VW racers travel a good distance to this race and again they showed up in big numbers despite the poor weather forecast. Thanks Scott for your hard work. The Mason Dixon crew gets a tip of the hat for all the work repeatedly drying and re-prepping the track after each rain shower and car oildowns. That was a lot of work and time consuming too. Bill Smith did the invocation and his wife Toni did a fabulous job singing the National Anthem as always! Considering weather issues we still had a really good event. This Saturday and Sunday are Test & Tune events, if there is 100 + cars we will have a $1,000.00 to win race, no entry fee. See you Saturday and Sunday at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Friday — Aug. 7th
This was to be a Test & Tune event but rain and thunder rolled in about 4 pm. and soaked the place causing the racing to be cancelled.

Saturday — Aug. 8th

This was our Street Nite race with the Md. Performance Center Real Street cars running with us. Qualifying got underway at 4 pm. Eliminations got underway about 8 pm. starting with Real Street first. Mike Berry ripped a 5.03 right off the trailer to get things going, four cars ran in the 5.0 range with sixty ft. times as fast as 1.16. In the final Mike Berry in the quickest car was a bit late on the tree and Shane Stymeist got the win. Justin Bowmaker and Steve Kent were the semi racers. There were 14 entries in the class. Great racing from them. In Quick 16 it was the Dave and Patti Smith entry winning over Jerry Williams in the final, Cory Carper and Mitch Willingham were the semifinalists. Five cars ran in the 4’s and the bump spot was a 5.62. In 5.90 Index Mike Shoop won over Will Woodyard, a 14 car field. In the 6.50 Index group Les Tobery won over Darrell Law. There 24 6.50 cars tonite a great turnout. We also had good fields of Pro, Limited and Drive In Street also. Great racing all night long. We did have a couple of bigger cleanups and some much smaller ones also so we did run late. We thank our racers and their crew members for the good turnout for this race. Outstanding track prep for the really fast Real Street and Quick 16 cars was evident, several 1.03 sixty ft. times turned in from the faster Quick 16 cars. An overall really good event.

This weekend, a Test and Tune on Friday night and on Saturday our 6th annual VW race and show with the Pro Stick racers added to the event. Will be a good one. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Friday — July 31st

This was another Test & Tune event on another very warm evening. Not a real big turnout but all the racers made plenty of passes from 6 pm til 10 pm. Greg Dahl’s Harley ran four passes, 7.99, 8.06, 7,88 and lastly his fastest run on this bike ever, a 7.83 @ 175 mph. A real rocket for sure. Mike Balch’s Harley also made several sorting out passes, low 10’s @ 140 mph. Both these Harley riders make the trip from Uniontown Pa. Wade Farner and Nathan Nicholson were getting ready our 6.50 Index class on Street Nite, Aug. 8th with 6.50 passes. Steve Jeffers had his great looking 67 Camaro going into the 9’s on several passes. Travis Byers in his turbo Fox body Mustang ran an 8.98 @ 149 mph towards the end of the night. A fun night.

Saturday — Aug. 1st

We got underway at 12:30 pm with our Junior Dragsters, 14 entries on this day one of the two day Summit ET series race. Cole Jennings took the win over Mary Elizabeth Bannister. Dylan Moore and Parker Fields were the semifinalists. By the way, Mary Elizabeth made her last ever Junior Dragster races this weekend as she will attend Auburn University later this week, yes this chapter ends, college is a new one and down the line a Super Comp dragster is next! We wish her well! At 3 pm the big cars took the track. In Super it was Roger Lewis winning over Paul Burruss, Mike Shoop Jr. was third. Pro had Brian Lind over Chris Crawford, Don Jones and Brian Canoles were the semi racers. Sportsman was won by Lester Holzapple over Jim Berry. Greg Orris won Trophy and Junior Street had Tyler Gontz over Cameron Linz, semi drivers were Josh Sisk and Madison Stotler. We finished up about 8:45 and it was hot again for this race too.

Sunday — Aug. 2nd

We got underway at 9 am with 19 Junior Dragsters making round one. Thomas Oates was the big winner today over Madison Stotler, Shelby Nick was third. Super had Shawn Barrett over Mark Gray. Pro was won by Tony Bonnano over Faith Warner, Dicky Bodmer was third. Sportsman had Travis Hill over Dave Toms. Junior Street had Josh Sisk over Cameron Linz, and Trophy was won by Greg Orris. We finished up about 4:15 pm on another 90 degree day.

Friday night, another Test & Tune event, 6 pm til 10 pm. Saturday is out Street Nite race, Qualifying gets underway at 4 pm. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Friday — July 24th
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Saturday — Aug. 15th

This was a Test & Tune event that got underway with temps in the 90’s and despite the heat a pretty good turnout. Everyone made many passes but around 9 pm a big storm with a lot of lightning was coming toward us and with the lightning strikes getting close we stopped racing a bit early at 9:30 pm. Still a pretty good Test & Tune night.

Saturday — July 25th

The Junior Dragsters kicked off the Summit ET Series racing at 12:30 pm. A J Heiner won over Cameron Boyd and Conner Boyd in his first season racing took third place. A J was really sharp in all his passes, great job. Big cars took the track at 3 pm with Super being won by Dave Slusher Jr. with a .002 light over Joey Harrison who made it real close with his .007 light. Pro Driver had 51 entries with Tony Bonnano over Dicky Bodmer. Sportsman was won by Dylan Moore over Cody Roberts. Trophy had Chase Campbell over Alexis Crawford. Junior Street had six entries, winner Josh Sisk, runnerup Madison Stotler and the other competitors were Tyler Gontz, Brinton Hill, Harper Welker and Cameron Linz. All drove well, Cameron made a ton of passes on Friday night as well. Really good racing, we finished up about 9 pm, yes it was another very hot day, temps hit upper 90’s and humid too.

Sunday — July 26th

Another very hot day, slightly less humid at least, for this second Summit ET Series race of the weekend. The Junior Dragsters got under way at 9:30 am with Dylan Moore winning over Harley Ely, Travis Hill and Abagail Boyd were the semi racers, Dylan had three .00 lights in the 5 round race! Big cars got underway at 11:30 am, in Super it was Ronnie Proctor Jr. in his mom Karen’s car getting the win over Mark Gray. Pro Driver had Mark Harbaugh over Dicky Bodmer. Sportsman was won by Dave Toms over Kelli Fleming who had the better light but broke out. Trophy winner was Mike Fenslau. Junior Street had five entries with Josh Sisk winning over Tyler Gontz. Overall good racing as always, we wrapped it up at a bit past 4 pm.

Of note, great track conditions in the very hot temps we dealt with all three days. Dylan Moore, Sportsman win on Sat. Jr. Dragster win on Sunday. Dicky Bodmer with two runnerups in Pro Driver. Josh Sisk had two wins in Junior Street, well done all. See you this Friday nights Test & Tune and Sat. and Sundays Summit ET Series races at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Friday — July 17th
This was pretty well attended Test & Tune event on very hot early evening. A nice turnout of fast street cars and full on race cars. Cory Carper’s GTO ran as quick as 4.68 @ 147 mph with 1.06 sixty ft. times. That was real fast on a 140+ degree starting line. Great track prep / maintenance all evening, we finished up at 10 pm, by then it did cool down some, overall good evening for all.

Saturday — July 18th

This was another Street Nite, and again temps were in the upper 90’s when we got underway at 4 pm. We got underway with Quick 16, it took a 5.83 to get in the program. Cory Carper was deadly all night winning the $1,000.00 in the finals over Mitch Willingham with Mark Gray and George Forster getting the semi spots. Runnerup money on Quick 16 races is $300.00 and semi racers got $100.00, a really good return for a $40.00 entry. Now the 5.90 Index class was won by Donnie Nesselrodt with Mike Burroughs getting the runnerup spot. The 6.50 Index class was won by Darrell Law over last Street Nite’s winner Howard Lawson, Matt Bowie was third. These three were right on the index all evening long, a really competitive class. Pro Street had George Stanley on his Suzuki ripping 8.70 passes @ 158 mph over Terry Putt Jr. Limited had Jason Deavers getting the win over Chase Campbell. Greg Orris won Drive In Street over Devin Belloumini in the finals. A big thanks to all our crew members and all the racers for being with us on a day that most would opt to stay indoors. Yes it’s a hot summer in north central Maryland this year! Again a big thanks to the track staff, from tech to staging lane crew, starting line crew, gate staff, EMT, time slip booth, foodstand, fuel trailer, Cheryl’s Shirt Shack staff and to those of us inside the both starting line buildings and office and of course the management staff too. Did I miss anybody? We had a good event and an outstanding race track to go along with it. We finished up at 9:15 pm.

This Friday July 24th a Test & Tune event and on Saturday and Sunday Summit ET Series races. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Friday — July 10th

This was a Fri. nite Test & Tune event on a warm but dry night. We had a moderate turnout of racers for this event with everyone making plenty of passes from 6 pm til we finished up at 10 pm.

Saturday — July 11th

This was our GM race / car show event. It was sunny but hot temps getting into the 90’s. The car show portion brought over 90 entries, a lot of excellent cars and trucks entered the seven classes. The Heart of Maryland Chevy Club hosted the car show portion of day, a big thanks to them for doing their usual great job…well done. Now the drag racing, we started at 11:30 am. Everyone got two time runs and the first class was the Outlaw Pontiac Drag Racing Series cars that had Steve Dress winning his second race of the year in our house with ’68 Pontiac Firebird. He squared off with Mike Clay in his ’62 Super Duty Pontiac Catalina, both cars running 10.40s Steve with the better light. Randy Peer took third spot. Always great to have our Pontiac friends with us. Super had Justin Crider in his Chevy small Block powered Nova over Roger Lewis in his 65 Chevy II. Mike Shoop and Dave Slusher Jr. were the semi racers. Pro Driver had Michael Boyd winning over Rick Wenger with Roger Bard and Chris Crawford the semi spot racers. Glenn Estelle won over Alexis Crawford in the Camaro class, Heather Boyd took the win in the S-10 / Blazer class over Kelli Flemming. Finally in “G” Body class Cody Clites won out over Chris Arnold. Of note Mike Fenslau’s son Tyler, an Army Ranger combat veteran celebrated his 25th birthday today. A good day overall….next year this event will grow.

Fri. nite July 18th is a Test & Tune 6 pm to 10 pm. Sat. July 19th is our Street Nite event, Quick 16, 5.90 Index, 6.50 Index N/A Coyote cars and the Bracket classes, first time run at 4 pm. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway

Friday — July 3rd

This was a Test & Tune event that kicked off at 6 pm. Yes, it was hot, over 90 degrees when we got underway but cooled down later on. A nice turn out, Lin Bowie’s dragster ran several 4.59 @ 151 mph passes. Several of the weekends SBRA racers got in some time shots, an overall good Friday night of racing.

Saturday — July 4th

Another real hot day, we kicked off the racing at noon with 20 Junior Dragsters taking the track first. Eric Bowels won over Josh Sisk in the final. It was a good race too, Eric .035 and Josh .043 at the start, a close one. Emma Henry took third an received a $50.00 bonus thanks to Mike and Heather Boyd. At 3pm the big cars took the track, 40 Supers made round one an Mike Shoop Jr. was on his game winning over Brian Mollison in his dragster, Paul Burruss took third place. Pro had 57 cars and Rocky Moore won over Ryan Ely driving dads GTO Judge in the final, Steve Dustin II took third. Bike was won by Brian Moore over Brian Canoles, Kermit Garnett III was third. Tristan Simpkins won over Jo Jo Mallow in the “Al’s Body Shop” Trophy final. Cris Crawford provides winner and runner up “Xmas Tree” trophies in all the SBRA Trophy class winners and runner ups. We finished up at 8:15 or so. A good day.

Sunday — July 5th

Last day and smokin’ hot, 95 degrees in the afternoon. We started the Junior Dragsters at 9:30 am. Parker Fields was the big winner, his car and driving were right on all five rounds winning out over Conner Boyd who had a great day as well, he’s getting very good really fast! Semi racers were Mary Bannister and Travis Hill. Dale Fridley a long time racer has now retired from racing and decided to put up $200.00 for our Junior drivers, Travis Hill got $100.00, best light in eliminations and Steve Morgan got the other $100.00 for the best losing light, thanks Dale! At 11:30 am the big cars took he track, Super was won by John Richmond III over Mark Decker in an all Dragster final. Andy Dolan took third place. Pro had, you guessed it, Rocky Moore winning again over Dicky Bodmer. Donnie Myers was the third place racers. Bike had Brian Moore winning again, over James Farmer, Kermit Garnett II and Brian Canoles took the semi spots. Trophy was won by Steve Dustin III. Another good day.

Of note, track prep / maintenance was outstanding, temps way up in the 90’s make a good race track a challenge, it held up very well all three days. Elmer gave each Junior Dragster racer going to the regional finals in Charlotte, NC. $100.00 cash. He also paid the full purse on Sunday for the Super cars with less than the full field. Thanks Dale Fridley and Mike and Heather Boyd for the extra cash going to the Junior Dragster racers. A shout out to all the staff members for their hard work in hot weather. And lastly we thank our racers for not doing the fireworks deal as requested by us this weekend. Test & Tune Friday nite, sign up on the website. GM race and car show Saturday, rain date will be Sunday if needed, see you at Mason Dixon Dragway this weekend!

Saturday — June 27th

This was a Street Nite make up race from last Saturdayâ€™s rain out plus we had the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racing Association MANDRA racers and Outlaw Pontiac racers running also. It was a great show too. The weather cooperated more or less, it was hot and humid plus we had a brief rain delay right as we started at 1 pm but quickly straightened out for the remainder of the event. Outlaw Pontiacs first, over 20 cars, Mark Harbaugh winning over John Gunter. The MANDRA final had two long time members of the group with cars theyâ€™ve raced forever it seems. Marc English running 9 teens in his MGB chevy powered rocket over Mark Santee in his mid 10 second 63 Mercury Comet. Good show by the Pontiacs and MANDRA racers. Now the Street Nite classes. Quick 16 had Mike Daymudes low 5.20â€™s Demon over Mark Gray in his Double Vision III Malibu running 5.70 ets. Great race, Darlene Staub and Mike Younker were the semi money winners. First time ever for our Street Nite races we have added a 5.90 Index class, 10 cars entered and was Bernie Staub running a right on 5.90 to win over Donnie Nesselrodte in a close one. The 6.50 group had a good turnout, Howard Lawson took the win over Richie Burns in the final. Howard dedicated his win to late wife Michelle who passed away last year, an emotional winners circle for Howard and his racing friends. Pro had Al Hite winning over Randall McNamee. Limited had Dylan Moore winning over Glen Estelle in the final, Dylan .016 at the tree with Glenn hanging in the with an .039. Close race. Bike winner was Kermit Garnett III over Paul James Jr. Great show all day / evening long. We finished up at 8:30 pm.

Sunday — June 28th

This was a Test & Tune with all kinds of drag and street cars, bikes, junior dragsters and diesel trucks also. It got hot, low 90â€™s and humid. Letâ€™s see, Madison Herrold licensed her Junior Dragster flawlessly making numerous runs working down to the 14 second zone with 40+ speeds, she is eight years old. Older sister Abagail with a new engine in her car ran as quick as 8.14 @ 80 mph. Latoya Nappier licensed in her 66 Plymouth Valiant with her best pass a 9.13 @146 mph. Great car, she made it look easy, excellent job! Eric Dubois in his 71â€™ Chevelle made his license passes well in to the 9â€™s, gorgeous and fast hot rod. Very good day, we finished at 4 pm.

Of note — Thanks Steve Dickey for coming down and sharing announcing duties for a good while on Street Nite. Troy Tribby of Pontiac fame former racer and crew chief for many of the fast Pontiac stockers in the 60â€™s spent the day with us, he recently fell down some stairs and though scratched and bruised all over he hung out to the end of the race. Tough dude. Get back up with us soon. July 3rd is a Fri. nite Test & Tune, Sat. and Sun. are SBRA points races, one time run and go. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — June 20th

This was to be a Street Nite event but mother nature won this race. A huge storm cell with heavy rain rolled into the track about 3 pm and soaked the place forcing us to cancel this event. We are moving Street Nite over to June 27th along with Outlaw Pontiacs and MANDRA nostalgia racers starting at 1 pm.

Sunday — June 21st

This was a Test & Tune event along with the N/A heads up Coyote powered Mustangs running their race that got washed out the night before. Justin Fogelsonger ripped a 10.09 @ 132 mph qualifying pass, fastest run of the day. Six competitors ran with Dan Ryntz, Gary Windsor, Shane Stymiest, Nathan Stymiest, Charlie Booze Jr. and Justin Fogelsonger in the field. Nathan Stymiest took the win over the enormous and long wheelstanding Charlie Booze Jr., Justin Fogelsonger took third. Great racing, most runs in the 10 teens and low 10 twenties with 130+ mph speeds. Donâ€™t miss theses cars the next time theyâ€™re with us. Everyone made many passes on a well prepped track. It was humid and hot too, temps in the low nineties. Michael Bauman ran two 7.67s @172 mph in his Dodge powered dragster. The Bauman family had the Junior Dragsters out, Rayleen Sanchez and Cameron Bauman made several passes and Carley Bauman licensed in her Junior Dragster, she passed the licensing procedure flawlessly, nice driving! We ran til 4 pm, an overall good day.

Next Saturday is Street Nite along with Outlaw Pontiacs and the nostalgia MANDRA cars. Sunday may be another Test & Tune day, check our schedule mid week for details. See you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — June 13th

This was our first Summit ET Series race of the season and the weather was great, temps in the low 70ï¿½s, perfect race weather. We kicked off the racing at 12:30 pm with our Junior Dragster racers, 18 entries in the field. Great racing too, Josh Sisk took the win over Dylan Moore in the final, Hailey Bowles took the third place spot. Once again the Juniors were double ï¿½Oï¿½ and teen lights all during the race, great racing again from the Junior Dragster drivers. At 3:00 pm the big cars took the track. This was the first event for the Outlaw Pontiac Drag Racing Series racers, 20 cars in all. It was Steve Dress in his 68 Firebird over Rodney Eichelberger in the final. Steve ran a string of 10.30 passes in the Firebird he bought 52 years ago as a brand new car, this car looks great and really works well, great win for Steve. Super Pro had Brandon Lowe winning over Dave Slusher Jr. Randy Krause took third place. In the Pro Driver final it was Troy Gerhart over Tim Humm. Sportsman had a big turnout with Dave Myers winning over Dylan Moore in the final, Mike Fenslau took third. Bike had Brian Canoles over George Stanley and Dave Clinedinst took third place. Trophy was won by Matt Kronenberg over Mike Fenslau. Junior Street had five entries, Josh Sisk over Brinton Hill. Josh won two classes today, Junior Street and Junior Dragster. Dylan Moore had runnerups in Junior Dragster and Sportsman. He was a killer on the tree until the final in Sportsman, heï¿½s going to be a hand full in that class this year. Mike Fenslau had runnerup in Trophy and a third in Sportsman, good work by Mike. Bill and Toni Smith did a great job at intermission, Bill handling the invocation on the eve of Flag Day and Toni did a great job singing the national anthem. A good day of racing, nice turnout of racers and crew members, we finished up at 9:05 pm.

Sunday — June 14th — Flag Day

This was a Test & Tune day that got underway at 11:30 am, a good turn out too. We did get a rain delay of about a half hour so we did run longer to make up for the down time. We ran two no entry charge $500.00 to win Super Pro and Pro Driver races, Super won by Cory Carper, Jason Day runnerup, Pro driver was won by Jason Deavers over Tony Bonnano. Justin Lesher and his dad Ronnie brought the finally completed S-10 Chevy truck and made several passes, 11.65 @ 115 mph on two runs back to back, what a great father / son project, now theyï¿½re having fun! Hope to see everyone this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — June 6th

This was the first SBRA points race of the 2020 racing season. A warm and sunny day, 88 degrees and humid but a nice breeze helped keep our racers fairly comfortable during day and evening. We started with our Junior dragsters at 12:30 in the finals it was Eric Bowles getting the win over Harley Ely, Mary Bannister and Cameron Boyd were the semi finalists. The young drivers put on a show, double O and teen lights all during the race, great job by all. Now the big cars, they took the track at 3:00 pm. In Super we had a full field to make the $1,000.00 payout for the winner and it was Lin Bowie in his 4.60 dragster winning over Justin Crider, Andy Dolan and Paul Burruss were the semi racers. Pro Driver also had a nice turn out of drivers with Chase Campbell winning over Dave Toms in the final. Brian Henry took the third spot. Bike had Kermit Garnett III over Brian Canoles with Dave Clinedinst finishing third. Trophy had 162T over Jennifer Decker. Stu Beaden had his new Top Sportsman Camaro making test hits crew chiefed by Jeff Prock and former Numidia Dragway owner Max Naylor, several check out passes netted a 4.55 @ 155 mph best, a lot more in this car for certain. We finished up at 8:30 pm. A really good first points race day!

Sunday — June 7th

A bigger turn out today, totally different weather, clear and cool, nearly no humidity and temps in the mid 70â€™s everyone really fast. Junior Dragsters started at 9:30 am. Travis Hill won out over Dylan Moore, Shelby Nick and Josh Sisk were the semi racers. Again there were plenty of dead close races with great lights from our Junior Dragster drivers today. The big cars rolled out at 11:30 am. Another full field in Super, David Wastler won out over Chris Cepelka, Josh Johnson and Steve Morgret were the semi finalists. In Pro Rob Rhinehart Jr. won over Jamie Talbert, Bike was won by Brian Moore, Dave Clinedinst was the runnerup. Trophy had a real good turnout. Greg Orris won out over Megan Peters. Great racing all day long, nice work by all our racers. We finished up at 5:00 pm.

The weekend went well, nearly no down time, fast paced show, an excellent track and close racing in all the classes both days, drivers in mid season form on our first two SBRA points races. Saturday it is our first Summit Points Race, Sunday a Test & Tune with gamblers races also. See you at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — May 30th

Once again we ran a pre registered Test & Tune event. A nice turnout with a mix of all types of cars and bikes, junior dragsters and junior street racers all making time runs from noon to 5 pm. We also added Gamblers races for Super, Pro Driver racers. A very good day overall.

Sunday — May 31st

A much bigger turnout of racers with cool air, clear skies and low humidity helped all to lay down fast passes during the entire day. We also ran Gamblers Races for Super, Pro Driver and Junior Dragster towards the end of the day. A really fine showing by all, just a fun day.

A big thanks to all that have been with us these first two weeks of racing, everyone has followed directions as to the entire Covid 19 protocol. We finally go to our SBRA races this Sat. June 5th and Sun. June 6th. You must Pre-Register to enter these events. Also a big thanks to the Wachter family and to our staff for doing a great job through this very trying circumstances. Weâ€™ll see you this weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!

Saturday — May 23rd
Finallyâ€¦.We have gotten the 2020 racing season underway. First off we want to thank all our racers, their crew members, Mason Dixon staff and Elmer and Kathy Wachter for hanging in there during the long delay in getting underway this season due to the Corona virus ordeal. Everyone at the track both days cooperated with the guide lines set down for us to race in as safe manner as possible. Great job to all that participated. Hereâ€™s how we ran the weekend. Racers signed up online for either a morning or afternoon session on at Saturday or the one afternoon session on Sunday. We allowed 50 racers each session. We had a great mix of full on race cars, street cars, Junior dragsters, bikes and Jr. Street cars also. The track went from good to excellent very quickly. Ask Bill Smith, his Pro-Stick Pinto ran a personal best 9.55 @ 137 mph two runs back to back. Connor Boyd licensed his Junior Dragster, he drove great both days, got in many laps, his lights got better as the two days wound down, a 16.45 @ 37 mph was his best pass made later on Sunday. Overall an excellent day and yeah the weather was ok, partly cloudy high 60â€™s, not bad. We finished up at 7 pm.
Sunday — May 24th
A cloudy and cooler day but again, no rain. We started at 11 am. Another mix of cars and bikes, Junior dragsters made many runs today. Was the track good? Kermit Garnett on his turbo Suzuki ran a 4.85 @ 141 mph 1/8 mile pass, Bill Smith again ran quick, a 9.57 @ 137 mph. Lester Holtzappleâ€™s Corvette now runs 9.70â€™s with a new engine, way quicker than last year. Everyone made many passes and the track worked great as always. We finished up at 4 pm.

Next weekend, we will again do a Test & Tune event on Saturday May 30th and Sunday May 31st with just one session each day. More details to follow on the website by mid-week. Itâ€™s REALLY good to be back!!! See you next weekend at Mason Dixon Dragway!