Friday. — May 23rd
This a very well attended Test & Tune event with 140 entries. We also ran a $1,000.00 winner take all no entry free race which 85 cars entered and in the end Maicy Stewart won over Laury McGowin Jr. We finished up at midnight.
Saturday —May 24th
We started with 35 Junior Dragsters getting underway at 11:30 am. In the final Andrew Dwarshuis won over Dakota Henry and Carly Bauman took third. At 2:30 pm the big cars took the track. The Pro class had 114 entries with Nathan Mendenhall over Josh Sisk. Super had 113 entries with Ryan Jordan winning over Chelsea Spence. Trophy winner was Luke Brown over Ricky Ott. Lastly Outlaw Pontiac was won by Chad Ely over Paul Beard. We again finished up at midnight.
Sunday. — May 25th
We started with Junior Dragsters at 10 am with 38 entries. Harley Ely beat Cole Rudy in the final. Pro had 111 entries with Darrell Holmes over Nathan Mendehall. Super Pro was won by Danny Hoff over Candi Derry. Trophy winner was Jason Burrier over Paul Galloroukis. We finished up about 9:30 pm.
Monday Memorial Day. — May 26th
An early start time with Junior Dragsters at 9 am got the final day going. 32 entries were in round one and in the final Cole Rudy won over Camden Berry. Pro was won by Dicky Bodmer over Maicy Stewart. Super Pro had Delbert Baldwin winning out over Dahryl Clark. Trophy was won by Gage Cramer over Jess Goodman. We finished up about 6:15 pm.
Ok some thoughts on the event. Prize Money exceeded $33,000.00 not bad at all. The racing was fast paced with many dead close well run races round after round. There were Three perfect packages during the event, typically we see one or two all season long. The track was just dynamite all four days. The weather real cool for end of May, highs in the 60’s the first three days and hit 70 on the final day. We had approximately 860 entries of which 105 were our terrific Junior Dragster racers. We had a lot of race fans especially Friday and Saturday. Save for one oildown we had almost no down time. How about our sponsors, Rudy’s Transportation, Al’s Body Shop and Cut Above Landscapping adding money to the payouts for Pro, Super and Junior Dragster classes. We give a shout out to all my coworkers, management and owners for doing excellent work throughout the entire four day event. Lastly we thank all the support for Mason Dixon Dragway from racers, family and crew members, sponsors and our great race fans….. we can’t do this with all of you! Thanks everyone. See you Saturday at Mason Dixon Dragway!
Mike Bassin track announcer