Carolina Dragway beats out 12 other tracks to take Division 2 East Summit Team Finals title
By IHRA Media
Sep 24, 2012



Carolina Dragway hosted the Division 2 East Heat Wave Summit Team Finals presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering over the weekend, welcoming 13 teams to the facility. Host team Carolina Dragway won the overall team standings by 18 points over Immokalee Regional Raceway. Bradenton Motorsports Park, Orangeburg Dragstrip and Union County Dragway rounded out the top five. In the Summit SuperSeries presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering runoff Tim Butler of Bradenton Motorsports Park and Sammy Hollingsworth of Union County advanced in Top ET, Chris Adams from Immokalee Regional Raceway and Aaron Brock from Pageland Dragway moved on in Mod ET and Toni Salsigiver from Carolina Dragway and Jennifer Craft from Central Florida Racing Complex advanced in Junior Dragster. Below are the complete results from the event.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. Carolina Dragway – 61 points
2. Immokalee Regional Raceway – 43 points
3. Bradenton Motorsports Park – 42 points
4. Orangeburg Dragstrip – 38 points
5. Union County Dragway – 34 points
6. Pageland Dragway – 32 points
7. Darlington Dragway – 30 points
8. Ware Shoals Dragway – 26 points
9. Dorchester Dragway – 17 points
10. Palm Beach International Raceway – 15 points
11. Douglas Motorsports Park – 11 points
12. Lakeland Dragstrip – 11 points
13. Central Florida Racing Complex – 7 points

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RESULTS

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF TOP ET – Tim Butler (Bradenton) 4.968, 138.46 def. Sammy Hollingsworth (Union County) 4.967, 135.54

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF MOD ET – Chris Adams (Immokalee) 7.467, 87.92 def. Aaron Brock (Pageland) 7.000, 92.47

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF JUNIOR – Toni Salsgiver (Carolina) 7.953, 79.43 def. Jennifer Craft (Central Florida) 7.888, 82.78

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Main Event Top ET – Joe Gary (Carolina) 4.73, 124.76 def. Claude Debonis (Immokalee) FOUL

Main Event Mod ET – Joe Tillman (Bradenton) 7.235, 90.96 def. Mike Kyzer (Dorchester) 7.077, 97.25

Main Event Junior – Shelby Miles (Carolina) 7.992, 74.91 def. Blaine Bragg (Orangeburg) 8.617, 76.35

Saturday Gamblers Top – Jim Purcell (Lakeland) 5.691, 121.98 def. Anne Jackson (Darlington) FOUL

Saturday Gamblers Mod – Jeremy Jarosz (Palm Beach) 8.921, 74.91 def. Benji Thrift (Douglas) 6.436, 105.30

Saturday Gamblers Junior – Austin Miles (Darlington) 8.336, 77.14 def. Zach Pennington (Carolina) 7.996, 76.98

Wednesday Gamblers Top – Bobby Hardee (Darlington) 5.111, 137.12 def. Cody Dodgen (Carolina) FOUL

Wednesday Gamblers Mod – Kevin Williams (Pageland) 6.350, 105.15 def. Nicole Thomas (Immokalee) 6.369, 106.14

Wednesday Gamblers Junior – Whitney Thrift (Douglas) 7.919, 82.17 def. Spencer Couch (Carolina) FOUL

Thursday Gamblers Top – Anthony Cassidy (Pageland) 6.399, 106.05 def. Josh Miller (Darlington) 4.637, 143.84

Thursday Gamblers Mod – Benji Thrift (Douglas) 6.387, 105.65 def. Kevin Williams (Pageland) FOUL

Thursday Gamblers Junior – John Tolisan (Immokalee) 7.939, 79.60 def. Gage Burch (Bradenton) 8.886, 69.97

SPECIAL AWARDS

Best Appearing Open Bodied Car – Bradley Snowball (Immokalee Regional Raceway)

Best Engineered Open Bodied Car – Thomas Bell (Carolina Dragway)

Best Appearing Full Bodied Car – Benny Bennett (Dorchester Dragway)

Best Engineered Full Bodied Car – Jim Purcell (Lakeland Dragway)

Best Appearing Junior – Jordan Baker (Darlington Dragway)

Best Engineered Junior – Spencer Couch (Carolina Dragway)

Olympics of Drag Racing Winner – Immokalee Regional Raceway

Track Operators Race – Dorchester Dragway

Best Team Spirit – Immokalee Regional Raceway

Best Appearing Sponsor Banner – Orangeburg Dragway

Best Appearing Team – Ware Shoals Dragway