ROCKINGHAM – Asheville, North Carolina's Tim West and Shelby, North Carolina’s Ed Pauley earned Top Sportsman and Top Dragster titles, respectively, and Brett Nesbitt of McLeansville repeated as Quick Rod Champion Sunday as the IHRA’s Summit Pro-Am Tour made its annual stop at Steve Earwood’s Rockingham Dragway.

Other winners were Michael Beard of Seagrove in Super Stock, Mike Petrie of Union, S.C., in Stock, Dale Koncen of Chaptico, Md., in Super Rod and Donald Webb of Four Oaks, in Hot Rod.

Nesbitt cruised in Quick Rod, getting a free ride in the final when Burlington’s Travis Harvey was guilty of a foul start.  He also made a run at a double victory by reaching the quarter final round Top Dragster before fouling himself against Buddy Perkinson of Hopewell, Va.

Among the day’s biggest surprises was the first round elimination of former IHRA World Champion Steve Furr of Harrisburg, who has bidding for his fifth consecutive Rockingham Pro-Am Series win.  Furr lost to Mike Dollins of LaGrange by .001 of a second.

West, driving a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, won the Top Sportsman title at the starting line where he forged a .024 of a second advantage that offset the a .007 of second performance edge for runner-up Mike White of Arden.

In Top Dragster, Pauley ran dead-on his 4.880 dial-in in the final to turn back Matthew McDaniel of Forest City.  Pauley also ran dead-on in the quarterfinal round and coupled it to a .001 of a second reaction time.

Beard ran dead-on in the Super Stock semifinals to turn back many-time champion Mike Boyles and his “Good Old Charley Brown” ‘57 Chevy wagon and then got a free ride in the final when Wayne Hayes of Elgin, S.C., was guilty of a foul start.

There was a rash of fouls in the late rounds and one denied Sanford’s Travis Womble Jr. the Stock Eliminator title, handing it instead of Petrie.  Webb collected the hardware in Hot Rod when former world champion Glenn Ferguson of Greensboro broke out by .001 of a second in his 1966 Ford Fairlane.

David Zimmerman of Greensboro won Saturday night’s special Top Stock race in his 1972 Dodge Challenger, beating Mark Beaver of Shelby in the final. 
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ROCKINGHAM – Results from Sunday’s IHRA Summit Pro-Am tour event at Rockingham Dragway:

TOP SPORTSMAN
Round 3 – Josh Miller, Lancaster, S.C., 2001 Pontiac Grand Am, .044, 4.647 on a 4.620, 151.29 mph, def. Dale Freeman, Flat Rock, 1992 Chevy Camaro, .007, 5.052 breakout on a 5.060, 134.26 mph; Mike White, Arden, 1963 Chevy Corvette, .017, 4.736 on a 4.720, 149.08 mph, def. Sandy Wilkins, Fuquay-Varina, 2002 Chevy Cavalier, .019, 4.879 on a 4.860, 141.94 mph; Tim West, Asheville, 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo, .007, 4.874 on a 4.870, 135.43 mph, def. Jut Crumpler, Elm City, NA, .040, 5.253 breakout on a 5.270, 152.35 mph; Bob Luttrell, Lancaster, S.C., 1954 Studebaker, .006, 5.254 on a 5.230, 133.34 mph, def. Steve Corker, Clayton, 2002 Chevy Cavalier, .029, 5.251 breakout on a 5.260, 130.18 mph.
Semifinals – White .006, 4.736 on a 4.730, 149.40 mph, def. Miller, foul; West, .023, 4.866 on a 4.850, 136.68 mph, def. Luttrell, .004, 5.287 on a 5.250, 133.37 mph.
FINAL  – Tim West, Asheville, 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo, .004, 4.864 on a 4.840, 140.30 mph, def. Mike White, Arden, 1963 Chevy Corvette, .028, 4.747 on a 4.730, 149.40 mph.

TOP DRAGSTER
Round 4 – Ed Pauley, Shelvy, .001, 4.880 on a 4.880, 141.02 mph, def. Bruce Holland, Lexington, foul; Matthew McDaniel, Forest City, .021, 4.859 on a 4.860, 142.75 mph, def. Al Burkett, Sandston, Va., foul; Buddy Perkinson, Hopewell, Va., .005, 4.685 on a 4.640149.15 mph, def. Brett Nesbitt, McLeansville, foul.
Semifinals – Pauley .015, 4.908 on a 4.880, 135.59 mph, def. Perkinson, .031, 4.689 on a 4.640, 148.49 mph; McDaniel, bye.
FINAL  – Ed Pauley, Shelby, .016, 4.880 on a 4.880, 139.95 mph, def. Matthew McDaniel, Forest City, .019, 4.867 on a 4.860, 139.75 mph.

SUPER STOCK
Round 3 – Wayne Hayes, Elgin, S.C., 1956 Chevy Bel Air, .047, 7.484 on a 7.460, 88.54 mph, def. Robbie Draughon, Fayetteville, 1969 Chevy Camaro, .020, broke; Mike Boyles, King, 1957 Chevy Bel Air., .007, 6.844 on a 6.840, 99.73 mph, def. Jeff Tripp, Jackson, N.J., 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo, foul; Courtney Young, Wake Forest, 1969 Ford Mustang, .129, 6.935 on a 6.960, 96.55 mph, def. Miss Phillips, Lumberton, 1969 Chevy Nova, foul; Michael Beard, Seagrove, 1980 Dodge Mirada, .015, 7.294 on a 7.290, 92.24 mph, def. Gil Carty Jr., Wytheville, Va., 1967 Chevy Nova, foul.
Semifinals – Hayes, .038, 8.473 on a 7.460, 61.90 mph, def. Young, foul; Beard, .050, 7.290 on a 7.290, 92.54 mph, def. Boyles, .064, 6.843 breakout on a 6.850, 97.52 mph.
FINAL – Michael Beard, Seagrove, 1980 Dodge Mirada, .050, 7.268 on a 7.280, 92.78 mph, def. Wayne Hayes, Elgin, S.C., 1956 Chevy Bel Air, foul.

STOCK
Round 4 – Brandon Peterson, Randleman, 1995 Ford Mustang, .042, 7.161 on a 7.170 dial-in, 94.43 mph, def. Al Brister, Beaufort, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, .024, 7.157 breakout on a 7.170, 89.65 mph; Mike Petrie, Union, S.C., 1968 Chevy Camaro, .035, 6.671 on a 6.700, 100.56 mph, def. Billy Wilson, Laurens, S.C., 1966 Chevy Vel Air, foul; Jim Morgan, Conway, S.C., 1964 Plymouth Belvedere, .024, 6.664 on a 6.670, 102.37 mph, def. Roy Caraway, Ravenel, S.C., 1967 Chevy Camaro, .054, 6.378 breakout on a 6.390, 105.14 mph; Travis Womble Jr., Sanford, 1987 Chevy Camaro, .022, 6.554 on a 6.550, 101.18 mph, def. Mike Longhany, Wade, 1972 Plymouth Duster, .038, 6.970 breakout on a 6.980, 97.48 mph.
Semifinals – Womble, .025, 6.550 on a 6.550, 101.53 mph, def. Peterson, .063, 7.165 breakout on a 7.170, 94.54 mph; Petrie, .028, 6.659 on 6.680, 100.55 mph, def. Morgan, foul.
FINAL  – Mike Petrie, Union, S.C., 1968 Chevy Camaro, .021, 6.664 on a 6.670, 100.43 mph, def. Travis Womble Jr., Sanford, 1987 Chevy Camaro, foul.

QUICK ROD (5.700 target)
Round 3 – Stuart Smith, Lenoir, .016, 5.698, 137.58 mph, def. Jeff Nesbitt, Graham, .010, 5.614 breakout, 125.45 mph; Brett Nesbitt, McLeansville, .011, 5.722, 132.59 mph, def. Robert Baynes, Belews Creek, .022, 5.662 breakout, 141.43 mph; Travis Harvey, Burlington, .011, 5.689, 233.65 mph, def. Floyd Edick, Chesterfield, S.C., .012, 5.658 breakout, 139.83 mph; Cameron Manuel, Winston-Salem, .012, 5.704, 137.27 mph, def. Greg Slack, Albemarle, foul.
Semifinals – B. Nesbitt, .011, 5.700, 142.32 mph, def. Manuel, .021, 5.705, 130.52 mph; Harvey, .009, 5.704, 136.19 mph, def. Smith, .021, 5.697 breakout, 138.24 mph.
FINAL – Brett Nesbitt, McLeansville, .017, 5.686, 142.51 mph, def. Travis Harvey, Burlington, foul.

SUPER ROD (6.400 target)
Round 3 – Kenny Floyd, Charlotte, 1958 Chevy Corvette, .005, 6.410, 116.55 mph, def. Mike Dollins, LaGrange, 1963 Chevy Corvette, .040, 6.384 breakout, 121.17 mph. Ernie Knight, St. George, S.C., 1962 Chevy Nova, .011, 6.408, 115.16 mph, def. Tim West, Inman, S.C., 1971 Chevy Vega, .018, 6.397 breakout, 117.06 mph; Dale Koncen, Chaptico, Md., 1963 Chevy Corvette, .019, 6.388, 126.23 mph, def. Mike Wallace, Travelers Rest, S.C., 1966 Chevy Chevelle, .030, 6.355 breakout, 123.72 mph; Matt Cooke, Hendersonville, 1967 Chevy Corvette, bye.
Semifinals – Koncen, .012, 6.382, 126.30 mph, def. Floyd, foul; Knight, .019, 6.391, 114.88 mph, def. Cooke, .040, 6.386 breakout, 121.47 mph.
FINAL  – Dale Koncen, Chaptico, Md., 1963 Chevy Corvette, .025, 6.487, 122.39 mph, def. Ernie Knight, St. George, S.C., 1962 Chevy Nova, 6.396 breakout, 111.65 mph.

HOT ROD (7.00 target)
Round 4 – Glenn Ferguson, Greensboro, 1966 Ford Fairland, .010, 7.014, 105.70 mph, def. Ken Buckner, Ellabell, Ga., 1968 Chevy Camaro, .017. 7.026, 101.19 mph; Donald Webb, Four Oaks, 1970 Chevy Nova, .004, 7.023, 100.89 mph, def. Chris Carpenter, Galax, Va., 1973 Chevy Vega, .033, 7.022, 105.65 mph; Cale Lambert, Albemarle, 1983 Chevy Camaro, .000, 7.003 on a 7.000, 107.19 mph, def. Gil Carty Jr., Wytheville, Va., 1962 Chevy Nova, .018, 6.987 breakout, 101.87 mph.
Semifinals – Ferguson, .011, 7.015, 107.31 mph, def. Lambert, .046, 6.984 breakout, 109.04 mph; Webb, bye.
FINAL  – Donald Webb, Four Oaks, 1970 Chevy Nova, .019, 7.009, 102.52 mph, def. Glenn Ferguson, Greensboro, 1966 Ford Fairlane, .006, 6.999 breakout, 105.14 mph.