Race winners, who are IHRA members, are now eligible to compete for even bigger prizes at the IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals presented by Strange Engineering if they enter at least two other IHRA races (an IHRA-member track Summit SuperSeries team race or Sportsman Spectacular) before the 2024 IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals. 

Russell drove his Chevrolet Nova to the $1,500 winner in the Top ET (Box) class as final-round opponent Keith Taylor left early. It allowed Russell to take a pass of 6.746 seconds at 78.52 mph. Taylor went down the drag strip in 6.415 seconds at 99.15 mph.

(Top ET Winner — Vernon Russell Jr.)

(Top ET Runner-Up — Keith Taylor)

Brock parked his fire-engine red Chevy S-10 in the winner’s circle for No Box with a package that included a 6.691-second pass at 90.13 mph on a 6.61 dial-in. Runner-up Curly DeLee, the previous owner of Dorchester Dragway, went 8.453 seconds at 83.76 mph on an 8.40 dial-in. Brock won the holeshot with a .029 to .071 advantage at the tree.

(No Box Winner — Aaron Brock)

(No Box Runner-Up — Curly DeLee)

Sansenbaugher had an eventful day, making it to the third round of No Box eliminations in his brown Mopar and then driving on to the Sportsman victory. He put together a winning package of 7.913 seconds at 81.62 mph against a 7.91 dial-in with a .017 start. Runner-up Andy Chavis went 7.673 seconds at 90.07 seconds on a 7.67 dial-in with a .080 reaction time.

(Sportsman Winner — Evan Sansenbaugher)

(Sportsman Runner-Up — Andy Chavis)

Pruett continues to build his reputation as one of the best Junior racers around with an elapsed time of 7.193 seconds and 74.91 mph on a 7.19 dial-in. He also got a big advantage of .112 to .207 at the start over second-place Jaxon Romanstine. The numbers for Romanstine showed an 8.097-second run at 77.98 mph with an 8.05 dial-in.

(Junior Dragster Winner — Kaden Pruett)

(Junior Dragster Runner-Up — Jaxon Romanstine)

Jeff Mcalhany (Box), Patrick McCabe (No Box) and Dalton Farman (Sportsman) were prize winners in the Moser Money Round.

Congratulations to all the IHRA Sportsman Spectacular winners at South Carolina Motorplex. Another big race is coming up in the Palmetto State next Saturday as the legendary Darlington Dragway hosts the IHRA Hot Rod Classic.