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Knoxville Dragway Wins Division 2 West Summit Team Finals

Monday, 05 October 2015

Ferrow, Snoden and Marcum capture Summit Super Series championships.

Brainerd Optimist's Steven Ferrow (Top), I-64's Travis Snoden (Mod) and Ozark Raceway's Christopher Marcum (Junior) outpaced the Summit Super Series field to secure their spots in the Summit Super Series World Championships during this coming weekend's Summit World Finals in Memphis.  Ferrow used a .032 starting line advantage and a .01 over against Gulfport's Gerald Franks in the final round. Not to be outdone, Travis Snoden blistered the tree with a perfect light to take out Mo-Kan Dragway's Shane Rees in the final round of Mod.  In Junior competition, Christopher Marcum gave up a starting line advantage to Mo-Kan Dragway's Blaine Rees but drove the finish line to perfection running dead-on for the win.


Memphis SSS Box Final
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES - Top Final                        
Steven Ferrow, Brainerd Optimist Dragway, (.008) 4.785 on 4.77
def. Gerald Franks, Gulfport Dragway, (.040) 6.690 on 6.69  - Chris Simmons photo


Knoxville Dragstrip rode the wave of an incredibly successful first round on Sunday to dominate the Summit IHRA Team Finals at Memphis International Raceway (MIR).

Of the 29 drivers in three classes that Knoxville sent to the starting line for the first round, 24 of them came away victorious. That gave Knoxville a comfortable cushion over both the MIR team and the team from Holly Springs, which battled it out for second and third.

Memphis SSS NoBox Final

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES - Mod Final                        
Travis Snoden, I-64 Raceway, (.000) 6.974 on 6.77
def. Shane Rees, Mo-Kan Dragway (.048) 6.544 on 6.53  - Chris Simmons photo


It's the first team title for Knoxville in the four years this event has been hosted at MIR. Memphis won in 2012 and 2013 and Holly Springs was the defending champion. 

 
Kaden Harrill's win in Junior Dragster capped a dominating effort from Knoxville Dragway which won the Summit Racing IHRA Team Finals on Sunday at Memphis International Raceway.

Knoxville ended the night with 54 points, Memphis International Raceway was second with 38 and Holly Springs Motorsports was third with 35. Each team was comprised of 30 members spread among three classes (Top, Mod and Junior Dragster). Each round win counted as a point toward that team's score.

In the individual competition, Chad McKee of Milton, Tenn., won the Top class, Kenny Bomar of Memphis won Mod and Madisonville, Tenn.'s Kaden Harrill won the Jr. Dragster class.

McKee squared off against Josh Baker of Nicholasville, Ky., in the final of Top. The drivers had identical reaction times and the difference at the finish lines was nearly as close. McKee crossed the line in 4.565 seconds at 144.01 mph on a 4.56 index, while Baker was a split second behind after finishing his race in 4.658 at 146.43 mph on a 4.65 dial.

Bomar's win in his orange 1969 Camaro was decided at the starting line when his opponent Devin Grace of Friendsville, Tenn., jumped the green by .016 seconds. Although Bomar's victory lap was a breakout run of 6.689 at 100.50 mph on a 6.70 dial, the win was already secure when his opponent fouled out.

It was an all-Knoxville Dragstrip final in Junior Dragster with Harrill running an 8.881 at 70.97 mph on an 8.88 dial to Caleb Cate of Knoxville's lap of 9.056 at 68.85 mph on a 9.08 index.

The races at Memphis International Raceway get bigger next weekend with the Summit Racing IHRA World Finals featuring Nitro Jam Nationals roll into town on Oct. 9-10. 

Complete Event Results From Last Weekends Team Finals at Memphis International Raceway

2015 IHRA DIVISION 2W MEMPHIS SUMMIT TEAM FINALS - FINAL STANDINGS         
             
PLACE TRACK TRACK CODE POINTS      
1 KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY KD 56      
2 MEMPHIS TEAM 1 MI 38      
3 HOLLY SPRINGS MOTORSPORTS HM 35      
4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE DRAGWAY MT 24      
5 GULFPORT DRAGWAY GD 18      
6 BRAINERD OPTIMIST DRAGWAY BO 15      
7 MEMPHIS TEAM 2 M2 15      
8 MOUNTAIN PARK DRAGWAY MP 15      
9 MO-KAN DRAGWAY MD 13      
10 I-64 DRAGWAY 64 10      
11 OZARK RACEWAY PARK OZ 10      
12 KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY TEAM 2 K2 5      
13 1-64 TEAM 2 6B 4      
14            
             
Summit Super Series Track of the Year - Division  I-64 MOTORPLEX        
Pro Am Track of the Year - Division  CAROLINA DRAGWAY        
             
             
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RESULTS          
FINISH NAME (HOMETOWN) TRACK CAR DIAL RT ET
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES - TOP          
WIN STEVEN FERROW BRAINERD OPTIMIST 2015 MILLER 4.77 0.008 4.785
RU GERALD FRANKS GULFPORT 1969 NOVA 6.69 0.040 6.690
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES - MOD          
WIN TRAVIS SNODEN I-64 RACEWAY 1980 MALIBU 6.77 0.000 6.974
RU SHANE REES MO-KAN DRAGWAY 1964 WAGON 6.53 0.048 6.544
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES - JUNIOR          
WIN CHRISTOPHER MARCUM OZARK RACEWAY 2013 MARCUM 8.17 0.051 8.177
RU BLAINE REES MO-KAN DRAGWAY HALFSCALE 8.97 0.032 9.007
             
MAIN EVENT RESULTS          
FINISH NAME (HOMETOWN) TRACK CAR DIAL RT ET
MAIN EVENT - TOP          
WIN CHAD MCKEE MIDDLE TENNESSEE DRAGSTER 4.56 0.014 4.565
RU JOSH BAKER MOUTAIN PARK DRAGSTER 4.65 0.014 4.658
MAIN EVENT - MOD          
WIN KENNY BOMAR MEMPHIS 1969 CAMARO 6.7 0.061 6.689
RU DEVIN GRACE KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY 1980 MONZA 5.95 -0.016 5.959
MAIN EVENT - JUNIOR          
WIN KADEN HARRILL KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY DRAGSTER 8.88 0.128 8.881
RU CALEB CATE KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY DRAGSTER 9.08 0.068 9.056
             
OTHER RESULTS          
FRIDAY GAMBLERS RACE - TOP          
WIN JIMMY PRICHETT KNOXVILLE, TN 1980 MONZA 5.73 0.001 5.731
RU BRIAN JONES COOKVILLE, TN 2010 MILLER 4.73 0.002 4.734
FRIDAY GAMBLERS RACE - MOD          
WIN TRAVIS EATON WAYNESBORO, TN CHEVY NOVA 6.65 0.018 6.651
RU JOSH EPPERSON BARGOURVILLE, KY 2004 FORD RANGER 6.49 0.020 6.498
FRIDAY GAMBLERS RACE - JUNIOR          
WIN TARA TAYLOR SOMERVILLE, TN JR DRAGSTER 7.91 0.243 7.948
RU TYLER LLOYD JOPLIN, MO 2012 JR RACE CAR 8.00 0.008 8.332
SATURDAY GAMBLERS RACE - TOP          
WIN DID NOT FINISH - RAIN          
RU            
SATURDAY GAMBLERS RACE - MOD          
WIN DID NOT FINISH - RAIN          
RU            
SATURDAY GAMBLERS RACE - JUNIOR          
WIN DID NOT FINISH - RAIN          
RU            
TEAM CAPTAINS RACE          
WIN AL SHOENWETTER OZARK RACEWAY PARK CHRYSLER 300 9.76 0.074 9.788
RU RANDY CENTERS MOUNTAIN PARK   10.65 0.146 10.621
             
  SPECIAL AWARDS          
AWARD   NAME TRACK CAR # HOMETOWN
BEST APPEARING OPEN BODIED CAR NICK WARREN MOUNTAIN PARK 3X21 NICKOLASVILLE, KY
BEST ENGINEERED OPEN BODIED CAR BRIAN ONEY I-64 5X1X OLIVE HILL, KY
BEST APPEARING FULL BODIED CAR BILL MCLURE HOLLY SPRINGS 1962 MOSCOW, TN
BEST ENGINEERED FULL BODIED CAR FRANKIE DENTON JR KNOXVILLE XX70 KNOXVILLE, TN
BEST APPEARING JUNIOR DRAGSTER KADEN JONES MIDDLE TENNESSEE 224X COOKVILLE, TN
BEST ENGINEERED JUNIOR DRAGSTER CHRISTOPHER MARCUM OZARK 523X SPRINGFIELD, MO
BEST TEAM SPIRIT   KNOXVILLE DRAGWAY      
BEST APPEARING SPONSOR BANNER   GULFPORT DRAGWAY      
BEST APPEARING TEAM MIDDLE TENNESSEE MIDDLE TENNESEE DRAGWAY    
BEST DECORATED GRANDSTANDS   MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY    
Last modified on Monday, 05 October 2015