Super Chevy Show Drag Racing takes over Palm Beach International Raceway

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Saturday started out with overcast skies and temperatures in the 60’s. Time runs began promptly at the scheduled 10 am start time. Opening ceremonies and eliminations ran smoothly most of the day until a brief oil down at the top end of the track halted progress in the early evening. Racing was complete just before 10 pm.

 

Bracket 1
53 cars, trucks, and dragsters entered round 1 in this class looking for victory. Throughout the day the door cars and trucks got knocked out one by one leaving a final round pairing of two dragsters. JP Hickman of Sarasota, Fla. driving his ’06 Mullis dragster faced off against Randy Weber of Loxahatchee, Fla. in his ’12 Miller dragster. At the start Weber fired a perfect reaction time of .000 seconds only to have problems going down the track. Hickmon took home victory having a .001 second reaction time, running 7.888, 134.73 mph.

Bracket 2
 
In the Bracket 2 class, also known as No Box, it was not a Chevy bodied car that took the overall victory. Steve Dweck from Hollywood, Fla. driving his ’70 Z-28 Camaro faced off against the ’68 Falcon of Loxahatchee, Fla. native Brandon James. Dweck dialed in a 9.66 to the 11.34 second of James. James left the tree in .060 seconds while Dweck waited 1.68 seconds for the green light. As the tree lit up for Dweck it was the red light that came on as he went -.030 to hand the win over to James who ended up making a pass of 11.336, 118.51 mph.

Jr. Dragster

 
In the Jr Dragster class it was Ariana Foster, dialing in at 7.90 for all of her passes and consistently hitting her mark , making it into the finals to face Julian Puya of Pompano Beach, Fla. It was Puya winning after Foster, a Jupiter, Fla. native, red lighted by -.001 seconds. Puya had dialed in at 8.70 to run a 8.974, 73.24 mph to capture the win.

Southern Stock/Super Stock Association

 
The first race in an eight race season for the Southern Stock/Super Stock Association yielded exciting wheel standing launches through out the day. In the finals it was Harry “Underdog” Morgan from Blackshear, Ga. facing off with Fred Rowntree of Parrish, Fla. The “Underdog” dialed in at 17.27 seconds to Rowntree’s 10.39 seconds. The seven second wait for Rowntree resulted in a red light as he went -.160 second on the tree and Morgan took home the victory.

March 29, 2015
Race Summary
 
Competitors on Sunday were greeted with cloudless skies, bright sunshine, and cool temperatures.  The first time runs of the day started at 9:30 am. After the opening ceremonies concluded, bracket eliminations began right around noon. Racing went very smoothly until an oil down in the right lane at the top end halted the action. The downtime pushed back racing around 40 minutes. Once racing resumed it continued all the way until the completion of the event.

 

Bracket 1

 
Steve Dweck from Hollywood, Fla. started eliminations as the top qualifier in the Bracket 1 class. Dweck did not look back as he knocked out one racer after another eventually making it into the finals. David Hoxie of Jupiter, Fla. faced off against Dweck for the final round. In the end it was Dweck taking victory with a dial in of 7.62, running 7.621 at 174.59 mph to take the win light.
(AP Photo/Bryan Epps)

Bracket 2

 
In Bracket 2, it was Larry Doty from Margate, Fla. that drove his ’83 Cougar to the line in the finals to face Ryan Moore of Merritt Isle, Fla. driving a ’85 Camaro. The bulbs were lit and it was a Camaro that took victory. Doty broke on the starting line and was not able to make the pass. Moore had dialed in 11.23 as he ran a 12.089 at 81.77 mph.
(AP Photo/Bryan Epps)

Jr. Dragster
 
In the Jr. Dragster class it was the top qualifier taking the overall victory. Camryn Fredrickson of Palm Harbour, Fla. faced off against Gage Burch of Palmetto, Fla. Both drivers dialed in at 8.90 seconds making it a heads up final. At the top of the track it was the No. 1 qualifier, Fredrickson, with the win running a 8.984, 73.33 mph to Burch’s 9.076, 63.77 mph.
(AP Photo/Bryan Epps)

Southern Stock/Super Stock Association
 
The second race of the year for the Southern Stock/Super Stock Association again yielded some great passes through out the day. In the final it was IHRA Stock K/CM record holder Myron Platek from Holly Hill, Fla. facing Carl Wright of Oviedo, Fla. Both drivers had comparable reaction times off the line with Myron’s .023 edging Wright’s reaction of .092 and taking the win light. Platek dialed in at 11.36 to run a 11.389 at 103.40 mph in his ’75 Dodge Dart. 
(AP Photo/Bryan Epps)
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