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 (I-20 East Access road)
 Abilene, TX
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 Brownwood, TX 76804


 

 

We celebrated the nation's birthday in grand style.  Southwest Superchargers leading the smoke and fire celebration, with Tony Caprio's wheel stamdimg pickup flying down the track and the Rocky Mountain Thunder Jet Funny Car lighting up the night.  We had a lot of entries in the Gamblers races, so the day was filled with all kinds of smoke, fire, noise and excitement!

 
Hey Justin!  Little warm right there?  
More pictures may be available at this raceabilene.com link.  
Southwest Superchargers
As quick as the Southwest superchargers fly, the final was over way to quick for the last two racers left in competition.  Julian Moody (top) was ready for the final round and killed the tree with a .013 reaction time and a posted final ET of 4.83 at 139 MPH in the funny car.  Runner up Clay Cunningham was just a bit too quick on the trigger, going -.034 red on the tree and giving the win to Julian.  Too bad as Clay had the power to take it all, lighting up the scoreboard with a 4.68 at 142 MPH.  Here's how they did by round:

Friday July 3 - Southwest Superchargers - 4.70 Index

ROUND 1

Winners

Loser

Bill Norman - 4.718 @ 145.87  .020 RT Greg Powell - 4.725 @ 145.02  .021 RT
Clay Cunningham - 4.795 @ 146.01  .194 RT Doug Kelley - 4.987 @ 142.27  .435 RT
Julian Moody - 4.774 @ 144.60  .041 RT Jack Bartlett - 4.828 @ 140.71  .022 RT
Jake Penner - 4.663 @ 149.80 .015 RT Andy Mears - 4.790 @ 150.35  -.086 RT

ROUND 2

Winners

Loser

Clay Cunningham - 4.673 @ 147.83  .199 RT Jake Penner - 4.658 @ 140.80 .003 RT
Julian Moody - 4.675 @ 147.06  -.012 RT Bill Norman - 4.909 @ 129.38  -.038 RT
FINAL

Winners

Losers

Julian Moody - 4.836 @ 139.28  .013 RT Clay Cunningham - 4.681 @ 142.31  -.034 RT

 

Gamblers

Top ET Gamblers: Jeremy Smith (Lamesa) used a .012 reaction and a 4.91 on a 4.90 dial to take the Top ET Gamblers win away from Michael Johnston (San Angelo).  Michael had a good .026 reaction time, but the dragster went too quick and scored a breakout 4.956 under a 4.97 dial to runner up.  Jeremy also pocketed a free entry for the Leftover Nationals big money bracket race in November.

Modified Gamblers: The Modified Gamblers was over on the line, when Travis Massingill of Snyder (not shown) went -.51 on the tree to give the win to Abilene's Robert Schoemer in the Stealth Pontiac.  Robert was ready for him, using just his foot to hit a .018 reaction time  and driving to a 8.72 on an 8.69 dial.  Travis ran his out also, clocking 6.97 against his 7.00 dial. Robert also scored an entry to the Leftover Nationals. 
Jr. Dragster Gamblers: Jr. Dragster had a final just like Modified, with one racer going green on the start and one going red.  Kimie Lakey got the green light for the win, with Aaron Clarke of Abilene going way red for runner up.  It would have been close, as Kimie ran it out to a 8.00 on a 7.98 and Aaron rode his dragster to a 9.23 on a 9.20.   Kimie also secured a Leftover Nationals entry for her win.