Monday Race Report – May 17th – Coughlin Wins 50th in NHRA Pro Stock, Scarry Takes Pro Outlaw 10.5 in NMRA, Pro Mods at Roxboro and MIR

Mark Gearhart
May 17, 2010
DIXON, COUGHLIN, HIGHT, AND HINES IN WINNER’S CIRCLE AFTER NHRA ATLANTA

Larry Dixon in Top Fuel and Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock scored very special wins at Atlanta Dragway, where they were joined in victory by Robert Hight and Andrew Hines. Coughlin’s win was the 50th of his Pro Stock career, making him just the ninth driver to collect 50 Wallys in a Full Throttle class, and Dixon’s 52nd victory tied him in class wins with the great Joe Amato. Read More >>


Mickey Thompson Monday Morning Race Report

NHRA Atlanta: Complete same day coverage on Dragzine. Larry Dixon in Top Fuel and Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock scored very special wins at Atlanta Dragway, where they were joined in victory by Robert Hight and Andrew Hines. Coughlin’s win was the 50th of his Pro Stock career, making him just the ninth driver to collect 50 Wallys in a Full Throttle class, and Dixon’s 52nd victory tied him in class wins with the great Joe Amato.  Additional coverage on NHRA.com, Competitionplus.com, and Dragracecentral.com.

NMRA Atco: Complete same day coverage on Stang TV. The NMRA faced off for their second points race of the year as they moved to Atco, NJ.  Jay Dold would take the win in Factory Stock over reigning champ Tommy Godfrey on a hole-shot victory.  Another win made from the tree was John Urist over John MacDonald with a 7.40 to 7.43.

MIR Mountain Motor Nationals: Both the MMPSA and the North East Outlaw Pro Mods were on hand to give the fans a show they would never forget. John Konigshofer was the King of the Mountain in this weekend’s event. Johnny K. came all the way from the last qualifying spot for the win. Struggling in all three qualifying rounds, the team went back to basics for the first round of competition and got around a tire-shaking Bob Bertsch for the win.  Check out the recap on Promodifieds.us

Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods: On May 15th the Roxboro Motorsports fans were back for another Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod event. When qualifying was called David Campbell, Ricky Walton, Wayne Chambers, Dave Leonardo, Bill De’Soto, Jim Teachman, Terry Black, RB Smith, Mike Graham, and Big Dog Champion Travis Harvey brought the show to life. In the final round both cars ran very well but it would be Roxboro’s own living legend Hall of Famer, RB Smith to the stripe first.  Check out the recap at the Promodifieds.us site.

NHRA Lucas Oil Division 3: The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series tackled the Summit Motorsports Park quarter mile this weekend with hundreds of racers going head to head in today’s final rounds of the B’Laster Cavalcade of Stars event.  Winners were crowned in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, as well as the rest of the classes that make up the nationwide series.  Check out the results at the NHRA.com and Dragracingcentral.com sites.

The Weekend Winner Circle

NHRA – Atlanta, Georgia
Larry Dixon in Top Fuel and Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock scored very special wins at Atlanta Dragway, where they were joined in victory by Robert Hight and Andrew Hines. Coughlin’s win was the 50th of his Pro Stock career, making him just the ninth driver to collect 50 Wallys in a Full Throttle class, and Dixon’s 52nd victory tied him in class wins with the great Joe Amato.
EVENT WINNERS
Top Fuel: Larry Dixon
Funny Car: Robert Hight
Pro Stock: Jeg Coughlin
Pro Stock Motorcycle: Andrew Hines
Pro Mod:
Michael Gullqvist
Top Sportsman: Jeffrey Barker
Super Comp: Ray Miller
Stock: Anthony Fetch
Super Stock:
Todd Ewing
Comp Eliminator: Vinny Barone
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NMRA – Atco, New Jersey
The NMRA faced off for their second points race of the year as they moved to Atco, NJ.  Jay Dold would take the win in Factory Stock over reigning champ Tommy Godfrey on a hole-shot victory.  Another win made from the tree was John Urist over John MacDonald with a 7.40 to 7.43.
EVENT WINNERS
Pro Outlaw 10.5: Conrad Scarry
Super Street Outlaw: John Urist
EFI Renegade: Dan Rawls
Drag Radial: Jason Lee
Hot Street: Don Bowles
Real Street:
Tim Matherly
Pure Street: Jim St. Charles
Factory Stock: Jay Dold
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