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PRO MOD SATURDAY - Triad Thunder Series - May 17th

Can our BigDog drivers hang with the Triad Thunder Series car when the rule book is thrown out? 

     Come on Friday night as they make their first qualifying shot.  Saturday qualifying will be at 2 and 4pm with eliminations at 6pm.  Come TNT with us on Friday or Saturday and watch some great ProMod Heads Up action.  Here are a few of the cars expected this weekend to take on your Piedmont BigDog favorites:

Bobby Stokes gets his first win in 7.49!

     The wonderful weather man.  If there is every a person you'll grow to hate as a track owner, it's the weather man.  All week we were told Thursday was going to be a wash out.  The rain held off at Piedmont Dragway and we were able to get 7.49 and 8.99 action in.  Michael Jefferies likes his new parking spot, the winners circle.  His truck found its way back there again this past Thursday night. 
      In 7.49 the Bobby Stokes finally got to the winner circle.  They put out Ownn Teague in the finals.  Owen had be chopping the tree down all night, but in the finals, he just didn't have enough.  As the rains came in, these guys patiently waited while I got my camera together and ran down to take pictures.  We appreciate everyone coming out, even with a chance of rain.  Jefferies, next time, keep that battery charged up haha. 

PTRA invades Piedmont, you have to watch the video    

      PTRA, for those who don't know much about it, it's time to learn.  Tony Brown has put together a Pro Tree program that is very entertaining.  3 index classes, 7.0/6.0/5.30, along with 2 heads up classes and pro tree eliminator.  Bracket racing has needed a breath of fresh air and I believe Tony Brown has done that.  Pro Tree racing brings a new challenge to racers who have went off the bottom bulb for years.  His heads up classes are very entertaining to watch.  Top Street and True Street provided some incredible side by side runs on some very small tires.  I ask that you watch the video below.  If you only feel like watching for 1 minute, then go to the 5:15 mark of the video and watch what happens with a true 10" tire car hooks up!

      Below are your winners from the PTRA event this weekend.  I'd also like to give a special, a VERY special, congratulations to Eric Gauldin who won his first race this weekend in 7.49.  Congrats buddy!  Below are the winners per PTRA's website for this respective classes:

Top Street
Win--Scott Evert
R-up-Brad Edwards
Semi-Jeremy McElrath, Jason Richards
#1 Qualifier: 5.070 Scott Evert

5.30
Win--George Bostick
R-up- Charlie Gilbert
Semi- Michael Martin, Dwyane Oxendine
#1 Qualifier: 5.303 Gary Whipple

True Street
Win--Chris Ellington
R-up-Rob Roberts
Semi- Scott Gilman, Greg Herndon
#1 Qualifier: 5.658 Chris Ellington
new MPH record: 129.31 Chris Ellington

6.00
Win--Gordon Langley
R-up-Jeremy McSwain
Semi- Rusty Carpenter, Kenny Floyd
#1 Qualifier: 6.004 Mac McGarrigle

7.00
Win--Michael Sanders
R-up-Larry Dowless
Semi-Thad Cook
#1 Qualifier: 7.000 Jerry Cline

Pro Tree Eliminator
Win--Lyle Barnett
R-up-David Dry
Semi-Dale McSwain
#1 Qualifier: 8.430 (8.43) Tabitha Montgomery

Pro Tree Junior Dragster
Win--Cooter McSwain
R-up-Jamie Farrell
Semi-Landon Russell

7.49/8.99 Continue on despite potential rain    

     The wonderful weather man.  If there is every a person you'll grow to hate as a track owner, it's the weather man.  All week we were told Thursday was going to be a wash out.  The rain held off at Piedmont Dragway and we were able to get 7.49 and 8.99 action in.  Michael Jefferies likes his new parking spot, the winners circle.  His truck found its way back there again this past Thursday night. 
      In 7.49 the Brady Bunch finally got to the winner circle.  They put out Ownn Teague in the finals.  Owen had be chopping the tree down all night, but in the finals, he just didn't have enough.  As the rains came in, these guys patiently waited while I got my camera together and ran down to take pictures.  We appreciate everyone coming out, even with a chance of rain.  Jefferies, next time, keep that battery charged up haha. 

Fastest field in BigDog History!  Big Daddy takes the win and pumps a 632!

    The question always is, what will the bump spot be.  It's a question we always ponder before any BigDog.  Tonight, on May 1st, the fastest field in BigDog History was set.  With just .08 separating the entire field, the bump spot tonight was a 4.277.  How that bump spot came, is a great story.  After 1st round of qualifying, the bump spot was 4.313, Tony Ward driving the Jack Gaddy entry.  During 2nd round of qualifying, Chad Tilley had some breakage, which left oil on the track.  Ken Regenthal and crew had been thras hing on their car, as they had missed 1st round of qualifying.  They knew there was no way they could make the final round of qualifying.  Dismayed, they came to the tower and said, we ca n't make it.  With Tilley's oil down, 2 amazing things happened.  First, Ken was able to thrash and get the car together and uncork a 4.277 for the #8 spot.  Second, Chad being bumped out, put #17 qualifier Todd Tutterow in the consolation race.  Todd's best run was a 4.401.  As everyone knows, you can't give Todd a 2nd chance. 

        First round saw matt Giagrande run Travis Harvey.  Travis in the Race Tech machine had a few issues and slowed from a 4.233 qualifying spot to a 4.535 in eliminations.  Matt took the win with a solid 4.27.  Jason Harris ran Darrin Hoyle.  In an excellent side by side run, Jason was able to click off a 4.209 to Darin's losing 4.314. Next came Ronnie Gardner, last months winner, running David Campbell.  David was very late on the tree and was never able to make up the ground, running a 4.417 to Ronnie's 4.200.  Finally Rocky Raynor ran Ken Regenthal.  Ken's car had some pops and noises that didn't sound good, slowing him to a 6.07 to Rocky's very impressive 4.19. This was Rocky's send 4.19 of the night, the first made him #1 qualifier at a 4.196. 

    Jason Harris came back for 2nd round to run Ronnie Gardner in one of the best runs of the night.  Jason Harris drills the tree and takes the holeshot victory over Ronnie.  Jason runs 4.253 to Ronnie's quicker 4.235.  Margin of victory was just .004 of a second, that's close racing folks.  Next up, Superman vs Batman.  Matt Giangrade running Rocky Raynor.  Matt blows the tree away with a .007 light and a very impressive 4.224.  Rocky doing everything he can, ran a 4.24, but it was not enough. Superman won that battle of the super hero's tonight.

    In the finals Jason and Matt faced off.  Jason picked up where he left off running a 4.201 to Matt's 5.03.  Jason was on the tree all night and it paid off.  Big Daddy Bob Harris had some problems the previous day.  They stayed overnight at the track and worked on the car all night in order to get it ready for 1st round today.  Their hard work paid off.  The big question at the end of the night was: "What size was Big Daddy's motor?".  Well, BigDaddy got tore down after the race and pumped a nice even 632.  Just like he said on the mic on the starting line: I'll buy every fan here a motor if that thing isn't a 632.  His bluff was called, but he was right!

    The consolation race had a few names who we would normally mention in the main race.  Namely, Todd Tutterow.  Todd might have missed the setup on qualifying, but it didn't take him long to figure it out.  Todd ripped through the field w ith a 4.15, 4,16 and another 4.16 in the finals to win the consolation race. 

The eliminations looked as folllows:
Tony Ward 4.62 Joel Douglas 9.60.
 Brian Williams 4.274 Spinks Broke.
Todd Tutterow 4.15 Sandy Wilkins 4.36.
Chris Rini 4.273 Gilmer Hinshaw 4.259.

Semis:
Todd Tutterow 4.16  Brian Williams 4.37
Tony Ward 4.27  Chris rini (left before tree activated)

Finals:
Todd 4.16  Tony 4.47

Rocky Raynor          4.196  172.84
Ronnie Gardner     4.213  174.68
Jason Harris           4.220   171.49
Matt Giangrande     4.233  172.77
Travis Harvey          4.251  171.13
Darrin Hoyle            4.26    172.87
David Campbell     4.270
Ken Regenthal       4.277   170.81

Brian Williams  4.284
Chris Rini         4.299
Tony Ward       4.313
Chad Tilley       4.334
Sandy Wilkins  4.349
Joel Douglas    4.375
Gilmer Hinshaw 4.391
Flip Spinks      4.401
Todd Tutterow  4.415
Morris Johnson 4.437
Jim Teachman  4.593
Harold Robinson 4.631
Scott Gunn       4.906
Kevin Carpenter 5.018
Andy Beal        8.75

Race #1
Matt Giagrande 4.279  W
Travis Harvey   4.535

Jason Harris  4.209   W
Darrin Hoyle  4.314

Ronnie Gardner 4.200  W
David Cambell 4.417

Rocky Raynor 4.197   W
Ken Regenthal 6.076

Semis:
Jason Harris  4.253    W
Ronnie Gardner 4.235

Matt Giangrande  4.224  W
Rocky Raynor     4.249

Finals:
Jason Harris  4.201  W
Matt Giangrande 5.033

Consolation Race:
Tony Ward  4.62  W
Joel Douglas  9.60

Brian Williams 4.274 W
Flip  Broke

Todd Tutterow  4.15   W
Sandy Wilkins  4.36

Chris Rini    4.27  W
Gilmer Hinshaw 4.25

Semis:
Todd Tutterow  4.16   W
Brian Williams  4.37

Tony Ward 4.27  W
Chris Rini   LB3A

Finals:
Todd Tutterow 4.16 W
Tony Ward  4.47

     It was a great BigDog night.  We appreciate everyone coming out.  Currently I just have video of the main race.  I'll load up the rest of the video's I have on Friday.  We look forward to seeing everyone out at Piedmont Dragway at the next BigDog June 5th.  Hope you enjoy the video!

EVENT RECAP

- Iowa invades NC and takes all the money! Vose dominates Quick 8
- Randall Cantrell, Michael Jefferies and Lynch take home the money!
- Owen Teague wins 6.49 on a strange night at Piedmont Dragway
- Gardner Outlast Tutterow in Big Dog Opener
- Batman Vows to Return
- Bracket Race #2 In The Books
- Want to Drag Race? Better Study Hard
- First points race is in the bag! Rain won't stop us.
- What does a quickbike shootout look like?
- What is street ET?
- Piedmont Dragway kicks off its points series April 6th paying 2nd round winner!
- 7.49, 8.99 and Piedmont heads up action!
- Thousands come out for Piedmont Dragway & Drop Jaw's Spring Slamboree!
- Robert Cone wins his first race, the debut of 6.49!
- Does the track at Piedmont hook?
- Wheels ‘N Bumpers presents Dirty Thursday

Piedmont Dragway along with Southern Automotive and We Fly Together Motorsports announce the new 6.49 HEADS UP SHOOTOUT to be run on the 3rd Thursday of every month. 

The first 6.49 race will be held March 20 and run every month through October.  This will be a new and exciting class for full bodied street looking cars.

The rules are simple: 

• - A car must have working head and tail lights.
  - Must have both seats in the car.
• - Weigh at least 2800 lbs with the driver.
  - Has to be a back half car only with mufflers.
  - No delay boxes and no timed throttle stops allowed. 

There is a $500 total purse with a $10 entry, $5 of which will go to an end of year points fund with Piedmont putting the first $200 into the points fund.