ALSO, Young Guns, for riders and drivers 21 and younger. Trophy to Winner
and to Runner-up, Car and Bike classes

Georgia’s Steve Kirk and Steve Sechler of Kannapolis were low qualifiers in Saturday’s World Class Grudge Race but the rains won out when the inclement weather washed out the event after first round of competition.
Kirk, driving a ’63 Corvette Automatic Pro Mod, set low e.t. in qualifying with a 4.049 time at 179.71 miles per hour. Jason Harris of Pittsboro was second at 4.053 seconds with a speed of 180.65 in the Harris Family Firebird.
Sechler ran a dead-on 4.700 in the “Baby Pro-Mod” Index class at 158.73 mph to take the number spot with Brandon Plyer of Monroe second with a 4.701, 156.26.
Tommy Mauney of South Carolina startled the field in the first round of Automatic Pro Mod with low time and top speed of the day, an impressive 3.989 e.t., 187.55 mph, over Harris’ second consecutive 4.053, at 181.20.
Kirk won his round over Robert Mathis of Baker, Florida, a 4.078, 179.61, over Mathis up-in-smoke 8.513 at only 80.41 miles per hour.
All competitors agreed to split the money equally when the rains came and to call off the remainder of the race.
The next Pro Stock Joe World Class Grudge Race is scheduled at Rockingham Dragway for Saturday, August 14.