ROCKINGHAM'S PREPARES FOR MAJOR PRESEASON TEST
Tue, 2009-01-20 09:00
Three former IHRA World Champions and reigning IHRA Spring Nationals
champion Elijah Morton are among the headliners already committed to
the fifth annual Rock Batteries Spring Blast which will culminate in
the crowning of a combined champion on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Rockingham
Dragway.
Morton, a Pro Stock veteran from Jacksonville, N.C., has driven his Ford Mustang into the finals at the last two IHRA races at The Rock, beating John Montecalvo to win the Spring Nationals before the New York driver reversed the order of finish at last October’s World Finals.
The lineup of former IHRA World Champions includes “Tricky Rickie” Smith of King, N.C., who won five Pro Stock and two sportsman world championships; and Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., the 2007 Pro Stock champ. Three former IHRA World Champions and reigning IHRA Spring Nationals champion Elijah Morton are among the headliners already committed to the fifth annual Rock Batteries Spring Blast which will culminate in the crowning of a combined champion on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Rockingham Dragway.
Morton, a Pro Stock veteran from Jacksonville, N.C., has driven his Ford Mustang into the finals at the last two IHRA races at The Rock, beating John Montecalvo to win the Spring Nationals before the New York driver reversed the order of finish at last October’s World Finals.
The lineup of former IHRA World Champions includes “Tricky Rickie” Smith of King, N.C., who won five Pro Stock and two sportsman world championships; and Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., the 2007 Pro Stock champ.
One champion will be determined in a combined all door slammer class using a “Chicago-style” format in which the two drivers posting the quickest times during each of two scheduled qualifying runs return to race for the overall title. Billed as
“The Carolina Outlaw Door Slammer Shootout”, all full bodied cars will eligible including Pro Stocks, Pro Mods, Top Sportsman, Outlaw 10.5 and Big Dawg type cars.
Although the Saturday shootout is the featured attraction, the event actually begins with pro testing Thursday and Friday. The open test provides teams in all classes an opportunity to fine-tune equipment in advance of the official start of racing on the sport’s two primary circuits: the IHRA Nitro Jam Series and the NHRA Full Throttle Series.
Rockingham Dragway is the only track in the IHRA Series hosting multiple events – the IHRA Spring Nationals, April 24-26, and the IHRA World Finals, Oct. 23-25.
In addition to the pro program, “no entry fee” bracket races for both Top Eliminator and Sportsman racers will be contested on both Saturday and Sunday, including Jr. Dragsters. The bracket races will be the first point’s races of the 2009 season to qualify for the ET Team Finals in October.
Morton, a Pro Stock veteran from Jacksonville, N.C., has driven his Ford Mustang into the finals at the last two IHRA races at The Rock, beating John Montecalvo to win the Spring Nationals before the New York driver reversed the order of finish at last October’s World Finals.
The lineup of former IHRA World Champions includes “Tricky Rickie” Smith of King, N.C., who won five Pro Stock and two sportsman world championships; and Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., the 2007 Pro Stock champ. Three former IHRA World Champions and reigning IHRA Spring Nationals champion Elijah Morton are among the headliners already committed to the fifth annual Rock Batteries Spring Blast which will culminate in the crowning of a combined champion on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Rockingham Dragway.
Morton, a Pro Stock veteran from Jacksonville, N.C., has driven his Ford Mustang into the finals at the last two IHRA races at The Rock, beating John Montecalvo to win the Spring Nationals before the New York driver reversed the order of finish at last October’s World Finals.
The lineup of former IHRA World Champions includes “Tricky Rickie” Smith of King, N.C., who won five Pro Stock and two sportsman world championships; and Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., the 2007 Pro Stock champ.
One champion will be determined in a combined all door slammer class using a “Chicago-style” format in which the two drivers posting the quickest times during each of two scheduled qualifying runs return to race for the overall title. Billed as
“The Carolina Outlaw Door Slammer Shootout”, all full bodied cars will eligible including Pro Stocks, Pro Mods, Top Sportsman, Outlaw 10.5 and Big Dawg type cars.
Although the Saturday shootout is the featured attraction, the event actually begins with pro testing Thursday and Friday. The open test provides teams in all classes an opportunity to fine-tune equipment in advance of the official start of racing on the sport’s two primary circuits: the IHRA Nitro Jam Series and the NHRA Full Throttle Series.
Rockingham Dragway is the only track in the IHRA Series hosting multiple events – the IHRA Spring Nationals, April 24-26, and the IHRA World Finals, Oct. 23-25.
In addition to the pro program, “no entry fee” bracket races for both Top Eliminator and Sportsman racers will be contested on both Saturday and Sunday, including Jr. Dragsters. The bracket races will be the first point’s races of the 2009 season to qualify for the ET Team Finals in October.
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