Sunday was a big day for the family of former IHRA Pro Modified World Champion Quain Stott when his first cousin’s son Dylan and daughter Mattie both won championships in the rain-plagued IHRA Summit Pro-Am Series race at Steve Earwood’s Rockingham Dragway.

Dylan Stott, 17-year-old former Carolina Coalition Jr. Dragster champion, was the upset winner in the featured Top Dragster class, beating veteran Ken Batchelor of Leland in the final round after forcing Arden’s Michael White into a breakout foul in the semifinals.  Mattie Stott beat Jason McCandless, the grandson of former Pro Stock standout Herb McCandless, to win the Beginners Division in the Jr. Dragster class.

Sunday was a big day for the family of former IHRA Pro Modified World Champion Quain Stott when his first cousin’s son Dylan and daughter Mattie both won championships in the rain-plagued IHRA Summit Pro-Am Series race at Steve Earwood’s Rockingham Dragway.

Dylan Stott, 17-year-old former Carolina Coalition Jr. Dragster champion, was the upset winner in the featured Top Dragster class, beating veteran Ken Batchelor of Leland in the final round after forcing Arden’s Michael White into a breakout foul in the semifinals.  Mattie Stott beat Jason McCandless, the grandson of former Pro Stock standout Herb McCandless, to win the Beginners Division in the Jr. Dragster class.

Other winners included Jeff Rudisill of Rutherford College in Top Sportsman; Gil Carty Jr. of Wytheville, Va., in Super Stock; former Rockingham Dragway track champion Greg Slack of Albemarle in Quick Rod; Jess Estep of Iron Station in Super Rod; Travis Harvey of Jamestown in Hot Rod; and John Buening of St. Augustine, Fla., in Combo Eliminator.

Former IHRA division champion Terry Taylor of Lumberton beat his son, Corey, in the semifinals and then stopped John Fisher of Raleigh in the final round to win the Stock Eliminator title.

Although Jason McCandless lost the Beginners’ Jr. Dragster title, his brother Michael claimed the Masters championship in a showdown with Michael Hipp of Pomaria, S.C., and Chad Estep of Hurley, Va., won the Advanced Jr. Dragster title.
 

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