The fourth annual Ultimate 64 Shootout presented by JEGS Mail Order
came to a close Sunday May 31 at Edgewater Sports Park. The event,
which hosts a marathon weekend full of big dollar competition was
headlined by the Ultimate 64 Box Shootout, in which 64 elite
competitors squared off for a $50,000 winners purse. The entry list
read like a “Who’s who” of sportsman racing, featuring top competitors
from across the nation. At day’s end, the big winner was a man who is
no stranger to $50,000 paychecks, Tennessee based racer Jason Lynch.
Prior to the event Lynch was one of just four competitors who made
claimed multiple $50,000 victories in his accomplished career (Peter
Biondo, Scotty Richardson, and Gary Williams have each won a pair of
$50,000 events as well); having won the main event in both the Big
Bucks Bonanza at Farmington Dragway and the World Super Pro Challenge
in Stanton, MI back in 2006. At day’s end, Lynch became the first and
only competitor to score his third $50,0 00 triumph when he bested
fellow professional drag racer Troy Williams, Jr. in the final round.
Semi-finalists in the main event were Ken Sullivan and Jeff Hefler,
while Gary May, Kenny Underwood, Luke Bogacki, and Mike Brumfield fell
in the quarterfinal round.