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| Wrap-Up:
Super Chevy at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway, March 28th &
29th, 2015 |
  Palm
Beach International Raceway recently hosted the
Super Chevy Show on Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March
29th. Saturday started out with overcast skies and temperatures
in the 60s. Time runs began promptly at the scheduled
10 am start time. Opening ceremonies and eliminations
ran smoothly most of the day until a brief oil down at
the top end of the track halted progress in the early
evening. Racing was complete just before 10 pm..
Competitors
on Sunday were greeted with cloudless skies, bright sunshine,
and cool temperatures. The first time runs of the day
started at 9:30 am. After the opening ceremonies concluded,
bracket eliminations began right around noon. Racing went
very smoothly until an oil down in the right lane at the
top end halted the action. The downtime pushed back racing
around 40 minutes. Once racing resumed it continued all
the way until the completion of the event.
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| Saturday,
March 28, 2015 |
Bracket
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Sunday,
March 29, 2015 |
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Saturday:
JP Hickman of Sarasota, Fla. driving his
'06 Mullis dragster faced off against Randy Weber of Loxahatchee,
Fla. in his '12 Miller dragster. Weber had a perfect .000
reaction but had problems down track. Hickman won with a .001
reaction time, running 7.888, 134.73 mph. Sunday:
David Hoxie of Jupiter, Fla. faced off against Steve
Dweck in the final round. In the end it was Dweck
taking victory with a dial in of 7.62, running 7.621 at
174.59 mph to take the win light. (Sunday
- AP Photo/Bryan Epps)
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| Saturday,
March 28, 2015 |
Bracket
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Sunday,
March 29, 2015 |
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Saturday:
It was not a Chevy bodied car that took win but the '68 Falcon
of Loxahatchee, Fla. native Brandon James
over Steve Dweck from Hollywood, Fla. driving his '70 Z-28
Camaro. Sunday:
Larry Doty from Margate, Fla. and his '83 Cougar faced Ryan
Moore of Merritt Isle, Fla. in his '85 Camaro.
Doty broke on the starting line and was not able to make
the pass. Moore had dialed in 11.23 as he ran a 12.089 at
81.77 mph. (Sunday - AP Photo/Bryan Epps)
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classes: Jr.
Dragster, Saturday: In the Jr Dragster class it
was Ariana Foster, dialing in at 7.90 for all of her passes
and consistently hitting her mark , making it into the finals
to face Julian Puya of Pompano Beach, Fla. It was Puya winning
after Foster, a Jupiter, Fla. native, red lighted by -.001
seconds. Puya had dialed in at 8.70 to run a 8.974, 73.24
mph to capture the win. Jr. Dragster, Sunday:
In the Jr. Dragster class it was the top qualifier taking
the overall victory. Camryn Fredrickson of Palm Harbour,
Fla. faced off against Gage Burch of Palmetto, Fla. Both
drivers dialed in at 8.90 seconds making it a heads up final.
At the top of the track it was the No. 1 qualifier, Fredrickson,
with the win running a 8.984, 73.33 mph to Burch's 9.076,
63.77 mph.
Southern
Stock/Super Stock Association, Saturday: The first
race in an eight race season for the Southern Stock/Super
Stock Association yielded exciting wheel standing launches
through out the day. In the finals it was Harry "Underdog"
Morgan from Blackshear, Ga. facing off with Fred Rowntree
of Parrish, Fla. The "Underdog" dialed in at 17.27
seconds to Rowntree's 10.39 seconds. The seven second wait
for Rowntree resulted in a red light as he went -.160 second
on the tree and Morgan took home the victory. Southern
Stock/Super Stock Association, Sunday: The second
race of the year for the Southern Stock/Super Stock Association
again yielded some great passes through out the day. In
the final it was IHRA Stock K/CM record holder Myron Platek
from Holly Hill, Fla. facing Carl Wright of Oviedo, Fla.
Both drivers had comparable reaction times off the line
with Myron's .023 edging Wright's reaction of .092 and taking
the win light. Platek dialed in at 11.36 to run a 11.389
at 103.40 mph in his '75 Dodge Dart.
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