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Atlanta Dragway Results
RACE DATE: August 30, 2002 & September 1, 2002FROM: Denise Shubert and Tim Glover EVENT: B&M Racers Appreciation Series event at Atlanta Dragway in 2002 KAY K.O.'S FOOTBRAKE FIELD, FUQUA AND SIMMONS SCORE IN SUPER PRO AT "US NATIONALS OF BRACKET RACING" Rain spoiled the day again on Friday, and threatened to end the show Saturday (two Footbrake cars and three Super Pro cars had to finish Saturday's race Sunday morning), but promoter George Howard made adjustments and kept on going. Howard took Friday's purse and added it to Saturday's and Sunday's purse. The net results for racers was the purse went from $10,000 to $15,000 each day in Super Pro, and from $1000 to $1500 each day in Footbrake. Doyle Kay essentially clinched first place in the B&M Footbrake points for the year by winning Saturday's race and going to the semis in Sunday's race. Saturday Light rain ended the evening just a bit early, causing the final three Super Pro cars to wait until Sunday morning after the church service to finish. Defending B&M Super Pro champ Mike Fuqua, who hails from Hendersonville, TN, put his Worthy dragster in the winner's circle again by running right on his number in the Saturday final, a 5.028, 138.47 (5.02 target). His semi-final bye run was 5.022. Fuqua's reaction time (.502... naturally) made the difference against Todd "Bones" Ewing's .534 react. Bones' Cullman, AL based '02 Cameron dragster broke out by .001 seconds trying to catch Fuqua, with a 4.809, 139.76 (4.81 dial). Bones, who has won two NHRA Division Two events and the Gatornationals in Super Comp, added, "My luck ran out." Kenny Underwood ('01 Miller dragster - Tampa, FL) was the lone semi-finalist. Footbrake winner and defending B&M champ Doyle Kay from Asheville, AL is virtually unstoppable. Kay met local racer Jacob "Lucky" Rutledge in the delayed final, and although he didn't have the reaction time advantage (.534 vs. .510 for Rutledge), Kay's '67 Chevy II pulled him through, running .002 seconds over his dial with a 6.752, 96.98 to take the win. Rutledge's '79 Capri was off the pace just a bit with a 7.59, 87.46 (7.55). Rutledge earned his way to the final with a stellar .518 react in the quarter-finals and a .509 in the semis. Mike Farmer ('69 Nova - Pickens, SC) took home the semi-final purse. Sunday By the time the Sunday semi-finals rolled around, all three remaining contestants had taken a bye run, so eventual winner Doug Simmons from Cowarts, AL earned the ultimate bye run in the semis courtesy of his .507 quarter-final react. This was Doug Simmon's first win with his '67 Camaro in 2002. Simmons took a slight starting line advantage (.529 to Ken Sullivan's .531) and turned it into a win light by running 5.63, 128.29 on his 5.62 target. Sullivan's W. Carrollton, OH based '88 Woody dragster was pacing right with Simmons, but crossed the finish line .010 seconds behind, carding a 5.39, 128.21 (5.37 dial-in). Timmy Smith, Sunday's semi-finalist, won a race in July at Atlanta. He was a factor in the semi-finals, but apparently he was in too big of a hurry in the semis and red-lighted against Sullivan with a .494 react in his '71 Vega Wagon. Robbie Shaw's day started out badly, but ended with the Sunday Footbrake victory. Shaw met Donalds, SC racer Gary Burell's '72 Nova in the final and decided to go with a 7.83 dial on his Douglasville, GA based '83 Malibu wagon. Burell chose to put an 8.23 on his machine. Although Shaw's final round react wasn't what he wanted it to be (.601 against Burell's .558), his car pulled him out by breaking out less than Burell. Shaw broke out with a 7.806, 85.71 (.024 seconds under) while Burell went just a tad more under with a 8.203, 83.33 (.027 under). "This is the best competition I ever faced," stated Shaw. Sunday's Footbrake semi-finalist Doyle Kay was hot all weekend, but, like Timmy Smith, it seemed he couldn't wait in the semis against Burell and went .497 red. SATURDAY SUPER PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Mike Fuqua '02 Worthy dragster Hendersonville, TN 5.02 138.47 (5.02) R/U: Todd "Bones" Ewing '02 Cameron dragster Cullman, AL 4.80 139.76 (4.81) Semi: Kenny Underwood '01 Miller dragster Tampa, FL Semi: SATURDAY FOOTBRAKE CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Doyle Kay '67 Chevy II Asheville, AL 6.75 96.98 (6.75) R/U: Jacob Rutledge '79 Capri Braselton, GA 7.59 89.46 (7.55) Semi: Mike Farmer '69 Nova Pickens, SC Semi: SUNDAY SUPER PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Doug Simmons '67 Camaro Cowarts, AL 5.63 128.29 (5.62) R/U: Ken Sullivan '88 Woody dragster W. Carrolton, OH 5.39 128.21 (5.37) Semi: Timmy Smith '71 Vega wagon Roanoke, AL Semi: SUNDAY FOOTBRAKE CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Robbie Shaw '83 Malibu wagon Douglasville, GA 7.80 85.71 (7.83) R/U: Gary Burrell '72 Nova Donalds, SC 8.20 83.33 (8.23) Semi: Doyle Kay '67 Chevy II Asheville, AL Semi:
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