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SCORE - MMP'S Super 7 Series 2, Rain 0
 Super
7 Point Standings
Latest
Super 7 Flyer
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5, 2008) -- Once again, rookie Montgomery Motorsports Park promoter Jim
Howard decided to ignore threatening weather forecasts and came away with an
awesome two day Mullis Super 7 event. On Saturday (5/3), rain started
falling at the rate of two inches per hour on MMP. Howard cast the dice and
bet that the rain would stop and the MMP crew could dry the track and race.
Howard won the bet as a field of over 150 cars enjoyed great competition
Saturday evening and again Sunday. "I want racers to understand that we're
not going to be scared of a weather forecast. If there is any way possible,
we will race," said Howard. In April, MMP ran two complete races in one day
to get the Super 7 event in.Winner's Circle photos credit to MMP;
action photos courtesy of Dana Kloet |
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 The
Saturday Pro competition featured an absolutely other-worldly run of
packages by Saraland, Alabama racer Jimbo Smith. In the quarters, semis and
finals, Jimbo unleashed packages totaling only 16/1000. In the finals, Jimbo
lined his 2000 Firebird up against heavy hitter Kenny Dixon of Calhoun, GA.
Jimbo dialed a 5.08 and ran a 5.085 at 135.23 with a sterling .001 light.
Dixon responded with a .005 reaction time, a dial of 4.71 and a run of 5.711
at 143.47 mph. How close was the race? The margin of victory was 4/1000 of a
second. Kevin Pruett was the lone semi-finalist. |
 In
the Mullis Super 7 Footbrake wars, it was good to be a part of Doyle Kay's
"Ashville Army", the fleet of neat, clean and deadly footbrake cars driven
by Doyle's family and friends. On Saturday, John McKinney knocked out Doyle
Kay in the semis and then faced Ricky Pennington in the finals. McKinney
took the win with an .013 bulb, a 6.55 dial and a 6.556 at 99.97 miles per
hour. Pennington had his ride dialed at 6.75 and scored a 6.794 at 94.29
with an .018 light. Ben Willis was the other semi-finalist. |
 Douglasville,
GA racer Brandon Thompson took the Saturday Jr. Dragster title over Cayden
Marsh, who was making his first MMP start. Brandon dialed a 7.90 and went
7.906 at 81.63 miles per hour with a .039 light. Cayden lit the red lights
but soldiered through with a 8.945 on his 8.87 dial. Taylor Ramsey of
Commerce, GA was the lone-semifinalist. |
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 Brandon
Thompson and Taylor squared off in the Sunday Jr. Dragster final and Brandon
blinked. Taylor took the win with a .134 light, a 7.67 dial and a7.732 at
83.37 miles per hour. Brandon ran a breakout 7.815 at 82.91 mph on his 7.83
dial. Cayden Marsh and Brett Childs of Montgomery were the semi-finalists. |
 It
was "O-Kay!" in the Sunday Footbrake finals as Doyle Kay pulled one out
against heavy hitter Jim Griffiths of Foley and his 1947 Ford. Doyle, a
former world Footbrake champion, logged a .041 light, and a 6.447 on his
6.45 dial at 103.83 mph. Kay got away with the breakout when Griffiths had
an .056 light and a 6.975 on his 6.99 dial-in. Ronie Lancaster of Baileyton,
Al was the lone semi-finalist. |
 The
Pro class at the Mullis Super 7 looked like a field at the Million Dollar
race with two former winners of that event and mega-hitters like Scott
Richardson and "Bones" Ewing. But it was a second-generation racer, Jonathan
"Lil" Jones who rose to the top, mowing down hitter after hitter. In the
finals, Jones, the son of legend Rickie Jones, met Mississippi ace Mike
Buchwald, the defending champ of the "King of the Coast" series. Buchwald
took home the big check with a .023 light and a 4.867 at 136.34 on his 4.85
dial-in. Jones had dialed a 5. 01 and ran a great 5.023 at 136.19 mph but
had box problems and lost a ton on the starting line. Jeremy Hancock of
Commerce, GA was the lone semi-finalist. |
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The Mullis Super 7 Series returns to MMP June 6-8. Promoter Jim Howard
promises a surprise major bump in the purse, not to mention a special
shootout for a brand new Mullis Dragster open to only the first 32 racers.
For more information on the shootout, call MMP at 334.360.9660. The
O"Reilly Super Chevy Show returns to MMP May 16-18 with big-bucks bracket
racing, the world's number 1 and 2 ranked Nitro Coupes, jets and more. |
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