For Steve Earwood, the third time is the charm. The Rockingham Dragway owner who once served as NHRA publicist has participated in every War Stories Showdown presented by CompetitionPlus.com and for the first time he’ll advance to the quarter-final round.

Earwood left no doubt as his story on rainouts and rental cars enabled him to thunder past former event finalist Roy Hill with 75.48 percent of the vote. Hill, for his part, provided an admirable challenge in the initial stages of the race with his story of kidnapped crewmen.

For Steve Earwood, the third time is the charm. The Rockingham Dragway owner who once served as NHRA publicist has participated in every War Stories Showdown presented by CompetitionPlus.com and for the first time he’ll advance to the quarter-final round.

Earwood left no doubt as his story on rainouts and rental cars enabled him to thunder past former event finalist Roy Hill with 75.48 percent of the vote. Hill, for his part, provided an admirable challenge in the initial stages of the race with his story of kidnapped crewmen.

On the other side of the “B” portion of the ladder, doorslammer drag racing legend Rickie Smith generated 63.77 percent of the voting share to get past legendary drag racing photographer Steve Reyes.

Earwood has “lane choice” over Smith in the race scheduled to begin on January 4, 2010.

The event now pauses for Christmas break and will resume on Mon., Dec. 28 with the “C” portion of the bracket. Those races will feature No. 2 Louis Force versus No. 15 Don Gillespie and No. 7 Fred Miller versus No. 10 Gordie Bonin.

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