BELL RUNS 6.01 IN PRO MOD
Mon, 2007-02-26 13:04
Monroe’s Mike Bell drove Roy Hill’s 2007 Ford Mustang
to best-of-the-event numbers of 6.013 seconds at 230.17 miles per hour
Saturday at Rockingham Dragway en route to the Pro Modified championship
at the second annual ROCK Battery Spring Blast presented by
raceworks.com.
Bell shared the winners’ circle with six-time IHRA world champion Rickie
Smith of King, who sailed to an easy Pro Stock victory at the wheel of
the Skull Shine Chevrolet Cobalt.
Bell, who like Smith is a former IHRA Pro Stock Champion, was clocked in
6.129 seconds at 201.76 mph in the Pro Modified final, turning back
second generation driver Scott Cannon of Lyman, S.C., winner of of last
October’s IHRA World Finals. Monroe’s Mike Bell drove Roy Hill’s 2007 Ford Mustang
to best-of-the-event numbers of 6.013 seconds at 230.17 miles per hour
Saturday at Rockingham Dragway en route to the Pro Modified championship
at the second annual ROCK Battery Spring Blast presented by
raceworks.com.
Bell shared the winners’ circle with six-time IHRA world champion Rickie
Smith of King, who sailed to an easy Pro Stock victory at the wheel of
the Skull Shine Chevrolet Cobalt.
Bell, who like Smith is a former IHRA Pro Stock Champion, was clocked in
6.129 seconds at 201.76 mph in the Pro Modified final, turning back
second generation driver Scott Cannon of Lyman, S.C., winner of of last
October’s IHRA World Finals.
Smith, driving a Chevy powered by an 817 cubic inch Sonny Leonard
powerplant, was clocked in 6.351 seconds at 220.37 mph in the Pro Stock
final to beat the Ford of current IHRA national record holder Robert
Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., who trailed at a shut off 16.448 seconds
at only 50.27 mph.
The Spring Blast was the culmination of a week of pro testing at
Rockingham, site of both the IHRA Spring Nationals and the IHRA World
Finals, two of the 12 events in the IHRA Nitro Jam Series.
The driver with the quickest car in each of two Saturday test sessions
advanced to the final round in Pro Modified and Pro Stock. Champions
also were crowned in the first round of racing to determine the drivers
who will represent Rockingham Dragway in the IHRA Team ET Finals inthe
fall.
Ken Batchelor of Leland, N.C., waded through a field of 150 to win the
Top Eliminator championship over Huston Dial; Chris Plott of
Winston-Salem prevailed in the Footbrake final over Bill Ritts; and Troy
Brewer of Shannon won in the Jr. Dragster class by beating Jessica Dean
of Washaw in the final.
Among the other Pro Mod drivers involved in the competition were Vinny
Demieri of Babylon, N.Y. and Dwayne White of Ridgeway, S.C., both driving
new Pontiac GTOS; Steve Vick of Mocksville in a 1963 Corvette; and Tracy
Cockman of Bunn Level in a Chevy Cavalier.
Smith earned one of the final round berths in Pro Stock by coaxing his
Chevy through the timers in 6.341 seconds and 220.22 mph. Patrick got
the other spot with a time of 6.346 at 221.49 mph in the second session.
The odd man out in the “Chicago Style” competition was Jacksonville’s
Elijah Morton, whose times of 6.386 and 6.387 seconds weren’t quite good
enough to get him to the money round.
to best-of-the-event numbers of 6.013 seconds at 230.17 miles per hour
Saturday at Rockingham Dragway en route to the Pro Modified championship
at the second annual ROCK Battery Spring Blast presented by
raceworks.com.
Bell shared the winners’ circle with six-time IHRA world champion Rickie
Smith of King, who sailed to an easy Pro Stock victory at the wheel of
the Skull Shine Chevrolet Cobalt.
Bell, who like Smith is a former IHRA Pro Stock Champion, was clocked in
6.129 seconds at 201.76 mph in the Pro Modified final, turning back
second generation driver Scott Cannon of Lyman, S.C., winner of of last
October’s IHRA World Finals. Monroe’s Mike Bell drove Roy Hill’s 2007 Ford Mustang
to best-of-the-event numbers of 6.013 seconds at 230.17 miles per hour
Saturday at Rockingham Dragway en route to the Pro Modified championship
at the second annual ROCK Battery Spring Blast presented by
raceworks.com.
Bell shared the winners’ circle with six-time IHRA world champion Rickie
Smith of King, who sailed to an easy Pro Stock victory at the wheel of
the Skull Shine Chevrolet Cobalt.
Bell, who like Smith is a former IHRA Pro Stock Champion, was clocked in
6.129 seconds at 201.76 mph in the Pro Modified final, turning back
second generation driver Scott Cannon of Lyman, S.C., winner of of last
October’s IHRA World Finals.
Smith, driving a Chevy powered by an 817 cubic inch Sonny Leonard
powerplant, was clocked in 6.351 seconds at 220.37 mph in the Pro Stock
final to beat the Ford of current IHRA national record holder Robert
Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., who trailed at a shut off 16.448 seconds
at only 50.27 mph.
The Spring Blast was the culmination of a week of pro testing at
Rockingham, site of both the IHRA Spring Nationals and the IHRA World
Finals, two of the 12 events in the IHRA Nitro Jam Series.
The driver with the quickest car in each of two Saturday test sessions
advanced to the final round in Pro Modified and Pro Stock. Champions
also were crowned in the first round of racing to determine the drivers
who will represent Rockingham Dragway in the IHRA Team ET Finals inthe
fall.
Ken Batchelor of Leland, N.C., waded through a field of 150 to win the
Top Eliminator championship over Huston Dial; Chris Plott of
Winston-Salem prevailed in the Footbrake final over Bill Ritts; and Troy
Brewer of Shannon won in the Jr. Dragster class by beating Jessica Dean
of Washaw in the final.
Among the other Pro Mod drivers involved in the competition were Vinny
Demieri of Babylon, N.Y. and Dwayne White of Ridgeway, S.C., both driving
new Pontiac GTOS; Steve Vick of Mocksville in a 1963 Corvette; and Tracy
Cockman of Bunn Level in a Chevy Cavalier.
Smith earned one of the final round berths in Pro Stock by coaxing his
Chevy through the timers in 6.341 seconds and 220.22 mph. Patrick got
the other spot with a time of 6.346 at 221.49 mph in the second session.
The odd man out in the “Chicago Style” competition was Jacksonville’s
Elijah Morton, whose times of 6.386 and 6.387 seconds weren’t quite good
enough to get him to the money round.
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