ROCKINGHAM DRAGWAY GIVES FREE GAS TO RACERS
Mon, 2008-08-25 10:29
Few track owners are as sensitive to the effect of escalating fuel
prices as Steve Earwood, whose Rockingham Dragway sits equidistant
between the Carolinas’ major population centers: Charlotte,
Raleigh-Durham, greater Greensboro and Columbia.
“We’re two hours from just about anywhere in the Carolinas,” Earwood said. “We have a great location, but with the economic situation being what it is, we know that even a two-hour drive burns up a lot of cash. That’s why we’re making free gasoline part of our purse package at the North Carolina Open bracket races on Sept. 6th and 7th.”
The two-day event will pay daily cash purses of $3,000 to the Top Eliminator winner, $1,500 to the Footbrake champion and $250 to the winner in Junior Dragster. In addition, the Saturday and Sunday events will be the last in which drivers can earn points applying toward Rockingham Dragway track championships and berths on the team that will represent the track at the IHRA bracket finals. Few track owners are as sensitive to the effect of escalating fuel prices as Steve Earwood, whose Rockingham Dragway sits equidistant between the Carolinas’ major population centers: Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, greater Greensboro and Columbia.
“We’re two hours from just about anywhere in the Carolinas,” Earwood said. “We have a great location, but with the economic situation being what it is, we know that even a two-hour drive burns up a lot of cash. That’s why we’re making free gasoline part of our purse package at the North Carolina Open bracket races on Sept. 6th and 7th.”
The two-day event will pay daily cash purses of $3,000 to the Top Eliminator winner, $1,500 to the Footbrake champion and $250 to the winner in Junior Dragster. In addition, the Saturday and Sunday events will be the last in which drivers can earn points applying toward Rockingham Dragway track championships and berths on the team that will represent the track at the IHRA bracket finals.
The free gas bonus will reward one driver from Top Eliminator and one from the Footbrake division. The program’s most unique aspect, however, is that the free gas WILL NOT go to the winner or runner-up on either day of racing. Instead, it will go to the drivers in each of the two top classes, who win the most rounds over the two days WITHOUT reaching the finals.
The payoff is 100 gallons of diesel or regular gas to the most prolific winner in Top Eliminator who doesn’t reach the final round and 50 gallons to the Footbrake driver who does the same. Earwood will provide a signed voucer good at Bostick’s BP service station, four miles north of the track on U.S. Highway 1.
“In our situation, you have to be a little creative,” Earwood said, “and at the same time still have fun.”
If a racer doesn’t need the full complement of gasoline to get home, Earwood said the track will tally how much is used and make the remainder available for a return trip to another Rockingham event.
Of course, the track won’t slight the winners, either. The driver who wins the most overall rounds in each category will win a set of Goodyear racing tires in addition to his or her purse money.
“We’re two hours from just about anywhere in the Carolinas,” Earwood said. “We have a great location, but with the economic situation being what it is, we know that even a two-hour drive burns up a lot of cash. That’s why we’re making free gasoline part of our purse package at the North Carolina Open bracket races on Sept. 6th and 7th.”
The two-day event will pay daily cash purses of $3,000 to the Top Eliminator winner, $1,500 to the Footbrake champion and $250 to the winner in Junior Dragster. In addition, the Saturday and Sunday events will be the last in which drivers can earn points applying toward Rockingham Dragway track championships and berths on the team that will represent the track at the IHRA bracket finals. Few track owners are as sensitive to the effect of escalating fuel prices as Steve Earwood, whose Rockingham Dragway sits equidistant between the Carolinas’ major population centers: Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, greater Greensboro and Columbia.
“We’re two hours from just about anywhere in the Carolinas,” Earwood said. “We have a great location, but with the economic situation being what it is, we know that even a two-hour drive burns up a lot of cash. That’s why we’re making free gasoline part of our purse package at the North Carolina Open bracket races on Sept. 6th and 7th.”
The two-day event will pay daily cash purses of $3,000 to the Top Eliminator winner, $1,500 to the Footbrake champion and $250 to the winner in Junior Dragster. In addition, the Saturday and Sunday events will be the last in which drivers can earn points applying toward Rockingham Dragway track championships and berths on the team that will represent the track at the IHRA bracket finals.
The free gas bonus will reward one driver from Top Eliminator and one from the Footbrake division. The program’s most unique aspect, however, is that the free gas WILL NOT go to the winner or runner-up on either day of racing. Instead, it will go to the drivers in each of the two top classes, who win the most rounds over the two days WITHOUT reaching the finals.
The payoff is 100 gallons of diesel or regular gas to the most prolific winner in Top Eliminator who doesn’t reach the final round and 50 gallons to the Footbrake driver who does the same. Earwood will provide a signed voucer good at Bostick’s BP service station, four miles north of the track on U.S. Highway 1.
“In our situation, you have to be a little creative,” Earwood said, “and at the same time still have fun.”
If a racer doesn’t need the full complement of gasoline to get home, Earwood said the track will tally how much is used and make the remainder available for a return trip to another Rockingham event.
Of course, the track won’t slight the winners, either. The driver who wins the most overall rounds in each category will win a set of Goodyear racing tires in addition to his or her purse money.
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