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Ferrell, Profahl, Roger, Allen, Gray Take Gamblers Wins at IHRA Division 2 Summit Team Finals

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

HOLLY SPRINGS, MS — Five racers walked away with Gamblers victories at the IHRA Division 2 (Heat Wave) Summit Team Finals at Holly Springs Motorsports.

Buddy Ferrell (Box), Taylor Profahl (No Box), James Roger (Sportsman), Jonah Allen (Motorcycle) and Kaylee Gray (Junior Dragster) were victories in their endeavors.

Holly Springs racer Ferrell was right on his 4.72 dial-in time with a 4.722-second pass at 145.77 mph with a .019 start. Runner-up Rusty Ashmore, also from Holly Springs, broke out on his 5.72 dial-in with a 5.715-second run at 120.48 mph. He had a terrific .005 reaction time.

Box winner

(Box winner — Buddy Ferrell)

Profahl from Music City Raceway won on a holeshot against Blake Sanders from River Road Raceway in a battle of Chevy S-10 drivers in the No Box final. Profahl’s .005 reaction time was paired with a 6.210-second elapsed time at 106.66 mph against a 6.20 dial-in. Sanders was dead-on with a 7.031-second run at 95.89 mph on a 7.03 dial-in. He left the tree in .034 seconds.

No Box winner

(No Box winner — Taylpr Profahl)

Roger from Ethridge Motorsports Park was the Sportsman winner as both he and Brian Hunt from Gleason Raceway Park broke out in the final. Roger posted an 8.031-second run at 90.74 against an 8.06 dial-in. Hunt, who had the better reaction time, went down the drag strip in 8.341 second on an 8.37 dial-in.

Sportsman winner

(Sportsman winner — James Roger)

Music City Raceway riders met in the Motorcycle final with Allen getting the perfect .000 start. He had a near perfect run with a 6.147-second pass at 114.50 mph on a 6.14 dial-in. Jordan Weiss left the starting line in .025 seconds and made a 5.634-second pass at 111.33 mph against a 5.61 dial-in.

Motorcycle finalists

(Motorcycle finalists)

Gray from Ethridge took the Junior Dragster win over Leah Smith from Holly Springs. Both survived tough semifinal rounds as Gray matched her 8.06 dial-in time to advance to the final.

Jr. Dragster winner

(Junior Dragster winner — Kaylee Gray)

More from the IHRA Summit Team Finals, including a recap of Gleason Raceway Park’s win in the main event will be posted soon.

IHRA calendarheader

Summit Team Finals D8 - Rocket City Dragway
Summit Team Finals

Rocket City Dragway
Thursday, October 3rd - Saturday, October 5th
2024 Summit SuperSeries World Finals
Summit SuperSeries World Finals

Holly Springs Motorsports
Wednesday, October 9th - Saturday, October 12th

 

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