Duggins, Gibbs Headline IHRA Pro-Am Winners at Darana Motorsports Park - Dunn

DUNN, N.C. — Scott Duggins in Top Dragster and Donnie Gibbs Jr. in Top Sportsman headlined the list of winners at the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Pro-Am races Saturday at Darana Motorsports Park - Dunn.

The races were streamed on SPEED SPORT 1. They are available for fans to view at IHRA.TV on YouTube.

Duggins got the advantage at the tree .014 to .039 over Bruce Holland in the Top Dragster final. It proved to be the difference as Duggins went 4.324 seconds at 157.21 mph on a 4.31 dial-in. Holland was just plus-four on his 4.35 dial-in with a speed of 156.61 mph.

Gibbs was spectacular in the Top Sportsman final. He had a 4.552 elapsed time at 154.99 mph against a 4.55 dial with a .020 reaction time. Runner-up Al Daviedowski was under his 4.33 dial with a 4.324-second pass at 161.90 with a .057 reaction time.

Anthony Mini denied Courtney Moeller a repeat win in the Outlaw Snowmobile class. He got the reaction time advantage and then sped to 4.403 seconds at 162.37 mph. Moeller finished in 4.801 seconds at 145.02 mph.

A pair of roadsters were in the Super Rod final. Lauren Freer was the winner as she was closer to the 6.40 Index in a race that she and Keith Mayers both broke out. Mayers had the better start, .019 to .038 and then went 6.377 seconds at 116.66 mph. Freer had 6.389 seconds and 142.18 mph as her final numbers.

Todd Barton cruised to the win in Quick Rod as final-round opponent Rick Schneider fouled by a heartbreaking -.001 second. Schneider was right on with a 5.701-second run at 138.19 mph on the 5.70 Index. With the race in hand, Barton eased down the track in 8.669 seconds.

Reginald Lytch posted a 7.007 elapsed time at 111.18 mph on the 7.00 Index in the Hot Rod final. He drove his Chevy Nova to the win as Neil Hobbs went under at 6.996 seconds and 107.42 mph. Hobbs had a .014 to .035 advantage at the start.

In Super Stock, Russell Ghent drove his Chevy Camaro to the winner’s circle after a 6.248-second run on his 6.24 dial-in. Mark Nowicki broke out by just -.003 on his 6.01 dial-in time. Ghent also had a .020 to .051 better reaction time.

Steve Foley was dead-on his 6.12 dial-in time to beat Ricky Pennington in the Stock final. It was just a .002 margin of victory for the Chevy Camaro driver. Pennington had a .034 to .036 advantage at the start and was 6.844 against a 6.84 dial-in.

Tony Scott was the best in Factory Stock with his winning run of 4.903 seconds and 146.66 mph. Taylor Dietsch was runner-up at 4.925 seconds and 141.71 mph. Scott was slightly quicker, .019 to .025, at the tree.

The featured Stick Shift class that was added to the weekend crowned Chad Wisecarver as the inaugural winner. Wisecarver went down the strip in his Chevy Cobalt in 6.148 seconds at 109.85 mph on a 6.14 dial-in. He’d already won as the final-round opponent, Jeff Smith, left too early.

Photos by: Robert Richard/BME Photography