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JIM WILLIAMS CAPTURES QUICK 8 FOOTBRAKE CHALLENGE FRIDAY NIGTH AT U.S.13

By Charlie Brown, Delmar, DE – Jerry Ketterman’s Quick 8 Footbrake Challenge was a big success on Friday night at the U.S. 13 Dragway and coming out on top was Jim Williams of Seaford, Del. Williams defeated Bill Taylor in the final and walked away with a $500 bonus. Steven Truitt of Parsonsburg, Md. kept Ben Parks from the “three-peat� in Top Eliminator and Chad Thurman of Vienna, Md. was back on top in Pro. Other winners on the night included: Drew Birch of Whaleysville, Md. in Pro Bike; Josh Davis of Seaford in Street; Roger Collins of Georgetown, Del. in Hot Rod; Carter Foskey of Rhodesdale, Md. in Jr. Dragster 1 and Alexis Truitt of Parsonsburg in Jr. Dragster 2.

The Quick 8 Footbrake Challenge was for cars 9.00 seconds or slower without electronic delay boxes. Andy Davenport topped the 40 car field in qualifying with a 9.056/148.05 in his ’70 Maverick. The final round matched Jim Williams In his ’69 Camaro against the ’68 Pontiac GTO of Bill Taylor. Taylor had the better reaction time but broke out with a 9.531 on a 9.57 dial. Williams got the win with a 9.511/141.95 on a 9.50 dial.

Ben Parks was looking to make it three in a row in the Top Eliminator final but Steven Truitt had other plans. Truitt had a .005 reaction light and drove his ’70 Plymouth to the win with a 9.200/133.43 on a 9.19 dial. Parks had an 8.033/166.66 on a 7.99 dial-in. Semi-finalists were Phillip Truitt who lost to his brother and Sterling Clough who lost to Parks.

The Pro final matched Chad Thurman in his ’69 Camaro against the ’84 Mustang of Tim Foskey, Jr. Thurman came one one-thousandths from a perfect run posting a .000 reaction light and running a 9.761/132.74 on a 9.76 dial! Foskey, Jr. was solid with a 10.186/128.09 on a 10.18 dial but would have had to be perfect to beat Thurman. Semi-finalist was Humphrey Maddox, Jr. who lost to Foskey, Jr. while Thurman had the bye.

Drew Birch rode up against Marquise Blake in the Pro Bike final. Birch had the better reaction in the heads-up run which capped the win with an 8.820/152.74. Blake was late at the start and ran an 8.779/156.63 on the 8.00 dial. Semi-finalist was Harvey Powell who lost to Blake.

Josh Davis and Ronn Carey came into the Street final second and third respectively in points. Carey left too early and red-lighted and Davis drove his ’77 Pacer to his second win with a 13.291/91.45 on a 13.27 dial.

In Hot Rod it was Roger Collins getting his first win defeating Brandon Ennis. Ennis broke out with a 14.099 on a 14.20 dial-in and Collins ran a 12.257/108.82 on a 12.24 dial for the win in the all-Nova final.

In Jr. Dragster action, Carter Foskey scored his first win of the season in Jr. Dragster 1 over Nych Shirkey. Shirkey left too early and fouled and Foskey ran a 9.370/69.52 on a 9.30 dial for the win. Alexis Truitt made Friday night a Truitt family affair by winning in Jr. Dragster 2 while her brother Steven won in Top. Truitt had the better reaction over Kody Mariner and drove to the win with an 8.006/78.98 on a 7.97 dial. Mariner ran a 7.949/81.98 on a 7.93 dial.

 

 

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