“Good Time” Dragstrip is Perfect Host for Free $5K
Quick Motorsports presents the Free $5K at Baileyton “Good Time” Dragstrip where Mark Woods and Cody Barnhart visit the winner’s circle.
Feature photo credit: Jacob D. Winkler
BAILEYTON, AL – Over 130 entries rolled into Baileyton “Good Time” Dragstrip on August 1st for their chance at $5,000. The pro and footbrake classes were ran separately and each driver received one complementary tech card. The winning footbrake racer earned a $500 bonus and advanced into the next round of the pro class.
Rain moved into the area during third round which forced promoters Brody Quick and Russ Easterwood to complete the race on Sunday. Regarding the unexpected schedule change, they told DragChamp, “We appreciate the racers for understanding the situation and sticking with us to get the race finished!” It was a smart decision because Sunday was full of sunny skies to finish the event.
Footbrake Finals
In an all Camaro final round, last year’s winner, Barry Davis, staged up beside Cody Barnhart to see who would move on for a shot at $5,000. Davis was .002 to Barnhart’s .039 reaction time, but took a little too much stripe to breakout seven thousandths. Barnhart collects the Drag Coverage $500 bonus and advances into the quarterfinal round of Pro.
The Road to $5,000
The Drag Flyer Pro category’s remaining six drivers were Mark Woods, Terrell Biddle, Jesse McKnight, Heath Davis, Cody Barnhart, and Ryan Tankersley.
Woods used a .003 reaction time to package up Biddle while Tankersley’s .039 package wasn’t enough to defeat Barnhart. McKnight was perfect on the tree to create a ten pack which left Davis’ .012 reaction time mathematically ineligible.
Mark Woods took the solo pass into the final round, leaving Jesse McKnight to face Cody Barnhart. McKnight showed no mercy to the bottom bulber when he lays down a .005 package beside Barnhart’s breakout run.
It was an all Chevrolet door car final round with Mark Woods in the Vega taking on Jesse McKnight in the Camaro. Woods laid down a .012 package to pick up $5,000 against McKnight’s .025 reaction time.
Co-promoters Russ Easterwood and Brody Quick would like to thank the following companies for their support of the Free $5K:
- DragChamp
- Drag Coverage
- Drag Flyer.com
- Siebert Performance
- BTE King of the Coast Bracket Series
- Huntsville Engine
- Hoosier Tire
- Accelerated Graphics
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Jessica was born into a family of drag racers and fell in love with the sport at a young age. She began competing at 13 and has been hooked ever since! She even met her husband at the World Footbrake Challenge VII. Jessica works full time as an Ultrasound Technologist but spends almost every weekend chasing win lights at IHRA and NHRA bracket races.
You can contact her at Jessica@dragchamp.com or on her Facebook page.
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