Mullen and Carr Take Home Six-Figure Paychecks at JEGS SFG 500

Mark Mullen and Shane Carr each win $100,000 during JEGS SFG 500 at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

Feature photo credit: Lou Crouch

BRADENTON, FL – Aside from delivering a half-million dollars to one deserving racer, the SFG JEGS 500 would also crown two $100,000 winners. The first six-figure winner was crowned on Wednesday courtesy of the FuelTech $100K. On Thursday, the second driver took home the money in the Hansen Global $100K.

440 entries made their way to the stage bulbs in round one of each $100,000 race. In both events, dragsters and door cars ran separately for the first six rounds of competition.

Wednesday FuelTech $100K Results

There were 10 entries remaining once door cars and dragsters were combined, and half the field had the first name Kevin. Kevin Rodden still had two entries along with Kevin Brannon, Kevin Little, and Kevin Crawford. The rest of the field included Josh Luedke, Mark Mullen, Timothy Thomas, and Brent Martin with two entries.

Rodden is paired with himself on the ladder therefore eliminating one entry. Martin turns it .006 red in his first entry against Crawford’s .003 green and one thou breakout run. Brannon and Luedke have identical .012 reaction times but Luedke’s dead on run puts him .005 ahead at the stripe for the win.

Mullen is .012 total to lock out Little who breaks out in an attempt to take the stripe. Thomas lays down an .013 pack, but it’s not enough to overcome Martin’s winning .009 package.

In the quarterfinals, Mullen uses a .006 package to leave Luedke mathematically ineligible. Martin lets go perfect and runs dead on with a five to advance over Rodden who was .014 and under the dial. Crawford has the bye run but was also .000 during the free shot at the tree.

Just to clarify, out of the three semifinalists, a .001 reaction time was the worst winning light.

Martin advances to his second final in just as many days courtesy of the bye run. Crawford has the starting line advantage over Mullen, but takes a little too much stripe to break out 1 thou. Mullen moves into the final round as he runs .016 above his dial in.

The $100,000 winner was decided on the starting line during the final round. Martin lets go .002 red while Mullen is .009 green and dead-on with a two, laying down .011 total for the huge win.

Thursday Hansen Global $100K Results

Eleven entries remained when door cars and dragsters were combined on Thursday. They were Paul Rich, Brad Wheeler, Gage Burch, Matt Dadas, Benny Langford, Jerry Brewer, Jeff Serra, Todd Arnold, Shane Carr, John Angelle, and Dean Moore.

Moore uses the bye run to move into the next round while Burch is .001 red to advance Rich. Wheeler is .023 total to package up Dadas as Arnold is .004 red to send Langford into the quarterfinals. One thou separate Brewer and Angelle on the tree and Brewer runs dead on with a zero for the win. Carr uses a slight advantage on the tree and runs closer to the dial to take the win over Serra.

Brewers is .001 red at six cars to advance Moore into the semifinal. Rich has the reaction time advantage but can’t run the number as Carr is 3 above for the win. Wheeler has a 2 thou starting line advantage but breaks out 3 thou while Langford is one above to take the win.

Carr earns the bye run and takes the free time shot into the final. Langford is perfect on the tree and .004 under the dial to advance over Moore in the double breakout race.

In the final, Langford has another reaction time advantage but takes too much stripe and breaks out. Carr runs dead on his 4.42 dial in to turn on the win light for $100,000.

One Last Giant Check To Claim

When racing action cools down Saturday evening, someone will be leaving with $500,000 thanks to the FTI 500K main event. SFG Promotions will have continued updates on their Facebook page and as always you can catch the JEGS SFG 500 action live on MotorManiaTV.

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