DragChamp Top 10 List – 9/13/23 Edition

Shelby Thurman posts four wins at Montgomery to lead the DragChamp Top 10 List presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance

9/13/23 – DragChamp has accumulated the best performers from the past weekend for the Top 10 List presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance. Check out the Top 10 List below to see how they ranked.

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DragChamp Top 10 List

1 – Shelby Thurman

Shelby Thurman earns the #1 spot this week after a dominating performance at Capital City Motorsports Park. Thurman drove her S-10 to three wins on the weekend winning Friday’s $5K Gamblers, Saturday’s $7,500 Team race, and a $10,000 main event! On top of that, she won the Jr. All Run class in her dragster.

2 – Scotty Richardson

Scotty Richardson grabs the #2 spot this week after winning the Fuel Factory $100K Allstar race at the Summer Fling. Richardson outlasted the allstar invitational field to capture the big payday. In addition to his victory, he and his brother Edmond also won the team portion of the Allstar event.

3 – Spring Fling Big Money Winners

The Summer Fling produced four big money winners including Gage Burch, Eric Sandlin, Jeremy York, and Randy Krause. Burch was doubled until the semifinals where he dropped one entry but ultimately cashed for $15K. Texas based Eric Sandlin drove his brother’s Skeet-10 to a $30K payday after defeating Donny B in an all-Texas final on Friday. Jeremy York stopped another Texas based racer, Peeps Pennington in back-to-back rounds to earn the Saturday $30K win. Peeps was doubled at three cars. Randy Krause closed out the weekend with a $30K victory which adds to his impressive season. Krause has won numerous big money events this season.

4 – King of the Creek $25K Winners

The NoLimit Promotions Fall King of the Creek race at Maryland International Raceway produced two big money winners. Bert Lewis grabbed the first big paycheck of the weekend in his pickup. Ray Snoot collected the $25K victory on Saturday in his dragster.

5 – Tom Aretakis Jr.

Tom Aretakis Jr. dominated the Pro class at the Summer Fling wining the Pro class on two of three days. After winning on back-to-back nights, Aretakis fell to Matt Obertanec in the final on day number last of the Fling.

6 – Slate Cummings

Slate Cummings debuted his new dragster at Holly Springs where he ended up taking both entries to the final round for the win and runner-up!

6 – Jalen Whitmore

Jalen Whitmore enjoyed a great day at Prescott Raceway which ended with him running himself in the final round!

7 – Mark Miller

Mark Miller dominated the IHRA D3 ET Finals after racing to three final round appearances including a Gamblers win and a main event victory.

7 – Gary Blankenship

Gary Blankenship doubled up at the IHRA D3 ET Finals winning the Race of Champions and the Sportsman main event. Blankenship has been on a roll lately reeling off five straight final round appearances at Muncie Dragway.

8 – Peeps Pennington

As mentioned earlier, Peeps Pennington took two entries down to three cars Saturday night at the Summer Fling. He lost both entries on back-to-back runs to Jeremy York after both racers laid down stellar laps in both contest.

8 – Steve Furr

Steve Furr grabs the #8 spot this week after winning Super Gas and Top Dragster at the NHRA National Open at Carolina Dragway.

8 – Jeff Riedel

Jeff Riedel doubled up at the NHRA D4 ET Finals to post a Top 10 showing. Riedel won the Saturday Super Pro Shootout and the ET Finals on Sunday.

9 – KC Pesnell

KC Pesnell has been on a roll lately with three wins in the last few weeks. During his recent hot streak, Pesnell won two $10 granders and also picked up a win in the Footbrake class.

10 – Jacob Sterling

Jacob Sterling punched his ticket to the World Finals after winning the NHRA D4 ET Finals on Sunday. He was also one win light away from having two tickets to California when he came up short in the Pro final to Jeff Riedel.

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