Wed, 5 Oct 2011, 12:12 PM Winners from Reynolds Heading to National Championship

Courtesy of NHRA Field Marketing South Georgia Motorsports Park Takes Team Championship

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Four winners were crowned today at the NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series event and will advance to the national championship while South Georgia Motorsports Park captured the Team Championship at Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds, Ga. The team from South Georgia racked up 54 points, two more than second place Bradenton Motorsports Park, as the home team from Silver Dollar finished in third with 44.

Mark Horton, Callahan, Fla., led the individual class champions knocking out Trevor Beard of Tampa, Fla., in the Super Pro class with a 5.079 second, 135.36 mph run in his '11 dragster while Albany, Ga., racer Jesse Ivey ran dead on his dial at 7.140 seconds, 95.19 mph to beat Jeff Gatlin in his '79 D-50. Gatlin fell short in his '69 Camaro with a lap of 7.381, 89.76 out of St. Augustine, Fla.

In the Sportsman class it was Jon Siegel, Brandon, Fla., winning on a 7.727 second lap at 80.42 mph over the '96 Dodge of Van Greer, Kingsport, Tenn., who tripped the clocks at 11.912 on his 11.87 dial in.

Rounding out the winners was Jerry Turner in the Motorcycle category who had a perfect reaction time of 0.000 seconds combined with a run of 5.795 seconds at 118.21 to take home the trophy. Turner, Bluff City, Tenn., beat out Jason Clampitt who went 5.572 seconds at 127.63 mph on his '10 Suzuki. Turner and the three other individual winners will advance to the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship in Pomona, Calif., next month at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway.

The following are the final results from the NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

Team Championship
South Georgia Motorsports Park 		54
Bradenton Motorsports Park 			52
Silver Dollar Raceway 				44
Bristol Dragway 				39
Atlanta Dragway 				35
U.S. 19 Dragway 				33
Music City Raceway 				30
Gainesville Raceway 				27
Orlando Speed World Dragway 		27
Emerald Coast Dragway 			22
Sunshine Dragstrip 				22
Northwest Tennessee Motorsports Park 	9

Super Pro
Mark Horton, Callahan, Fla., '11 dragster, 5.079 seconds, 135.36 mph def. Trevor Beard, Tampa,
Fla., '80 Malibu, 14.974, 35.34

Pro
Jesse Ivey, Albany, Ga., '79 D-50, 7.140, 95.19 def. Jeff Gatlin, St. Augustine, Fla., '69 Camaro,
7.381, 89.76

Sportsman
Jon Siegel, Brandon, Fla., 7.727, 80.42 def. Van Greer, Kingsport, Tenn., '96 Dodge, 11.912, 55.31

Motorcycle
Jerry Turner, Bluff City, Tenn., '06 Kawasaki, 5.795, 118.21 def. Jason Clampitt, Minnesota, '10
Suzuki  5.572, 127.63