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Earwood went on to stress the fact that any could win and that the races
don’t always go to the newest, slickest and quickest cars at the
million-dollar shows.
“We run eighth-mile at these events because the majority of tracks
in the south are eighth-mile,” he said. “Our fastest cars,
usually dragsters, run about 4.70’s, but we’ve had big winners
in cars that are considerably slower.
“In the first year, we ran at Huntsville we had a good local
racer named Toby Barnes that ran a streetable ‘68 Camaro on a very
tight budget. The young man left the track with $50,000.
“The biggest winner we’ve had was George Tamasi, Sr., who
won $235,000 in 1998 at the Huntsville B&M Million race. How big a purse
is that? Well, NHRA Funny Car John Force won $210,000 at last year’s
Winston Showdown in Bristol, Tenn.
“This race is shaping up to be our best yet. Based on pre-entries,
it looks like we’ll go over 300 cars and, of course, that bumps
the purse up that much more.”
MILLION-DOLLAR RACE STATISTICAL HISTORY
Oct. 5, 1996
HUNTSVILLE DRAGWAY,
Huntsville, Alabama
| W: |
T.J. Tracey |
(dragster) |
(.525 r.t.) |
5.525 / 129.10 |
(5.50 dial-in) |
| R/U: |
Toby Barnes |
('68 Camaro) |
(.493 r.t. / FOUL) |
7.607 / 90.97 |
(7.60 dial) |
| Semi's: |
Kenny Underwood |
(dragster) |
|
| |
David Powell |
(dragster) |
| Quarters: |
Kent Crane |
('85 Daytona) |
| |
Jeff Parker |
('66 Chevy II) |
| |
Tom Dauber |
(dragster) |
| |
Keith Quick |
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| WINNER’S PURSE: |
Tracey |
$175,000 |
| R/U PURSE: |
Barnes |
$50,000 |
1997
| W: |
George Tamasi Sr. |
(dragster) |
(.521) |
5.033 / 136.88 |
(5.03 dial-in) |
| R/U: |
Joel Reynolds |
(‘78 Pontiac Phoenix) |
(.527) |
6.808 / 97.28 |
(6.80 dial-in) |
| Semi’s: |
Tommy Woodard |
(dragster) |
|
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| Quarters: |
David Bunn |
(dragster) |
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Dan Phelps |
(dragster) |
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Ron Erks |
(dragster) |
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| WINNER’S PURSE: |
Tracey |
$235,000 |
|
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| R/U PURSE: |
Reynolds |
$50,000 |
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1998
| W: |
Troy Williams |
(dragster) |
(.520 r.t.) |
5.023 |
(5.01 dial-in) |
| R/U: |
Kenny Newberry |
(‘68 Plymouth) |
(.506 r.t.) |
5.771 |
(5.74 dial-in) |
| Semi’s: |
Bryan Robinson |
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| Quarters: |
Butch Pentecost |
(dragster) |
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“Bo” Boatner |
(‘66 Chevy II) |
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| WINNER’S PURSE: |
Williams |
$201,000 |
|
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| R/U PURSE: |
Newberry |
$50,000 |
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1999
MONTGOMERY MOTORSPORTS PARK,
Montgomery, Alabama
| W: |
Sherman Adcock |
(dragster) |
| R/U: |
Rom Balducci |
Editor’s Note: An entry link for this race
is in Jok Nicholson’s
Dead-On
column
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