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BIRT CLAIMS $10,000
FLOWMASTER PRIZE
Photo by Gary Row/Raceworks.com
4/25/04

OCKINGHAM, NC - It took three weeks to do so, but Marcus Birt of Macon, Ga., finally won the $10,000 Flowmaster Super Street winners' purse in the rain-delayed 10th renewal of the Holcomb Motorsports Civil Wars drag racing event at Rockingham Dragway.

Birt's 1997 Chevrolet Camaro won wire-to-wire, qualifying No. 1 in the field at 4.697 seconds and then mowing down an impressive field of challengers including former

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champion Terry Robbins of Mooresboro, NC, who settled for runner-up honors.

Other winners included Clayton's Eddie Jones in Real Street, Old Fort's Jeff Plemmons in EZ Street, Darrin Hoyle of Hickory, who totally dominated in Limited Street, and Lee Neighbours of Hillsborough, winner in the Holcomb Open Comp class.

Best of the final rounds was the battle for the Real Street title, one in which Jones got the victory on the strength of a .081 of a second starting line advantage which negated a slight performance edge for Joey Thier of Greenville, SC. Thier actually had the quicker time at 5.643 seconds but couldn't overcome Jones' quick start coupled to a time of 5.665.

Hoyle qualified No. 1 in Limited Street at 5.070 seconds and then posted the quickest time in every round of racing. He beat Heath Jacobs of Pembroke in the final with his slowest time of the weekend, 5.133 seconds. It still was three tenths quicker than that of his opponent.

In Hot Street, Stephen Gerard Jr. of Chocowinity almost pulled off a final round upset of favored Randy Landreth of Greeleyville, SC. Gerard grabbed a .040 lead at the start but couldn't hold on as Landreth raced by to win by .011 of a second.

FLOWMASTER OUTLAW SUPER STREET

FINAL - Marcus Birt, Macon, GA, 1997 Chevrolet Camaro ($10,000 winner), .025, 4.732, 162.55 mph, def. Terry Robbins, Mooresboro, NC, 1998 Chevrolet Camaro, .045, 4.743, 147.70 mph.

No. 1 qualifier - Birt, 4.697 seconds, 162.55 mph.

REAL STREET

FINAL - Eddie Jones, Clayton, NC, 1995 Ford Mustang, .005 5.665, 125.24 mph, def. Joey Thier, Greenville, SC, 1989 Ford Mustang, .086, 5.643, 124.59 mph.

No. 1 qualifier - Chris Bragg, Boiling Springs, NC, 1997 Ford Mustang, 5.621 seconds, 126.99 mph.

LIMITED STREET

FINAL - Darrin Hoyle, Hickory, NC, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, .022, 5.133, 149.07 mph, def. Heath Jacobs, Pembroke, NC, 1990 Ford Mustang, .048, 5.345, 135.44 mph.

No.1 qualifier - Hoyle, 5.070, 149.28 mph.

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OPEN COMP

FINAL - Lee Neighbours, Hillsborough, NC, 1998 Ford Mustang Cobra, .027, 10.915 on a 10.860 dial-in, 126.66 mph, def. Dale Sanders, Eagle Springs, NC, 1991 Ford Mustang, .063, 10.783 on a 10.670 dial-in, 126.51 mph.

HOT STREET

FINAL - Randy Landreth, Greeleyville, SC, 1994 Chevrolet Camaro, .092, 5.747, 120.66 mph, def. Stephen Gerard Jr., Chocowinity, NC, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, .052, 5.798, 121.58 mph.

No. 1 qualifier - Landreth, 5.707, 121.26 mph.

OTHER FINAL ROUNDS

EZ STREET - Jeff Plemmons, Old Fort, NC, 1974 Chevrolet, .025, 6.190, 124.09 mph, def. John H. Helett, Estill, SC, 1992 Ford Mustang, foul.

FOOTBRAKE - Steve Alford, Angier, NC, N/A, def. Scott Boyer, New Bern, NC, N/A.

PRO TREE - Howard Brewer, Bennett, NC, 1985 Ford Mustang, def. Larry Chapman, Willow Springs, NC, 1966 Chevrolet Nova.

TROPHY - Gary Sanders, Eagle Springs, NC, 1989 Ford Mustang, def. Fred Burnette, Rougemont, NC, 1989 Ford Mustang.