Hey Folks,
Just as a heads up Mike Carr is having one of his tristate stock/super stock combo races this weekend (sat and sun) at Mason Dixon in Hagerstown. They're a great group to run with so if you have a stocker, super stocker or nostalgia super stocker it may be a good last hurrah before winter sneaks up on us! The details are below:

Annual Lee Sherman Memorial Stock/Super Stock Races

Saturday-Sunday November 2-3
Mason-Dixon Dragway, Hagerstown MD (1/4 mile races)
Track is on US 40, approximately 5 miles east of I-70 exits 32
All NHRA and IHRA-legal S/SS cars, as well as Nostalgia/SS welcome


Weekend Schedule:

Friday November 1: parking for early arrivals (parking goes all day/night)
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Saturday November 2nd:
Gates open: 11 am
Test and Tune: 1pm-6pm ($30 paid to track)
S/SS Race, $50 entry, Round 1: Approximately 3 or 3:30 pm
Crew/spectators: $10
For racers there who are not testing or racing, $10
Annual Racer Dinner: 7:30 pm, Crazy Horse Steakhouse and Saloon (or Western Sizzler)

Test and tune is not called up in sessions. You just go to the lanes when you want to make a pass. Traditionally, lanes 1-2 are for S/SS, 3-4 for street tire cars, 5-6 are for slick tire cars. Around 3:00 or 3:30 pm, we will call for S/SS round 1 to the lanes (they will likely empty the lanes of T-n-T cars to make room for S/SS and for Gamblers race cars, then re-open test and tune after 2nd round. Cars that lose in S/SS may continue to make test runs as long as T-n-T goes on (usually til the final of S/SS). Cars are pulled side-by-side (lane 1 runs lane 2).

S/SS race random pairing for round 1. Bye-run chosen at random. Cars laddered by reaction time for second round. Tie-breaker is closest to the dial. If still a tie, whoever did it first will receive the higher spot on the ladder (if two drivers win with an .017 light and +.021 over their dial-in, whoever did it first receives the higher spot).
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Sunday November 3rd:
Gates open: 10 am
Time trials: 12 pm (two runs)
Eliminations: after time trials (also Electronics and Footbrake classes
S/SS Race, $100 entry (plus $10 tech card fee paid to track)
Crew/spectators: $10
Also 1/8 mile races for Electronics ($60) and Footbrake ($50). S/SS WILL be ¼ mile (quarter-mile)
* SUNDAY RACE GUARANTEED $2,000 TO WIN (OR MORE) *

Random pairing for round 1. Best reaction time during the second time trial receives the bye run. Cars laddered for round 2 based on round 1 reaction times.

All NHRA and IHRA legal S/SS cars welcome. No heads-up runs. All cars must dial the Index or quicker (using IHRA Index. SS/AA 9.95, A/SA 11.30, etc).
Nostalgia/SS dial in to the hundredth and can change their dial between rounds. Cars allowed, are based on NMCA, 422 All-Stars, etc rules.

Cars do NOT need to make a bye run or take the tree. A racer with a bye may return to their pit, or remain in the lanes if in a round-robin situation, their choice.


Both races 100% payback. Both races start third round loser, 3rd round loser gets their entry fee back.
With current sponsorship for the Association, $100 will go into the Saturday purse and $200 into the Sunday purse, not counting any additional money that may come)

Payouts for Saturday race
Thirty cars
3rd round loser – 50
4th round loser – 100
Runner-up – 400
Winner – 800

Forty cars
3rd round loser – 50
4th round loser – 100
5th round loser – 200
Runner-up – 400
Winner – 1,000

Fifty cars
3rd round – 50
4th round – 100
5th round – 250
Runner-up – 500
Winner – 1,000



Sunday payouts
45 cars
3rd round – 100
4th round – 200
5th round – 400
Runner-up - 1,000
Winner – 2,100

50 cars
3rd round – 100
4th round – 200
5th round – 500
Runner-up – 1,000
Winner – 2,000

60 cars
3rd round – 100
4th round – 200
5th round – 500
Runner-up – 1,200
Winner – 2,500

70 cars
3rd round – 100
4th round – 200
5th round – 400
6th round – 600
Runner-up – 1,300
Winner – 2,800


So, with a good car count, a chance to win almost FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS, with a total entry fee of $190 ($30 T-n-T fee, $50 S/SS race, $10 tech card and $100 S/SS race). Not counting contingency, no NHRA or IHRA race anywhere can approach that. And, as always, the more cars we get = the bigger the purse = the higher the payouts.