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Piedmont Power Jam
Friday July 3rd
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Natural Bridge June 20th |
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Virginia
Motorsports Park June 6th & 7th
The Holcomb Civil Wars Northern Campain |
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The battle
raged on as Holcomb carried the Civil
Wars Series north into Richmond VA and
King of the Streets fought valiantly as
usual. Street Race had the larges
turn out in KOTS history, rolling deep
with 23 cars. We had several
welcome newcomers in all three classes
and we hope they will continue to be a
part of the KOTS family. More
details to come.
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Piedmont Dragway
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Even
with
drag
racing's
worst
enemy
(the
weather
man)
forecasting
60 & 70%
chance
of rain
KOTS
racers
only
experienced
perspiration
and no
precipitation
at
Piedmont
Dragway.
It was a
day of
surprise
finishes
with a
lot of
heavy
hitters
going
out
early in
the
race.
Rockingham
champ
Scott
Owenby
had his
motor
lock up
in the
staging
lanes
and
Kenneth
"Chopper"
Warta
had a
pit
error
cost him
his
chances
at a
win.
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Newcomer
Brandon
Cline
limped
his
Calypso
Mustang
to a win
in
Mickey
Thompson
Street
Race on
7
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Gloria
"Wonder
Woman"
Mitchell
showed
the boys
in Qwik
Time
Performance
5.95 how
its done
while
mowing
her way
through
a solid
field of
competitors.
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Jamie
Doss
came to
Piedmont
with the
intentions
of a
repeat
win in
True
Street
6.95 and
did just
that.
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For more
details
and
photos,
check
out next
months
issue of
RPM
Magazine. |
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Rockingham Spring Civil Wars March
20-22nd 2009 |
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The King
of the Streets first race of 2009 is in
the books. It was all action at
the Rockingham Civil Wars. Street
Race had 16 entries with North
 Carolina's
Scott Owenby starting off the season
with a win and the new ET record.
The Street Race records must be
reset with the rule changes that
happened over the winter. Scott
set the bar high with a stunning
5.29!!! Newcomer Robert Agee
runner upped at his first KOTS event in
his Thunderbird.
Kid Rocket DJ Thompson let everyone know
last season wasn't beginner's luck by
laying down a 6.005 straight off the
trailer for #1 qualifier in TCI 6.0.
 Three
KOTS Qwik Time 5.95 racers tied
for going the furthest in the race, Stan
Scruggs, Jody Sargent and Jake Horton.
In TCI
7.0 the KOTS True Street 6.95
gang represented
going rounds. Last seasons runner
up Jeff Smith came out with guns blazing
and new improvements to his convertible,
going to the semis.
Jeff also won the 11.00 category in
Carolina True Street after the 30 mile
cruise. The big winner in his KOTS
debut was Jamie Doss with his gorgeous
Tangerine GT, winning the event. Jamie
only received 5 points because he went
out in the first round and bought back
in.
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KOTS
Champions & Senators Named |
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The Banquet
was a great success with 62 in
attendance. Awards were given to
the 2008 champions.
Street Race Champion, Jon
Rittenhouse, runner up, Terry Harris
Qwik Time 5.95 Champion, D.J.
Thompson, runner up Brian Turner
True Street 6.95 Champion, Seth
Lineberry, runner up Jeff Smith
The 3 new KOTS
Senators were named.
North, Nick Bernardo, General
Manager of
EB3 Motorsports in Chantilly VA and
promoter of 6.00 races in that area.
Central, Terry Harris, runner up
2008 KOTS Street Race, runner up 2006
Diesel Up Eliminator, ex outlaw racer
and race promoter.
South, Mike Fulbright, Founder
and President of the
SSCA, pioneer of small tire street
car racing in the Carolinas.
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Motor
Mile Dragway October 4th
Season Finals |
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 The
2008 season ends with the most exciting
side by side bumper dragging action of
the year. There was no better
place to have the bloody knuckled
slugfest than Motor Mile Dragway, the
1/8th mile of sticky concrete heaven.
The Points leader Jon Rittenhouse came into the last race with only
one way to loose the championship, go
out in the first round and have Terry
Harris win the race.
Lucky for Rittenhouse, Harris was so
busy scraping rubber off the track with
his back bumper he lost to Scott Owenby
in the semi-finals. After a lot of
internet smack talk to his North
Carolina rival Kenneth "Chopper" Warta,
Stanley Virginia's Jeremiah Knight, aka
Steath70 put his Chevelle in the winners
circle.
The Qwik Time Performance 5.95
championship was already in the bag
before the final race. Nobody had a
chance at taking the glory from 16 year
old Rocky Mt. Virginia native, D.J.
KidRocket Thompson so the battle resumed
for second place between Brian Turner
and Rowdy Holman. Turner had trouble on
the top end of the track resulting in a
slowing ET and a loss to Holman in the
first round of eliminations but Holman
didn't collect enough points to take
second place from Turner.
Just to show the crowd why he is the
2008 5.95 champion, D.J. won the race to
boot.
True Street 6.95 faithful Jeff Smith came to prove you don't have to be
the fastest to win. He attended all but
one race this season and came to the
Motor Mile Race with a one point lead
and his perfect street sleeper 2005
Mustang GT Convertible, chrome 17s and
all. Smith ran consistent mid 7s
all year with his daily driven cruiser
but along came Seth Lineberry joining
King of the Streets mid season with a 69
Camaro and something to prove.
Lineberry was the car to beat and raised
the bar from the first day he showed up.
Seth made us crunch the numbers when he
lost in the second round to his friend
Danny Billings puting him at a dead tie
with Jeff Smith for the 6.95 points
lead. In the event of a tie you
have to go to most number of wins then
runner ups. Factoring in this
information put Seth Lineberry on top as
the 2008 True Street 6.95 Champion.
True Street picked up a new racer at
Natural Bridge in July and Ryan Osbourne
has been with us at every race since.
Ryan piloted his Malibu to his first
King of the Streets win at Motor Mile
while also earning best ET and reaction
time of the event.
For everyone who thinks 2008 was the best it can get, stay tuned,
2009 will blow your mind. With
several cars that didn't get finished
for the 2008 season, the injured race
cars of this season and the slew of new
cars in the works, next season will be
insane!!!!!
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