College and High School Graduates

Danny Dunn — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:00 +0000

Danny and Mona Dunn would like to congratulate students for having completed and graduating the 2012 year.We hope all of you have a safe summer.We would like to invite you to join us on the the Thursday night Test and Tune for the remainder of the month of May for FREE ,just bring your student ID card .If you chose to race the $10 entry will still apply but all student spectators are our quest.

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Chevy Continues it's Domination At Wilkesboro Raceway Park

Danny Dunn — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:32:00 +0000

After being the brides maid several times this year, Tim Mathis finally broke through and got his first Wilkesboro Raceway Park Top ET win Saturday night.

Mathis and car owner, David Price, and their colorful Camaro have been a fixture at WRP for several years now. Mathis got his win when former WRP Top ET Champion Cecil Royal broke in the staging lane.

In Modified ET, Boon'e Paul Trivette and his beautiful 68 Nova took home the top honors. Trivette muscled the win away from hard charger Sid Brewer and his Mustang.

Racing continues this week at WRP with 2 big nights of racing! First up, Thursday night, with the popular Test N Tune night. Only $10 get you in the gate to watch your friends or you can take your car down the famed WRP Dragstrip.

Then Saturday, along with the stars and cars of the WRP Points Series, The Classic Gear Jammers will return with their big wheelie fast paced action!

Com'on out and join the racing fun at Wilkesboro Raceway Park!

For more info, visit www.wilkesbororacewaypark.com or call (336) 973 RACE (7223)

Photo by Danny Dunn

Photo caption: David Price(L) and Tim Mathis(R) proudly stand in the WRP Winner's Circle

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Thursday Night Shootout Winners

Danny Dunn — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:01:00 +0000

Thursday night shootout winners were Amy Miller in her 91 Camaro in True Street who defeated Brandon Carlton Ford Mustang.

Michael Holloway took out the first shoot out winner Kevin Smith in the the Top street Motorcycles The next Shoot outs will be June 7th

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Trivett & Robertson Tops At WRP

Danny Dunn — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Wilkes County was the place to be this past weekend. Merelefest was rocking during the day, and the weekly Speedfest rocked the night at Wilkesboro Raceway Park.

Roger "Santa" Robertson and Chevy continued their Top ET domination with his third victory of the 2012 season. Robertson and his Nova were nearly flawless on the evening.

Meeting up with the Davis/Mathis Camaro in the finals, Tim Mathis gave it his all, but wasn't quite enough putting Santa back in the WRP Winners Circle.

Along with Robertson,another " High Country" driver paid a visit to the WRP Winners Circle. Michael Trivett got his first Modified ET win of the season. Trivett driving a Mustang instead of his famous wheelstanding classic Mercury Comet took on all challenges and shut them down. Trivett defeated the Camaro of John Taylor in his win.

In Jr Dragsters,First year driver Bryce Stanley Jr took his second win of the year.

Action Continues at WRP this Thursday night with the Test N Tune night. Where you can race or watch your friends race for only $10. Gates open @ around 5:30.

WRP will be closed on Saturday May 5th, but will re-open for Top ET and Modified ET racing action on May 12th.

For more info visit www.wilkesbororacewaypark.com or call (336) 973- RACE (7223)

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Blevins And Shell Tops At WRP

Danny Dunn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:59:00 +0000

When the Blevins Motorsports gang shows up at Wilkesboro Raceway Park, normally, one of them will visit Winners Circle.

Saturday night was no exception, the leader of the group, former WRP Top ET Champion, Timbo Blevins and his Jefferson NC based classic Chevelle bested Lenoir's Steve Clark and his Nova in the Top ET finals.

In Modified ET, former WRP track champion Dennis Coffee and one of the fastest footbrakers around, Paul Shell Jr. pulled to the line in the finals. Coffee's Mavrick took off first, but the fast classic Chevy of Shell, ran him down and took the Modified ET trophy.

Action continues this week at WRP with the popular Test N Tune night Thursday night. For only $10 you can watch your friends go down the famed WRP strip or if you want, you can join in on the fun as well! WRP will be closed Saturday night, but WRP points series action will return April 28.

For more info, visit www.wilkesbororacewaypark.com or call (336) 973- RACE (7223)

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Top ET Purse

Danny Dunn — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Effective 4-14-12: Top Et purse will pay $400 to the winner and $200 R/U for 10 car entries or lower.

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Shoot Out Results

Danny Dunn — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:59:00 +0000

The first Shoot outs for Top Street Motorcycle saw Kevin Smith take the win over Michael Holloway running a 7.82 on 7.80 index The new format for True street was a little challenging the first time out but I think we will have all the bugs worked out by the 10th of May the next shoot outs. The finals where the two young ladies ,with McKayla Wheeler getting the win and Kaytlyn Shannon with the runner up. Our newest class the Import shootouts saw Cody Keller of Taylorsville edge out Taylor McAlpin by a few hundredth of a second.

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Robertson And Mother Nature Win At WRP

Danny Dunn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:59:00 +0000

Racing has returned to the foothills of Wilkes County!. For the 58th year Wilkesboro Raceway Park opened the gates on another exciting season.

Roger Robertson and his classic Chevy Nova repeated last years performance by taking the opening points race win in Top ETLined up against Tim Mathis & his multi colored Camaro, Tim just couldn't put together the package And gave the win to Robertson.Modified ET Was set to be a battle of the High Country warriors, Michael Trivett in his classic Comet and former WRP Modified Champion Dennis Coffee.But before they could get to the line, Mother Nature decided she wanted in on the game & dumped about a half inch of hail on the track, ending the racing for the evening.Racing at Wilkesboro Raceway Park this Thursday with the popular Test N Tune. For only $10, you can watch your friends take to the track, or if you catch a racing Jones, so can you! Gates open @ 530 on Thursday. Saturday night along with the stars & cars of the WRP points series, the Classic Gear Jammers come to to WRP for their first visit of five during the 2012 season. Gates open @ 4pm for this event.For more info, visit www.wilkesbororacewaypark.com or call (336) 973-RACE (7223).

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