Breezing Through the Ultimate Sportsman Weekend

Words by Eric Lotz and Kay Burk
Photos by Marvin T. Smith

The NHRA Southeast division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series tackled the quarter mile at South Georgia Motorsports Park for the Ultimate Sportsman Weekend event with hundreds of racers going head to head in elimination rounds.

The winners were crowned Monday, March 5, after final eliminations were postponed a day due to weather and were run at an eighth mile distance due to strong winds.

Grant Lewis, Jesup, Ga., drove his H/SMA ’05 Grand Am to the win in Comp Eliminator holding off Lee Sharp, Louisville, Tenn. Lewis’s 5.566 at 118.57 mph got the nod over Sharp’s 5.372/109.90 in his D/SMA 2009 D5.

Columbus, Ohio, racer Bob Marshall won in Super Stock with his BB/SA ’65 Coronet when Norm Hall, Waldorf, Md., fouled out in his 2005 Cavalier GT/CA. Marshall went on to run 6.125 at 106.82 mph.