The fastest field and the quickest side by side finals made Outlaw Mad Dawg history Saturday night at the Mooresville Dragway....

"Carolina Kid" Travis Harvey Stops the "Outlaw" Sambo Price in Mad Dawg Finals  4.15 to a 4.22 The fastest field and the quickest side by side finals made Outlaw Mad Dawg history Saturday night at the Mooresville Dragway. Nineteen top notch drivers and cars attempted to make the tough eight car “dawg” field. 
 The “Carolina Kid” Travis Harvey of Burlington, NC driving “rapid” Russ Farmer’s Race Tech Camaro captured his first Outlaw Mad Dawg win Saturday night at the “dawg house” Mooresville Dragway. Harvey debut his new Brett Nesbitt built 763 motor at the Dirty Mo in fine style taking the number the spot with a 4.19 ET at 181 MPH as Joel Douglas was the number eight man with a 4.269 ET. Making it to his first Outlaw Mad Dawg finals was Sambo Price of
Mt.Holly, NC with his 770 Cu.In. PAR Racing Engine ’68 Camaro. It was a great match up of the number one and two qualifiers in the finals. Harvey and the Race Tech crew saved the best for last, as they clicked of a near record 4.15 ET at 175 MPH to take his first dawg win. Sambo gave it a great shot with a super 4.22 ET at 173 MPH charge to come up second best in a great side by side dawg final.

 Before the semi-final round match up between recent Big Dog winner Jason Harris and Travis Harvey. The Pontiac GTO of Jason’s had tore up a transmission in his first round win over David Campbell. The Harris gang quickly went to work, but also with the help from Travis, Jeff Miller and other members of the Race Tech crew. In that semi-final match up of the young titans, Harvey left with a slight advantage of the tree. The Albert powered 632 of Jason and Bob Harris was on a run clicking off a .983 60ft and 2.80 330 times. But right after half track Harris’ car made a sharp move and he had to let up. The Race Tech “Rocket Ship” recorded another super 4.19 ET at 175 MPH win to advance to their second Mad Dawg finals. On the other side of the ladder local favorite Joel Douglas driving Anthony Sherrills 632 powered Cavalier was up against ultra quick Sambo Price in his PAR racing engines Camaro. The Outlaw Sambo took a big advantage of the line and wouldn’t look back for a 4.20 ET at 170 MPH win over Douglas and advance to his first dawg finals. The Douglas and Ant team had the Chevy hooked up going a great 4.24 ET to come up second best.

In the non-qualifiers “Lil Dawg’ Race local young gun Tony Wilson scored the win over another youngster Mike “Skinny Kid” Heath. The Wilson Family Monte Carlo clicked off consistent 4.27 and 4.28 ET’s in route to the Lil Dawg at Mooresville with their 632 powerplant. Heath, driving Mark “the Kid” Jones ’90 Oldsmobile ran a career best 4.33 ET at 172 MPH to come up second best in Lil Dawg competition. Heath, also picked up the Bunton-Lebe Burn Out contest award  with the “Kids” 615 cu.in powered OLDS.

    Outlaw Mad Dawg Qualifying from August 16^th

                       Mooresville Dragway

NO.         Driver                                     TIME       MPH

1              Travis Harvey                       4.198      181.31

2              Sambo Price                        4,217      177.80

3              Jason Harris                         4.228      177.89

4              Todd Tutterow                      4.235      173.66

5              Darrin Hoyle                         4.240      177.00

6              Ronnie Gardner                   4.259      176.02

7              David Campbell                  4.261      170.87

8              Joel Douglas                        4.269      166.68

9              Tony Wilson                          4.305      167.23

10           Mike Heath                           4.338      172.05

11           Chad Tilley                           4.342      166.12

12           Jamie Chappell                   4.342      164.53

13           Greg Patillo, Jr.                    4.388      167.34

14           Rick Smith                             4.389      165.09

15           Freal Mize                             4.691      151.40

16           Bobby McGuire                    4.700      150.57

17           David Lambert                     5.322        91.76

18           Jeff McNally                         10.530     44.72

19           Morris Johnson, Jr.                       N/T

Mad Dawg Facts:

-          There was 45 different competitors in 2007. Most at the July 19^th, DOORcarpalooza 24 cars.

-          Look at all the different car makes!  Corvette 9, Camaro 9, Grand Am 4, GTO 3, Monte Carlo 3, Trans-Am 3, Cavaliers 2, ’57 Chevy’s 2,’37 Chevy’s 2, Chevelle, Mustang, ’37 Olds, Ford Escort, Studebaker, ’41 Willy’s, Ford Probe and Olds Cutlass.

-          17 Different Makes!

-          Motor combinations: 632 cu.in.-12, 706 cu.in.-12, 762 cu.in. 4, 728 cu.in. 3, 526 cu.in. (blown)-2, 800+ (all motor) cu.in. 2, and all these just one 540, 665, 695, 734, 738, 786, 796 cubic inches.

-          Transmission Combinations: Power glides 26, Bruno/lenco drives 6, Turbo 400- 6, All Motor w/Lenco- 3

-          4 different winners in 2008! 

-          Rocky Raynor, Hoston Dial, Chad Tilley and Kenny Crosby,

-          Look at the age groups of Mad Dawg drivers: 20 to 30 yrs.-12, 30 to 40 yrs.-12, 40 to 50 yrs.-8, 50 to 60 yrs.-11 and over 60 1.