Atlanta Motor Speedway wrapped up its ninth year of Friday Night Drags action last week on the track’s pit road drag strip. Photo by Tom Francisco/Speedpics.net
The 2015 season of O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday Night Drags at Atlanta Motor Speedway concluded on Friday with the Championship Night finale. Eighteen drivers emerged division champions at the end of the night but not before fierce battles raged on the pit lane drag strip in the 18th and final week of the year.
Entering the night, half of the 18 racing division championships still had not been decided, and none of the competitors planned to give any ground. Nor was there room for error. Each round drivers survived advanced them closer to the highly sought-after championship trophy and season title.
The closest and fiercest season-long battle was in the Sport Compact Division. Bobby Bramblett of Loganville and Amanda Prince of Griffin traded barbs each week during the season and entered Championship Night just one point apart for the division lead.
As drivers were eliminated throughout the night, it became clearer and clearer that the battle for the season championship would come down the division’s final race of the season between its best drivers.
As fate would have it, at the end of the semi-final round, the two remaining cars were the 1970 Volkswagen Beetle of Bramblett and the 2012 Ford Mustang of Prince.
Approaching the staging area, the pair were well aware that the season championship and the hardware came down to one last race.
After an even jump off the line, Bramblett pulled ahead midway down the 1/8-mile drag strip and edged Prince by a car length for the win and the season title.
“It was a tough one,” said Bramblett. “It feels pretty good. It’ll probably sink in later.”
Entering the night, Bramblett had three division wins to his name, Prince two. The competition between the two was palpable from the season’s onset.
She’s been running all year right there,” said Bramblett. “And I just got an edge in the last race. It could have gone either way, probably.”
In Harbin’s Mechanical Services Super Pro action, Jonesboro’s Billy Clevenger saw his four-week winning streak come to a close with a semi-final round exit, but his first season title had been wrapped up long before Friday night.
“It’s been a long time coming,” he said. “We’ve been doing this for eight years out here.”
Clevenger finished 10 points ahead of the next closest competitor, thanks to seven wins and 10 appearances in the weekly finals this season. His 1963 Chevrolet Nova was unmatched, outpacing the entire field week in and week out.
“It’s our first championship,” he said. “We’ve got some seconds and some thirds, and actually, this is the one we’ve been shooting for. It just took us a minute.
“I was really fortunate (this season). I had some good people to help me, and the motor prevailed, so we didn’t really have to do too much.”
As far as his plans for next season?
“We’ll be here.”
Other notable season champions crowned Friday night include Clevenger’s son, David, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Pro Division, Lamar Chambers in the Zaxby’s Street Outlaw Division, Lee King in the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Division, Chris Morgan in the Harding Pluming Heating and Cooling Domestic Division and Douglas Anglin in the Street Modified Division.
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s 10th season of street-style drag racing will return to the pit lane drag strip in 2016. Dates and schedules will be announced at a later date.
For more information, visit AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com/Drags.
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Friday Night Drags Week 18 – Aug. 28, 2015
Super Pro: Robert Chaney – American Dragster
Pro: Dale Rodgers – 1981 Pontiac Firebird
Outlaw: Ross Cole – 1972 Chevrolet Camaro
Sportsman: Rerry Wells – 1984 Chevrolet S-10
Domestic Advanced: Eric Roycroft – 1986 Ford Mustang
Domestic: Donnie Henderson – 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
Truck Advanced: Will Coots – 1985 Chevrolet C-10
Street Modified: Douglas Anglin – 1988 Ford Mustang
Factory Street: Keith Shockey – 2015 Dodge Challenger
Diesel Truck: Michael Huggins – 2008 Ford F-250
Truck: Brian Leath – 1976 Chevrolet C-10
Sport Compact: Bobby Bramblett – 1970 VW Beetle
Super Bike: James O’Neal – 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa
Sport Bike: Tony Freeman – 2012 Suzuki Hayabusa
Motorcycle: Joshua King – 2012 Yamaha R6.
Cruiser/Dirt Motorcycle: Eugene Lamar – 2013 Harley-Davidson Road Glide
ATV: Bradley Smith – 1992 Yamaha Banshee
2015 Division Champions
Super Pro: Billy Clevenger – 1963 Chevrolet Corvette
Pro: David Clevenger – 1986 Chevrolet Corvette
Street Outlaw: Lamar Chambers – 1985 Chevrolet S-10
Sportsman: Lee King – 1987 Ford Mustang
Domestic Advanced: Stephen DeFayette – 1988 Mazda RX7
Domestic: Chris Morgan – 1966 Ford Mustang
Truck Advanced: Will Coots – 1985 Chevrolet C-10
Street Modified: Douglas Anglin – 1988 Ford Mustang
Factory Street: Zachary Stripling – 2014 Ford Mustang
Diesel Truck: Taylor Wilder – 1994 Dodge Ram 1500
Truck: Brian Leath – 1976 Chevrolet C-10
Sport Compact: Bobby Bramblett – 1970 VW Beetle
Tuner: Leo Martinez – 1993 Honda Civic
Super Bike: Tony Freeman – 2006 Suzuki
Sport Bike: Bryan Berube – 2006 Suzuki 1300
Motorcycle: Ricky Harrelson – 2006 Yamaha R6
Cruiser/Dirt Motorcycle: Andrew Bunn – 1999 Harley-Davidson
ATV: Omar Ruiz
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