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6.07.19
Lone Star Practice Tree Shootout Recap/$1000 Added To Friday's Purse (Read Article) 6.25.18 Sunday Update: Pennington wins APD Main Event (Read Article) 6.24.18 Saturday Update: Hughes Win Tom Thorp Transport Event (Read Article) 6.23.18 2018 Drag Racers Benevolent Fund Charity Raffle (Read Article) 6.23.18 Friday Lone Star Summer Shootout Update (Read Article) 6.22.18 Jake Howard Makes History at The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout (Read Article) 6.22.18 2018 Lone Star Summer Shootout Practice Tree Race presented by Matt Holmes with Farmer's Insurance (Read Article) 10.30.17 The 5th Annual LSSS (Read Article) 06.25.17 2017 Special Performance Awards (Read Article) 06.25.17 Sunday's APD Main Event (Read Article) 6.25.17 2017 Best Appearing Car Awards (Read Article) 6.25.17 2017 Strange Bounty Winner (Read Article) 6.25.17 Lucas Oil 32 No Box Race (Read Article) 6.24.17 Brodix 64 Car Shootout Winner (Read Article) 6.24.17 Brodix 32 Car Shootout Winner (Read Article) 6.24.17 2017 LSSS Charity Raffle Winners (Read Article) 6.24.17 2017 K&N $1,000,000 Time Trial (Read Article) 6.23.17 SDPC Raceshop/Tom Thorp Main Event (Read Article) |
Lone Star Practice Tree Shootout Recap/$1000 Added To Friday's Purse
The gates opened Thursday at noon for the 6th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout at the Texas Motorplex presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. Racers were able to park, socialize, and The 4th Annual Practice Tree Race began at 6 PM.
This year’s Practice Tree Race was presented by Farmers Insurance Agent, Matt Holmes and paid $1,000 to the winner (Tommy Phillips, Forney, Texas), $400 to the runner-up (Ryan Gleghorn, Watagua, Texas), $150 to the semi-finalists, and $75 to competitors in the round of 8. After a few bad hits at the tree and racers encouragement Phillips decided to have a little fun and entered this year’s practice tree race. Though Phillips defeated Gleghorn and won the Lone Star Practice Tree Shootout Big Check he is donating all of his winning back into Friday’s purse. Now all of Friday’s racers will have a chance to win $6,000 instead of the original $5,000 in Friday’s Main Event. The Texas Motorplex was generous enough to loan the Champions’ Club where racers could get comfortable in the beautiful air-conditioned venue and spend time with fellow racers. Matt Holmes had a great display where he gave away several door prizes and was able to hang out and kick back with the Lone Star Summer Shootout racers. Holmes offers a wide variety of insurance solutions including auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, renters insurance, business insurance, motorcycle insurance, recreational insurance, Farmers Financial Solutions and umbrella insurance. Call today for your no obligation quote at 817-617-3000. 
APD Sunday Closes Out Another Successful Lone Star Summer Shootout; Pennington Takes The Final Day Win
APD Sunday started promptly at 9AM with no time runs. Most of The Lone Star Summer Shootout racers travel to make the annual event and staff wanted to get racers home at a decent time on Sunday night.
Michael Pennington defeated fellow Texas racer, Casey Swift in the final of APD Sunday. Pennington was dialed 4.94 against Swift’s 5.17, both were .023 on the tree and Swift forfeited the win when he ran a 5.141 on his 5.17 dial. Pennington ran dead on the dial with a 4.947. Hughes Converters kicked in an additional $1,000 for the quarter finalists (Kenneth Hillin, Brian Nelson, and Jake Howard). Kenneth Hillin was our Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box Champion on Sunday and took the victory over Jesse Cervantes. The 5th Annual event is the first to award racers with even more ways to win with best losing packages presented in rounds one through six in APD Sunday Super Pro class and rounds one through four in the Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 class. Winners are as follows: APD Super Pro Round 1, Jegs Performance $200 Gift Certificate- Ethan Marr (.028) Round 2, Auto Meter $100 Gift Certificate- Steve Adams (.010) Round 3, Riggeal’s $100 Gift Certificate- Danny Ray Martinez (.021) Round 4, Auto Meter $250 Gift Certificate- Preston “Peeps” Pennington (.010) Round 5, Richardon Boyz Racing Custom Waterneck- Larry Dean (.050) Round 6, Mickey Thompson $500 Gift Certificate- Hunter Patton (.026) Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box Round 1, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Steve Adams (.078) Round 2, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Devin Belluomini Round 3, K&N Filters $250 Gift Certificate- Justin Cervantes (.068) Round 4, K&N Filters $250 Gift Certificate- Jake Howard Stephen Hughes Wins Tom Thorp Transport Saturday; Bonus Races, Prizes, and Added Payout Continues
Tom Thorp Transport Saturday kicked off with the famous K&N Million Dollar Time Trial. Aaron Gee took home The Spring Fling Million entries and travel money with a .003 package.
After time runs, The Drag Racers Benevolent Fund Raffle was broadcast live over MotorManiaTV where several participants from across the country won prizes to support a great charitable cause. Grand prize winners were Calvin Hormes and Gary Emmons who were winners of the 2018 Performax 30’ Tag Trailer and the SDPC Raceshop 615 SR20 Engine. Entries for this raffle began several months ago and 450 participants from across the United States watched their names go into the shuffler today for a chance to win. Jake Howard continued his winning streak, winning The Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box class for the second day in a row and denying his fellow no box competitors the chance to earn The Strange $300 Bounty. Taryn Greene ended his fairy tale story in the quarter finals of The Tom Thorp Transport Saturday Main Event when Jake Howard was disqualified with a red light. Taryn was awarded The Strange Engineering Bounty Award and collected her $300 for taking out Howard. Although Howard was eliminated from competition he did it in a true winner’s fashion by exiting the program during Hughes Converters Elite 8 Bonus round were an additional $1,000 was added to the purse and split among all three racers who were eliminated during that round (Jake Howard, Preston (Peeps) Pennington, and Jimmy Wenger). Stephen Hughes defeated Courtland Carter in The Tom Thorp Transports Saturday Main Event and completed an interview that can be view on The Lone Star Summer Shootout Facebook Page as well as on LoneStarBracketRace.com. There were two additional Bonus Races on Saturday including The Pep Boys Lucky 8 Shootout and The Last Chance Race presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. The Pep Boys Lucky 8 Shootout was a compilation of 8 randomly selected racers from today’s program who competed in a free race presented by Pep Boys with added money to the purse from Dixie House Café. Curt Harvey, sponsored by Rafter P Construction, defeated Tripp West for The Inagural Pep Boys Lucky 8 Title. Nick Smith took the win over Mike Bjorum in The Last Chance Race presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. The 5th Annual event is the first to award racers with even more ways to win with best losing packages presented in rounds one through six in Tom Thorp Transport Saturday Super Pro class and rounds one through four in the Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 class. Winners are as follows: Tom Thorp Transports Super Pro: Round 1, Jegs Performance $200 Gift Certificate- Matt Esper (.016) Round 2, Auto Meter $100 Gift Certificate- Bryson Parks (.008) Round 3, Riggeal’s $100 Gift Certificate- Johnny Gee (.020) Round 4, Auto Meter $250 Gift Certificate- Kevin Thorp (.026) Round 5, Richardon Boyz Racing Custom Steering Wheel- Kari Gee (.021) Round 6, Mickey Thompson $500 Gift Certificate- Max McGlothin (.006) Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box: Round 1, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- John Long Sr. (.042) Round 2, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Gene Herbold (.042) Round 3, K&N Filters $250 Gift Certificate- Carter Jone (.023) Round 4, K&N Filters $250 Gift Certificate- Steve Adams (.061) 2018 Drag Racers Benevolent Fund Charity Raffle
The mission of The Drag Racers Benevolent Fund (DRBF) is to make a positive difference in the lives of injured or sickened racers and their families. The foundation was organized by a group of individuals that saw a need to bring encouragement, fellowship, and financial assistance to the world of motorsports by providing committed volunteers with positive leadership and standards of excellence in order to meet practical needs. In order to support the DRBF, The Lone Star Summer Shootout does a charity raffle each year at the event.
There were 450 tickets sold for the DRBF Raffle and the winners were as follows:
SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance Free Race Friday at The Lone Star Summer Shootout
Time trials began at 9AM on Friday morning for Free Race Friday presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout returned in true racer-focused fashion, presenting more than 50 people with prizes or prize money. Jake Howard had a dream day of competition doubling up with a Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box and SDPC Raceshop Free Race Friday win. Jake Howard defeated Cole Herbold in the No Box class and continued on to finish a fairy tale day by taking the win against Chris Dollar in the final of the main event.
The Brodix 64 and 32 Car Dual Shootouts began shortly after the main event. Racers had the option to win triple the payout with the Double for Triple Cash Bonus presented by Ellis County Auto Repair, Laris Motorsports Insurance, and BFX Fire Apparatus. Nathan Martin took advantage of the bonus and took home $15,000 in total payout by defeating Aaron Gee in the final. Jason McFarland took the win in the 32 car shootout over Danny Ray Martinez. The 5th Annual event presented racers with even more ways to win with best losing packages presented in rounds one through six in the SDPC Raceshop Free Race Friday Super Pro class and rounds one through four in the Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 class. Winners are as follows: 
SDPC Free Race Friday Super Pro
Round 1, Jegs Performance $200 Gift Certificate- Max McGlothin (.017) Round 2, Auto Meter $100 Gift Certificate- Jimmy Wenger (.012) Round 3, Racing RV’s $250 Cash Prize- Bob Gilmore (.029) Round 4, Auto Meter $250 Gift Certificate- Donny Burleson (.018) Round 5, Chris Simmons Photography $300 Cash Prize- Round 6, Mickey Thompson $500 Gift Certificate Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box Round 1, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Jesse Cervantes (.052) Round 2, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Justin Cervantes (.040) Round 3, K&N Filters $100 Gift Certificate- Marti Flukinger (.065) Round 4, K&N Filters $250 Gift Certificate- Gene Herbold (.058) Jake Howard Makes History at The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout
Jake Howard of Lavon, Texas just made history at The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout. Howard was the first Lone Star Summer Shootout winner to ever win in the No Box class and continue on to win in the main event.
Howard defeated Cole Herbold of Seguin, Texas for the Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box Title and then rolled his winning momentum in the main event, Free Race Friday presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. Howard then defeated Chris Dollar making him the first racer in Lone Star Summer Shootout history to claim both titles in the same day. Howard will collect $850 for his Lucas Oil Exclusive 32 No Box win and $4,000 for his SDPC Raceshop Free Race Friday win. Racepak also presented Howard with a SPORTSMAN edition for his accomplishments. Increased payout for this year’s event is thanks to CBS ArcSafe, Viels Motorsports, and Lopez Motorsports. Howard admits that luck was on his side today. During third round of competition his chassis broke and required help from fellow racers, Dale, Josh, and Jacob Burrow. The Burrows recently started their own welding and fabrication business and were able to help Howard get back into competition. Howard had a long list of people to thank during his winner’s interview and it is obvious the racers appreciate him, too. Larry Eidson says, “[He’s a] stand up guy. At 6 cars my battery went dead [and he] offered to wait until I got it charged up.” Howard patiently waited for his wife, Michelle, to arrive so she could be present for this memorable winner circle photo. Thanks to Strange Engineering, there will be a $300 bounty out tomorrow for the racer who defeats Howard in the car he ran in competition today. Lone Star Summer Shootout Thursday Update
Gates Open for The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout and 2018 Practice Tree Race presented by Port-A-Tree and Farmers Insurance Agent, Matt Holmes
Gates opened Thursday at noon for The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout at The Texas Motorplex presented by SDPC Raceshop and Chevrolet Performance. Racers were able to park, socialize, and The 3rd Annual Practice Tree Race began at 6PM.
This year’s Practice Tree Race was presented by Farmers Insurance Agent, Matt Holmes along with Port-A-Tree and paid $1,000 to the winner (Spencer Massey, Fort Worth, Texas), $400 to the runner-up (Mike Badeaux Jr., Gardendale, Texas), $150 to the semi-finalists, and $75 to competitors in the round of 8. Winner Spencer Massey was also awarded a NextGen Practice Tree from Port-A-Tree Timing Systems. The Texas Motorplex was generous enough to loan the Champions’ Club where racers could get comfortable in the beautiful air-conditioned venue and spend time with fellow racers. Matt Holmes had a great display where he gave away several door prizes including hats, portable charging units, boombox coolers, t-shirts, popsockets for smartphones, and even had prizes for the kids like squishy balls, basketball hoops, and teddy bears. Holmes also offered a special promotion for anyone who gave their information for an insurance quote. Twelve lucky participants got to spin his wheel of prizes and several racers took home items such as JEGS Performance gift certificates, QuikTrip gift cards, Port-A-Tree pocket practice trees, Hoosier Racing Tires, K&N Filters gift certificates, Smiley’s gift certificates, and Accelerated Graphics & Designs $100 cash prize. Viels Motorsports also added an additional $100 prize for one lucky winner, Dale Burrow of Forney, Texas. The grand prize (2 Drag Racer Benevolent Fund Raffle Tickets), were awarded to Paige Hamlin of Tomball, Texas. The raffle drawing will be held live on MotorManiaTV Saturday afternoon. |
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