PCMS Second Weekend Recap

The Hi-Line Drag Strip featured over 50 cars for the second weekend of Phillips County Motorsports races despite it being a rainy weekend.

"We had some rain delays on Saturday," PCMS President Dan Stout said. "There were just enough drops to stop us from running. We waited it out and got the race in."

Stout and others were watching the radar for Sunday's race, the team and the racers decided to run an expedited event on Sunday, not stopping the action for a lunch break but instead powering through to beat the storm. The races concluded at 1:30 p.m.

"We beat the rain and we thought that we looked pretty smart," Stout said.

He also said that they were pretty short on cars last weekend because of the rain.

"A lot of times, if it looks like it will rain, people will stay home and I don't blame them," Stout said. "We had 57 cars and we had a good weekend."

The event featured drivers from, Phillips, Hill, Valley and other counties around the state and even out of staters from North Dakota and Canada.

Racers from Tioga, N.D. had a strong weekend in the junior dragster class, sweeping the races on both days.

On Saturday, Ansley Enget of Tioga, won the junior class with a elapsed time (ET) of 9.9024, dial in time (DT) of 9.89, reaction time (RT) of .1062, and top speed of 62.89 miles per hour. Cason Neset of Tioga was runner up with an elapsed time of 11.4897, dial in time of 11.40, reaction time of .0815, and top speed of 53.78 mph.

On Sunday, Cason would claim the top spot in the junior dragster event. He had an elapsed time of 11.2425, dial in time of 11.20, reaction time of .0564 and reached a top speed of 55.55 mph. Elena Neget was runner up with a ET of 9.0816, DT of 9.00, and top speed of 70.28 mph.

Great Falls' Howard Hahn was Saturday's winner in the Box Super Pro class. He had an ET of 6.0186, DT of 6.01, RT of .4112 and reached a top speed of 117.07 mph. Havre's Shane Christiansen was the runner up with a ET 6.3375, DT of 6.36, RT of .0476, and top speed of 104.72 mph.

Wolf Point's Jeff Nelson was the winner of the Super Box Pro class on Sunday with an ET of 5.9219, DT of 5.90, RT of .0179 and a top speed of 115.86 mph. Holly Haas of Havre was the runner up with an ET of 5.4290, DT of 5.42, RT of .0631, and top speed of 125.28 mph.

Havre's Mark Maxwell was Saturday's winner in the No Box class with an ET of 7.2679, DT of 7.20, RT of .0463, and top speed of 90.56 mph. CJ Haven, also of Havre, was the runner up with an ET of 7.0928, DT of 6.95, RT of .0305, and top speed of 96.77 mph.

Stacey Klungland of Havre was Sunday's winner in the No Box class with an ET of 7.0817, DT of 7.08, RT of .0078, and top speed of 96.11 mph. Havre's Gary Mathwich was runner up with an ET of 6.5208, DT of 6.52, RT of -.0499, and top speed of 106.56 mph.

Tim Secord of Columbia Falls was the winner in Saturday's Sportsman class. He had an ET of 8.1507, DT of 8.9, RT of .0273, and a top speed of 81.42 mph. Havre's Chris Walin was runner up with an ET of 7.6129, DT of 7.62, RT of .1358, and top speed of 93.48 mph.

Fort Peck's Alexis Murdock won the Sportsman class event on Sunday with an ET of 9.4032, DT of 9.36, RT of .0005 (closest in championship races), and a top speed of 72.45 mph. Bobbie Jo Wilkins of Havre was runner up with an ET of 7.6881, DT of 7.64, RT of .0385, and top speed of 89.39 mph.

The next points race weekend will start on Saturday, July 15 through Sunday, July 16. Both race events will be points races in the Montana Drag Racers Association's State Points Series, a series that includes races at four tracks around the state of Montana. The first race of the MDRA schedule is in Anaconda at Lost Creek Raceway on July 1 through July 2. Malta is second on the list (July 15-16). The Lewistown Raceway will see action on August 11 through August 12, and the final MDRA race will take place in Acton at Yellowstone Dragstrip from September 23-24.

"The people are nice and we had a lot of good quality cars," Stout said. "The thing that is nice about drag racing is the friends that you make and the camaraderie. We BBQ after the race is over and visit. It's just a good time hanging out with friends and talking about cars, racing, and everything in general."