Brand leads Dragway winners in Commerce

“This is my home track. It’s been good to me,” Brand said after the win.

The 7.50 final was an all-Mustang showdown, with returning finalists Shane Williams of Knoxville, Tenn. in a ’99 Mustang and Ricky Page of Monroe in an ’80 Mustang. Page won the tree with a .028 light against Williams’ .030 reaction. Williams chased Page hard to the finish, passing for the win in 7.54 seconds at 85.11 mph. Page finished in 7.55 seconds at 90.42, lending Williams a .01 margin of victory.

Canton’s Chad Brewer came back to the Open Comp finals in a borrowed ’67 Camaro for more, after finishing second in the last Saturday Insanity event.
Brewer, dialed at 7.26, staged against Marietta’s Russell Haskins in an ’88 Mustang, who dialed in at 7.26. Brewer treed Haskins with a .030 light against a .037 reaction, and sealed the deal with a 7.29 second run at 90.90 mph, a better package than Haskins’ 7.19 second run at 93.91 mph. Brewer felt the thrill of the .04 margin of victory.

Old School ran as one class on the night. Danielsville’s Tracy Simmons took his orange ’88 Mustang to the finals against Wesley Anglin of Carlton in his classically red ’51 Ford Truck. Simmons gained an advantage with his .095 green light, as Anglin left the line with a .226 start. Although Anglin had the better ET in 5.83 seconds at 121.26 mph, Simmons’ light secured the win for his 5.92 second, 110.20 mph run.

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald or The Commerce News.