BROWN COUNTY DRAGWAY
2005 Season Champions!
***Points Champions– Champions of Champions – Gold Card Champions ***
Starter Phil, Staging Matt, Gate Man Darrell
It was important for Brown County Dragway to get these champion races in and thanks to the commitment of our staff and especially our dedicated racers we got these special races in on Sunday November 13th! The weather was absolutely fantastic for this time or any time of the year! It almost seemed that this race was not meant to be from the prior two weeks ago when nothing when right and the night fell too quickly. This race was not without its problems either. We were not able to complete the race due to things beyond our control and all of those with entries will be entitled to their value in car entry next season but our champions have been crowned. Unfortunately, not all of our champions or staff were able to come out this Sunday. All the members of our staff should be commended for a remarkable year. The track crew became a well oiled machine cranking hundreds of racers down the track and on occasion picking up their pieces. A few of our track crew are depicted above; long time crew members missing are Water Box Brad, Computer Jody, and Ambulance Mark. In light of the season ending, there were many heart felt moments for those racers who have raced their last race and will always be Champions in our eyes. Going through the pits is like going through memory lane, remembering those moments that made them so special us here at Brown County Dragway.
We are proud to announce our Points Champions for the 2005 season!
Charlie Reed (S/P 3rd), Ryan and Roger Russ (S/P 2nd), Jimmy Callon (S/P 1rst), Pete Callon (Pro 1rst), Scott Emmons (Street 1rst), Bob Scruggs (Street 3rd), Daniel Zook (Pro 2cnd), and Bandy Russell (Street 4rth).
SUPER PRO POINTS
Super Pro Points Champion – Jimmy Callon car# 1040 from Trafalgar with 90 points
Runner-up – 2004 Super Pro Points Champion Ryan Russ car# 184 from Bloomington with 75 points
Third in Super Pro Points – Charlie Reed from Whiteland
PRO POINTS
Pro Points Champion – Pete Callon car# 67Z from Trafalgar with 103 points
Runner-up – Daniel Zook car# 40 from Greenwood with 80 points
Third in Pro Points - Ken Hunter car# H164 from Franklin with 78 points
Fourth in Pro Points – Lee Callon car# 39 from Trafalgar
Sixth in Pro Points – Chris Hulls car # A40G from Mooresville
STREET CAR POINTS
Street Car Points Champion – Scott Emmons car# 144 from Mooresville with 121 points
Runner-up – Scott Weaver car# 0711 from Indianapolis with 85 points
Third in Street Points – 2004 Street Car Points winner Bob Scruggs car# 311Z from Indianapolis with 72 points
Fourth in Street Points – Rookie Bandy Russell car# 914 from Morgantown
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS RACE
Each Season Brown County Dragway holds a race that determines the Champions of Champions. This is a FREE RACE in which the only way that you can have an entry is to win a race in that class sometime for that racing season. The winner will receive a red satin jacked embroider with their name and accomplishments. This is a very prestigious race in which the winner will have to beat all other winners in that class to earn the right to be called a Champion of Champions! Each race at Brown County Dragway is generally earned and a notable accomplishment when a race is won. This is why I would like to mention only one racer’s ability to get an entry into the Champion of Champions race in Pro, Street, and Dial-In. Scott Weaver was able to do what very few if any have ever been able to at Brown County Dragway and have three entries into the Champions’ race and should be commended for his efforts. Pro Kelly West, Ken Hunter, Lee Callon, street Scott Emmons, Bob Scruggs, Steve Day, super pro Ryan Russ, Jimmy Callon, Ed Johnson, Charlie Reed, and Dale Brand were able to get a dual championship entry in their class plus the Dial-In out of our 58 champions! I can only hope that this race is as special to our dedicated racers as it is to us. We look forward to rewarding the racers hard work and naming our season’s champions!
First I will list all of the Champions and then play out how the race took place. The * means that they were present for this race.
Super Pro Champions
Marty Laney
*Ryan Russ
*Jimmy Callon
Larry Illg/Shawn Allender
Ed Johnson
*Charlie Reed
Donnie Allen
Dale Brand
Brian Meador
Troy Reed
Round 1
Jimmy Callon 1040 vs Charlie Reed 6984
DI: 6.45 5.72
RT: .516 .504
ET: 6.440 B/O(0.010) 5.714 B/O (0.006)
W/L: W
Package: 0.026 0.010
MOV: 16 thousandths!
Ryan Russ 184 – Bye Run 5.512 on a 5.52 dial with a .493 red light
Final Round
Ryan Russ 184 vs Charlie Reed 6984
DI: 5.50 5.71
RT: .502 .521
ET: 5.514 5.706 B/O (0.004)
W/L: W
Package: 16 thousandths!
Ryan Russ is the 2005 Champion of Champions for Super Pro!
Pro Champions
*Kelly West
Billy Fields
Lloyd Hansel
Joe Davis
Mike Smith
Wes May
*Pete Callon
Ken Hunter
Terry Edwards
*Phillip Murphy
*Lee Callon
Scott Weaver
*Dave Callon
*Rob Robinson
Amy Cain
Round 1
Kelly West 3388 vs Pete Callon 67Z
DI: 6.86 7.55
RT: .551 .581
ET: 6.858 7.538 B/O (0.012)
W/L: W
Package: 0.049
3588 Phillip Murphy vs Bob Scruggs 9X17
DI: 7.19 8.00
RT: .602 .559
ET: 7.191 7.939 B/O (0.061)
W/L: W
Package: 0.103
Lee Callon 39 vs Dave Callon 316D
DI: 7.39 7.75
RT: .532 .536
ET: 7.399 7.780
W/L: W
Package: 0.041 0.066
MOV: 25 thousandths!
Round Two
Kelly West 3388 vs Lee Callon 39
DI: 6.84 7.38
RT: .497 .497
ET: 6.853 7.314 B/O (0.066)
W/L: W
Package: 0.016
Phillip Murphy got the bye run – he ran a 7.176 on a 7.17 dial with a .553 reaction.
Final Round
Kelly West 3388 vs Phillip Murphy 3588
DI: 6.84 7.16
RT: .580 foul
ET: 6.840 9.660
W/L: W
Package: 0.080
Kelly West is our 2005 Pro Champion of Champions!
Street Car Champions
*Scott Emmons
Jessie Key
*Bob Scruggs
Johnny Gatton
Kenny Shrake
Jim Knox
Scotty Weaver
*Matt Murphy – rookie and youngest street car driver at BCD
*Steve Day
Chris Stephenson
Joshua Blevins
*Jamie Allen
Round 1
Bob Scruggs 9X17 vs Scott Emmons 144
DI: 8.00 8.00
RT: .578 .551
ET: 7.968 B/O(0.032) 7.990 B/O (0.010)
W/L: W
Package: 0.11 0.061
MOV: 49 thousandths!
Matt Murphy 3788 vs Jamie Allen 110
DI: 11.40 8.44
RT: .543 .704
ET: 11.322 B/O (0.078) 8.432 B/O (0.008)
W/L: W
Package: 0.121 0.212
b/o worse
MOV: 91 thousandths
Steve Day 22 received the bye in this round. Ran a 7.918 on a 8.00 dial with a .454 red.
Round 2
Steve Day 22 vs Jamie Allen 110
DI: 8.00 8.42
RT: .492 red .575
ET: 7.900 B/O (0.100) 8.450
W/L: W
Package: 0.105
Scott Emmons received the bye this round. Ran a 7.985 on a 8.00 dial with a .455 red
Final Round
Jamie Allen 110 vs Scott Emmons 144
DI: 8.43 8.00
RT: .604 .567
ET: 8.394 B/O (0.036) 7.975 B/O (0.025)
W/L: W
Package: 0.140 0.092
MOV: 48 thousandths!
Scott Emmons is the 2005 Street Car Champion of Champions!
Dial-In Champions
Dial-In race is a $10 race entry in which drivers from all classes can dial in their car and the closest to their dial-in wins $100 during the regular season.
*Kelly West Pro
*Jimmy Callon S/P
*Brent Russell PRO
*Scott Emmons STREET
Brian Reyolds
*Lee Callon PRO
Robert Long
Travis Eckelman S/P
Ed Johnson S/P
*Steve Day PRO/STREET
Dave Phillips
Ken Hunter PRO
*Bob Scruggs PRO
Scott Weaver PRO/STREET
*Charlie Reed S/P
*Ryan Russ S/P
Doug Richardson S/P
Dale Brand S/P
*Robert Callon PRO
*Bandy Russell STREET
*Daniel Zook PRO
Rookie Bandy Russell is the 2005 Dial-In Champion of Champions running a 10.853 on a 10.85 dial and a 0.538 reaction!
Started a few years back by demand of the racers the ultimate Gold card is won by running off the top six racers in the points. The Gold card will allow this racer to have a free entry in the class in which he or she has won it in for the following season. The racer that is number one in the points gets a bye into the final, and the racer that is number two in the points gets a bye into the semi finals. The racers that are three and six in the points run each other and the racers that are four and five run each other. It is all broken down into a ladder so the racers know who they are racing.
If I am correct, last year all of the points winner’s earned the gold card through this race. This year there were two upsets. Super Pro Points winner Jimmy Callon earned the gold card however Daniel Zook second in points won the gold card over Pro Points Winner Pete Callon! Maybe even a bigger upset could be found in the Street car run off for the gold card. Fourth in the points Bandy Russell raced her way up to run it off against number one in the points Scott Emmons. During the season, it seamed that if these two drivers were in the lanes together they would always end up racing each other – as many as three times in one day! The known record to this point was two wins for rookie Bandy and at least 5 for Scott. Then the last race of the season, the last pair of cars to race down this 1/8th mile track were two racers going for the gold. It was an all out clean race, no red lights, and no fouls. As the two cars slowed down from running their pass, it was impossible to see which side of the track the winning flashing lights were on as it was at the edge of dark. With such a close race, neither of us knew who had won until we were in speaker range and with a dead on dial with a four ET the record became 3 to 5! It is a great accomplishment to be in the first year of racing and beat the best in the most important race of the year, to become the first woman at Brown County Dragway to have earned a gold card, the first woman to become a Champion of Champions (dial-in), and one of very few street cars to win a dial-in championship!
I know that there are other great stories out there and please send those stories as I would like to include them on our website (bruss3@indiana.edu).
Super Pro Gold Card Run Off
#2 Ryan Russ 184 vs #3 Charlie Reed 6984
DI: 5.50 5.71
RT: .509 .526
MPH: 125.4 117.5
ET: 5.522 5.698 B/O
W/L: W
#1 Jim Callon 1040 vs Ryan Russ 184
DI: 6.41 5.51
RT: .529 .490 RED
MPH: 105.6 122.6
ET: 6.460 5.511
W/L: W
Jimmy Callon is our 2005 Gold Card Winner!
Pro Gold Card Run Off
#3 Ken Hunter vs #6 Chris Hulls
Ken Hunter absent – Chris Hulls advances
#4 Lee Callon vs #5 Scott Weaver
Scott Weaver absent – Lee Callon advances
Chris Hulls A40G vs Lee Callon #39
DI: 7.13 7.94
RT: .514 .630
ET: 7.084 B/O (0.046) 8.109
W/L W
Lee Callon 39 vs #2 Dainel Zook 40
DI: 7.37 7.05
RT: .504 .533
ET: 7.303 B/O (0.067) 7.129
W/L: W
#1 Pete Callon 67Z vs Dainel Zook 40
DI: 7.53 7.12
RT: .543 .537
ET: 7.555 7.129
W/L W
Package: 0.068 0.046
MOV: 22 thousandths!
Dainel Zook is our 2005 Gold Card Winner!!!
Street Car Gold Car Run Off
#4 Bandy Russell 914 vs #3 Bob Scruggs 311Z – 2004 Points Winner
DI: 10.85 8.00
RT: .508 .632
ET: 10.792 7.927
W/L: W
Package: 0.066 0.205
MOV: 0.139
#2 Scott Weaver Absent gives Bandy Russell Bye to Final with #1 Scott Emmons
#1 Scott Emmons vs #4 Bandy Russell 914
DI: 8.00 10.78
RT: .570 .643
ET: 7.963 B/O (0.037) 10.784
W/L: W
Package: 0.147
Bandy Russell is our 2005 Street Gold Card Winner!
Dainel Zook and his crew takes the 2005 Gold card for Pro class!
Left is Gold Card and Super Pro Points winner Jimmy Callon.
Right is Rookie Bandy Russell with the old red pickup truck earning the Gold Card and crowned the Champion of Champions for the Dial-In race.
A couple of extra pictures:
Tribute to the Callons’ Success!
Just a reminder…for many of us racing takes more than one and we should take time to thank each and every one of them.
Here is to my significant others who made this all possible….
My wonderful husband Brent, our daughter Bailey who is just so much fun seen giving hugs to our 3 week old son, Waylon, who has been racing before he was born (literally). I put this picture in not to brag too much, but to share for all of the racers and their families who over the years and especially this season have become close to us. We will all miss you until the banquet and we hope that have great holidays!
My experiences have been so great that I intend on writing about them and sharing them with you. I would really like for you to do the same and please send your most memorable moments to my email (bruss3@indiana.edu). Feel free to send your best racer jokes J, pictures, or anything to make the winter short. So Send this stuff, pictures, or anything else that you can think of to me and I will do my best to keep the website active! Don’t worry; I can keep your name anonymous if you like. You can give me a call when you send something so I know to check my email (812-988-0274).
Thanks again for a wonderful season – and looking forward to next year!
Hey – don’t forget about the collector’s books with 30 pages of races - I have only 14 left of – they would make great Christmas presents and I can send them out to whomever you like. Just give me a call (812-988-0274). I can also make 8X10 calendars using multiple pictures, or do special imaging of your car as it is done in the collector’s book. Remember I still have pictures left over from this season and are still for sale.
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Brown County Dragway
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We are RACING on Sunday NOVEMBER 13 - WEATHER PERMITTING
REGULAR RACE AND CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS RACE
Located in Beanbloosom Indiana – 5 miles North of Nashville, 5 miles South of Morgantown on Gatesville road.
Contact 812-988-6103 if you have any questions.
CALL 812-988-1505 (DRAGSTRIP NUMBER) RACE DAY FOR CURRENT RACING STATUS AT BROWN COUNTY DRAGWAY. Use the other contact number for all other times.
ONLY 14 COPIES LEFT OF THE UNIQUE BCD RACE CAR OUTLINED BOOK CONSISTING OF 30 FRAMING OR COLORING PAGES!
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Check out the Limited Edition "Coloring Book - Art Work " that includes 30 outlines of the race cars and drivers from Brown County Dragway- UNIQUE, all printed on heavy cardstock paper. Take the prints out for framing, or have them signed first! Great for the kids or adults to color with marker, pencil, or even use crayon! Create new paint schemes for your favorite car! Great Gift Idea (christmas not to far away and if you are always looking for something original - here it is!)
Call to Order: 812-988-0274
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Thanks to everyone that offered special early congratulations to my husband and I for the scheduled birth of our baby boy Monday after the Fall Invitational. As many of you know I raced right up to the very end to accomplish one of my two goals for my rookie year of racing - to get in the finals! The doctors didn't like the idea that I was racing, but I never raced without him! In fact the doctor with 40 years of practiced called me stubborn to postpone the cesarean until after the Fall Invitational and never had anyone postpone such an event for this reason. I guess I don't mind being a first for some things :)
Waylon Orion Russell was born on Monday October 17th weighing 10lbs 10oz and 21" long to Bandy and Brent Russell! He has a full head of hair and just as sweet as he can be! And yes, big sister Bailey is taking to him just fine :)
I also want to say thanks for your patience as I have had not found my way to the computer any sooner. I will try to get winners up as soon as possible.
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Friday October 14th Fall Invitational
This was the first time ever to have Street car King of the Street Race at night thanks in a huge part to our sponsor, Wedan Performance in Columbus Indiana. It started because of a couple of racers talked about what they would like to see happen – back to the basics of racing without hurting the pocket book. Brown County Dragway and Wedan Performance made it happen, and what a huge success it was! Wedan had several sponsors that gave a lot of great gifts that were called out by numbers, given to those in the race, and several thrown into the stands that were shoulder to shoulder with fans! We had an awesome showing of fantastic street cars. You couldn’t look through the pits, or watch more than a few passes down the track without saying to yourself – wow – that is a nice car! And a lot of times it was a bonus when they had a spectacular run. Unfortunately I only heard about the car that pointed his headlights toward the sky for most of the eighth of a mile! It was a huge success – so much so that we had a lot of request to do it as much as once a month or at least twice a year. Let Brown County Dragway and Wedan Performance know what you think about this!
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Saturday October 15th Fall Invitational
The weather couldn’t have been ordered any better for this great weekend. We had a lot of great racing including Eric Strandberg’s fast pass if memory serves me right of a 4.44 sec and 160 + mph! A few cars showed that they were tired but we got done in time enough to do a turtle race! The turtle race was sponsored by MK Roofing - Harold Mason. A random selection of cars was picked to dial 14.00 and race! Lucky duck Bob Scruggs was running the pumpkin van that was already dialed about the same and he took the win! It was funny to hear the comments from the firemen from the Fruitdale Fire Department manning the fire truck that was located near the finish l | 
