BILOXI DRAGWAY RESULTS FEB. 5, 1967



Rain Halts Match Between Camaro & Mustang

By Charles Meek
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI -- Feb. 5-- The rain was the deciding factor in today's featured match race. Mike Burkhart from Fort Worth, Texas, was on hand with his all new Camaro to run Louisiana's fasted Ford, Sidney Foster. There wasn't a hint of rain in the blue skies as the races got under way. There were 257 cars and motorcycles classed today. Eighty six cars in E.T. brackets, 9 motorcycles and 162 cars running for trophies.
First round of the match race found Mike Burkhart taking a bye for the win with a 10:26 at 126.40 mph shutting off early. Foster's Mustang fouled the plugs on the burn-outs and had to shut off.
In the E.T. brackets Ted Walters again won No. 6 which was a bonus bracket and pocked $50. The other bonus bracket was #10 won by Paul McDaniels of Gulfport winning $25. #3 winner was Jim Thornton from Jonesville, La., with his potent 289 Ford-powered B/D. #4 winner was the "Prosecutor" Dodge of Bueche-Clyburn & Bob from Baton Rouge, La., they beat Henry Cloutre's Dragster Bike on the money run. Bracket #5 was won by Charles Garner's wild '55 Thunderbird.
S.T Cooper brought the former E/S National record holder "Jiffy No. 2" out for the first time this year and pocketed the money in No. 7. A '65 Corvette owned by Mead Wethabe from Biloxi outlasted 7 cars for Bracket 8 win. Boyd Beckham '59 Pontiac won Bracket nine. Another Beckham, "Uncle Glenn" won Bracket II in his '65 Buick Wildcat.
Second round of the match race was called. This time Sidney Foster was behind the wheel of the back-up car Moran Motor Co's "Defender" Plymouth. Both the little yellow Camaro from Texas and the altered wheelbase Plymouth had huge doses of Nitro in the tank and sounded real good. On the second burn-thru a light sprinkled started. They were staged quickly but to no avail. It was just like glass and both cars had to shut off.
The racers were stopped for more than an hour before they could be resumed. The track never did dry enough for the funny cars to compete their match. James Madere '55 Chevy won Bracket #13. Gary Cole from Austin. Texas won No. 14 in his '54 Cadillac.
Top Dog Eliminator was run on a damp track virtually eliminating all the hotter bracket cars before the first race was run. Final run for the $50. was between #8 Mead Wetherbe '65 Vette and Emile Robicheaux's Bracket 13 Chevelle. On the damp track Weatherbe couldn't get any traction at all and Robicheaux was Top Dog Eliminator.

E.T. Bracket Winners

Elim. Name
 Hometown
 Vehicle
#3
 Jim Thornton
 Jonesville, LA
 Dragster
#4
 Standard Motor Co.
 Baton Rouge, LA
 '64 Dodge
#5
 Charles Garner
 Magee, MS
 55 T-Bird
#6
 Ted Walters
 Mobile, AL
 '66 GTO
#7
 S.T. Cooper
 Long Beach, MS
 '57 Chevy
#8
 Mead Wetherbe
 Biloxi, MS
 '65 Corvette
#9
 Boyd Beckham
 Moss Point, MS
 '59 Pontiac
#10
 Paul McDaniels
 Gulfport, MS
 Chevy II
#11
 Glenn Beckham
 Pascagoula, MS
 '65 Buick Wildcat
#12
 James Madere
 LaPlace, LA
 '55 Chevy
#13
 Emile Robicheaux
 Gulfport, MS
 '64 Chevelle
#14
 Gary Cole
 Austin, TX
 '54 Cadillac

TOP DOG WINNER #13 Emile Robicheaux '64 Chevelle Gulfport, MS

Class Winners

Class
 Name Vehicle
 E/T Speed Hometown
B/S
 Thomas Hood, Jr.
 '66 Chevelle
 14.37
 102.34
 Fluker, LA
C/S
 Donald Bergez
 '63 Ford
 13.69
 104.41
 New Orleans, LA
D/S
 C.H. Harris
 '65 Mustang
 14.27
 95.74
 Peal River, LA
E/S
 Donald Bergez
 '63 Ford
 14.20
 99.44
 New Orleans, LA
F/S
 Rodney Pierce
 '66 Mustang
 15.63
 62.98
 Cut Off, LA
G/S
 Wm. McEachern
 '65 Plymouth
 15.08
 89.55
 Lucedale, MS
H/S
 Edward Bagnell
 '56 Chevy
 14.27
 94.51
 New Orleans, LA
J/S
 Donald York
 '64 Ford
 16.80
 80.22
 Biloxi, MS
K/S
 Kenneth Clayton
 '65 Chevy
 16.15
 84.42
 Metairie, LA
L/S
 Charles Riviere
 Austin Healey
 N/A
 N/A
 Gretna, LA
M/S
 Ryssell Pilcher
 '64 Corvair
 17.71
 72.28
 Westwego, LA
N/S
 Ronald Dalles
 '60 Chevy
 19.12
 70.20
 N/A
O/S
 Wm. Ervin
 '60 Corvair
 18.34
 69.44
 Keesler AFB, MS
CC/S
 Leonard Jourdan
 '66 GTO
 13.89
 100.11
 Belle Chasse, LA
B/SS
 Charles Guzzardo
 '66 Olds
 14.40
 93.75
 Amite, LA
C/SS
 David Pierce
 '66 Olds
 14.06
 98.56
 Chalmette, LA
D/SS
 Jack Ball
 '65 Ply.
 15.22
 83.02
 N/A, LA
E/SS
 David Smith
 '66 Chevy
 14.83
 84.11
 Lacombe, LA
F/SS
 Charles Ford, Jr.
 '66 Mustang
 15.31
 90.18
 Hattisburg, MS
G/SS
 Walter Scott
 '65 Falcon
 16.20
 82.34
 Poplarville, MS
H/SS
 Russell Angell, Jr.
 '65 Chevy
 15.95
 85.87
 Biloxi, MS
I/SS
 Gary Hiley
 '64 Ford
 17.02
 95.54
 Hattiesburg, MS
J/SS
 Melvin Jones
 '64 Fairlane
 16.71
 82.77
 Keesler AFB. MS
K/SS
 Dale Thomas
 '66 Impala
 18.31
 77.51
 Franklinton, LA
L/SS
 Peter Pomares
 '67 Chevy 2
 19.96
 53.00
 Ponchatoula, LA
M/SS
 David Smith
 '66 Ford
 18.31
 83.02
 Lacombe, LA
N/SS
 Charles Ludlow
 '66 Valiant
 19.14
 68.28
 Long Beach, MS
O/SS
 John Scarbrough
 '53 Chevy
 21.90
 58.06
 Gulfport, MS
DD/SS
 Larry Cummins
 '66 Chevelle
 14.29
 98.37
 Ponchatoula, LA
GG/SS
 Raymond Luke
 '66 Barr.
 15.66
 89.37
 New Orleans, LA
B/SA
 #97
 '67 Ply.
 13.39
 101.94
 New Orleans, LA
J/SA
 Chester Bond
 N/A
 15.87
 87.37
 N/A
K/SA
 Randall Berger
 '66 Chevy S.S.
 20.82
 71.06
 Greenwood, MS
O/SA
 Thomas Torres
 '60 Corvair
 20.69
 66.07
 New Orleans, LA
DD/SA
 Thomas Torres
 '66 Fairlane
 14.84
 92.97
 Raceland, LA
B/SSA
 Wm. Slaughter
 GTX
 15.16
 95.74
 Baton Rouge, LA
C/SSA
 Justin Wooten
 '65 Buick
 15.08
 92.30
 New Orleans, LA
F/SSA
 Lawrence Harrison
 '64 Chevy
 16.02
 86.87
 Waverly, TN
G/SSA
 Gene Windham
 '64 Chevy
 15.78
 88.23
 Biloxi, MS
H/SSA
 Edward Rodwanski
 '61 Chevy
 16.44
 79.90
 Biloxi, MS
I/SSA
 Stephen Dumser
 '58 Pont.
 16.88
 78.74
 Biloxi, MS
J/SSA
 Earl Pursell, Jr.
 '65 Ply.
 18.24
 73.71
 New Orleans, LA
K/SSA
 Wayne Landwerlin
 '63 Chevy
 17.93
 75.56
 New Orleans, LA
L/SSA
 Curtis Buchanan
 '55 Olds
 18.71
 73.23
 Gulfport, MS
M/SSA
 Bryan Keen
 '61 Rambler
 22.59
 68.60
 Keesler AFB, MS
O/SSA
 Bobby Crane
 '54 Chevy
 21.88
 66.64
 New Orleans, LA
CC/SSA
 Jerry Baker
 '67 GTO
 14.47
 97.82
 Gretna, LA
DD/SSA
 Frank Carmeno
 '66 Fairlane
 15.18
 82.79
 Baton Rouge, LA
GG/SSA
 Wm. Atkinson
 '66 Barracuda
 13.77
 87.12
 Slidell, LA
B/G
 Ivey Ridgedell
 '55 Chevy
 13.79
 97.11
 Amite, LA
C/G
 Lawrence Benoit
 '66 Mustang
 16.11
 67.70
 Kenner, LA
D/G
 Houston Looney
 '56 Chevy Wagon
 14.97
 89.91
 New Orleans, LA
E/G
 Robert Duzac
 '55 Chevy
 14.09
 91.60
 New Orleans, LA
G/G
 Patrick Sacco
 '35 Ford
 15.54
 85.71
 New Orleans, LA
B/MP
 Albert Tolle, Jr.
 '66 Ford
 13.95
 100.00
 Baton Rouge, LA
C/MP
 Alonzo Tipton
 '67 Cougar
 15.24
 89.46
 Gulfport, MS
D/MP
 Albert Semel, Jr.
 '54 Olds.
 16.78
 80.64
 New Orleans, LA
C/SP
 Gary Gaethe
 '66 Corvette
 14.32
 96.80
 Metairie, LA
D/SP
 George Kring
 '66 Mustang
 13.70
 99.11
 New Orleans, LA
C/MSP
 Johnnie Austin
 '57 Corvette
 13.86
 102.97
 Keesler AFB, MS
D/MSP
 John Mann
 '65 MGB
 17.93
 74.31
 Biloxi, MS
B/FX
 Joseph Arroyo
 '66 Chevelle
 13.30
 76.59
 New Orleans, LA

Mike Burkhart's Wild Camaro testing the Bite.

Ted Walters repeats in No. 6 Bracket. Ted's CC/S GTO has won $150.00 the last two races at Biloxi

Harry Wilson from Pearlington, Miss., shown with Super 8 Movie outfit won Sunday.
Sources: Biloxi Dragway Newsletter, Copyright BiloxiDragway.com

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