NEWPORT-English Mountain Dragway is gearing up foranother exciting weekend of action this Friday and Saturday. But, the week'sactivities actually will begin a day earlier.

'The Mountain' will welcome Darin' Erin from WBIR, Channel10, this evening. English Mountain Race Director David Clevenger put achallenge out to Erin at the first of the season daring her to come drag raceat 'The Mountain.' Erin has accepted the dare and will appear this evening.

Thursday evening will be an open practice to all who wantto come and bring their cars. The track will not be hosting a gambler or trophyrace on this night, however. It will be test and tune only.

There will be no admission to anyone. The gates will openat 5 p.m. The track is  expectingErin around 6 p.m.

"We would love to have lots of fans and race carsshow up this night and represent 'The Mountain,'" said Clevenger."Our overall goal is to show 'The Mountain' is the fun place to race.

If you don't know who Darin' Erin is, you can check outher show on Live at Five on Channel 10, WBIR, or you can check her out on theweb at www.wbir.com.

English Mountain was back on Full Schedule last weekend.On Friday, Todd Smith was tops in Footbrake powering his Chevy S-10 to thewinner's circle with an 8.10 Dial In, .084 Reaction and 8.144 E.T. MikeArmstrong finished runner-up with a 10.2 Dial In, .295 Reaction and 11.098 E.T.It was a big night for Smith who later captured Trophy as well with an 8.07Dial In, .046 Reaction and 8.119 E.T. Tommy Dorsey finished runner-up with a9.68 Dial In, .132 Reaction and 9.771 E.T.

The fast action continued on Saturday with Jeff Plemmonstaking home top honors in Pro. Plemmons powered his Chevy Camaro to victorycircle with a 6.38 Dial In, .068 Reaction and 7.19 E.T. Terry James finishedrunner up in his Chevy Monte Carlo with 7.16 Dial In, -.027 Reaction and 7.168E.T. Dewayne Sharpe took home top honors in Footbrake powering his Chevy Malibuto a 7.06 Dial In, .152 Reaction and 7.075 E.T. James came back in his MonteCarlo to finish runner-up with a 7.15 Dial In, .112 Reaction and 7.166 E.T. KenMock powered his Chevy Nova to victory circle in Trophy with a 7.33 Dial In,.088 Reaction and 7.334 E.T.

This upcoming weekend will be 'The Mountains' sixth points'race. The gates will open at 5 p.m. and time trials will start at 6 p.m. Pointsare tight and it will be exciting to see who will pull ahead. The competitionis tough at the Mountain and it's still anyones' game.

 

POINT STANDINGS

PRO: Randall Bolden (42), Dustin Dodgen (39), Terry James(36), Scotty Williamson (35), David Drinnon (28), Brent Hyatt (27), RobertSpencer (23), Vance Moore (22), Eddie Herron (14), Ricky Cook (10).

FOOTBRAKE: Dwayne Evans (44), Eddie Dearing(43) Dewayne Sharp (41), Whitney Bolden (39), Terry James (39), Randall Bolden(38), Cory Smith (37), Tony West (37), Keith Johnson (35), Todd Smith (34),Apaches Quinton (34), Jimmy Clark (33), Tony Johnson (33), Brandi Johnson (33),Dave Clevenger (33), Ricky Smith (33), Brent Hyatt (31), Carolyn Clark (30),Scott Webb (29), Randy Blazer (27), Jason Deal (26), Bobby Mason (26), AndyBolden (25), Jimmy Carmichael (20), Chad Williams (20), David Drinnon (18),Kenny Drinnon (11), Larry Sorrells (11), Eddie Freesland (5), David Ferrell (0).