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the red light of disqualification. With that action, the win light illuminated in the Quick Time Performance Left Lane for Brilee Stott in the“ Young Gun” hot rod. He was the top competitor out of his nine total B / Gas racers, becoming the youngest winner in SEGA competition at 17 years of age.

Stott is a former motocross racer and reflected that,“ I think it helps me in a lot of aspects – I think that round right there [ final ] came down to a mental game and I’ ve played a lot of those.”

Brilee had another Stott tuning the Fultonpowered car in Quain Stott. It was just Brilee’ s fourth race in competition. B / Gas might just be the battleground of the youngsters in SEGA between Oden and Stott.

In C / Gas, the category with the most cars at 11, the standout was Jerren Perdue. His“ Stud Muffin” Chevy Wagon, a car that has multiple championships with others at the wheel, was absolutely dominating. Perdue qualified No. 1 with a 5.953 and lived in the fives all the way to a win and lowered the C / Gas record to 5.950. In the final, Jimmy Huff in his“ Hoopty Coupe” Falcon just didn’ t have the pace to defeat Perdue, who said this on the dominating day, mindful of the defending champ, Todd Oden, not present due to health issues:“ We had a pretty good day today. Unfortunately, Todd and a few couldn’ t be here. Todd’ s always right there. It’ s more enjoyable when Todd is here. I hope he can be at the next one. Everything pretty much worked out in our favor this week.”

Jerry Dean’ s car is emblazoned with“ Last Rebel II” on the side of his Chevy II, but he is no rebel in Super Stock; rather, he is the Dean. The reigning Super Stock champion, who won eight straight out of 10 races in 2024, started his 2025 campaign off right with a No. 1 qualifying effort along with the event win. In the final round, Dean turned on the win light in his lane with Bryant Dalton Sr. opposite of him in the last pair. It was a win that Dean reflected on as one that was tough and only possible due to racing friends.

“ We had a good day; it was a rough day,” Dean said.“ We tore up a lot of stuff! We was fixin’ to be on the trailer, but they pitched in. We owe them this race. Friends!”

The last two categories are the newest to the championship-chasing lineup in SEGA. Those being A / FX and H / Gas, which for years have run as exhibitions. In SEGA, H / Gas is a class for flatheads, four cylinders, six cylinders, and Volkswagen-powered machines. The A / FX cars represent a very narrow window of time in the evolution of what we know today as Funny Cars. Robert Frazier in a Volvo will be marked as the first in H / Gas to earn an event win in a championship year. For A / FX, Todd Wimberly in the Laris Motorsports Right Lane, was the first winner in a first-ever champion season in his“ Southern Comfort” Falcon early Funny Car. They both expressed gratitude for their respective classes on the chance to chase a championship while being expectant of growth for the two categories.

The cars of the Southeast Gassers Association absolutely flew down the outstanding track and facility that is South Georgia Motorsports Park. The first-time visit to SGMP will be a memorable stop for years to come, with the record performances and the now youngest winner in SEGA claiming victory. The 2025 season is fired up and is at full song! DI

Leslie Horne

Robert Frazier

Todd Wimberly

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