ADRL Houston 2010 Same Day Race Coverage

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The ADRL moves into Houston Raceway Park as they work on the last half of the 2010 racing year.  The March Race was rained out and the ADRL finished those finals during last night’s qualifying round. Keep it tuned to Dragzine all day Friday and Saturday for coverage from Houston.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires for allowing us to bring you latest race updates on site from around the country.

Saturday Morning News From the Pits

Terry Murphy from Pleasant Hill MO, with his '63 Corvette is currently qualified #6 with a 3.997 185.72 185.72. Murphy Also went to the Finals last night in Pro Nitrous, but went red against Ricky Smith. They are hoping to change things today and take home a win.

I stopped by Pete Burners pit, Pete also races in IHRA Pro Stock, I asked him how he liked each one, he replied that with the ADRL and racing 1/8 Mile, that its more of a drivers race, you only have a short distance to get the win. With 1/4 mile racing you have a lot more ground to make up any ground thats needed. But Pete also said that theres nothing like running through the 1/4 mile traps at 200+ MPH

Gene Hecton had a little bit of bad luck yesterday with 2 backfires in his Pro Extreme car, They were busy in the pits this morning trying to make some last minute adjustments on their XTF car ready for the final round of Qualifying this morning.

Charles Carpenter FROM Harrisburg NC, in his '55 Bel Air. Charles is qualified #10 with a 4.043 @ 186.92 186.92. I stopped by this morning to talk to him, but his crew was busy working on the transmission, trying to get ready for the 4th and final round of Qualifying this morning.

HUGH SCOTT CRASH

Hugh Scott in Pro Extreme was running Todd Tutterow in the 4th round of Qualifying, and for some reason Scott left the line really late well after Tutterow, and it seemed that Scott had a fuel leak, and it got under the back tires and right past the 60′ Scott took a turn to the right lane wall and came up on 2 wheels, then head on into the wall. The Fuel Cell was thrown from the car and there was a big fire ball. Scott is Ok and was being checked out by the medics.

Extreme Pro Stock 4th Round Of Qualifying

Your Number 1 qualifier is John Montecalvo, He blasted down the track to a 4.132 @ 175.21

Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt Qualifies #3 with a 4.150 @ 174.35

Brian Gahm, Lucasville OH, '07 Mustang is your number 4 Qualifier with a 4.151 @ 175.21

XTF 4th Round Qualifying

We have Jeff Naiser, Houston TX, '02 Grand Am is your #3 Qualifier with a 4.198 @ 184.09

And suprise suprise, your Number 1 Qualifier is Billy Glidden with a 4.039 @ 183.02

PRO Nitrous 4th Round Qualifying

Rickie Smith Is your Pro Nitrous Number 1 Qualifier with and outstanding 3.918 @ 191.97

Right behind Rickie Smith is Jim Halsey who is your number 2 Qualifier 3.925 @ 195.56

Pro Extreme Qualifying Round 4

After a long clean up from Hugh Scott's Crash, Frankie Taylor comes out and Blast down the track with a 3.79 @ 200MPH to put him in the Number 2 Spot

Joshua Hernandez, Runs amazing 3.765 @ 203.77 to become the #1 Qualifier!

XTF First Round Eliminations

Todd Moyer Vs. Kenny Doak, Moyer ran a 0.070RT 4.448 @ 165.09 To Doak's 0.016RT 4.813 @146.08. Moyer Had enough to come around Doak for the Win

Jeff Naiser Vs. Patrick Collins, Naiser went straight down the track with a 0.058RT 4.204 @ 175.00 To Collins 0.064RT 4.658 @ 157.34

Pro Nitrous Round 1 Eliminations

Johnny Pilcher Vs. Charles Carpenter, Carpenter Cuts a .039RT but then gets loose, and Pilcher takes the win with a better Reaction time of 0.018 and Runs a 4.008 @ 188.23

Pat Stoken Vs. Terry Murphy, Stoken Comes off the line hard but the car said no and got loose and allowed Murphy to take the win with a 0.038RT 4.033 @ 184.83

PRO Extreme Round 1 Eliminations

Steve Wiley Vs. Frankie Taylor, Taylor your number 2 Qualifier, was on a run, but at half track Frankie's Corvette got loose and tapped the wall.

Frankie Taylor Hitting the wall in the new car, Frakie was ok.

Wes Johnston Vs. Bubba Stanton, What a race this was, both cars were on their game, Stanton runs a 3.864 @ 192.82 For the win over Johnstons 3.885 @ 193.82

Semi Finals

XT5

Billy Glidden Vs. Chris Shortridge, Shortridge just couldnt put the power to the ground and blew the tires off and Glidden takes the win light with a 4.063 @ 182.03

Jeff Naiser Vs. Gary White, Naiser goes -0.027 Red, giving Gary White the win with a 4.103 @ 184.85

Extreme Pro Stock

Brian Gahm Vs. Bob Bertsch. Gahm had Bertich on the tree with a 0.006RT running a 4.162 @ 174.48, to Bertich's 0.019RT 4.160 @ 174.21

John Montecalvo had the Bye, and blasted down the track with a 0.057RT 4.143 @ 168.05

PRO Nitrous

Johnny Pilcher Vs. Steve Vick, Talk about a Drag Race, Vick runs a 0.055RT 3.939 @ 190.65, but it wouldnt be enough, Pilcher runs a 0.034RT 3.949 @ 190.16 to take the trip to the finals.

Shannon Jenkins Vs. Rickie Smith, Jenkins driving a barrowed car gets loose and lets out while Smith runs a 3.906 @ 192.69 for the win

Pro Extreme

Steve Wiley Vs. Bubba Stanton. Stanton couldnt put the power down and breaks loose and Wiley runs a 5.203 @ 133.42 for the win

Joshua Hernandez Vs. KH Al-Thani, Talk about a drag race, KH Runs a 0.013RT 3.760 @ 200.14, but Hernandez was faster with a 0.011RT 3.745 @ 202.76 for the win

Finals

John Montecalvo Vs. Brian Gahm. Montecalvo Doubles up with a 4.118 @ 175.80 while Gahm gets out of the groove and has to lift.

Billy Glidden Vs. Gary White. Glidden Doubles up after White goes red by -0.156, Giving Glidden and easy win.

Johnny Pilcher Vs. Rickie Smith, Pilcher goes -0.028 red allowing Smith to Double up

Joshua Hernandez Vs. Steve Wiley, Hernandez gets it done with a 0.009RT 3.720 @ 204.91 for the win and the lowest ET of the weekend.

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