Scotty “Scott G” Guadagno continued his march toward the radial record books Thursday, as David Hance plowed through the last major 10.5 barrier during a test session on Thursday at the Maryland International Raceway. While it’s widely accepted that passes made in testing aren’t recognized as “official” runs as it relates to breaking barriers or setting records, they simply cannot be overlooked when approaching these historic numbers, if for nothing more than building buzz to raise awareness of the potential record numbers.

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Guadagno and Hance both took the opportunity to attack the freshly-prepped Maryland facility for a late-week test session before this weekend’s World Cup Finals. MIR’s stellar surface, prepped by low-key prep legend Jason Miller, combined with brisk fall temps to give the pair near-perfect conditions, and they took full advantage!

Scotty G wheeled his iconic blue 4th Gen Camaro to a searing 4.06, anchored by a 1.05 short time, parking him squarely amongst the quickest radial cars on the planet, just two hundredths off Keith Berry’s 4.04 world record. You can see in the video clip that Scotty has wheelie bars bolted up, more a safety measure than anything during testing, but they don’t appear to ever make contact with the track surface, showing that Team Jet Blue has the Camaro’s suspension dialed in.

Another top-running radial team, that of Paul Major, also got in on the wicked-quick action Thursday, clicking off a 4.12 at 200 mph, marking the quickest and fastest run to date on the twin-turbo Corvette.

Not to be upstaged by his radial rivals, New Yorker David Hance ripped off a pair of scintillating runs in his sinister 10.5 Mustang. Launching first to a 4.000 — literally as close to a three-second pass as possible — then blasting into the threes with a 3.995 follow-up effort. With that, Hance proved that while Outlaw 10.5 racing may not be as prolific as it once was, it’s certainly still pushing the performance margins. It’s worth mentioning that on the 3.99 pass, Hance appeared to have patted the throttle, or perhaps just lifted early, recording a 189 MPH trap speed, a full 10+ MPH slower than previous deep-4.0 runs.

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While Hance and fellow doorslammer pilot Todd Turterow both dipped into the threes in Qatar, this marks the first recorded three-second pass by a 10.5-tired car on American soil, and while it was indeed a test shot, it should serve notice that the last major 1/8th mile milestone for 10.5 racing (unless you think we’ll see 2.99 sometime in the future) is teetering on the edge, counting away it’s final moments before falling officially.

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