Ron Rhodes in his Chevrolet Camaro.

All the hype from day one has been surrounding the blower cars in the X275 class that runs on the east coast. From Maryland to Virginia these racers have battled it out all season long for the supremacy of being the fastest on the 275 drag radial tire. But at first sight it was a blower car that is motivated by a Procharger that dominated the class and later in the season another Procharged Mustang joined the leader board. But it has been a learning process for the small block nitrous racers and they have steadily gained control of their setups and are ready to join the elite 4-second club.

Steve Drummond behind the wheel of his wifes Mustang.

This Saturday will quite possibly be the last time in competition that the racers have this opportunity at the season finale of the Ultimate Outlaw Shootout. Cecil County Dragway will be the host for the event which is a track that a lot of these racers call home. Yet is it possible for the nitrous to outshine the blown combinations? Now there are a few drivers who have been pushing the envelope and been into the 5.0 range they have fought with the consistency of the setup. As the season nears the end they will all have it on kill aiming for that first 4-second pass.

Bobby Flippin is no stranger to insane wheelstands on a 275.

Ron Rhodes is one of those racers who made the conversion to run X275 over the last two seasons. He is currently running a small block Chevrolet with 23 degree heads in his 1968 Camaro. Currently he has been a 5.04 @ 140mph to date. He has plenty of experience running on the radial tires from his years of racing in RAM Racing circuit. Another hitter in the class will be Steve Drummond who has been struggling with the combination but found something at a recent race. He also ventured in to the low 5’s and will be battling it out on a track that he has made many passes.

But could it be possible that a NMRA racer named Steve Thompson could take the show with his small block Mustang. His last outing was the YellowBullet Nationals where he was in the 5.1x range with a hurt engine. Just maybe, just maybe the little red farm truck will shock us all and be the first. His last outing at Rockingham led him to a 5.01 second pass with a 1.17 sixty foot time. Bobby Flippin will have to battle to keep the front end down on his S10 when he turns the wick up if he plans on being the first in the 4’s. So who would your pick be?