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It’s the first race of the season for the ADRL in 2012 at their usual spot in Baytown, Texas. Keep it tuned to DragZine all day Friday and Saturday for all the new cars and racing highlights from Baytown.
Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson, check them out at www.mickeythompsontires.com [2].
Saturday Morning Pit Notes
[3]The Pro Mod Clint Satterfield team out of Albuquerque, NM is in high spirits today. They are running freshly built car which is a 1968 Camaro. So far they are qualified at the bottom of the pack, but they are hopeful once turning up the wick. When asked why they havn't turned it up as of yet, he said "Rome wasn't built in two eighth mile".
[4]Pro Extreme Tommy D'Aprile is ready to rock and roll this morning. Speaking to a teammember, he said they had a good day yesterday. The only issue was a stuck lifter. Luckily, it didn't hurt anything and after swapping it out, they are ready to run.
[5]Pro Extreme Brandon Pesz lost the passenger door at about the 330 yesterday in the second round of qualifying. A crew member reluctantly let us know that he left out on of the door pins which the door hinges on. They also lost a panel inside the car seen here, exposing the rear slick. He said hopefully they will have the door back soon before racing begins.
[6]Pro Nitrous Frankie Taylor had what sounded like a nasty explosion staging in the second round of qualifying. Once they fired it up for a burnout, it let out a burp of flames and had to be pulled of the track. Prying the team this morning didn't lead to much. We were told it was a dead battery and not sure if it is ready to run this morning. We think there is more to the story here!
Qualifying Round Three
[7]Top Sportsman Bob Gulitti, after a bad day yesterday ran a 4.408 at 159 today.
[8]Top Sportsman Earl Folse seems to have let off or possibly broke something yet still ran a 4.270 at 173 and still placed fourth in qualifying.
[9]Top Sportsman Chuck Mohn is the number one qualifier after running a 4.113 at 175.
[10]Pro Mod Clint Satterfield ends up in the opposite lane twice in this run. It seemed that he could not keep control and get the car to hook.
[11]Pro Mod Raymond Commisso leaves the light with a reaction time of 5.27, misses getting hit by Clint Satterfield and runs a 3.94 at 201
[12]Extreme Pro Stock John Pluchino runs a 4.125 at 175
[13]Extreme Pro Stock Pete Berner runs a 4.084 at 176 that puts him in the second qualifying position.
[14]Extreme Pro Stock Cale Aronson made a perfect pass running straight as an arrow at 4.088 at 176 putting him in the third qualifying position.
[15]SuperCar Showdown Chris Holbrook runs a 5.756 at 120 putting him in the first qualifying position.
[16]Extreme Ten Five Dennis Surgue finally qualifies running a 4.164 at 188. This is their first time running in the ADRL, and are very relieved they made it through qualifying.
[17]Pro Nitrous Robert Mathis had to shut it down towards the top of the track knocking him out of the eight car qualifying class.
[18]Pro Extreme Mick Snyder attempted to make a pass, but the track was too hot and he lost his power management which caused him to run a 10.09 at 41
Eliminations Round One
[19]Top Sportsman Abruzzi moves on to the next round winning against Gulitti.
[20]Pro Mod Rickie Smith moves on to round two of eliminations winning against Pat Musi.
[21]Pro Mod Mike Castellana moves on to round two of eliminations taking the win from Joe Lepone.
[22]Pro Nitrous Mike Castellana takes the win moving to the second round of eliminations with the lowest E.T. of 3.841 and top speed of 195 of the class.
[23]Extreme Pro Stock Scott Hintz moves into the second round of eliminations taking the win over Doug Kirk.
[24]Extreme Pro Stock John Pluchino moves into the second round of eliminations taking the win over Dean Goforth.
[25]Pro Extreme Terry Leggett moves on to the second round of eliminations taking the win over Brandon Pesz.
Eliminations Round 2
[26]Top Sportsman Chuck Mohn lost in the second round of eliminations to Marco Abruzzi.
[27]Pro Mod Jeff Naiser moves on to the third round of eliminations knocking Raymond Comisso out of the running.
[28]Extreme Pro Stock Brian Gahm takes the win and moves on to the third round of eliminations.It looks like David Buckner and Chris Holbrook have a friendly chat before eliminations.
[29]Pro Extreme Quainn Stott loses in the second round of eliminations to Alex Hossler.
Eliminations Round 3
[30]Top Sportsman Bruce Thrift loses to Randell Reid, sending Reid to the finals.
[31]Extreme Pro Stock Cale Aronson gets knocked out of eliminations by John Pluchino.
[32]Pro Extreme Bubba Stanton loses to Alex Hossler, sending Hossler to the finals.
Finals
[33]Top Sportsman Marco Abruzzi is the winner against Randell Reid.
[34]Pro Mod Mike Castellana takes the win over Jeff Naiser in the final round.
[35]Extreme Pro Stock John Pluchino takes the win in the finals over Brian Gahm.SuperCar Showdown Bo Butner takes the win in the finals over Chris Holbrook.Extreme Ten Five Alan Pittman takes the win in the finals over Dan Myers
[36]Pro Nitrous Rickie Jones takes the win in the finals.
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It’s the first race of the season for the ADRL in 2012 at their usual spot in Baytown, Texas. Keep it tuned to DragZine all day Friday and Saturday for all the new cars and racing highlights from Baytown.
Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson, check them out at www.mickeythompsontires.com [2].
Good morning race fans! We are on site here in Baytown. So far, we are lucky the rain has cleared up. It is still a bit wet, but the track is being dried and prepped for racing. It looks to be a great day of racing, and you can feel the excitement from the race teams while walking through the pits.
[54]Chris Holbrook continues his family legend with his CobraJet Mustang running in the ADRL's new class, the SuperCar Showdown.
[55]Representing the Dodge camp in the SuperCar Showdown is Teuton Morris' beautiful car. In speaking to one of the team members, he noted that they were leaving soft in recent testing and will be swapping gears to hook harder.
[56]This is Bruce's first year to the ADRL, coming in from Georgia to race in the Top Sportman class. He says they are dedicated to run every event this year. The car is powered by a prototype 748 cubic inch motor with a single carburetor, being the only one in the nation.
[57]Founder of Competition Engineering, Mike Valerio shows us the incredible strength of his modified carbon fiber wheelie bars which were originally on Pat Musi's race car. Mike tells us that he one of the originators of the wheelie bar back in the '70s.
Round One Qualifying:
[58]Bob G is one of the first cars out, and ends up breaking loose hard during his burnout almost hitting the tree. Something serious broke down track during his pass not allowing him to finish the run.
[59]Richard Cowgan also broke loose during his pass. There is a considerable amount of seeping of the track surface from the recent rain causing every car so far to break loose and most to break their cars.The current status of the race is we are on at least an hour hold while track crew members are drying the track surface. The track continues to weep, causing havoc with every car that has been down the track so far. It has been said that if the sun comes out any more than it is currently, it will cause more water from under the track to percolate through to the surface.
[60]The current status of the race is we are on at least an hour hold while track crew members are drying the track surface. The track continues to weep, causing havoc with every car that has been down the track so far. It has been said that if the sun comes out any more than it is currently, it will cause more water from under the track to percolate through to the surface.
[61]Top Sportsman Ricky Adkins goes 4.435 at 164.97 in his '37 Chevy
[62]Pro Mod Pat Musi runs a 4.097 at 183.05 in his 2010 Stratus powered by a Musi 900
[63]Pro Mod Rickie Smith runs a 3.97 at 194 in his 2012 Camaro
[64]Extreme Pro Stock John Pluchino runs a 4.139 at 175 in his 2006 Escort powered by a Kaase 825
[65]Extreme Pro Stock Scott Hintz runs a 4.121 at 174 in his 2009 Ford Mustang powered by a Kaase 824
[66]Supercar Showdown driver Chris Holbrook overstaged and did not make a time unfortunately despite making a very nice pass
[67]Supercar Showdown racer who is local from Houston, Texas ran a 6.150 at 111 in his 2009 Challenger leaving him as the fourth qualifier in the class so far
[68]Extreme Ten Five Dan Myers runs a 4.08 at 184
[69]Extreme Ten Five Alan Pittman had some issues with his car while driving to the tree. He could not get it out of reverse, and almost hit the car behind him. Finally making it to the tree, he spun the tires violently yet still ran 4.85 at 188
[70]Pro Nitrous Mike Castellana is driving a brand new car that was built specifically for this class. He ran a 3.88 at 192
[71]Pro Extreme Jason Scruggs lost his blower belt midway through his pass and still managed to run a 3.75 at 179
[72]Pro Extreme Mick Snyder ran a 3.73 at 202 which puts him in third so far in qualifying
Round Two Qualifying:
[73]Top Sportsman Lizzy Musi ran a 4.277 at 170 to put her in fifth position in her class so far
[74]Top Sportsman Jerry Holt blasts down the track running a 4.152 at 175 in his 1968 McAmis Camaro
[75]Pro Mod Jeffrey Cummins Jr ran a 4.005 at 183 in his 1968 Camaro
[76]Pro Mod Jeff Naiser local to Houston, Texas rockets down the track running a 3.895 at 189 to making him the number two qualifier.
[77]Pro Mod Adam Flamhoc is a newcomer to the ADRL. His team came all the way from Malmoe, Sweden. He ran a 4.080 at 183
[78]Extreme Pro Stock Cale Aronson moved from seventh place qualifier to third place with his great run of 4.088 at 176
[79]Extreme Pro Stock Cary Goforth lands the number one qualifying spot by running a 4.069 at 177
[80]SuperCar Showdown Bo Butner runs a 5.926 at 118 in his 2012 CobraJet Mustang
[81]Extreme Ten Five Todd Moyer runs a respectable 4.020 at 202.76 to put him in the number three qualifying postition.
[82]Extreme Ten Five Dennis Sugrue got down the track after having compications in the first qualifying round. He ran a 4.164 at 188
[83]Pro Nitrous Jim Laurita runs a 3.942 at 191 in his 1970 Camaro
[84]Pro Nitrous John Decerbo rockets down the track in his 1968 Camaro running an impressive 3.881 at 190 to put him in the second qualifying position.
[85]Pro Extreme Joey Martin runs a 3.822 at 197 in his 1955 Nomad aptly named "LOWMAD"
[86]Pro Extreme Randell Reid runs a 4.002 at 192 in his 1957 Chevy Belair
The third round of qualifying was cancelled because the first two rounds took too long. Next up is the jet car that put on a big fire show for the crowd! Round “four” of qualifying will pick up in the morning.
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