Jason Hamstra’s crew is getting ready for racing this morning setting the air gap in the hat. They are qualified sixth in Pro Extreme and will face Texas based Gaylen Smith’s 57 Hellair in round one.

Ron Miller is swapping out a weak valve spring in the XPS 04 Grand AM this morning. They are on the bump and have to run Pete Berner in the Summit Racing sponsored 09 GXP.

Brain Gahm is qualified second in XPS, though they are off a little in ET from usual but Brian feels they are in good shape for race day with the Jery Hass built 07 Mustang. He is matched up with Steven Boone.

Former clutch man Steve Robinson now does engine tuning for Richard Penland Motorsports XPS Entry. He has been with RPM for five years and they made the switch to ADRL from IHRA’s discontinued Mountain Motor Pro Stock class. Penland has one of two former Robert Patrick Pro Stock cars here this weekend.

Josh Peel is here this weekend with a new car in Extreme 10.5 and they made it down on the fourth pass with a 4.71. Huntsville Racing Engine takes care of the twin turbocharged powerplant. EC1 Race Cars out of Michagan built the car and Josh handled the turbo plumbing, fuel management is an Alan Dudley MFI unit.

Micheal Neal landed seventh in XT5 with a 4.84 @ 180 and will face Spiro Pappas in round one who qualified second with a 4.008 @ 188 MPH.

Team Titan is looking to improve their ET today after going over last nights data on the 3.99 pass. If weather and the track co operates look for a .95 out of the little turbo charged 4 cylinder Scion.

Chuck and Joseph Lawrence crew on eighth qualified Bob Bertsch’s Kasse powered Extreme Pro Stock 2007 Mustang. Bob will run Richard Penland in first round.

Brian Daniels did not qualify yesterday after fighting a clutch issue. They found the problem last night but the rain shortened qualifying left them with no chance to get in this morning. The team finished fourth in 2008 and thenth in 2009 with the ADRL in Pro Extreme.

Pro extreme is the class to watch today as Sheikh Khalid set low ET, high MPH and the record in the class last night in the third session. The overcast sky should keep track temps down and we look forward to some great racing with a bump spot of 4.04 held by John Stanley’s 68 Camaro.

Bob Bertsch took the win over Richard Penland who had problems and slowed to a 4.92 @ 106.  Aranson got a holeshot win over Elijah Morton with a .031 light and 4.165 @ 174 to the losing 4.163. Dean Goforth lost his match with Doug Kirk who will face off with Cary Goforth in round two after his win over Team Aruba driver Trevor Eman.

Lester Cooper took down John Montecalvo in his first qualified ADRL event with a hole shot win, .063 light and a 4.18 beats a 4.14. Steven Boone got lucky in his race with Brian Gahm who got out of shape and had to lift. Ron Miller did his job on the tree against top quaifier Pete Berner but could not hold on, 4.09 beats a 4.21

Extreme 10.5 has a short field here in South Georgia with only eight cars. Josh Peel was an alternate and made the field in Jeff Naiser’s place. He left on Kenny Doak and manadged a 4.69 @ 154 in the new car but was outrun by Doak’s 4.21 @ 189, his quickest run of the weekend. Next up was  Todd Moyer on a single with Moyer running a nice 4.12.

Micheal Neal upset Spiro Pappas on a hole shot win. Pappas’ was late with a .081 to Neal’s .046 his 4.12 winds up on the losing end of neal’s 4.15.

The final pair in the session was Gary White and Greg Buschmeyer’s 63 Corvette. Buschmeyer put a big holeshot on White but shut down early with a 5.21 @125 to White’s stright 4.05 @ 184

The Pro Nitrous class kicked off with Steve Vick and Charles Carpenter in the unpainted 55 Belair. Carpenter got out first with a .036 and ran a 3.95 @ 189 to take down Vick’s 4.00 @ 184. The next pair was Todd Howard and Randt Weatherford’s awesome Blue Camaro. Howard left on him but Weatherford drove around with a 3.98 @ 186 beating Howards game 4.01 @ 182 in a very close race, the margin of victory was only .0067.

Bob Rahaim matched up with Greg Godwin who also left first and ran quicker, winning the round with a 3.93 @ 186. Again both cars had their best runs on the weekend.Rickie Smith and Johnny Pilcher were next with Pilcher leaving first and running quicker getting the win over Smith’s 3.97 with a 3.96 @ 187. Both cars ran their best runs of the weekend

In a big upset John Deflorian took down Shannon Jenkins getting out first and running a 3.94 as jenskins got loose in the other lane and had to lift. Terry Housley matched up with Castellana’s Al Anabi sponsored Camaro. Castellana got the win running a 3.93 @ 192.

Another upset was up next as Jim Halsey got treed then had to lift after getting out of shape against Keith Baker.

Terry Murphy and Burton Auxier were the last pair down in Pro Nitrous with Murphy getting out first with a .026 light. Auxier got loose and pedaled but was out of shape and hit the wall after the finish line. He is OK. Murphy won the round

Wild Wes Johnston is on a roll this weekend in Pro Extreme putting Joshua Hernandez out in round one with a 3.77 @ 202. The next pair down was Gaylen Smith and Alex Hossler with Hossler out first and a 4.07 as Smith shut down and coasted to a 9.04.

Scruggs and Kelly Martin were next with near indentical reaction times. Scruggs ran a fine 3.73 to take out Martin who was on his best run of the weekend, a 3.80 @ 200.

Joey Martin and Frankie Taylor were next and Martin lit the red putting himself out while Taylor went on to run a 3.70 @ 204.

Tutterow spun the tires just after the launch pedaling the car but slowing to a 4.31, not nearly enough for Barklage’s 3.86 @ 194.

In the upset of the weekend John Stanley gets the win over Sheikh Khalid after his red light by just .002. Quain Stott took the win over Bubba Stanton’s Camaro with a 3.76 @ 204 to Stanton’s 3.86 @ 197 in his best run this weekend. Jason Hamstra took down Terry Leggett with a 3.80 @ 198, Leggett clicked it early after getting loose.

John Deflorian Jr went through an engine swap before round three of Pro Nitrous and though we are pressed for time Charles Carpenter was a great sportsman and waited a few short minuites for them to make the lanes. When the tree came down Carpenter was out first and John was off his game with a .203 light to Carpenter’s .062. Deflorian ran a 3.99 but it wasnt enough to catch Carpenter’s 3.95 @ 188.

Mad Man Frankie Taylor made the semi finals today in Pro Extreme after quailfying in the second position behind KH. He faced Quain Stott who was qualified third. At the hit the blower belt schredded and he was left to watch Stott go on down track for the win to fave of with Carpenter

Extreme Pro Stock Final In true underdog fasion Steven Boone came from the fifteenth qualified position in his 06 Cobalt to win the sixth annual Hardees Georgia Drags Six over number one qualifier Pete Berner in the Summit Racing sponsored 2009 GXP. Out first after the tree with a .018 light to Berner’s .049, Boone went on to a 4.12 @ 176 to Berner’s quicker 4.09 @ 177. The margin of victory was a scant .0012. Photo Courtesy John Fore III

Extreme 10.5 Final Gary White and Todd Moyer made up the final in Extreme 10.5. Moyer left first with an .015 tree to White’s .026. White shut down early to a 4.94 @ 125 to Moyer’s 4.02 @ 195 for his first win in the ADRL.

Pro Nitrous Final Pro Nitrous Final was Charles Carpenter and Mike Castellana with the Al Anabi sponsoered Castellana cutting the tree down with a .009 light. to Carpenters .072. Carpenter got out of shape and had to lift while Castellana went on to a 3.93 @ 193.

Pro Extreme Final Quain Stott got out first on Jason Scruggs with a .023 light to Scruggs .037. Stott’s 3.75 @ 205 was not enough to hold off the hard charging Scruggs’ 3.71 @ 106 MPH run for his fourth ADRL event win.