Tim Tindle went red with a -.007 light handing the win to Ricky Smith before it started. Smith ran a 3.95 @ 190 for top MPH of the event.
Bruce Roberts wound up with an opponent broke bye in the final as Fernandez' car was unable to start in the lanes. he ran a 6.12 @ 133 after breaking loose early int he run and pedaling it.
Jaime Rodriguez put a .008 light on Cruz and laid down a 4.70 to Cruz' 5.00 to take the Xtreme import win here this weekend.
Wells was upset in the final with Dan Saitz after going red with a -.003 reaction. Both cars ran identical 4.409 ET's with Well clicking it early. Photo courtesy of Brian Epps.
Mel Nelson ran his first 4.60 in the final with Tony Ridenour who loast traction early and clicked it early running only a 6.87 @ 77 MPH. Photo courtesy of Brian Epps.
The Auto Pro Mod final had Morel shooting fire out of the scoop before the 60' marker and slowing to a 14.86 while Robert Mathis was .036 on the tree and 4.06 @ 181 in the lights taking the win.
Tindle put up low ET with a 3.92 @ 183 blast against Cersosimo's red light start.
Smith was puffing a little smoke out the left side but that didn't seem to effect his performance much as he took out Steve Drummand with a 3.94 @ 189 to 4.13 @ 186.
Jose Morel ripped off a 3.96 @ 187 on his single making him the lone 3 second Auto Pro Mod here this weekend. Good job guys.
Robert Mathis was looking to get into the threes and managed a decent 4.02 @ 182.
Scott Quesenberry lost on a red light to Kenny Burgess then shut if early.
Tony Nesbitt got the win over Wade Gullett with a 4.78 @ 157.
Wells had low ET for the round with another 4.28 @ 185.
Scott Husted skied the wheels on his first round single and came crashing down hard and shut it down and coasted to the end off the groove.
Tony Ridenour had a nice clean run this morning with a 4.64 @ 162 and will line up with tenth qualifier Dave Boger in round two.
Top Qualifier Mel Nelson is the picture of consistancy so far running another a 4.55 @ 173.
Blankenship nailed the tree with a .007 light against Tim Hendricks and taking the win with a 5.23 to Hendricks .26.
Bruce Roberts got an easy win over Ari Birchfield after the car stalled on the line while Roberts went on to a 5.21 @137, his best run of the weekend so far.
John Fernandez had low ET again in round one this morning with a 5.001 @ 140 on a single. Clint Lonon keeps improving, taking the win over Antonio Santiago with a 5.03 @141.
Brooksville, Florida racer Willy Waddy has his new X275 car here this weekend for some shakedown run on the motor. The 434 cubic inch small block Ford engine was built by Ford Performance Solutions and maintained locally by Ford Speed Racing who is one hand this weekend helping out with the car. Waddy plans to run the local X275 races at Sunshine and some occasional traveling.
Todd Brash from TRZ Motorsports starts his day off right with Monster energy drinks. TRZ is the title sponsor for the X275 class here this weekend.
Xtreme Import had two sessions today with eight cars showing for the innagural class here in 2011. Jamie Rodriguez put his 1980 Toyota on the pole with a 4.61 @ 152
Fast Frank squeeked into the show with a 4.11 @ 179. The nitrous sniffing Viper has an 801 cubic inch beast under the hood.
Chris Patrick's 4.06 landed his Willy's in fifth bumping Corky Markwart from the field. There is good news however as they intend to run the top eight non qualified cars in a seperate field tomorrow.
Rickie Smith led all day in the Pro Mod field but was knocked back to second by Tim Tindle's 67 Stang with a 3.91 @ 184, Smith still has top MPH.
Jose Morel was on a string today running consistantly and leading the Auto Pro Mod field with a 4.005
Alex Viscardi inproved substantially with a 4.34 @ 172 in the last session, good enough for eighth.
Robert Mathis rna a 4.02 and then a 4.02 @ 182 in the last session to secure second.
Troy Blake landed sixth in the final session with a nice 4.47 @ 166 in his Procharged 2002 Camaro.
Outlaw 10.5 has a full field with Danny Lowery on top of the pile. Jesse Violante improved his place in the final session with a 4.408 @ 167 and landed in third ahead of Dan Saitz while Tony Nesbit dropped to fifth.
Sure is good to see this car back in action andrunning well.
Ten cars came for Limited Street's debut here at the US Street Nats with Mel Nelson the top qualifier. Angelo Graham traded spots with Ruben Tetsoshvili in the final session improving by two hundredths but both will have singles tomorrow in the short field. Chris Tedeschi ran a 5.01 @ 151 to land sixth.
Mel Nelson and the CZR Team are getting it done with consistancy, low ET and top MPH.
Tony Ridenour has stuggled a bit recently and had troubles keeping the car hooked up today. His one good pass was good enough for second spot in the field however.
In X275 John Fernandez led the field all day with his first run this morning, a 4.98 @ 142. In the final session Clint Lonon, the Tomato Nationals X275 winner inproved to a 5.04 @ 140 knocking Eric Kenward to third and Robbie Blakenship jumped up to 9th with a nice 5.21 @ 133 ahead of Corey Berry.
Tim Hendricks did a great job of pedaling this one and set it down easy. He ran a 5.30 on this run and wasnt able to improve his position.
Yes Pirez rode one out too. Here he is on the way up in a display of great driving as he rode it out.
Eric Kenward is often a crown pleaser and today was no exception with this down track wheelie. He qualified third in class.
Ray Degiovine took the top spot in 5.50 index with a 5.503 @ 115 with his 69 Nova based out of Punta Gorda, Florida.
Aaron Hobley Jr. broke something in the rear on his last qualifier for 7.50 index. he was the top qualified car but it doesn't look good for him to make repairs overnight.
Rickie Smith ran a clean 3.93 @ 190 giving him the top qualifier.
Jamie Hancock put up a nice 4.04 @ 179 for the top spot in Automatic Pro Mod. Ronnie Davis put his 63 Vette in second with a 4.09 @ 179 while Rober mathis sits in third with a 4.11.
Chris Tedeschi is behind the wheel of the former Scranton Brothers Mustang which is now under new owners. As you can see there was a little too much air under the front and he had to abort the run.
Mel Nelson has the top qualified car in Limited Street with a 4.54 @ 173, over a tenth ahead of Tony Ridenour's twin Procharged Camaro.
John Fernandez put the Team Lopez on the pole with a nice 4.98 @ 142. Eric Kenward sits second with a 5.05 @ 140 followed by Bobby Flippen in his Gloucester, Virginia based pickup/
Robbie Blankenship brought out his NMRA Hot Street car to run in X275. He gets a weight break and is allowed slicks with his natrually aspirated combo.
Brian Keep wowed us early in the X275 session by standing his flamed out S10 on the bumper. he went on to a 5.55 @ 132.
Drag Radial/limited Street racer Mel Nelson ran a 4.53 @ 173 during testing yesterday. They have had problems with the car wheeling and have been moving weight around to rectify that after a wheelie at the Snowbirds here last year knocked him out of competition early.
I met up with Dave Lovendahl the Technical Advisor from JRI Shocks in the pits after talking with Todd Brash from TRZ Motorsports. Dave has 30 years of experiance in NASCAR and feels the drag shock technology is years behind the curve. he made the move here after becomeing bored with NASCAR and the many restrictions the sanctioning body places on the teams.
Dan Kroll made the trek from Chicago for the X275 class with his very clean Nova. Dan has run the NMCA Extreme Street class and is also running X275 races as time allows for 2011.
Jesse Violante bought the Camaro formerly campaigned by Brian Markiewicz just after Thanksgiving last year and spent time since then getting it ready and making some small changes for the new season. the folks at AA Performance is handling the chassis with Kris Nelson on the tune up. Jesse hails from Vero Beach, Florida and so far has been 4.37 on three kits. ATI is alo on board with one of two of the new lockup transmissions, the other one is in Chris Rini's ride. They did have problems yesterday finding tires with equal runout and only got one pass in.
Ron Green is debuting a new car as well this weekend. The twin turbo charged 2000 Firebird was built at Sheppard Race Cars with an engine by Billy Albert Racing Engines out of Virginia. Hank Hill is on hand tuning the chassis while the power is being managed by none other than Brad Brand who is also driving the car today. Ron did some easy runs during yesterdays testing.
Jimmy Bradshaw is here from Orlando debuting his blown 526 Hemi Dart which we had written about previously here at Dragzine.
There are plenty of Pro Mods here between the two classes for them with 28 cars total. Rickie Smith did well in testing yesterday with a 3.91. John Vergotz has been struggling with the car going left as it comes off the wheelie bars. They made some adjustments overnight and are expecting better results in the first session.
Team Pirez brought the old reliable Nova out for some X275 fun this weekend. The same tall deck 565 is still running strong and Troy Sr will be driving this weekend.
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