We kicked things off right on time this morning with the staff on the line for the national anthem and look forward to a great, safe day of racing.

Top qualifier Jason Rine was half the first pair out this morning for 7.50 index, he took the loss however.

Buddy swaps out some new skins for Scotty G. this morning at the Mickey Thompson trailer. He had a single as Bobby Dodrill wasn't able to make the call in the Miss Misery all wheel drive blown Chevy pickup.

Jason Gatlin from ATF just wrapped up designing of a new bolt together converter. He debut the piece here this weekend and has several racers lined up for development and testing.

Eric Secaur is here running the JW Winters trailer this weekend. they have parts available here on sight and mentioned to me they are releasing a new TH 400 transmission case soon.

Ari Birchfield and Corey Swanstrom were the first pair down in X275 with Birchfield's nitrous not activating in the loss to Swanstrom. The Mustang is owned by Enrique Perez.

Barry Mitchell skied the front early in his run, still managing a 5.07 to take out Troy Fredrickson's Procharged Camaro.

Brian Keep and Clint Lonon had the tightest run of round one, keep got the win driving around Lonon with a 5.10 @ 137 to Lonon's 5.21 @ 142.

Ray DeGiovine made it through round one and will face Brian Amendoloro in an all Nova matchup for round two.

Neal Watkins put up a 5.59 in the first round with his big block Chevy powered Elky. The father and son team is based out of St. Pete, Florida.

Willard Kinzer set low ET in round one with a 4.48 @ 181 on a single, Chad Opaleski could not make the call this morning.

Klugger put down a 4.53 @ 181in his win over Scott Husted, earning high mile per hour.

Class founder Mike Schmidt had a single in round one running a 4.66 @ 155.

Jeff Lutz lost the tires at the hit, slowing to a 6.28 in a loss to Dave French.

Robert Abbot managed a 4.33 @ 176 with his blown 2002 Camaro in his win over Bryan Markiewicz. Hooked up and Gone Race Cars handles the tuning and chassis set up.

Adam Flamholc got beat on the tree by Jon Adams but had the power to come around him on the top end with a 4.03 to Adams' 4.13.

Tim Tindle got into tire shake and had to pedal the car against Jimmy Keen, who ran a nice 4.07 for the win.

This makes three in a row here at bradenton for Mr. 7.50 Matt Cummings. He won last October's ODRC event, the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals and the again here this weekend. the father and son team is based in Palmetto, Florida and runs a mild 468 ci. big block Chevy built by Ralph Stenger, who also handles their trasmissions and rear end work.

Mark Mullen earned the runner up position driving the family S-10 for son A.J. who has re-enlisted into the armed forces and is away for training.

Fourth qualifier David Lacey put his 72 Vega in the winners circle running a 6.503 @ 103 against John Fernandez. Lacy runs a 383 SBC based out of Palmetto, Florida and is a frequent racer here at Bradenton and sister track Sunshine Dragstrip in St. Pete.

6.50 Runner up John Fernandez is based in Tampa with his 88 S-10 pickup.

Jack Collins left first in the X275 final but popped a head gasket early in the run handing the win to Drakeford.

Event winner Walter Drakeford is based in Clearwater, Florida with his Real Speed Racing shop. He qualified number two and getting through round two and three with a matching .009 reaction time, getting a holeshot win over Barry Mitchell in round two with his best run in eliminations. He met with Snowbird Outlaw Nationals winner "King Jack" Collins who lost a head gasket in the final before the 60 foot.

Event runner up - Jack Collins runs out of Rocky Point, North Carolina with his 1988 Mustang.

Cape Coral, Florida racer Terry Duffy took home the 5.50 trophy this weekend with his 79 Cutlass after Wesley Lee pulled up just .005 too early for a foul start.

Number one qualifier Wesley Lee is always a top contender no matter the class he is racing, he had some tight packages during the day but fell victim to himself in the final in the Bill Lee Race Cars 96 Mustang. Bill Sr., Bill Jr. and Welsey all have extensive experiance in both cars and racing Harley's out of their full service shop in Palmetto, Florida.

Limited Street/Radial Tire winner Scotty Gaudagno turned it up for the final against Josh Klugger running a 4.48 @ 160, matching earlier low ET by Williard Kinzer who slowed to a .63 against Scotty in the second round. He runs his own fuel injected big block on nitrous, built in his Spring Hill, Florida shop. The Jet Blue crew is Frank, Mike and Anthony and they are always a top contender weather running Limited Street on true ten fives or with the big tires in Outlaw 10.5.

Josh Klugger pulled driving duties this weekend for the Fiscus/Klugger Racing Mustang. The first race out with the winter changes and a runner up finish is good so far for the newly formed team.

John Schroeder is glad he made the haul from Stanford, Connecticut with his 2002 Camaroearning the win in Outlaw 632 this weekend. Improving performance through the day he met with Mike Schmidt in the final and got the win on a double foul start. Scotty G. helped out tuning the car today and the engine is going back there to be freshened up on the ride back.

Outlaw 632 runner up Mike Schmidt runs out of Sunrise, Florida with his 2002 Camaro and runs a Nelson Competition 632 ci. big block Chevy under the hood. He ran as quick as 4.63 today to get around Eddie Whitlow in the second round after getting edged out on the tree.

Frank Meshaw had a wild ride this afternoon getting out of shape and winding up in a scary situation on two wheels after the 330 cones. he did a great job on the save, and a lot of good fortune as well. Based out of Palm Bay he and Peg Fratena make as many area evets as possible between NMCA events. Lucj went his way in the final against Candido Sanchez who lost traction early in the run allowing Meshaw to drive by. Sponsors and help for the team include TRZ Motorsports, Hank Hill's Hooked up and Gone Race Cars, Chris Nelson from Nelsom Competition, Jason Gatlin from ATF Transmissions and Mickey Thompson tires.

Outlaw 10.5 runner up Candido Sanchez is based out of Miami, Florida with his 2000 Camaro formerly owned by Bill Futch. The 615 ci BBC was built by Oscar Rodriguez from PRD Engine Development, who was on hand this weekend helping out Sanchez and other customers. Special thanks to Carlos Zaldivar and crew for the helping hand.

Terry Coyle (far lane) was dead late on the tree but managed to pull out the win running a 3.92 in the Pro Mod final against Adam Flamholc.

Terry Coyle made his first trip to Florida and came home with a win with his K&B Race Cars 57 Chevy. He normally runs in Kentucky and Ohio Valley quick 8 events. The car has a roots blown Brad 6 providing the power running consistant low 3.90's all day.

Adam Flamholc first raced here at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals last year earning a runnerup finish. The Swedish team is now based here and will be running assorted Top Sportsman events along with the ADRL series. He made his best run of the day in the final, a 4.033 @ 163 after qualifying with a 3.97.