Martin Connelley is sporting new graphics from Trick Flow for 2013 and some new Trick Flow A460 heads. The team hails from Salyersville, Kentucky The BES 580 big block Ford is topped off with Induction Solutions nitrous kit tuned by Kevin Neal sending power to the rear through a Bradco two speed 440 trans and converter.

Jere Etheridge and Frank Soldridge were paired up in round one of PTC Radial vs the World with Soldridge going straight down the track and Etheridge lifting the front tires early in the run, pedaling it then getting the front back up to unbelievable heights and nearly blowing over and riding the chute mount through the lights to a 4.89 @ 118. Jere is ok and very little oil was lost in the indecent. Check out the sequence of Jere flying here at SGMP.

David DeMarco qualified number on in Carcraft Outlaw 10.5 and had a single in round one setting low ET for the round with a 4.31 @ 177 MPH.

Eddie Harrison brought this beautiful Camaro from Aewoth, Georgia qualifying 5th in Outlaw 10.5. He left before the tree activated handing the round to James Hancock.

David Pearson faced off with number seven qualifier Blake Catalanotto in MacFab Outlaw 275 getting the upset win despite his late reaction time as Catalanotto slowed to a 12.10.

Kevin Neal was paired up with Robby Keziah's 68 Nova but spit flames out the scoop as Keziah went on to take the round with a 4.69 @ 146.

Former event winner here Marty Stinnett waits for some starting line clean up in his Kuttawa, Kentucky based Cobra Mustang.

Jason Richards qualified 9th in Outlaw Drag Radial and faced off with John Kolivas who sat in a disapointing 24 spot on the ladder. Richards was out first catching Kolivas sleeping at the tree and taking the win with a 4.69 @ 156 MPH over Kolivas who struck the tires early in the run.

Tony Ridenour spent a good portion of Thursday and Friday making repairs to the engine after losing a head gasket testing. he was in fine shape for his round one match with Scotty Ray putting up a 4.42 @ 176 to number 5 qualifier Ray's 4.97 @ 141.

Isa Gomez qualified 16th in Billet Atomizer Ultra Street facing off with Eric Nguyen. Gomez put up a .075 reaction, leaving first and pulling the front wheels out past the 60' clock earning the win running a 5.54 @130.59.

Eric Kenward launches the TRZ Motorsports sponsored Mustang to a round win over Darin Edwards running a 5.19 as Robert Rogers looks on.

Ft. Meyers racer Brian Keep set low ET in Ultimate Street round one with a 5.15 @ 131 MPH.

Jason Michalak came to Georgia only to line up with fellow Texas racer Trevor Stripling taking the win running a 4.79 @ 152 in Leaf Spring.

Dean Marinis had low ET in X275 in his win over Sam Vincent running a 4.70.0 @ 153 for the Whitestone, New York based racer.

Mark Woodruff put his Corvette on the rear wheels and crossed the center line after Brad Bennett went red but got back in after Bennett failed to cross the scales after having issues after stopping the car making him unable to make the next round.

Jason Enos's crews hard work payed off with a 4.28 @ 188 MPH in the first round of Radial vs the World, setting low ET and making the quickest run in competition here at SGMP.

Keith Berry ripped off a 1.20 60', 3.06 4.48 @ 175 MPH giving him the LS world drag radial record.

Justin "Lil Country" Swanstrom piloted the Fat Boy Racing to the first small block X275 nitrous car to a 4.68 @ 150 for the first small block in the 4.60's in eliminations in a win over Richard Stanbro. Team Fatboy Racing/Speed 365, Seidle Racing Engines, Category 5 Race Cars, Induction Solution, Neal Chance Racing Converters.

Keith Berry reset his own LS drag radial record as well as captured the small block drag radial record with a 4.40 @ 174 MPH recording a 1.13 60' as well on the run in a loss to Brad Edwards twin turbo big block Mustang, Edwards ran a 4.402 @ 182 taking the holeshot win.

Bad9er Kyle Huetell had a single in round two of PTC Radial vs the World recording a 1.08 60' on his way to a 4.25 @ 173 MPH. As far as we know this is the quickest 60' on a 315 radial here at SGMP.

We made it through four rounds in Radial vs the World before running up against the curfew at 11 PM Sunday night. With so much rain and no cars going down the track on Saturday the staff did a terrific job of getting the track back to racing condition. The final round completed saw the quickest side by side pass in drag radial history with Bad 9er Kyle Huettel earning the win over Jason Enos who raced for the first time on a radial tire here at Lights Out IV. I believe Huettel also reset his own record with his 4.214 @ 177.28 on that run. Look for Enos to be a player in the class as the Victory Racecraft team is very pleased with their performance at this event.

Brad Edwards also had his new personal best 4.284 @ 183 in his round 4 match with Frank Soldridge who slowed to a 4.53 @ 153 trailing smoke through the lights.

Arnold, Missouri racer Mark Woodruff had a good run at Lights Out IV qualifying 11th with his Sonny's powered Corvette. His best run in eliminations was a 4.354 @ 182 in a round three match with "The" Kevin Mullins who was sporting his new car this weekend, he left .009 to early in the loss in what was a great side by side run never the less putting up his best run of the weekend 4.342 @ 187 MPH.

Tony Ridenour was put into the Outlaw Drag Radial field via the random draw after hurting a head gasket testing prior to qualifying, also having to replace a couple of lifters. He sat 28th on the ladder and came out swinging with a 4.428 @ 178 in round one. He got faster every round meeting up with Thrillbilly Shane Stack in the final who had a personal best 4.359 @ 185 in the semi final over Jason Rueckert. Ridenour took the advantage at the start and they were side by side all the way down as both racers had identical 4.379's with the Ridenour Rocket coming out on top. Tony runs a Fast Forward Race Engines (Troy Pirez Jr. and Joe Irwin) big block chevy with twin Precision 94's reduced to 88, Proformance Transmissions two speed 4oo trans with a PTC converter.

In contrast to Ridenour, Shane Stack had a mostly uneventful weekend as the car performed flawlessly requiring only cool down between runs after qualifying number two in class with a 4.439 @ 177. Sponsors include R & R Speed and Machine, PTC Transmission, VP and Mickey Thompson with Chassis work by Chris Terry. Stack runs reduced 91 mm turbos.

Richard Sexton qualified 7th with a 5.41 and began to step it up after round one setting low ET in the semi final with a 4.205 @ 185 over Mike Dekor. He met with number one qualifier David Demarco running a 4.225 @ 185 for the win after Demarco struck the tires about 100 feet out inthe final. The Gil Mobley Motorsports team is based in Ijamsville, Maryland with their 2006 blown GTO.

David Demarco put the Victory Racecraft Buick on the Outlaw 10.5 pole and ran well on a round one single with a 4.314 @ 177 MPH. All in all a great weekend for the team as top qualifier, a final round appearance and record setting performance while testing in NMCA 10.5 trim.

Fifty seven cars made the call for round one of X275 with Deam Marinis and Ron Rhodes wading through the field to make it a small block vs big block nitrous final. Dean set low ET with a personal best and X275 record 4.631 @ 154.63 to take out number one qualifier Terry Elam in the semi final recording a 1.11 60' on that run. Ron Rhodes came away with the small block nitrous record 4.689 over Taylor Laster in round three after replacing a piston after testing. Marinis runs a BES 576 big block Chevy on one Speedtech kit tuned by Kevin Neal. Special thanks to Santhuff and Mickey Thompson. Ron Rhodes runs a 23 degree small block Chevy also from BES with Induction Solutions nitrous, TRZ Motorsports, Santhuff, Hutch trans with PTC converter and Rhodes Custom Auto. He also collected the $500 bounty from Jason Gatlin at ATF for being the first small block nitrous to run in the 4.60's at an event.

Sean Ashe qualified tenth in Outlaw 275 and made it to the final to face Marty Stinnett but ran into the curfew so could not complete the final. The sheet is incorrect about the information as round 4 had 5 cars left giving Ashe the bye to the finals. the listed final is actually the semi between Stinnett and Rogers. The round three match with number one qualifier Phil Hines was epic with Ashe getting the hole shot win as Hines set low ET of the event with a 4.405 @ 168 MPH.

Outlaw 275 number two qualifier Marty Stinnett is a former class champion here at last years No Mercy III event. He had high mile per hour with the Burns Racing Engines twin turbo Cobra in round four against Paul Naquin running a 4.443 @ 169.34 moving on to take out Eddie Rogers with a 4.464 @ 168.72 before the race was called. The final was split with Ashe.

The Leaf Spring worked out just right with number one and two qualifiers meeting in the final. Number two qualifier Jason Michalak had the quicker, more consistent car on race day capping off his win with a low ET in eliminations of 4.668 @ 153.13 for the Bad9er crew out of Cypress Texas.

Bryan Marrow put his Procharged 79 Camaro on top of Leaf Spring with a clean 4.627 @ 159.34 MPH. His round one opponent was DQ'd and Marrow went on to the final getting by Chris Bryant in round two, then facing off with Ron Rhodes small block nitrous 1968 Camaro getting the win as Rhodes spun and slowed to a 5.17 @ 111. In the final it would be Marrow who lost traction early in the run allowing Michalak to get by.

Walt Drakeford has struggled recently with a a misfire issue and qualified 28th with a 6.32 @ 92 MPH. Frustrated by their recent performance and the rain the Clearwater based Real Speed Racing team packed up and headed for the sunny skies of Bradenton, Florida to try and work out the bugs. The trip payed off with Drakeford winning his round one match with Jamers Cordell with a 5.343 @ 137. Next up was Brian Keep's S-10 with Walt going a 5.188 @ 142 with Keep trailing the tell tale smoke of hurt parts. round 4 had him paired with Eric Kenward with Drakeford on point with a 5.112 @ 139 going on to meet number one qualifier Chris Lancaster's show quality 66 Mustang. His car and engine is built in house at Real Speed with an Induction Solutions nitrous system on board.

Gary Price qualified 10th with 39 cars on the ladder for round one. He met up with Jody Voyles in round three earning a hole shot win with a 5.180 @ 134.64 to Voyles quicker 5.142 @ 136, next round was a 5.19 2 @ 139.45 over Matt Davis giving him a bye to the final which was split with Walt Drakeford. Gary has been partnered in this car with Lyle Smith Racing Engines for 10 years running out of Defuniak Springs, Florida. Gary is a master technician and automotive instructor in Defuniak Springs and has been running Real Street and outlaw street cars in that area. Casey Smith, Thomas Nall and Jamie Powell are part of the crew. Gary uses PTC transmission with an FTI Converter and Induction Solutions Nitrous.

4.70 Index winner Greg Cason hails from Nicholasville, Kentucky with his Tim McCamis built 1968 Camaro and builds his own engines.

Kenny Ford put the trusty PTC Camaro in the 6.50 Index winner circle.

Otis Priest 6.50 Index Runner Up.

Troy Pirez Jr. was enterd in two classes with the Kirt Sanders owned notch Mustang, Open Comp and 6.50 Index. His effort payed off with a win in Open Comp and the 6.50 Index runner up. Sponsors for Troy Jr. are Brodix, PTC, VP Fuel, Pro Systems, Diamond Pistons, Fast Forward Race Engines and Kirt Sanders.