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- Kenny Acree took the win over Dillon Voss in 5.30 index despite Voss dead on dial.
- Dennis Smith over Robin Duncan in the rematch of Saturday night 7.50 Final.
- Francis Johnson ATI No Boost Runner Up. John Fore - Photo
- Jason Richards No Boost Winner
- The talk of the day was the .40 Wolfe qualified with and Dillard's 4.48. Not to be out done Mel nelson laid down a 4.480 @ 170 to take down New York's own David Hance's game 4.600 @ 173. Thompson took down Dillard on the tree with a 4.61 against a quicker 4.60. Mel left first and it was his turn to get some air under the tires and he slowed to a 5.03 while Wolfe ran a 4.42 @ 179 for the win.
- Mel Nelson Protoorque Outlaw Radial vs 29.5 Runner Up.
- SHRA Outlaw 10.5 pit top qualifier tim Lynch and number 14 Danny Lowery. Lowery put up a 4.30 and then a 4.28 to get by Rob Wells who had qualified second and got out of the groove in the semi. Lowery left first in the final but slowed to a 4.68, no match for Lynch's 4.25.
- Danny Lowery SHRA Outlaw 10.5 Runner Up. Photo- John Fore
- SHRA Outlaw 10.5 pit top qualifier tim Lynch and number 14 Danny Lowery. Lowery put up a 4.30 and then a 4.28 to get by Rob Wells who had qualified second and got out of the groove in the semi. Lowery left first in the final but slowed to a 4.68, no match for Lynch's 4.25. Photo - John Fore
- Danny Lowery SHRA Outlaw 10.5 Runner up
- SHRA Outlaw 10.5 pit top qualifier tim Lynch and number 14 Danny Lowery. Lowery put up a 4.30 and then a 4.28 to get by Rob Wells who had qualified second and got out of the groove in the semi. Lowery left first in the final but slowed to a 4.68, no match for Lynch's 4.25.
- FTI X275 had stellar performances and no small amount of controversy. Kolivas had low ET and hi MPH but took a hard loss in round one. Wes Whittle made it ringt and proceeded to the final to meet with the number twocar of Terry Elam. Elam had lane choice with a 4.7 going in but slowed to a .81 against Whittle's best run of the night 4.78 @ 154.
- Terry Elam FTI X275 Runner Up
- In TRZ Ultimate Street it would be top qualifier Robert Hollingsworth vs. ORSCA Modified Street Champion Eric Kenward. Kenward had lane choice and put an .016 light on Hollingsworth but promply went into a giant wheelstand allowing Robert to get around.
- Eric Kenward TRZ Ultimate Street Runner Up
- The Goodyear 8.5 final featured the record setting Trace Meyer and the number one qualifier Daniel Pachar. Pachar's Triangle Speed Shop 04 Cobra had high MPH of the event and Meyer had set and reset the 8.5 record with a 5.11. Pachar had the advantage on the tree and held it with a 5.16 @ 143 run.
- Trace Meyer Goodyear 8.5 Runner Up
- Chad Henderson broke in the 4.70's today and then was DQ'd after crossing the centerline against Chad Opaleski in a great diving job to avoid a crash.
- Chad henderson
- jason Lee lost his round two match in TRZ Ultimate Street with Steve Hopkins after this wheelstand.
- Jere Ethridge took down Paul Major on a hole shot running a 4.74 to Major's quicker 4.63.
- number 60 qualifier Bryan Sandler gets the upset award taking out Stevie Fast. Sandler was out first and jackson lost traction then had to pedal the it and was unable to catch up.
- Wolfe had a bye and laid down a 4.42.
- Buck walker won on a holeshot over Jerry Gunter after Gunter was about two tenths late on the tree
- After putting up some good number this weekend Shane Stack is out after being un able to back up against Craig Pio.
- Bennis Bailey from BB&T had a single this morning after Team North Member Mustang Mike Modeste was unable to make the call. Other team North players Dave hance, Dave hinzman and Paul Major will hold the fort for round two.
- Jerry Gunter got out first by about two tenths but couldn't hold off Buck Walker's third gen Camaro.
- Greg Trotta had an engine let go in the lights creating the first oil down of the day. We are back at it now.
- Gary Bunch uinladed a personal best 4.98 to take out Glen Jones in X275
- This is the first race weekend on radials for Eric Dillard and with only nine passes with them he is solidly in the 4.40's and qualified second in class with a new personal best 4.48. The Proline team gets lots of data from other cars and know the tire is faster under the right conditions and didn't want to come here at a disadvantage. They are also sporting new Pro Mod 94 mm turbos here this weekend which came just in time for this race. The set up on the car is quite different than when running the slick tires with a shorter 4 link setting as well as tighter suspension settings and Eric feels with 10 or 15 more runs they can run a .35-.39. Eric feels that at the end of the day they can get into the low .40s and if they make the final with Wolfe that they will make a match of it.
- Tony Ridenour was down in Chad Henderson's pit this morning using the trailer lift to replace the transmission. He is struggling with a new combo this weekend after switching to twin F-2 prochargers from an F3 139 and is qualified 54th.
- Isaid it was some great weather and there is nothing better than a sunrise over the track.
- Daniel Pachar held on to the top spot in the Goodyear 8.5 class with a 5.17 @ 143. They are changing oil this morning as part of their daily maintance routine.
- Buck Walker has had a few crowd pleasing wheelstands this weekend. He did a great job of pedaling this one.
- Wolfe was unable to inprove his time in the final qualifying session Eric Dillard sure was making him the second car in the .40's with a 4.48 @ 176. Texas True Ten racer Kyle Heuttel jumped up to fifth with a 5.59 @ 160.
- Terry Elam bumber Al Marlow fromt he top spot in FTI X275 but could'nt hold on after Kolivas busted out a 4.77 @ 160 later in the final session.
- Buddy Tippett was the first car in the 4.70s this morning in the No Boost class with a 4.79 @ 152. He used a Ford 632 for power.
- Bobby Flippen brought his imfamous little S-10 down from Virginia to compete in the Goodyear 8.5 class. This is his first time on the little tires, his run this morning was a 5.80 @ 133.
- There is a good count of index cars for the Heads up Havoc series which is piggy backing the Radial Revolution event this weekend including this sweet shoebox Nova that hails from Florida
- Last night I herd that Dan Farris was looking for a piston. When I stopped by this morning they had it all back together but it was'nt a piston, they needed to replace a valve and they are all fixed up.
- Francis johnson had another scary ride during the Radial vs 29.5 qualifying. He got loose again while running against Carlton Thompson and cossed the line. Thankfully Carlton was a bit off pace and paying attention or this could have got ugly fast. He broke a control arm after tapping the wall and hopes to have it fixed for tomorrow. Check the gallery for the full sequence.
- yeah I know it's another picture of Wolfe but what aare you gonna do when the guy just ran a 4.403 @ 177.07 MPH to re set his own record. I mean a 4.40, really ?? The other big news Et wise is for Amanda Long AKA Puddin who stepped up again to land in tenth with a 4.66 @ 161. They are getting a handle on applying the power now thanks to Steve Petty.
- Al Marlow was the quickest in the first qualifying session today with a 4.81 @ 150 in his nitrous powered Camaro followed by Jeff Reed, Dave Bowman and Sean Lyon, all of those three are turbo powered rides. Kolivas put a tune in good for a low .70 but the track wouldn't hold it today and he wound up 36th with a 5.37. 63 cars are on the run sheet, wow.
- Rob Wells get here late this afternoon, unloaded, set the tuneup and proptly took the number one spot in OL 10.5 with a 4.26 @ 183. Tim Lynch ran later in the session and knocked Wells to second with a 4.24 @ 183. These two will be fighting for the top spot duringtomorrows qualifying rounds for sure. Mo Hall was first out of the gate with his 4.33 @ 171.
- Richards did well here in February and showed again that leaf springs can work just fine.
- Hollingsworth and Voyles ran as a pair during qualifying and wound up number 1 and 2 respectively.
- We have noname on the sheet for the top qualifier in Goodyear 8.5 but a 5.22 @ 143 is fliying anyway you look at it on that little tire.
- As fuurther evidence of the tricky track conditions here this weekend, while some racers fight traction other carry the wheels big time.
- Tommy Rainer ade one hit today but also lost traction with his twin turbo Limited Street Camaro.
- Dave Hance made one pass today but lost traction and pedaled several times.
- Scotty Gaudagno pushed back after the burnout due to a distributor drive belt that lost a couple of teeth. he is looking for a replacement now.
- Stevie Fast and Dave Hinzman matched up in the test session, 4.52 for Jackson, 4.66 for Hinzman.
- Chad Henderson is here and made two runs today I believe. He runs a BBC on nitrous with the new Holley fuel injection system tuned by Monty Smith
- Another NMCA racer here this weekend is Tim Hendricks. He ran a 5.23 I believe and should be in the TRZ Ultimate Street class.
- Kevin Fiscus is having little luck this weekend with traction. He made a couple of nice hits testing here Wednesday though and you can never count the Hurricane Performance team.
- Well David Wolfe's oil leak was a minor isssue with an oil line and he came back strong setting low ET and the first car in the .40's with a 4.48 @ 176 MPH.
- Dave Hance made the trip down from New York for a shot at the money this weekend.
- Icaught up with Sam Vincent and crew in the lanes. He has yet to run today.
- Jeff Reed was busy changing tires after his first pass which was a 4.98. It's a reduced twin turbo set up with a small block Ford and Brodix heads.Reed is part of the Kolivas Racing camp and driving this weekend for the owner of holly Springs Dragway in FTI X275. Other X275 news has Jason Lee running a 4.81 and Kolivas himself says he's gonna run a 4.75 provided it goes down on todays tricky surface and he's waiting for someone else to man uo $1,000 for low ET..
- Dusty Bradford made the switch to twin turbo BBC and is finally is ready to run, this is the first event with the new set up.
- Tommy Brewer and crew were up late changing an intake gasket but may need to do it again as he was dripping oil on his first run. He was paired with David Wolfe who was pushed back after his burnout with a puddle under the car. I'll have to run and talk to David shortly.
- Bryan Markiewicz was on hand to help out Amanda long on some steering issues with the toe in. She is all fixed up and running well this weekend with a special thanks to TRZ Motorsports of a quick repair to a broken anti roll bar after the Shakedown earlier this month. She ran a 4.72 @ 158.91 today.
- Brad Edwards had a nice pass on his first try this afternoon running a 4.59 with a pair of stock GT47/88 turbos.
- John Kolivas re set low ET for the X275 class with a 4.83 @ 157.
- Mel Nelson laid down a nice 4.57 @ 172 on his first test hit today.
- Isaid the pits were full right ???
- fast or not there is nothing like the intimidation factor of the big blower hat sticking over the roof of your car. The run order will be as follows starting off with 7.50 index, Open Comp, 6.50 Index, 5.30 Index, Goodyear 8.5 tire, ATI No Boost, SHRA OL 10.5, TRZ Ultimate Street, Protorque Outlaw Radial vs. 29.5 and FTI X275
- Super Dave Boger arrived this morning and has a new sponsor on board with Prodigy custom builders. Dave is going to run two classes this weekend, no boost and X275
- Chad Branson owns this fighter inspired Mopar running FTI X275 with a small block ford and 91 mm turbo under the hood. The turbo is new upsized from an 88 and they ran a 5.00 yesterday.
- Al Marlow made it here late yesterday and didn't make a pass.
- Jason Lee is trying some different blower set ups this weekend looking for the best combo. he ran high eighties yesterday in X275 trim but he does'nt think thats enough. he says look for John Kolivas or Sam Vincent to put up some low/mid 70's, wow.
- Some late night maintance going on in the pits prepping for the big wheel race this weekend. Word in the pits in some interesting rides are on the lot and underwraps. I expect controversy in this class, and lots of fun for everyone including the kids.
- Joe Mayabb has a very unique engine combo for X275, a natrually aspitated 815 ci Ford Hemi. the father and son team is based out of Campton Kentucky and handles the build except the cage which was installed by Mac Adams Race Cars.
- Mike Freeman din't have a good day on Thursday. They are not sure which broke first but it tores the pin boss out of one piston and broke the block so they are done for the weekend,
- Good morning ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Revolution. Friday is the first official day of the race and the word for the day is tech line, and it's a long one. Currently we are waiting for the tech line to clear out some so we can start the TNT session.
- Eric Lyles has a new car on the lot this weekend for X 275. It's a got a 565 ci on two kits from Applied Nitrous Technology on top of the PAR built engine.
- This sweet 66 Mustang belongs to Chris Lancaster. It's a new car built for TRZ Ultimate Street and had a 4.6 Modular Ford with a 76 mm turbo.
- Eric Dillard is sporting some radials for todays session and laid down a nice 4.52, good job guys.
- NMCA racer Dan Kroll is here trying out the Outlaw 8.5 class with his early 70's BBC powered Nova.
- Buck Walker also found some traction carrying the wheels past the 330' on his final run of the day running a 4.84 @ 149.
- John Kolivas is in X275 this weekend and ran a nice 4.96 @ 155 on his last pass.
- JR Gibson pulled the wheels early in one of his runs but it set down and rolled out to a 4.97 @ 150. Francis Johnson tried the right lane most of the day, his last pass was a sweet 4.75 @ 150.
- Robert Hollinsworth laid down a nice 5.11 in his Ultimate Street Camaro which I believe is a new best ET for this setup. Monte Smith tunes on the car and I saw him smiling for sure.
- Mel Nelson pulled into a wheelstand on his last pass of the day and shut it down early after a hard landing.
- A 4.67 @ 154 is'nt bad for Team North player Dave Hinzman.
- Chad Opaleski set a new personal best ET in his 66 Chevelle with a 4.79. His father Andrew has been on the tune recently and good things are happening for the team. 1.20, 3.17, 4.796 @ 151 MPH.
- Harrell Engine Dyno crew is here with the "El Diablo" Mustang running Drag Radial with a 106 MM turbo. The car is being driven by Kevin Mullins, the best run I saw was a 4.81.
- Dr Ford in the house, he was one of many racers fighting the track today.
- Dr Ford in the house, he was one of many racers fighting the track today.
- Dr Ford in the house, he was one of many racers fighting the track today.
- Amanda put up a 4.94 @ 149 on her first pass today.
- Francis Johnson had an interesting ride earlier this afternoon getting loose about 100 feet out and fishtailing several times taking out the 330' cone in the process. He was able to regain control without damage and avoided any colision with Mel Nelson in the other lane
- Omar Berry is here this weekend from Baton Rouge LA running a Trans Am built by Madman and Company in X275. It's got a C&S Racing built 400 ci SBC with twin 76 MM turbos but they hurt one this morning and are awaiting a replacement to be delivered.
- Brian Hicks has his twin turbo 74 hemi Challenger here this weekend to compete in Outlaw 10.5. They run the ORSCA series and hail from Genoa Illinois, G MAC is here this weekend to tune the car.
- Tim Rigby dragged out a good contingent of racers from California including Dave Bowman, Artis Huston and George Rigoza who will be running OL 8.5 with Back Up Betty # 2 under the hood from AES engines. He has been 5.00 on a 275 but never ran on the 8.5 slick before. Rigby is also running in 8.5 this weekend with his Ol School Vette. He hasn't run the car since 2003 and it's got a borrowed 525 ci BBC from friend Mike Orvin
- Jason Lee and Patrick Barnhill from Part Time Performance are here of course and Lee is on fire running a 4.89 @ 156 in X 275 on his last hit.
- Steveie Fast has a fresh engine only eight days old. The team has been testing in Jackson SC with no real luck. His first pass today was a nice 4.57, the quickest run of the day when it happened earlier.
- David Wolfe's first run today resulted in a wheelie and aborted pass, the secind one was a nive 4.51 @ 175 MPH. Tim Lynch also had no luck on his first pass after spinning the tires about ten feet out. TRZ Ultimate Street racer Aaron Gramer ran a conservative 5.25.
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