Since Bob Newberry hascome on board tuning for Chris Mendola in the Lay/Mendola Racing Camaro things have continued improvement running a new best yesterday with a 4.13 to the eighth and the first quarter mile runs with a 6.37 @ 217 in the final session. Congrats guys.

Scott Quesenberry can't make the call this morning in Auto Pro Mod, that and the ADRL cars pulling out has all three alternates replacing him, Hossler and Smith. Gary Langer will be in the top position, with Jamie Palmer replacing Queesenberry and Gary Collins will replace number eight Alex Hossler.

Walt Drakeford ripped off a 4.91 @ 144 last for a personal best driving Mike Burkhart's X-275 Mustang landing third on the ladder.

Jesse Violante had a late night replacing three pistons in his top qualified OL 10.5 Camaro. I have yet to speak with him this morning though.

The Open Outlaw folks brought out the house garage band "Leavin' Hard" for this first gig in front of a crowd. They sounded good and we all had a great time.

Dave Hance puffed some smoke on his run against Mike Rein, taking the win but slowing to a 6.53 @ 185. Word from the pits is he lost the rods in the engine so they are done for the day.

Jimmy Stoupas took the tree first and put up his best run of the weekend with his nitrous sniffing Trans AM Ato Pro Mod to take out Jason Carlton's turbo Celica, 4.34 @ 152 to 4.40 @ 180.

Frank Meshaw drove by Steve George's holeshot 4.43 run with a 4.42 @ 169 in OL 10.5. George was on point with his best run of the weekend.

Rob Briscoe took low ET in round one of OL 632 with a clean 4.77 @ 150 on his earned single.

Eddie Whitlow also had a bye in oL 632, lucky for him as the carbackfired going on the trans brake. He was able to refire and drive down.

Number one qualifier in LS/ Drag Radial Chris Tedeshi lost fire building boost on the line and was pushed back giving Chad Opalesi the go ahead win with his Procharged Chevelle.

Don Lamana red lit against Troy Pirez taking himself out. Pirez got loose and did a great job staying of the wall and in his own lane to earn the first round win in X-275.

The first pair out in the X-275 semis was Sean Lyon and Troy Pirez, small block turbo vs. big block nitrous. At the stripe Lyons took the win with a 4.88 over Pirez best of weekend 4.89.

King Jack" Collins bested Drakeford with a nice 4.94 to the game 4.99 for Team Real Speed.

A 4.72 for Briscoe to Lobaldo's 4.94 has the Alantic Collision Nova going to fthe finals to meet up with Stanley Albritton Jr. Albritton got by Eddie Whitlow who backfired, shooting some fire under the car about 200 feet out.

Whitlow shoots some fire under the car in his loss to Albritton.

In 5.50 Index Jeff Gibbud gets the win over Bill Lee who ran just a touch too fast with a 5.49.He will meet Terry Duffy for the trophy.

In Auto Pro Mod Ronnie Davis caught fire while backing up after his burnout. Mark Wells took the tree and will face Bill Conley in the final, he beat Burgess with a 4.12 to a 4.27.

Alex Hossler made another test run, running a 3.67 for the best hit so far after installing the automatic.

Ron Logan gets the win over Melissa Hutson after she lost the blower belt after the eighth mile. Matt Cooke took the win over Matt Gilmore with a 5.91 @ 220.

Palmetto, Florida based Matt Cummings took the win in 7.50 Index over Mark Mullen's smallblock Chevy Powered S-10 pickup. Matt is a multiple time winner here in 7.50. Matt and his father race locally often and he is the class winer at Sunshine Dragstrip three times running.

Terry Duffy was .021 on the tree in the 5.50 Index final with Jeff Gibbud. Duffy took the stripe as well with Gibbud slowing to a 5.63 due to the nitrous surgeing down track.

7.50 Index runner up - Mark Mullen

LS/ODR runner up - Chad Opaleski

Limited Street/Drag Radial had an interesting day with front runner Chris Tedeschi out in round one. Opaleski won a pedalfest with Scott Husted in round two then managed a 5.27 @ 151 in the final against Tony Ridenour. Ridenour's 4.97 @ 151 earned him the win. His new Ripperglide trans is holding up well under the twin Procharged big block Chevy.

Outlaw Pro Mod runner up - Adam Flomholc

5.50 Index runner up - Jeff Gibbud

Auto Pro Mod runner up - Bill Conley

X-275 runner up - Sean Lyon

Mark Ingle took the Outlaw 10.5 win over Frank Meshaw. Engle runs out of Virginia with a 738 ci BBC on the bottle from Charlie Buck Racing Engines.

Besides first round of X-275 Jack Collins was in the 4.90's all day. He met up with Sean Lyon's turbocharged Mustang in the final giving up lane choice to the man with low et during eliminations. Collins left first and went on to take the stripe with a 4.92 to Lyon's better 4.88.

Open Outlaw winner Matt Cooke get the win in his first time behind the wheel of Eddie Careccia's dragster running a 5.88 @ 236 in the final against 2011 Open Outlaw Champion Ron Logan.

Open Outlaw runner up - Ron Logan

Mark wells was late on the tree but had the steam on the top end to come around Bill Conley's Nitrous huffing 68 Camaro in Auto Pro Mod. Bill Lutz, his son Kenny and his girlfriend Megan help out tuning the car with Lutz on the Big Stuff fuel management on site with PTP Performance on board for the tune. The car is powered by a Scott Braskett built BBC with Garret 94 mm ball bearing turbos.

OL 10.5 runner up - Frank Meshaw

Outlaw 623 runner up - Robert Briscoe

Outlaw Pro Mod winner Jimmy Keen improved to a 5.996 @ 235 in the final against Adam Flamholc who lost steering early in the run and shut down without incedent. Tony Christian is on the crew for the Keen brothers and they run a Reher Morrison big block Chevy with Speedtech Nitrous.

Outlaw 632 went down to the wire with Rob Briscoe and Stanley Albritton Jr. Albritton was the only car in the 4.60's till the final where he had lane choice. He left on Briscoe and went on to post low ET of the event with a 4.689 @ 154 to Briscoe's game 4.694 @ 154.

Super Pro Combo Winner - Paul Dorn

Pro Motorcycle Winer - Roy Hagadorn

This is the first race for Justin Swanstrom and he will be racign the 5.50 class. he recently made his first run at Sunshine last month. The Fat Boy Racing team runs out of Zepherhills, Florida. The car was purchased out of California and will be set up for X-275 when Justing gets more seat time. His father Corey runs a turbocharged Mustang in X-275 but taking this weekend off to handle tuning for Justin.

Walt Drakeford from Real Speed Racing has been struggling with the car going straight recently. That should be figured out today. he is coming off a win here at the ODRC race in october for X-275 in a close final with Troy Pirez. from left to right, Chevelle Rob, Walt Drakeford.

Tom Brown switched up to a Mustang from his Dodge Dart he ran previously. He is still using the Mopar powerplant, a 340 ci with W5 heads. He is fresh of a X-275 win at Immokalee. The chassis was done by Jason at Elite Race Cars and certified to 6.50 @ 3500 lbs. Engine machine work is done at Progressive Race Engines, assembled by Tom with Pro Flow Nitrous.

Yes yet another Mustang in X-275, this one owned by Russ Wallace and driven by Jeff Wallace. Chassis by LJ Race Cars in Davie, Florida, engine by Steve at Progressive Race Engines, Performance Automatic glide, Pro Flow Nitrous, and a AA Performance K member. The engine is fresh after being installed yesterday after burning a piston at No Mercy in October.

Tony Lobaldo stands on top of Outlaw 632 with his 05 Mustang from Pembroke Pines.

The Lutz crew in the house this weekend. Clint Lonon is ready to defend his win from last years event in X-275. From left to right, Clint Lonon, Bobby aka: Shirtless and Kelly Lonon. He runs a BES engine with Induction Solutions nitrous.

This 56 Chevy is campaigned by Larry Hart in X-275 with a BBC on the bottle. Larry owns a transmission shop in his hometown of Dover, Florida with several units in competition this weekend.

This AMC Gremlin belongs to Tom Devito from Palmetto, Florida. He is here for the bracket program and gets the award this morning for being the farthset away from staging.

Scott and Susan Vanderspool run the blown BMW in Outlaw Pro Mod. A wheelie last night had them making a suspension adjustment this morning. Her 8.11 puts her in 10th so far, they are looking for high 7's today.

Steve from CRT is repairing Chad Opaleski's powerglide this morning after he tore up some parts in the gear set. he should be all set for the round two session.

Mickey Thompson is a major sponsor of this race as well as being our event coverage sponsor. They are on hand with plenty of tires for on site sales and service.

there are several jet cars here this weekend so the jet Jam should be an awesome spectacle. This one is the Cannonball Express, one of three cars in the KC Jones Racing stable, two jets and one brand new wheelstander, the Crazy Train. They hail from Oklahoma.

Dave Hance lost a valve on last nights qualfier, they have one side buttoned back up with a new piston and a loaned head from Von Smith.

Orlando Street Nationals OL 10.5 2011 winner Fran Meshaw torquing down the bead locks on a new set of Mickey's. He arrived this morning.

Nothing to really say about this awesome, crazy jet Semi. Plenty of fire and a good show.

Elaine Larson leaves the line in the Miller Welding sponsored Jet Dragster.

KC jones racing broght two jet cars from Oklahoma. the jets are always a crowd pleaser.

Chris Mendola made a switch to Outlaw Pro Mod and sits on the bump with a 6.52.

Jason Carlton was good for a 4.10 @ 185 in the 04 Celica formerly campaigned by the Scranton brothers and now powered by a 590 cubic inch Hemi.

Mark Wells was second in the Auto Pro Mod field after two rounds.

Steve George got down with a 4.44 @ 156 in his 07 Corvette. A new wrap has Steve Schmidt and Induction Solutions featured prominently.

Elaine Larson signs some autographs along the fence before the Jet Jam this afternoon.

Wade Gullet had a wild ride in his Camaro after getting to the right of the groove, skidding across the track and tagging the wall. Shame to see such a nice car damadged but that's racing as they say, we are just glad he is ok.

Rob Briscoe put his Nova on the pole in Outlaw 632, with Brent Newell in second. Briscoe just reinstalled the fresh engine from Nelson Competition. He owns Atlantic Collision n Stuart, Florida.

Scott Husted is a little off pace this weekend with his best run a 5.01 @ 152. Round two had him leaving quite a bit of fluid on the track along side of Dave Hance. the cleanup took over an hour but he made next round.

Tony Ridenour had the car to beat through round two with a 4.56, Chris Tedeschi was close behind with a 4.66.

Sean Lyons made his best run out of the box last night with a 4.87 @ 150. No one bettered that time on Saturday.

Hannah Saunders is a newcomer to 6.50 Index racing but has plenty of seat time in Jr. Dragsters. Her father Kurt recently purchased this Mustang from Bill Lilly and has it tuned down for the class. She was bumped to third spot in the second session.

I got here just in time to catch Bill Luts and Brian Goss go down during the TNT session this afternoon. Luzt went down with a nice smooth run while Goss' X75 stang was clicked early. Turbos sure are quiet, and it's kinda strange to see and hear the supercharged SBF make so much more noise than a Pro Mod.

Local Outlaw 10.5 racer Rob Wells is fresh off his runner-up finish at the ODRC in October. He is usually good for low to mid 4.20's, we'll have to see who else is here this weekend.

Troy "In the Jungle" Pirez has been running X-275 with his old school F Body this year. He made a clean run to get down the track but it looked a little soft. Expect some 4.90's this weekend from team Pirez.

Alex Hossler made a hard right on his final run in testing this afternoon. No worries as he lifted early but the run was aborted. Pro Mod will be interesting this weekend, no doubt.

Sean Lyon is the lone car in the 4.80's in X275 so far, his 4.87 is just ahead of Jack Collins aka: "King Jack" 4.907.Lyons is from Panama City, Florida, Collins hails from Rocky Point, North Carolina.

Barry Mitchell now owns this Mustang formerly driven by "Skinnyman" Matt Mungall. his 5.20 was off pace after pedaling early, but the MPH is fine.

Goodtimer Tony Ridenour made a safe 4.65 run earning top position, he runs a twin Procharger setup.

David Hance broke the 5.s tonight with a 5.95 @ 246 MPH for top qualifier, behind him sits Adam Flamholc with a 6.03, all the way from Sweden where he is the European Pro Mod Champion and record holder.

Bill Lutz sits third in Outlaw Pro Mod running a 6.07 @ 244 with his twin turbo Camaro.

Pat Quesenberry put his 41 Willys in sixth today with a 4.32 @165 in Auto Pro Mod.

Rule changes for this years event have some racers scratching their heads. Screw blowers have been allowed along with no weight minimum. I will have more on this tomorrow. Two Al Anabi cars are on the lot with Von Smith leading the field with a 3.59 @ 211.

Outlaw 10.5 is full of capable cars this weekend with James Violante's 4.309 @ 169 earning top qualifier. The Nelson Competition powered entry uses a 747 ci. BBC with a Speedtech Nitrous system.

Dave French unleashed a personal best 4.58 @ 159 making him a happy man this evening. He has been struggling lately with assorted nitrous bugs and it seems he is getting things squared away now.

Chad Opaleski lost a valve last time here, he is back and good to go and still learning the Procharged combo after moving to the boosted side from nitrous.

Mel Nelson's 169.07 MPH is tops in class so far, he sits in third.

Tommy D'April had some debris in the fuel line on his qualifying pass resulting in head gasket failure as well as some damage to the head, and one sleeve. They will have a busy night getting it buttoned up for tomorrow. Tuner Quain Stott has a spare set of heads on hand and they have already replaced the sleeve.

Adam Flamholc purchased this car last year from Taylor Laster out of Texas. It now has a Swedish built Hemi by MMR with a new blower from Mike Janis. His first full run today put him in second position in Outlaw ProMod. Adam holds the European record with a 5.96. 'All the people here are nice and we feel very welcome here in the US. The track is awesome and we look forward to stepping up on Saturday" - Adam Flamholc

From left to right, Big Jay, John Sloan and Brian Keep. Seen here in Brian's trailer discussing the finer points of jet spreads and pounds per minute nitrous flow, I think Brian was confusing all of us.