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Outlaw Pro Mod had some great action in the class today with Jose Gonzalez setting low ET of round one in a match with James Beadling with a 3.702 at 213. Robert Abbott met with Ken Cruz scoring another 3.83 at 202 MPH over Cruz’s off pace 4.28 after banging the blower past half track.
Abbott and Gonzalez were paired up in round two with the El General team moving on with a 3.70 flat to Abbott’s 3.90. Mike Janis and Adam Flamholc were the next pair in class with Adam slowing to a 4.14 and Janis moving on the the semis along with Ty Tutterow and Marc Caruso, who would meet in the semi finals. Once there both cars were off pace with Tutterow earning the spot in the finals vs Gonzalez and Caruso and Janis ending their day early.
The final saw Tutterow put up an .025 reaction time to Gonzalez .095. Tutterow would earn the event win with a 3.73 at 198 MPH to to a 3.82 at 199 MPH.
Seven cars made the round one call for Pro Nitrous with Billy Banaka number one qualifier, low ET and top MPH on the weekend. He put up a 3.75 in a round one single before falling to James Hancock who ran a 3.86 to Banaka’s off pace 6.06 at 109 MPH.
The finals would be Hancock vs George Williams with the drivers close on reaction times. Williams slowed on the run to a 3.89 at 296 with Hancock earnign the event win with a 3.83 at 196 MPH.
Open Outlaw event winner Tracy Stunkard and Kyle Dvorak were the top two qualifiers this weekend with only four cars left Sunday to make the call for round one. Kenny Puffenburger and Scott RIni’s day would end there and the top two qualifiers went on to the final round. Stunkard, shown here would put up a 4.11 at 170to a 4.32 for Dvorak.
Open Outlaw runner up Kyle Dvorak from McHenry, Illinios runs a 2007 Danny Nelson chassis with a blown big Chevy power plant.
Dewayne Mills met with Kye Kelly in round one of Pro Drag Radial where he put up a 3.97 at 205 to earn the win and a shot at Jeff Sitton in round two.
Jeff Shawver has been driving David Nassavera’s new car for a few events now and things are coming around in the consistency departments this weekend for sure with several clean hits in the 4.30s’ He was paired with Scotty G and pulled a .005 reaction time out of a hat getting a giant holeshot to Scotty’s .112 light. Shawver put up a 4.31 to take the win over the quicker Gudagno who ran a 4.27.
Barry Mitchell earned the PDR win this weekend by earning wins over Jeff Shawver with a 3.84 in the semis to meet Woodruff. Mitchell was away first by .019 and going on to a 3.821 at 196.37 MPH.
Mark Woodruff got quicker every round today except the final were he spun the tires mid track sending the car sideways. Mark was able to avoid a major situation and got he car straightened out enough to avoid serious damage to himself or the car, though it will need some repairs before No Mercy In Georgia in the weeks.
Scott Husted ran well and stepped up his performance in eliminations napping a 4.26 at 182 in a round two single before falling to Justin Swanstrom in the semi finals.
Lyle Barnett is driving for Jason Digby in his 69 single turbo Dodge Dart and nabbed the leaf spring record this weekend. His 4.309 did the job against Lamana who did his job on the tree with a better reaction and put up a 4.33 for the Pro Fab Performance Mustang. We spoke with Lyle this morning and he was sure glad to be back at is with the permission and help from his father and a special thanks to Jason and the crew for allowing this opportunity. “We have been working hard on the car for the last few months and done some testing at Darlington Dragway, I gotta thank Jason Digby, Jimmy Bradshaw and the Millers at Darlington for have the track always ready for us on short notice, we rarely spin there so get a lot of good data. Thanks to my crew for being there and giving me a good safe car to drive. It’s pretty neat to have the fastest Leaf Spring car in the world” – Lyle Barnett.
Justin Swanstrom and Scott Husted met in the semi finals with both car making clean hits. Husted was out first with an .062 reaction running a 4.28 out the back it’s just wasn’t enough to stay in from of Swanstron’s strong nitrous car running a 4.22.
Kevin Fiscus and team Kinzer had a great first outing with his as driver this weekend setting new best ET’s for the car with a 4.18 in round one today. The final was climactic as Fiscus started climbing the ring gear well before half track. Swanstrom lost an engine allowing Fiscus to drive by wheelie to earn the event win, an accomplishment in the first weekend driving a new car.
Ultra Street had a full field this weekend and some great racing to go with it. Shawn Pevlor earned top qualifier and was using power as needed to get by Charlie Pixley and Steve Buscema to meet Brian Keep in the semi finals. Keep ripped a .016 reaction, a near .09 advantage for the Ft Meyers based racer. Down track it would still be Keep in an all Nitrous Outlet battle. Keep took the round with a 4.869 at 143.06 MPH to Pevlor’s game 4.878 at 145.44.
The other side of the ladder had Tony Alm who was number one qualifier and dispatched with Ken Pellicciotti in round one before setting low ET with a 4.793 at 146 in a round two match with Bill gregan based right here in Bradenton. Another contender was Mike Freeman but he took himself out via redlight in the semi final with Alm to set the final with Brian Keep who took the tree first by a good margin. He spun the tires after the 60′ allowing Alm to get by for the class win running a a 4.86 at 146.
Heavy Street has always had a broad mix of cars this this weekend is no exception with his 1968 C-10 blown Chevy out of NBS Race Cars in Ste Pete, Florida. Stephens ran well scoring several 5 teen passes this weekend before Rick Prospero ended his weekend in the semi finals with a 4.74 at 162 to a 5.13 at 134.
Punta Gorda based racer Ben Wolverton has struggled getting his Malibu lined out over several years and an engine failure. He scored his first 4 second passes here this weekend and Neal Watkins was his first victim today in his Chevy II, which is normally ran in 5.50 Index. In the semis he faced off with Rich Leroy's 69 Camaro Convertible taking his out on his way to the finals with Rick Prospero's Twin Turbo RX7.
Once in the finals Prospero was away first with an .079 Reaction getting out front early in the race. Wolverton spun the tires down track and did a great job saving the car tonight while Prospero put down a 4.80 at 162.
Outlaw 632 had plenty of action and some upsets this event with Ken Quartuccio running the table in the class this weekend in his first time on Drag Radials. Ken was in the 4.30s except one pass today running a 4.41 at 164 in a round two win over John Lanstinger. (shown)
Allan Dito struggled recently with the car darting around and hard to drive. The crew checked things over and found the problem, making the adjustments to the front alignment and rear housing, basically re aligning the car here Saturday morning. He earned a round one win in a bit of confusion on the starting line over Anthony Masiello before being retired by multi time class winner Troy Blake with a 4.421 to a 4.554.
Dominic Augustine sat on top of the other side of the ladder in his clean 65 Chevelle SS. Rick Davis out of Clearwater fell first, then Blake in the semis after a single in round two with both drivers late on the tree but fast out the back. Augustine’s 4.413 takes the win over a 4.440.
Once in the final Augustine took a holeshot advantage by .015 but his 4.42 could not hold off Quartuccio’s new record 4.359 record setting pass earning the event win.
