We are preparing for a great day of racing here here in Bithlo, Florida this morning with the staff and racers getting things in order. Today will be a little warmer but with the chance for some cloud cover this afternoon. Sta locked in to Dragzine.com for our same day coverage as we bring you the latest for the XXI Orlando World Street Nationals.
A special thanks goes out to Comp Cams and the entire comp Performance Group, sponsors of our year-long race coverage.
The long view back to the starting line this morning at OSW this beautiful Sunday morning.Domestic and import cars are running 8.50 Index this weekend. here Gonzalo Rivera warms up his 1976 Mazda GLC turbo.
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Real Speed Racing's Walt Drakeford is getting a line on his new set up running a 5.07 in round one of Ultra Street last night. Upgrades include Menscer shocks and struts and an upgraded and braced rear housing and control arms from TRZ Motorsports. Richard Colas came back from the nasty fire to make a nice 5.15 pass at 138 MPH on a round one single. The ATF crew worked hard to make repairs yesterday. he will face Kenny Markwich in round two.
Mike Fratena was paired with Eric Kenward putting up low ET for the round 5.05 at 142 to Kenward’s .006 red bulb.Mike Freeman laid down a 5.73 at 153 in Outlaw 275 this morning in his win over Danny Palm Jr.We had two pairs left on ODR this morning with Josh Klugger advancing over Scott Husted’s game 4.43 at 174.Mark Kyger took a holeshot win over top qualifier Frank Meshaw pulling a .040 reaction to Meshaw’s .094, it was a .059 margin of victory at the stripe with Kyger’s slower 4.49 besting Frank’s 4.44.Rob Briscoe put up another 4.49 pass taking out J.R. Akins.Ken Quartuccio would also advance over Dillon Voss with a nice 4.55 at 158 while Campbell advanced over Kenny Voss.Pro Mod had some nice runs this morning with multiple upsets. Wayne Smozanek will advance over Jerico Balduff who fouled out with a -.012 red light.Adam Flamholc has been fighting tire shake this weekend and his round one pass was along the same lines pedaling his way to a win over Mike Iania.Isaoas Rojas (shown) and George Williams both made runs in the 6.0 range and will advance to round two.
Final Elimination Results
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Lil Bull, Meshaw, Gullet, Tony Alm, John Townsend, Larry Hutchinson, Omar Obando and Keb Quartuccio advance t round two in Heavy Street
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Mike Therber put his gorgeous 69 AMX in the final with Lee Neal’s Mike thompson racing Engines ATF equipped Xtreme S-10. Therner took a holeshot .025 to Neal’s .106. That a big gap to make up in a tight class like 10.0 Index sporting 52 cars in class this weekend. Neal’s 10.007 was a good effort but not enough to get under Therber’s 10.029 run. Fellow 10.0 racer Allan Kremkau builds the Hearbeat engines machined AMC powerplant. Mike dedicates this win to his brother Paul who passed 12 years ago.John Wallauer has been racing his 73 Duster practically since it was new after trading his wife’s car in on it at the dealership. John built the car and several other here himself with his Duster sporting much of the original paint. 8.50 Index opponent Kenny Puffenburger hails from Bradenton, Florida with his 76 Camaro and put up a fine .002 light getting out by .005 on the Duster. At the stripe it would be Waulluer with an 8.565 earning the win over Puffenburger by the same .005 in a very close side by side final.Kenny Puffenburger, 8.50 Index Runner Up.Walt Drakeford earned the Ultra Street Championship over Troy Pirez Jr. running a 5.10 to Jr’s game 5.12.Josh Klugger and Mark Kyger were the final pair in Outlaw Drag Radial with Klugger having lane choice. That would not matter as Kyger broke a rocker after starting the car for the round. Kyger would take the tree and drive down while Klugger went on to run a 4.64 at 164 MPH. This is the first win for the new Fiscus/Klugger Racing, Racecraft Inc. Outlaw Drag Radial Mustang.Robert Briscoe made the final with number two qualifier Rodney Campbell. At the stripe it would be Briscoe with the win running a 4.57 at 158 to Campbell’s 4.65 at 155.The final of Outlaw 275 featured two parts of team ATF this weekend with Tony Alm and Mike Freeman(near lane) On paper Alm had lane choice and consistent 4.60’s all day, and a 7.01 at 200 last night in a 6 second attempt.Jason Gatlin and Freeman found the sweet spot this morning running low 5.70’s since. Freeman left hard with an .057 and Alm struck the tires in the left lane. Freeman ran it out to a 4.74 at 152.Pro Street bike was off the hook this weekend with the Walter Sprout and Justin Doucet setting track records for MPH and ET respectively. Doucet took number one qualifier with a 6.90 pass for owner David Broyles while Sprout was running consistently 213 or better out the back. Doucet took the tree first with an .038 a, .007 advantage but slowed to a 7.26 while Sprout went on to rest the MPH record with a 214.66 blast.Greg “Racin” Cason and Jeff Ensslin (tower side) comprised the final of Pro Street Outlaw with number two qualifier Cason having lane choice with his 7.57 single. Cason took the advantage at the start with Jeff running a 7.49 at 185. Cason was off pace with an 8.23.Tony Alm (near lane) was also entered in Heavy Street making the final round in both classes and an interesting small tire vs. big tire match up. Ken Quartuccio driving for car owner Rich Beaumont, who happened to also have two cars in the final round in two classes. This Camaro, and the other, driven by Jeff Ennslin, the Pro Street Outlaw winner. Just .005 separated the two at the hit and a nice side by side race. Quartuccio would take the stripe with a 7.27 at 191, his fastest pass of the day. Alm’s game 7.38 at 192 was also his best effort of eliminations. C&S Performance is the teams engine builder with a Skinny Kid Chassis and Larry Ennslin as crew chief.The Pro Mod final was of epic proportions as ET and MPH track record holder Kevin Fiscus paired up with George Williams in a rematch of the 2013 final. Fiscus pulled off a 5.89 though his 252 MPH blast remains in place. His .038 was a nice head start and they went down side by side. The scoreboards lit up to the tune of 5.960 at 27 for Fiscus and just .034 later Williams’ 5.994 at 236 popped up making this the first five second Pro Mod side by side race at Orlando. Fiscus/Klugger Racing has back to back wins in Pro Mod and doubled up in Outlaw Drag Racinl carding Klugger’s first in their new Racecraft Inc. built Mustang with both cars featuring Pro Line Racing power.George Williams and Mike Hill make a great team making back to back appearances here at the Orlando World Street Nationals.
Day two here in Orlando and another nice day for racing if a bit on the warm side. We go into round three qualifying about ten AM today kicking things off with 10.0 and 8.50 Index. The event schedule is a little different this year as there are some classes that run only to the eighth mile. Those classes will qualify and run their eliminations today while the full quarter mile classes such as Pro Street, Heavy Street ect. will finish up tomorrow. Stay tuned for our same day coverage
A special thanks goes out to Comp Cams and the entire comp Performance Group, sponsors of our year-long race coverage.
Mark Kyger has been out a few times now on Drag radials after taking time off from NMCA Super Street 10.5W to spend with family. So far his best is a 4.31 at 181 MPH. The combo is a twin 88 mm turbo BBC and has now run quicker on the radial than the big slick after come suspension changes and several other updates.Danny Palm is a long time OWSN participant and is here running Outlaw 275 this weekend. The crew hails out of Palm Beach Gardens. Thanks to Danny and Chef Mean Dean for the breakfast this morning.Rob Brazeal showed up with his former grudge and G Body shootout Malibu to run OL 275. last year he was running the Zombie Wagon but a pushrod issue has that crowd favorite at home.Stanley Albritton Racing is set up selling parts and filling nitrous bottles this weekend with several racers in line for fills this morning.Walter Sprout is the top qualifier in Pro Street Bike so far with a 7.03 at 209. He runs a 2006 Hayabusa with sponsor help from World Wide Bearings, NLR Systems, Woosner Pistons, JRI Shocks R&B transmission and Rock Solid Clutches. His best ET to date is a 6.97 at 217.
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Ryan Thorpe has a brand new 2002 Cavalier running Outlaw 632 this weekend for it's race debut. The use a 615 cubic inch BBC from Fast Forward Race Engines with a single carb and one nitrous system and have run 5.0's so far while testing and qualifying Friday. The team stepped up to this purpose built car from a Monza they ran previously in the class. He runs a Ralph Stenger transmission, headers, windows and nitrous set up from Troy Pirez' Innovative Racecraft, MVM Carbon wheelie bars and wiring by Sparky. The team has worked on the car since January of this year getting if finished up.
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Robert Fruend and crew threw their Mustang together over the last month with lots of borrowed parts and help from assorted friends. The engine is a loaner from John Townsend sporting 468 cubic inches topped with Canfield heads and a vintage 1971 1050 Holley Dominator list number 4547. Check the lucky cam button retention device. Fruend and crew are here to race and more importantly have a good time doing it. We caught up with heavy Street racer Michael Carpenter last night while changing his converter out. He is looking for that elusive eight second pass but it wasn’t to be today as he lost a rod past the eighth mile in this morning qualifying session. We are currently on hold till the track is cleaned up before we get back into Heavy Street action.Wayne Smozanek has switched to a Hemi from his stock block big Chevy from last years race, recently purchasing the engine from Holbrook Perfprmance’s Andy Pinckerton. They have only run the combo yesterday with the last minute install.The crowds are showing up early today to brave the Florida sunshine lining both sides of the fence and filling up the stands.In Pro Street Bike Doug Gall (near lane) was matched with Walter Sprout as the first pair out this morning. Neith was able to improve their time but Justin Doucet jumped ahead or Sprout with a 6.90 at 204 MPH for top qualifier.Kevin Fiscus was on a nice run till past the 330 where the car rode the ring gear getting up on the wheelie bars and moving toward the center line. he straightened the car out without incident.
Round Three Qualifying Notes and Results
Ari Birchfield is driving for car owner Enrique Pirez. He runs a small block Chevy from SE Performance and is based out of Hollywood, Florida. He sits seventh with a nice 5.13 at 135 on a new combination.Shawn Calabrese entered his 2001 Trans Am in Outlaw Drag Radial landing seventh after this wheels up launch in the third session while Scott Husted sits in the water box.
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Richard Colas has some scary moments backing up after a fuel leak caused a fire under the car he was quick to exit and is uninjured though the initial burst sent shock waves through the crowd. This is just some of the debris left from the earlier engine explosion in Heavy Street just to give you an idea of the type of things that can occur on the track. The little parts and pieces take quite a bit of time to clear in these type in instances.
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Troy Pirez Sr. landed third in OL 632 with a 4.61 at 157 and will face off with Jimmy V in round one eliminations which we go directly into after final qualifying for the quarter mile classes.Walt Drakeford was unable to improve hit lot in Ultra Street but still sits fourth in the class.Troy Jr has struggle some this weekend running a best of 4.17 at 137, good for tenth spot and a match up with Brian Keep’s flamed S-10 in round one.Dennis Lugo made a nice run in the final qualifying session of Outlaw 275 putting up a 5.11 at 124 moving up to seventh. He will face Rob Brazeal’s Malibu who landed eighth.Shawn Knighton stepped up to a 5.01 at 142 on his last run landing fifth in OL275.Frank Meshaw took top ODR honors with a 4.37 at 180 and will face Shawn Calabrese.In Outlaw Drag Radial Mark Kyger was able to make one good hit with 4.55 at 164 earning fifth spot and a match with Tony Ridenour’s Camaro.Josh Klugger was able to run a 4.42 at 166 in qualifying earning second position.
Eighth Mile Round One Results
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OL 632 top qualifier Rob Briscoe said he was going to turn it up and he did running a 4.47 at 161 taking out Ryan Thorp on his way to lowering his own record.Craig Drinkwater earned a spot in round two in his win over Jeff Enslin.Mark Kyger will move to round two in Outlaw Drag Radial eliminations with a 4.57 at 155 taking out Tony Ridenour who fell off pace to a 7.21 after getting loose down track.Scott Husted set low ET with a 4.46 at 166 in his win over Dave Boger.Josh Klugger was paired with Glen Adams this round running a 4.66 at 148 with Glen pulling the wheels hard at the hit.
Final Qualifying Quarter Mile heads Up Classes
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Jesus Torres held on to top qualfier in Outlaw Pro Street with his RX8 with a 6.36 at 216 MPH.Justin Doucet took top honors in Pro Street Bike keeping the position with his track record setting 6.90 at 204 MPH run this afternoon.Walter Sprout dropped from number one after the first qualifying session in PSB but was bumped to third by the end of qualifying. He will face off with Jose Valencia in round one tomorrow.Ken Quartuccio rolled in late this afternoon from Wallingford, CT and promptly jumped to number one qualifier in Heavy Street with a 7.16 at 189 MPH bumping Tony Alm to second spot.Frank Meshaw is playing it safe in Heavy Street qualifying running a 7.32 at 156 to take third spot.Kevin Fiscus was able to take back the Pro Mod track record after blasting a 5.89 at 248 MPH in the final session bringing the crowd to it’s feet.George Williams pulled one out of the hat in the final session moving up to third with a nice 6.01 blast at 215 MPH. His round one opponent Anthony Prestamo crashed after getting out of the groove to the far right and the car made a hard turn to the left hitting the left side wall. Gladly he is ok though the car didn’t fare so well.
The famed Real World World Street Nationals returns to the Orlando Speedworld Dragway in Florida for the 21st time this weekend, with tons of heads-up action on tap, including Pro Mods, Outlaw and 275 radial cars, Pro Street Motorcycles, and plenty more — and we’ll have all the coverage and photos right here on Dragzine all weekend long!
A special thanks goes out to Comp Cams and the entire comp Performance Group, sponsors of our year-long race coverage.
So far so good here at the OWSN as we are heading into a fine weekend for racing with high temps forecast only into the lo-mid 80’s dropping into the 60’s at night. Several cars took advantage of today’s test session including Larry Hutchinson’s clean 1st gen Camaro. I believe he is running the Pro Street class here and is a regular in the Florida Street Outlaws.Jerico Balduff was testing here last night and got down with a 3.99, their first pass in the three second zone. A .985 60′ and .265 330′ were the increments on the run. They were fighting some traction and tire shake issues traced to a cracked weld on a 4 link bracket. Now that they have a new housing in the car they should be back to making progress Gotham themed Willys.Chuck Moan was testing with the Northeast Outlaws recently and ran into a bit of luck winding up in the final round with Angela Ray getting some very good data on the way. This weekend that are sporting Susan G. Comen colors to show they support for breast cancer awareness and have merchandise in the pits where 50% of sales will be donated to the foundation.
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The manufacturer midway is shaping up and vendors are getting set up today in expectation of the crowds Saturday and Sunday here at the World Street Nationals at Orlando Speedworld Dragway. We are set to go with the first round of qualifying set to begin about 4 PM. Troy Pirez Sr. is here fresh of a class win in Outlaw 632 and has a fresh engines out of Fast Forward Racing Engines in New Port Richey, Florida. Pirez has moved to OL 632 from X275 as Florida now runs the Ultra 6Street class instead of X275. Look for him to be a front runner here this weekend.
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We stopped by the FKR pits and had a chat with Pat Fasnacht, the owner of Racecraft Inc. Kevin Fiscus partnered up with Racecraft about two and a half years ago in what started as build for X275 before changing direction and building a car for the top Drag Radial class racing. This is the third event for the car which to date has run a best of 4.19 at 193 MPH at No Mercy V. Josh Klugger handles driving in the Mustang for the FRK two car team while Kevin Fiscus pulls duty in their NHRA Legal Pro Mod. Team FKR will be at The Strip in Las Vegas for the NHRA Event Halloween weekend where they will have the Drag Radial car on display while competing in Pro Modified before running the Super Street Car Nationals later in November in search of lowering their own quarter mile Drag Radial record.
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Tony Ridnour and the Goodtimer racing crew are ready for action in Outlaw Drag Radial this weekend. The Tampa based team is a regular here and in the class.
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Another Florida Street Outlaws competitor, Scott Vanderspool sits in sixth spot there and is running 10.0 index this weekend with his familiar 1970 roots blown Oldsmobile. His bower crank pulley broke and got under the car in his last outing damaging the header and exhaust on one side which wasn't discovered until they unloaded today. He just cut off the damaged pipe and will run like that this weekend, unless he happens to find some headers in the swap meet that fit.
Round One Qualifying Results
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Round one of Pro Modified had ten cars make attempts with Kevin Fiscus earning the top qualifier, resetting his own track record with a 5.90 at 247 MPH.Jerico Balduff put up his personal best ET with a 3.97 eighth mile, running out to the back to a 6.11 at 228.Jesus Melendez ripped off a 6.52 at 210 with his RX8 in Pro Street Outlaw for top qualifier after on session. The car is the quickest and fastest three rotor engine powered car in the world based out of San Juan Puerto Rico.Outlaw Drag Radial has four cars so far in the field with Frank Meshaw leading the way with a 4.39 at 166 after clicking it early. Klugger was just behind him with a 4.42 at 166 forllowed by Tony Ridenour and Scott Husted.With fourteen cars so far in Heavy Street it’s shaping up nicely and has been one of the more popular classes here at Orlando for some years. Tony Alm took the number one spot in his 275 drag radial equipped Mustang with a 7.23 at 198. He is double entered in Outlaw 275 as well were he managed second spot with a 4.56 at 167.John Townsend sits fourth with his 1974 Nova with a 7.85 at 169.A full field already for Outlaw 632 with 16 cars making the call for round one qualifying. Rob Briscoe out of Stuart, FL knocked it out with a 4.49 at 160 for top qualifier.Dave French launched hard but got out of shape early on his pass.Craig Drinkwater is a regular in the area Outlaw Big Tire class recording several wins. He sits eighth with a 4.86.Outlaw 275 has an interesting mix of cars this weekend Chris Tedeschi leading the field driving their 2003 twin turbo small block Ford BES powered 03 Mustang.Mike Freeman drove up from Lehigh, FL with his 88 Mustang tuned by Jason Gatlin from Automatic Transmission Factory. They had to replace a bent rim on the car from a towing mishap after hydroplaning coming back from the ATF shop after the Yellow Bullet Nationals last month. He clicked it a little early landing fourth in the field.Here Mike Miller from Orlando pairs up with Brian Keep’s 98 S-10 in Ultra Street. Miller turned a 5.38 at 128 putting him tenth Keep made a good hit landing fourth with a 5.13 at 136.Ultra Street racer Gary Price had his purge solenoid stick open on his second qualifier, never the less he improved his time from a 5.10 to a 5.06 moving up to second in the class.
Round Two Qualifying Results
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Mike Fratena and Walt Drakeford (far lane) had a close match with both drivers improving position in Ultra Street, landing third and fourth respectively.
