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GLIDDEN, MCELWEE, HUSTED LEAD ODRC WINNERS AT BRADENTON
Billy Glidden (Outlaw Pro Modified), Mark McElwee (Open Outlaw), and Scott Husted (Pro Drag Radial) headed up the winners list at the annual Outlaw Drag Racing Championships at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida over the weekend.
Outlaw Drag Racing Championships
Billy Glidden reigned supreme in Outlaw Pro Mod at the Outlaw Drag Racing Championships in Florida on Sunday, surviving four rounds of competition to take the crown on a single when his opponent, Frank Cersosimo, was unable to make the call. In Open Outlaw. No. 1 qualifier Mark McElwee nearly matched his 3.72-second low elapsed time of the event in the final, running 3.76 to rout Melissa Hutson. Robert Briscoe won out in Outlaw 632 over Troy Pirez Sr., running 4.52 in the final, and Scott Husted ran the table in Pro Drag Radial, qualifying No. 1, setting low elapsed time, and defeating Mel Nelson in the money round.
Event Winners:
Outlaw Pro Mod: Billy Glidden
Open Outlaw: Mark McElwee
Pro Drag Radial: Scott Husted
Outlaw 632: Robert Briscoe
Ultra Street: Ari Birchfield
5.50 Index: Dwaine Kessler
6.50 Index: Ray Keese
7.50 Index: Mark Mullen
5.90 Motorcycle: Matt Kerley
7.90 Junior Dragster: Nick Ferraro
8.90 Junior Dragster: Destiny Tindall
NMCA WEST Finals
Rick Snavely claimed the NMCA WEST Pro Mod championship on Sunday at the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California with a defeat of Mike Bowman in the season-ending Street Car Finals. In Street Outlaw, Ryan Jones used a holeshot advantage to down James Lawrence in the final round, giving the championship to Eric Gustafson, who had run the series’ first six-second pass earlier in eliminations. Mark Luton kept his unbeaten streak in the True 10.5 class alive with a final round defeat of Roger Holder, while Erick Aldrich claimed Outlaw 8.5 and Tony Aneian took N/A 10.5 honors.
Event Winners:
Pro Mod: Rick Snavely
Street Outlaw: Ryan Jones
True 10.5: Mark Luton
Outlaw 8.5: Erick Aldrich
N/A 10.5: Tony Aneian
Nostalgia Street Car: Evan Kowalski
Open Comp: Greg Dreher
Quick Street: Bob Harris
True Street: Dan Geis
C.A.R.S. Million
Georgia native Rodney Phagan, driving a doorslammer, which is often considered a disadvantage in the cut-throat world of high stakes bracket racing, earned the largest single payday in all of drag racing at the C.A.R.S. Million at the Montgomery Motorsports Park over the weekend, when he defeated the dragster of Cecil Hankins in the final round, using a perfect .000 reaction time to get the job done. Phagan reportedly collected more than $200,000 for his efforts.
