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Sunday Morning Updates:

We are off and rolling for another beautiful day here at Cecil County Dragway. The weather is supposed to be a bit cooler than yesterday and will surely lead up to some record performances. Will the bar be lowered in Outlaw 10.5 by the Lynch crew or will Joe Newsham continue his quest back to the top of the Outlaw 10.5 world. We have three 32 car fileds today, 8.50 Index, Outlaw 10.5 and 275 Drag Radial. There will be a call to the lanes shortly for first round and we will back with updates as soon as the rounds are complete.

8.50 Index Ladder 7.50 Index Ladder

275 Drag Radial Ladder

8.50 Index Ladder

Round 1 Eliminations:

8.50 Index

Mike Pyott on his way to the win in the first round.

The call was made for the cars to roll into the lanes and as we walked through the cars and racers there was a lot of hype of the racing get underway. The first pairing had the young Marty Brown Jr. picking up the win in his Camaro. Robb Puller also wheeled his way to a win to advance to the second round. NMCA superstar John Langer carried the wheels way out on his Firebird to take the win. Mike Pyott, Brent Beachley, and Bill Lecklighter have all advanced as well to this point. We had a mishap in the pairing between Al Fonse Jr and Joe Madessi where Fonse lost an engine on the top end and came into contact with the wall and getting caught in Madessi’s parachutes. Both drivers are fine and will be back to race another day. Will be back with the continuation of the rest of the classes shortly. The rest of 8.50 had two pairs and one of the heavy hitters Harry Gerb in his H&J Motorsports Firebird advanced into round two.

7.50 Index

Seven cars were in the field and right out of the gate it was Charlie Micallif who struggled all day in qualifying. He picked up the win and their hard work last night paid off for their win over John Schroeder. Michael Ingrossio won over Steve Willingham as Willingham had troubles getting down track. Tom Tarsia blasted down track at over 200mph but lost his round against John Fisher. In the last pairing it was Jimmy Rueter and Rick Reighter and both cars were unable to make the call to the line so this will give Charlie Micallif the bye run into the final round.

Outlaw 10.5

Outlaw 10.5 Ladder for Round 2

What a round of eliminations with some huge numbers being posted on the board. The Lynch crew laid down another low 4.20 pass and the contingent of nitrous cars are working at keeping up with the Proline Power. Mo Hall went a 4.35 to keep himself alive and will take on Tom Kasper in an epic battle in round two.

275 Drag Radial

Chris Evans on his way to an easy bye run.

Chris Evans picked up the $500 dollars before first round for his low qualifier effort and breaking the record at 4.95 seconds. The bullseye still is on the side of his car and he moved onto the second round after his bye run. Eric Kenward of Florida stayed in the game as he picked up the win as did Steve Thompson of Finksburg, Md. Don Barnett continued to have an impressive performance with a win as well as did Marc Schankweiler in his beautiful Nova.

275 Drag Radial Ladder Round 2

Round 2 Eliminations

8.50 Index

With 16 cars left in the field there was a lot of anticipation to see who could come out on top and move on to the next round. One upset was Mike Pyott falling out in this round as it looked like he was late on the tree. Harry Gerb moved as well as John Langer who is building momentum with each pass. We are down to the final 8 cars and will have round sheets shortly.

Harry Gerb moves on with another round win.

7.50 Index

Charlie Micallif took the easy victory with a bye run and the other pair was Michael Ingrossio versus John Fisher. Ingrossio moved on with a victory and will have to take on the multi time winner this season, Charlie Micallif.

Micahel Ingrossio' s Oldsmobile Cutlass.

Outlaw 10.5

It continues to be the show that everyone thought it would be as nearly every competitor has dipped into the 4.30’s or better. Larry Wood and Mark Swanson are working from the bottom of the field and will likely have something for Tim Lynch later in the rounds. Lynch posted another 4.22 second pass with ease and will be in the quarter finals. Can he run a teen pass again today? Only time will tell.

Tim Lynch as he goes by at over 170mph.

275 Drag Radial

The bounty and Chris Evans moves on but he ha yet to make a clean pass in eliminations. Steve Thompson and his nitrous powered Mustang are still in the game as well as Don Barnett. The semi finals are shaping up to be nothing but spectacular as the racers continue to close in on Evans and his Mustang.

Ken Ewer went for a wild ride and slammed the front end hard into the racing surface.

Drag Radial

John Kolivas made the trip and continues on as he received a bye run in the first round. The most talked about run of the round was Mel Nelson versus Eric Dillard. They had quite a staging duel and then Dillard marched to the big end with a 4.53 pass to move on.

John Kolivas and his twin turbo powered Mustang.

Round 3 Eliminations

8.50 Index

Albright vs. Joe Algana     Algana wins

Harry Gerb vs. Angelo Valla   Valla wins

Brent Beachley vs. Ali Buscio  Beachley wins

John Langer vs. Michael O’ Sullivan   Langer wins

Outlaw 10.5

Mark Swanson vs. Steve Crisafulli , Swanson gets out of the groove and Crisafulli makes  a great pass. 4.39 for the win.

Larry Wood vd. Tim Lynch, Both cars leave the line hard but Wood gets out of the groove and Lynch runs another 4.22 @ 185mph for the win.

Buck Jarvis vs. Tom Kasper,  Jarvis moves on as both cars shut down but it is Buck who runs a 4.63 for the win.

Joe Schroeder vs. Danny Lowry, Schroeder blasts to a 4.32 @ 175mph for the win as Lowry gets out of the groove.

275 Drag Radial

Al Marlow vs. Rich Bruder, In a pedal fest Marlow goes 5.30 for the win over Bruder’s 5.53.

Mike Thompson vs. Don Barnett, Barnett had to pedal the car but wheels right around Thompson for the win.

Steve Thompson vs. Ron Rhodes, Rhodes keeps himself in the game with a 5.13 second pass.

Eric Kenward vs. Chris Evans, Evans blasts to a 5.01 over Kenward who wheelied 15o feet out and ran a 5.20.

Drag Radial

Chris Little vs. Buddy Tippett. Little gets out of the groove as does Tippett but Tippett recovers first and takes the win.

Dave Hinzman vs. John Kolivas, Hinzman smokes the tires hard and Kolivas steps up with a 4.68 @ 165mph and has a .006 reaction time.

Bill Dutka vs. Francis Johnson, Johnson leaves soft and Dutka never looks back as he runs a 4.82.

Paul Major vs. Eric Dillard, Dillard redlights away with a -.009 and Major picks up the win with a 5.46.

Semi-Finals

8.50 Index

JohnLanger and Joe Alagna are going into the finals of 8.50 Index. Langer has been deadly all day and will be hard to beat in the finals.

John Langer

Outlaw 10.5

Tim Lynch took on Buck Jarvis. Jarvis gave it his all and spun around sixty feet as Lynch marched to another round win. In the other pair Joe Schroeder took on Steve Crisafulli. Schroeder continues to get better with each pass as Crisafulli had to abort the pass.

Tim Lynch with the wheels up at 200 feet.

275 Drag Radial

An epic battle of 275 radial cars took place here with Ron Rhodes in his Kmart sponsored Camaro and Chris Evans in his Target sponsored Mustang. A bit of a joke from the big bullseye that Jim Halsey placed on the side of Evans’ Mustang. Evans resets the record with a 4.94 in his win over Rhodes. Don Barnett took on Al Marlow on the other semi-final pairing. Barnett is tip toeing on the 4-second zone with a 5.01 to take the win.

Ron Rhodes with the Kmart sponsored Camaro

Outlaw Drag Radial

John Kolivas advanced in his race against Bill Dutka with a 4.76 @ 165mph. The other pair was Paul Major and Buddy Tippett in a pedal fest. Tippett regained control first and took the stripe for the win. So it will be a nitrous versus twin turbo final round.

Paul Major in his DMC Racing prepared Corvette.

YELLOWBULLET NATIONALS FINAL ROUNDS

8.50 INDEX

In the final round it was John Langer and Joe Algana duking it out for all the money. Algana left the tree first and picked up the win with a 8.55 over Langer’s 8.59. Congratulations to Joe for his great performance.

John Langer put on a great show in his naturally aspirated Pontiac.

7.50 INDEX

In a bittersweet charge for Charlie Micallif who struggled in qualifying he picked up the win over Michael Ingrossio to take home the YB Nationals trophy from Holeshot Wheels.

The Charlie Boy Racing crew went crazy after he took the final round win

OUTLAW 10.5

What a crazy final round it was as Joe Schroeder turned the wick up on his blown Camaro to try and take a shot at Tim Lynch. Schroeder went for a wild ride but did a nice job of saving the car as Lynch slowed a little but had enough to take home the win. Congratulations to the Lynch crew for a awesome performance all weekend long.

Smokin Joe Schroeder

275 DRAG RADIAL

It was Don Barnett who had been chomping at the bit to try and take out Chris Evans and he had that chance in the final round. Barnett gave it his all but spun and Evans ran a 4.98 to take home the win in 275 Drag Radial.

Don Barnett

DRAG RADIAL

It was a David versus Goliath in this final as Buddy Tippett took on John Kolivas. Kolivas was out and away as Tippett struggled to get a handle on the traction. Kolivas takes home the win here at the inagural YellowBullet Nationals.

John Kolivas making his move over Buddy Tippett

OUTLAW GOLF CART

One of the most anticipated events of the weekend was the golf cart race and with the likes of Outlaw 10.5 racers Bill Mitchell and Richard Sexton in it it would be interesting. The winner was the golf cart in the picture and managed to run in the 6.30’s in the 330 foot race with it’s motorcycle engine and manual transmission. He took home $1500 for his efforts.

Outlaw Golf Cart...what is there to say

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