HARRISON, BRUDER, MITCHELL REIGN AT RADIAL FEST: SPRING EDITION IN HUNTSVILLE

Eddie Harrison (Pro 315), Rich Bruder (X275), and Barry Mitchell (Outlaw 275) led the list of champions on Saturday evening at the second running of Radial Fest at the Huntsville Dragway in Alabama.

Radial Fest: Spring Edition

Eddie Harrison emerged as the champion in a lighting-quick field of Pro 315 radial racers on Saturday evening at the first of two Radial Fest events to be held this season at the Huntsville Dragway. Harrison denied Jamie Hancock — who crashed in the historic final round at the inaugural Radial Fest — from turning around his fortunes in the final round, as an interesting turn of events at the tree got the best of Hancock, allowing Harrison to cruise to the title. In X275, class kingpin Rich Bruder made it two-for-two at Radial Fest as final round opponent Shane Fisher fouled out. Bruder would’ve been tough to beat, as he ran just a hundredth off the world record with a 4.45 in the money round. In Outlaw 275, Barry Mitchell used a 4.31 to oust Robert Culver, while Eric Malone defeated Hayden Johnson in Mean Street, 5.14 to 5.16.

Event Winners:

Pro 315: Eddie Harrison
X275: Rich Bruder
Outlaw 275: Barry Mitchell
Mean Street: Eric Malone
King Of The Street: Jeff Knox
6.0 Index: Dwight Limbaugh
7.0 Index: Miles Gaston

PDRA Cajun Nationals

A host of first-time champions graced the winners circle at the PDRA’s Cajun Nationals held at the Thunder Road Raceway Park in Louisiana over the weekend. Former class champions Jason Scruggs and Mike Castellana headed up that list, with neither having notched a victory to date under the PDRA banner. Scruggs defeated Badir Ahli with a stout 3.53 in the Pro Extreme final, while Castellana ousted Tommy Franklin on a holeshot, 3.79 to a 3.78, for the win. Gerry Capano also scored his first career win in Pro Boost, defeating Kevin Rivenbark by a 3.80 to 3.91 count.

Event Winners:

Pro Extreme: Jason Scruggs
Pro Nitrous: Mike Castellana
Pro Boost: Gerry Capano
Pro Extreme Motorcycle: Eric McKinney
Top Sportsman: Ronnie Davis
Top Dragster: Mike Greene
Pro Junior Dragster: Brooke Heckel
Top Junior Dragster: Scottie Taylor

NMRA

With excellent conditions and even better track prep at the Maryland International Raceway, records were completely obliterated by the stars of the NMRA, headlined by Phil Hines’ 6.80 in Street Outlaw and Frank Varela’s 7.59 in Renegade. When all was said and done, however, it was Andy Manson who stood tall in the series’ premier eliminator, running 6.84 in the final to down many-time champ John Urist. In Renegade, Varela kept his torrid pace going, using a 7.62 to defeat Alton Clements in the final round, while Ronnie Reynolds won on a single in Coyote Modified. Jimmy Wilson won a close 9.53 to 9.59 finale in Pure Street, and Drew Lyons cranked off a 10.29 in Coyote Stock to down Steve Gifford for the hardware.

Street Outlaw: Andy Manson
Renegade: Frank Varela
Coyote Modified: Ronnie Reynolds
Pure Street: Jimmy Wilson
Coyote Stock: Drew Lyons
Factory Stock: Matt Amrine
Modular Muscle: Rick Doern
Open Comp: Milton Grow
Truck & Lightning: Jimmy Cantrell
Super Stang: Kent Nine
Coyote Shootout: Justin Burcham
GT500/Terminator: Shane Halleman
Top ET: Brian McLaughlin
Street ET: David Gates
SVT Stick Shift: Mat Brunette

NHRA Division 3

The NHRA’s Lucas Oil North Central divisional and regional racers kicked off their 2015 season of racing over the weekend at the traditional opener at the Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. Mia Tedesco and Todd Robertson headlined the winners podium with their victories in Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car, respectively. Tedesco defeated Brandon Booher, 5.35 to 5.41 for the crown, while Robertson used a 5.68 to down a slowing Paul Noakes in the money round. In Competition Eliminator, Todd Frantz earned his second career divisional Wally in the class with a defeat of a red-lighting David Billingsley.

Top Alcohol Dragster: Mia Tedesco
Top Alcohol Funny Car: Todd Robertson
Competition Eliminator: Todd Frantz
Super Stock: Brina Splingaire
Stock: Austin Richardson
Super Comp: Ray Connolly
Super Gas: Steve Theodor
Super Street: Ryan Dillman
Top Sportsman: Gerald Milette
Top Dragster: Rob Moser
Pro Stock Snowmobile: Glenn Hall

PSCA Spring Shootout

After its season opener in March was cancelled due to weather, the Pacific Street Car Association finally kicked off its campaign at the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana with the Chassisworks Spring Shootout presented by Vortech Superchargers. In Outlaw 10.5, Mark Luton drove his Mustang from the No. 1 qualifying slot to the winners circle, posting a 4.39 in the final to down John Scialpi’s 5.70. In Xtreeme Drag Radial, Johnny Coleman also ran the table, parlaying his top qualifying effort into a victory over Ronald Johnson, 4.90 to a 5.30, while George Raygoza took Wild Street honors with a 5.03 to defeat top qualifier Armen Maghedessian.

Outlaw 10.5: Mark Luton
Xtreeme Drag Radial: Johnny Coleman
Wild Street: George Raygoza
235 Limited: Rick Hatch
Outlaw 8.5: Erick Carlstedt
Open Comp: Don McDavit
Mustang Madness: John Marqaurdt
Super Index: Bob Williams
Triple Index: Paul Wolfe
Bracket 1: Kelly Davis
Street Muscle: Jason Horn
Powder Puff: Katie Claburn
Junior Dragster 6-12: Ethan Cerny
Junior Dragster: 13+: Emma Deuschle