Tyler Crossnoe and crew are working hard to get the track ready following the rain last night. Copious amounts of gold dust, VP Lane Choice traction compound and a lot of know-how should have the track ready to hook when action resumes.

Radial vs the World newcomer Tim Kincaid has the front end of his blown ‘Vette patched up following yesterday’s top end mishap. Kincaid said the supercharger’s burst panel popped, which broke the small fasteners on the leading edge of the hood, which blew up around the injector hat. Look for this machine to be shooting for some deep 4’s today.

X275 veteran Shane Fisher is back in action with his gorgeous fox body coupe. Fisher had the front end of the car completely rebuilt over the winter after having problems getting the car to even out the weight properly. With everything in the chassis from the firewall forward being brand new, Fisher is hoping to return to his front-runner status soon!

Shane Stack swapped to LDR-legal 88mm turbos to run the new class for 2016. The team is currently chasing a fuel distribution issue, but look for Stack and his team to track down the gremlin quickly.

The pit area of Street Outlaw stars Shawn Ellington and Justin Shearer are packed with fans anxious to meet their favorite street racers. Despite fielding a pair of competitive cars, Ellington and Shearer spend as much time as possible meeting and greeting fans.

Longtime Radial vs the World racer Mike Jones had hoped to make the swap to LDR, but didn’t get his new turbochargers in time, so he’s got the 94’s on and is pushing his Cobalt in RvsW this weekend. Jones made some significant changes over the winter, swapping to a solid block setup to help combat issues with the heads lifting from the block.

Michael Roemer is running both X275 and Ultra Street this weekend in his beautiful S10. Roemer is running a new Bennett-built powerplant and spent the winter looking for weight to pull from his “Flying Pickle” pickup. The Illinois-based team is looking to find the right converter to work with their changes, which should put the truck right in the mix in Ultra Street.

The fans here in Memphis braved some chilly temps in the 40’s this morning, but came out in strong numbers to watch the action. Temps are rising now in the early afternoon and the stands are packed!

Louisiana native Blake Catalonotto made the trip with his show-quality Camaro to compete in X275. Catalonotto qualified #16 in the 32 car field.

Earl Stanley made a great pass in his beautiful X275 Mustang to qualify in the #5 spot with a 4.52 and will face Kyle Bruce in round 1 of eliminations.

Georgia native Charles Hull has been running well off his usual pace, but did make the field in the #31 spot. He will face off with #2 qualifier Jared Johnston in the first round coming up shortly.

Tyree Smith overhauled the front end of his ghost-flamed Chevy II and it seems to have paid off. Smith is qualified at #3 with a solid 4.51 that will give him lane choice over the Camaro of Henry Schneider in the opening frame of eliminations.

Greg Henschell made the long haul from Vancouver, British Columbia to compete with the best of the best in X275. Henschell is qualified #6 with a stout 4.54 that has him facing off with DJ Loiacano first round.

Shannon Renfro qualified in the #9 slot in X275 and will line up against Johnny Inman in round 1.

Rob Valden ended qualifying with a 7th-best 4.06 in Andrew Alepa’s C7. He will face Kyle Megginson’s Camaro in round #1 later today.

Mark Woodruff made his quickest pass in competition today with a great 3.96 at 200 MPH to land him in the #4 spot in Radial vs the World. Woody will face Shannon Beeler’s swoopy Trans Am in the opening frame of eliminations.

Texan Kyle Huettel anchors the RvsW field with a 3.90 ET at the wheel of Jason Michalak’s C6 Corvette. The Billy Stocklin-tuned hotrod will line up with Bobby Flippin’s 4th Gen Camaro in round 1.

“THE” Kevin Mullins qualified solidly with a 4.08, but had a tie rod break, likely ending his weekend. However, the team is searching for parts and may make the round 1 call, where he would face the Malibu of Mark Micke.

Sikeston Missouri’s own Daniel Pharris will face off with Shawn Ayers in round 1. Pharris laid down a 3.94 to qualify in the #2 position, while Ayers qualified #31 with an off-pace 5.41. Expect a much closer race than your typical 2-vs-31 matchup if Ayers’ crew gets that hotrod ironed out.

Justin “Big Chief” Shearer made a big step toward his goal of dipping into the 3-second zone when he ripped off a killer 4.03 at 185 MPH to land himself in the #5 spot. The Mustang, OK native has his swoopy Firebird primed to take on Shay Loveday’s Corvette in round #1.

Keith “WOOOOO!” Berry hasn’t been able to put together a full 1/8th mile pass in qualifying, but is solidly in the field at #21 and will face Tim Slavens’ twin turbo Camaro in the first round.

Tom Bailey qualified at #15 with a solid 4.24 at 177 MPH in his Drag Week Camaro. Bailey will face Steven Fereday’s 4th Gen Camaro in round #1.

Justin Shearer took his first round win in radial competition when he laid down another 4.03 in the first round, matching his ET from qualifying.

Keith Berry’s day ended early at the hands of Tim Slavens. Slavens pulled out his quickest ET of the weekend, a solid 4.04 to take out Berry’s 4.12.

Kyle Huettel put the world on record watch alert with a wicked 3.88 at 198 MPH in round one. That is insane speed for a blown car and just a tick off the world record, held by the same car with Jason Michalak behind the wheel.

Dewayne Mills uncorked a 3.95 at and other-worldly 210 MPH to win round #1 against Billy Kruck. Look for the Oklahoman to face Mike Jones’ Cobalt in round 2!

Jimmy Dahl took the win in a wild first-round matchup with Cecil Whitaker’s nitrous Camaro. Dahl redlighted and drove into a monster wheelstand, while Whitaker also powered into a wheelie which led to him crossing the centerline. By virtue of the “first-or-worst” rule, Whitaker’s crossing the center stripe reinstated the Mustang of Dahl, sending him to round 2, assuming he doesn’t have too much damage from his wheelstand!

Danny Tellman tried to get in #1 qualifier Rich Bruder’s head with a first round burndown that had VP Racing Fuels’ Jason Rueckert EXCITED! Burder kept his cool, staged up and took the win with a round-quickest 4.44 ET to move to round two.

X275 powerhouse Jared Johnston took the round 1 win over Charles Hull in a battle of fox body coupes from the KBX camp. Johnston will face Lloyd Moreland in round 2.

Kyle Bruce was the benefactor of Earl Stanley not making the call for 1st round. Bruce will take on Dennis Johnson in round #2.

Eric Gustafson took the beams after blowing a head gasket, then returned to the pits to thrash with hopes of making round 2 in Limited Drag Radial.

Longtime ProCharger campaigner Phil Hines won his first round matchup and will race Rick Wetherbee’s big Impala SS in round #2.

Jesse Abele has his 4G63-powered fox body headed to round #3 in MX235. The little 4-cylinder hotrod is doing work here in Memphis!

Darren Hilterbran was one of the remaining entries in MX235 that will split the purse due to rain.

Joel Greathouse had his John Kolivas-tuned Ultra Street Mustang on a mission to win the class, but the weather had other plans.

Alan Felts debuted his new X275 car this weekend and ended with a strong semi-final showing. Felts is running a Jeff Burns-built turbo small block Ford that is tuned by Jessie Coulter of Jessie’s Garage. The team also gets help and tuning advice from Southern Speed Racing, which helped them get up to speed quickly in the ultra-competitive class.

Barry Mitchell continued his hot streak in Memphis by taking the win in round 3 to earn a berth in the semifinals before the rains and temps halted the racing.

While there were certainly several world-class RvsW car remaining when the call was made to stop the race, the buzz in the pits was all about Kyle Huettel in the BAD9ER ‘Vette. Whether or not Huettel would have taken the winner’s purse back to Texas will remain unknown, but he was definitely the odds-on favorite.

Well racefans, the weather has won out for the second year in a row. While the radar showed almost no perceptible rain, we battled light sprinkles throughout the evening and finally had to give to the dropping temps and bothersome showers. Word from Tyler Crossnoe and Mark Samples is that the purses will be split among the remaining entries, including the Battle of the States bonuses.