After all the months of hype the time has finally arrived for the “Night the Lights Went Out” ORTC race at South Georgia Motorsports Park this weekend. A first of it’s kind race that blends rules from three regions to bring together Drag Radial, Limited Street and TT5 cars from across the country. There are also two separate 275 radial tire classes. Modified Street and the more liberal BMF Xtreme Street, which also allows a 28x 10.5 slick if you desire, as well as index classes. You can check out the rules over at Drag Race Place.com Don’t forget the kids have a class for them as well with a special Outlaw 330′ class for Jr. Dragsters.
Our coverage will begin Thursday morning as racers beging to get parked, set up and teched in. There is also a test session running from 10 AM to 6PM. On Friday the pit gate opens at 8 AM with spectators in at 11. There are three qualifying sessions set for Saturday starting at 11 AM, then 2 and 5PM which you can follow along with on the live feed and timing. Mark Walter has all the information for that posted over here on YellowBullet.com In addition to Mickey Thompson, TRZ Motorsports and Monte Smith Performance are event title sponsors.
There is one last chance qualifying session on Saturday morning, Eliminations begin at noon.
Our first update today will feature some updates on some of the cars here and new combos from the pits.
Enzo Pechini made the trip from Canada to run in the 10,000 to win TRZ Motorsports Ultimate Street class. Pechini runs a Procharger F1C feeding into the Panhandle Performance built engine.JoJo Milton is one of several Texas True Ten racers that made the haul to South Georgia this weekend. The Dallas resident runs a 408 Small block chevy with twin turbos on alcohol.The Proline Racing Engine crew is out in force with three cars on the lot. Coby Rabon will be driving John Carters drag radial Corvette.I didn't recognize this one at first but it's the former Tim Lynch car now owned and driven by T.J. Casper.This Mustang also features a Proline engine and is owned by J.R. Gibson. They just finished replacing the converter which gave during testing on Monday.I spoke with California resident Tim Rigby about what cars they brought across country. Roger Holder and Dave Bowman both made the ride out. Holder has the current number one car in PSCA Extreme Drag Radial.Daniel Farris out of Sikeston Missouri has this nice looking 95 Mustang. The single turbo car has a 434 Bennett engine for motivation. They hurt the engine testing here in January so this is the first outing for the fresh mill.David Wolfe in the house with a new bullet under the hood. A 532 ci. big block chevy from Hans Fuestal with twin 91MM turbos. On yesterdays 4.61 pass he had a stellar 1.15 60'.The number 1 NMRA drag radial guy Jason Lee is here looking for a big payday. I caught a test hit earlier from the tower where he got some air. It's a new game for him on some Mickey Thompson tires instead of the NMRA class required BFG hoops.Patrick Barnhill came out of a two year hiatus for this race with a new combo, switching from a Procharged small block and slicks to a twin turbo BBC on radials.Jeff Lutz is on hand helping out with tuning the Scott Braskett build engine.Portsmith Arkansas racer Justin Martin and crew are hard at work in the trailer swapping out the converter looking for some ET. A F3R Procharged 605 ci BBC provides the horsepower and has been 4.80's so far.Brand new Outlaw 10.5 car for Killin Time Racing. Steve Jackson and the cfrew have spent multiple all nighters getting it all finished up for this weekend. The backhalf 93 Mustang has a similar engine to that in the Orange car and has been 5.50 so far on short passes. Of course he is on radials.This Impala is in the 6.50 index class and is owned and driven by Steve Adams from TennesseeThis is Jeff Cooner's car with awesome new paint. Cooner normally races ORSCA Limited Street and TT5 events and hold the Limited Street record with a 4.53.
Test and Tune Notes
Eric Stubbs took out the 330' cone on his last pass.Some racers were getting down the track just fine,some were not as evidenced by this Camaro, no this is not a burnout. I shot the photo just after the launch.NMCA racer Nick Owens shows how it's done, hanging the wheels on a clean passScotty Gaudagno and Jeff Cooner were the first pair down to run side by side 4.60's.Eric Dillard had the quickest pass of the day with a 4.55 @ 173 MPH. David Wolfe was close behind with a 4.59 @ 167. No one else ran in teh .50'sJim Plimpton aka "Dr Ford" set his T Bird on the bumper today. he won the Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags with this car in 2008. Now it's got 18 bolt heads, more boost, different rear gears and Q16 for fuel, also a blow thru carb from C&S.JoJo Milton laid down an exciting run during todays test session carrying the wheels pretty much the length of the track, just letting off near the finish to set the front down in the lights. Check out the sequence below
We are all wrapped for tonight for testing after Dave Hance got into a wheelie and had a hard landing and leaked some oil onto the surface. With the very cold air temp the track surface would get cold and unsafe during the cleanup. I will have some more photos on the track and some pit notes and photos coming later.
Dave Hance had some damage under the car to the transmission pan and rack mount at least after the wheelie this evening. They are going to assess if there is any further damage and see if they can get it patched up for tomorrow.Chad Opaleski took out the planetaries on his transmission tonight. Steve Cannizio from CRT Transmissions is making the repairs while Chad open up the converter to check for damage to that. He had a pass in the 4.8 range today and should be good to go for qualifying.Another racer that broke a gear set is Patrick Barnhill. Yellow Bullet member Dave Klaput (F RIZZO) from ProFormance Transmissions in Elborn Illinois handled the repairs on this one. Lack of spare parts forced him to install the stock 2.48 gear set instead of a 1.96 that came out. The steeper gear will have Patrick adjusting the tune and boost ramp in the AMS controller.Jerry Gunter has a F.A.S.T. ECU go out on him. It's an older box so they have had trouble finding one to swap into the car. The car has a BBC with twin gear driven Prochargers, they will need some luck to get it going again this weekend but Travis Quillen was there making some calls so you never know..This is the race debut for Enrique Pirez' new look and a fresh 23* small block. They are competing in Ultimate Street this weekend.An ORTC race would not be complete without massive quantities of food out of Don Long's pit for anyone who stops by. Someone left Donald in charge of the grill but I don't think that was such a good idea.
It’s Friday morning and a little warmer than yesterday was. Quite a few more racers showed up overnight and they had to park quite a few of the late arrivals in what would normally be the spectator parking area. I spoke with a couple of the racers in that area.
Glen Carry from Rossville, Georgia owns this single turbo alcohol burning Nova. Billy Smith will be driving the car in the Radial vs the World class this weekend. This is the first big event for the car and they are looking for their first 4 second pass here today.Tab Jordan will be driving this Mustang for Steve Wheeler in BMF Extreme Street. The South Carolina based team has been 5.10 at other tracks which should put them in the hunt if the can duplicate that type of performance here. They have a small block Ford on two foggers under the hood.Walt Drakeford and the Real Speed crew made the trip up from Clearwater with two cars. Jeff Gibbud's 7.50 index car and this Mustang owned by Mike Burkhart. Charlie Pixley handles the driving duties. It's got a new 434 ci engine fom Bennet Racing and has once race on it. So far it's been a 5.28 @ 130+ and they are looking for a .20 flat on the first hit according to Walt.In what is arguably the most interesting and controversial vehicle on the lot. Owned and driven by Bobby Dodrill this Chevy Truck has a 541 Keith Black Olds with Dart Big Chief heads, and a PSI D rotor screw blower. What makes it stand apart is the all wheel drive. Last year they ran a centrifigal clutch but have switched to a Bruno drive and Neil Chance covnverter and a custom Liberty 3 speed transmission. He has been 3 flatt to the 330' last year but had problems with the prior set up shifting. If they get a full pass Bobby said it should run 4.40's. Also a few more sponsors have come on board for the truck this year like - Edelbrock, Libery Trans, Goodyear, VP Fuels, JW Transmissions and several othersTab Jordan will be driving this Mustang for Steve Wheeler in BMF Extreme Street. The South Carolina based team has been 5.10 at other tracks which should put them in the hunt if the can duplicate that type of performance here. They have a small block Ford on two foggers under the hood.Another racer that did quite well yesterday was Brian Goss. The south Florida racer says he has a completly stock 87 Mustang with a special order Vortech YSI supercharger. Whatever the combo he has the fastest 275 car on the lot that I know running a 5.12. Brian was made famous recently by the Goss Knowsss viral vidoes by Dragraceplace.com. They are looking to run one hit like this, then swap to an F1C blower to see if can run a little better.
They are making the calls for first qualifying session now. They are set to begin at 11AM put only one car is in the lanes so far. Ill be back later with first session notes.
Ultimate Round One Qualifying
Brian Goss 5.10 @ 137
Clint Lonon 5.16 @ 136
Bruce Roberts 5.25 @ 133
Charlie Pixley 5.26 @134
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Brian Goss has low ET and the top spot in the TRZ Motorsports Ultimate Street class after one round.Goss' team mate Mike Freeman had to pedal and showed some smoke after the lights.
Clint Lonon ran a 5.33 yesterday during testing fresh from updates at TRZ Motorsports. Today they turned it up for a new best 5.16 today taking the number two spot.
Check out the photo gallery for the awesome wheel standing action in Ultimate Street. I have to say I don’t think I have ever seen so many cars on the bumper back to back to back.
Radial vs the World Round One Qualifying
David Wolfe 4.51 @ 172
Scotty Gaudagno  4.61 @ 158
Chris Daniels   4,64 @159
Josh Peel  4.67 @160
Carlton Thompson  4.68 @163
Tony Ridenour was the first car to run well with a 4.75 @ 151 but wound up seventeenth. The top qualifying position changed hands several times afterwards and ended up with David Wolfe from Texas with shocking 4.51 @ 172. He is definitely looking to be the first to the 4.40's after that pass.
Big Daddy Duane Gutridge got into the wall just a bit after the finish line on his pass. He noticed some water coming out and lifted but it got on the tires and he went into the wall. He is ok and the damage is repairable, just not here so they are done. Mike Kimmis is eighteenth with a 4.81. One of several Outlaw 10.5 cars on the lot on the small tires.
Another racer out of Texas is Kyle Huettel. The 2002 Camaro has a an 870 Fulton on board.
We have 74 cars that made a qualifying pass in round one in the premier class.
Travis Thompson gets the proud honor of being the very first car in class to run a 4 second pass.
Right now we have some down time for track clean up after Daniel Farris had the throttle stick in a wheelie. All four wheels were in the air and the car crashed down hard and cut a transmission line.
Ultimate Street has there second section wrapped up. There are few shakeups to the field with Kevin Scrimsher moving up to third and Anthony Smith right behind him. Eric Kenward put’s his wagon in fifth now ahead of Charlie Pixley who did not improve.
David Wolfe has been quicker and quicker every pass and during the second session today ripped off a 4.49 @ 172 to be the first man in the 4.40’s on a radial tire, or a true ten five. I spoke with Donald Long about the new record “Radials 1, Slicks 0” Check out our exclusive video below. Special Thanks to Matt Sears from Outlaw Radial.net for the top end view.
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Qualifying is all wrapped up for today but the fun is not over. We had the special arm wrestling match between Kevin Caps Lock and Don Long with Don Long putting him down after about 20 seconds or so. I’ll have video later. We also have a band set to play here in a bit so i am wrapping this up short and sweet to grab some food and good tunes.
In Radial vs the World David Wolfe stays on top of the field with the 4.49. Then it’s Team North’s own Dave Hinzman with a 4.58 @ 170. Scotty Gaudagno reset his own nitrous record with a 4.58 @ 163 taking third spot. Texas Racer Kenjo Kelly moved up to forth. Right now the bump for the Radial vs the World is an unherd of 4.86.
Troy Pirez stepped it up in this session as well, all the way to fifth with a 5.08 @146Ronnie Wilson is in the field at 33rd position with a 6.19. He wheelied in this session and had to liftI think wheelies were the order of the day. Here Bobby Flippin hangs them past the tree in his S 10 Chevy. He is 20th with a 5.41 @ 133. It's a 91 model with a 434 ci SBC on the bottle and has been at least low 20's last year.I don't have a qualifying sheet for the Outlaw 330' Jr's. There several cars in the 3.8x range though and the kids have a lot of fun. I will have some more info coming tomorrow on this class.
Joe at Fast Forward Race Engines was kind enough to lend me his 4 wheeler so I could make the pit trek to bring you some late night news with out totally freezing. Thanks a lot man, you know it’s a long day out here and cold too.
Red Tazz Express out of Texas , driver Clint Le Blanc. The car has a 116 MM turbo and engine by Jeff Naiser. Josh Linsdy was looking over the tune in the lap top when I stopped by , he drives another car seen below. I got the news from this crew on fellow Texan JoJo hurt it and is on the way back home allready.
I went waay up to the front of the pits and found these guys in the corner. Alonzo Floyd out of Texas is the owner/driver. It's an 86 Camaro with a 758 ci BBC from Scotty's Racing Technology out of Spring Hill Florida. They get the award for being pitted farthest fom the starting line this weekend. I herd many people commenting how beutiful Shane Parker's car is today. They were just wrapping up a trans and converter swap. They have not had too much luck getting down the track yet so are looking to get into the field during the final session.John Baessell burned up a piston and is waiting for a replacement being driven up from South Florida. He is currently 23rd in the Ultimate Street field.Number one qualifier in the BMF Extreme class Travis Thomason also hurt a piston on their last hit today. They had the new slug in and shoud be good tomorrow. Joe Gilbert was inside the trailer cleaning off the head. He owns Morirson Construction and is the main sponser of the operation. They run Inducion Solutions nitrous system.
Saturday is raceday here at SGMP and it’s quite a bit warmer but we have some overcast skies today. We are set to start the third qualifying session at 10AM.
When you come to an ORTC/UORS race be prepared to play hard on Friday night after a long day of qualifying. We had Dunedin’s own The Stick Martin Show come up to play a few sets of good tunes last night in front of the hospitality tent and the food line was wrapped around the back.
This morning pit rounds are thanks to Steve Cannizio at CRT Transmissions. First I drove down to the spectator parking area to check things out and found Francis Johnson. He has a new glass nose on the car and some other work on the front half of the chassis including swapping to strut front from AJE. The local series allows the nitrous cars to be 3000 lbs so this should help them out quite a bit. He ran a 4.75 on a soft tune for 17th position in Radial vs the World Keith and Wade Nuelett brothers out of Lousiana have a brand new car here this weekend built by B&B Race Cars. They made the first hiits on it here in Georgia and have not had any good passes yet. They are making some chassis adjustments this AM. They do their own engines and this one is a twin turbo SBF.Chris Tuten is on the lot making some test passes in prep for the NMRA race next weekend. He also has a car in theTRZ Ultimate Street class and is22nd so far with a 5.43 @131MPH. Bob Kurgan is another NMRA/NMCA racing here this weekend also in Ultimate Street. He is 8th with a 5.26 @135Bill Clary from Outlaw Inductions from Blackshear Georgia. They are struggling here this weekend and are about 3 tenths of their normal 5.20's.Mel Nelson and the CZR guys were going over some video from yesterday evaluating things. I spoke with Carlos Zaldivar and he is a little frutstrated with Bill Futch not keeping the car straight down track and they may be making a driver change today and putting Mel back int he car.
Ultimate Street is first up again and loaded up. I will be back later with updates so stay tuned..
Rickey Pennington has a clean 69 Chevelle, he rode out a nice wheelie this AMKevin Smith launched hard in the TRZ turbo charged Malibu then came down hard. It looked like some may have broke something int he front end and put it inthe wall. He's OK.
Jerry Gunter stood it up in a big way while matched up against Josh Peel out of Chipley Florida. All eyes were on Gunter but Peel rolled out to a nice 4.69. He has been running great this weekend running to 4.67's yesterday
We just had another incedent with the wall. This time is was Erwin Rackley behind the wheel of Kurt Sanders turbo charged Mustang. Also David Wolfe set the record again with a 4.48 @ 174. Back to the track for more photos after this..
Spurgein Atkins just got loose and hit the wall hard, they are likely done for the weekend.
Round three of Radial vs the World is in the books and the bump has moved down to a 4.76. There is 51 cars in teh 4 second zone with Robert Culver holding the last spot with a 4.99 @ 145. DJ Loiacano sits on the bump spot.
In TRZ Ultimate Street Qualifying Anthony Smith misfortune ofbeing the first towed off the track today. Brian Goss laid down a near perfect 5.01. As far as I know this is with the F1C Procharger. Lebron Hill ORSCA 6.00 index champion will run Goss in round one John Baessell got it all fixed up last night and made it in 22nd spot. He will be facing of with Jason Smith who’s running a pretty blue 1980 Camaro. Aaron Gramer out of Palm Harbor got a new best Et with a 5.28 for 14th. Jody Voyles had a backfire on the starting line in his hit today. Kevin Scrimcher stepped up to third with a 5.25.
Round sheets and final ladders coming sooon..
Radial vs the World
Shane Parker ran well today after the trans and converter swap last night getting in the field in 18th with a 4.68 @162. Sam Vincent ran a 4.60o to take sixth. Kimmis picks up and lands in 12th with a 4.66. Tommy Brewer did not make the field at 35th. He landed 53th and has a place in the second chance race if he’s able. Brad Edwards lost the hood just before the lights. Francis Johnson sure laid one down with a 4.66 @ 152 he keeps the radial tire nitrous record for now and has a stellar 1.12 60′. Hinzman takes over second spot with a 4.57 @ 165. Dave Hance also got down nice with a 4.65. Rideenour had a 4.70 flat next to Wolfe, his best pass of the weekend and a 1.15 60′.
Scotty G, TJ Kasper, Dillard, Mike Kimmis, Steve Jackson, I think this is all the Outlaw style cars in the class.
BMF Extreme 275
Ronnie Wilson had a leak and was pushed back, he did not make a hit in todays session but qualified 37th yesterday. Kevin Neal wound up in second after making extensive repairs. They had to take the heads to a local shop for machining. Great job guys. Dwight Cannon made the haul from Cypress Texas and ran 5.05 for sixth place.
It just keeps getting better as Wolfe set low ET yet again with a 4.47. putting Tony Ridenour on the trailer. I have run out for more video..
Vernon House from Kentucky got loose and hit the wall hard in his Camaro right in front of me and NDA Cut, they are cleaning the track up now. While the staff was taking cars of the surface Don Long and Tony and Sherrie from RPM Magazine had a special duck hat giveaway.
Ultimate Street
Brian Goss just keeps getting faster and faster. Running a 4.98 @ 136 in round one to take out Labron Hill making him the first 4 second car in TRZ Ultimate Street. I know before the race there was talk of 5.0's but I don't think anyone really expected any 4's
Ari Birchfield got an opponent broke bye as Rick Losee did not make the call with his Chevy II. Clint Lonon looked to be on a very nice run but left before the tree. Good for him it was a single. Bob Kurgan stepped it up from a 5.46 to a .24. Another car who stepped up is out of the Real Speed camp in Clearwater FL, Charlie Pixley laid down a nice 5.16 @ 136. Kevin Smith and the TRZ guys were able to make repairs on the Malibu. He ran a 5.20 and will advance to round two.
BMF Extreme 275 RD 1
Travis Thomasonhad the bye as number one qualifier and set low ET again with a 4.91 @ 146. He does have some company now though as several other cars broke into the 4’s, including Joe Morgan, Sean Lyon, Gary Jones and Dave Bowman who made the trip all the way from California and had the water in the block freeze up onthe ride East forcing them to make repairs on site.There is another five cars in the 5 Ohh’s so the rest of the race tomorrow should be very interesting.
Speaking of Bowman during his first round run there was a burn down of epic proportions with Dale Handy. Dwayne Shulz won his matchup with Stinnet with a 5.14.
Here is a shot of the damage on the Sanders/Rackley Ride. It looks mostly cosmetic to me.From left to right, Scotty G, Nate Prichett, Ellen and Big Sexy. Scotty qualified third with a 4.58 @ 163 and won his first round with a 4.71. He faces off with Josh Peel out of Chiply Florida driving a turbocharged 92 Camaro.SGMP Manager Tim and The Duck Saturday Night. Good job on the race guys, it's off the chain. No doubt about it.Istopped by Shannon Wren's toter before I left to see what was what. Ifound part of mak Woodruff's crew enjoying the night. Woodruff hails from Arnold Missouri and drive the georgous 76 Corvette in Radial vs the World. He made 46th on the sheet with a 4.94 but that have to head out in the AM to get home. Wren has updated the team Jager car to a large BBC with twins on alcohol and 25.3 chassis, NBS Fabrication should be wrapped up with the build in a month or so.I ran into these guys pullin into the motel. Ben and Damon (stangman98 on YB) flew in from Wisconson to catch the action. They are staying over for the finale on Sunday.
We are still here on Sunday to provide cover for the held over ORTC/UORS Night the Lights Went Out here at SGMP. The Mian sponsors for the great event are Mickey Thompson Tires, Proline Race Engines, TRZ Motorsports, BMF Motorsports, Patriot Performance Dan Neuman Race Cars Hurricane Performance, Wolfe Racecraft, Monte Smith Performance, Execuive Homes, FTI Converters and Bull Frog Performance Speed Shop.
Once again special thanks to Mickey Thompson Tires for our event coverage sponsoship.
Ruben Tetsoshvelle from Wesley Florida is here with a first race on a new combo. He made the switch from small block to a 657 ci BBC from Fast Forward Race Engines and twin 108 MM turbos. The car was upgraded by Robert Coady of Catagory Five Race Cars in Zepherhills FL in five days to make this race. PH 813-323-8432
Just a quick blurb while I am getting the photos on here. David Wolfe 4.44 @ 175 over Kevin Cram. Rest of round two results coming shortly. Plus first round resutls of the second chance race and outlaw 330 Jr’s.
Hot off the press I have the official ORTC/UORS 2010 schedule. First race is April 30-May 1 here at SGMP, second will be a first time ORTC/UORS event at Huntsville Alabama on July 2-3 and the finals will return to SGMP in October for the Triple Crown of Small tire drag racing on October 22-23. The Boost vs No Boost format will continue for this year and don't miss the July weeknd in Huntsville including a fireworks display so bring the family
In BMF Extreme 275 Ali Belford got loose and went hard left into the wall. Luckily Brad Medlock has having issues and was a bit behind. He was able to hit the brakes and avoid Belford as he spun across the track in front of him. Ali is ok.Brian Goss again set low ET for this round lifting to a 5.04 at 126 over Kevin Smith.
Ultimate Street has been the class to watch with a whole bunch on exciting wheels stand. Here kevin Smith Stands it up again in a rd loss to Brian Goss. Futch won his round with Dave Hinzman with a 4.65 @ 169. They put some weight back in the car this morning to get back to baseline.
They are also testing some Pro Stock and Pro Mod bikes here today. The Radial vs the World cars are in the back of the lanes now. The staff will do some quick track prep before they come up again.
David Wolfe takes out Chris Daniels with a 4.51@ 172 for the radial guys.In the other pair it was Scotty G and Dillard with Dillard forced to pedal the car and Gaudagno running another 4.58 making it a nitrous vs turbo , radials vs slicks final.
In Ultimate Street Brian Goss had a single and struck the tires and had to pedal the car. he lifted before the finish after getting in it again. After the pass the safety crew said there was some water on the track. Hopefully it's not bad and they can make the next round. The Semis will be Goss, Lonon, Freeman and Bob Kurgan. Clint Lonon ran 5.13 to get by Kenward, a new best for the team.In BMF Extreme 275 it's Troy Pirez, Bowman and Joe Morgan. Morgan got the win after Pierre Burley staged with the back tires, he tried to back up but broke the beam.Valerie Clements from Central South Carolina is the Outlaw 330' Jr. Dragster winner. She met up with low ET holder (4.25) TJ Tindle in round three and won with a 4.28 and on the tree. In the final it was Clements and Trevor Estes. Estes needed a hole shot and he got it with a .038 to Clements .049.She drove by with a 4.27 to Estes 4.39. Aren and Tim at Motivational tubing built the chassis, Roy Whaley does the engine and Bill Gillan from Gainsville Georgia put it all together. At 16 years olf Valerie is pratically a veteran racer. Special thanks too everyone that put up money for the class and Yellow Bullet.com for getting it started. Novak Electric, CRT Transmissions, Kolivas racing, Rackley Racing, Wade Mooney. I apologize if I left anyone out.
The Radial vs the World final is in the books with David Wolfe taking the big $$ back to Texas. .035 to .036 on the tree with advantage to Wolfe, 4.47 @ 174 to Scotty G's 4.57 @ 159. Scotty also takes home $300 from Monte Smith Performance for being the top nitrous car in class.Gaudagno had the most consistant car on the lot represening for the nitrous folks.TRZ Ultimate Street had NMCA racer Bob Kurgan with the better light but he spun and had to pedal to a 5.78@ 133, Mike Freeman gets the win with a 5.18 @ 135. Thats two in a row for FreemanAn all blower final in TRZ Ultimate Street with NMRA Drag Radial racer Bob Kurgan as he ran a string of 5.19's. The third of which was against Clint Lonon who got the jump by .033 but layed over down track allowing Kurgan to get bye. Morgan did his job to get to the final with a hole shot win against Dave Bowman in BMF Extreme 275, Morgans .029 light was enough for a 5.01 victory over Bomans faster 4.95 @ 154 blast. Dave also has top MPH for the class at 156.81 earlier against Brad Medlock.In the BMF Extreme 275 final it was Pirez out first with an .011 to Morgan's .072. It was close all the way with Pirez to the stripe first on the holeshot win, 5.00 beats a 4.98. Pirez' win makes it two cars in the finals for Scotty's Racing Technology and a clean sweep for radial tires at the inaugural event
