Same Day Coverage From ADRL Virginia 2010

Same Day Coverage From ADRL Virginia 2010

Rob Cossack
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May 22, 2010

Saturday morning here at Virginia Motorsports Park for the ADRL Speedtech Drags III after some insane Pro Extreme qualifying and record setting performance. Several cars are below record for MPH int he class so we are anxious to see if more records will fall today. We have overcast skies  that should keep the track cool today it’s just a question if we can get it in before any rain comes. Final Qualifying starts at 9 AM.

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I have a quick break as there was another oil down on the top end. We are running slow today and are still in the fourth session.

Final Qualifying

In Extreme Pro Stock Bob Bertsch held on to the top qualifier with a 4.06. In the final session Dean Goforth stepped up three hundredths to number two qualifier with a 4.061 @ 177. Mark Martino was right on his heels with a 4.062. Cale Aronson made a nice hit as half of the first pair in the session running a 4.09 @ 176 to stay in the field.

Richard Penland was able to hold on with last nights 4.12 @ 175 to round out the field.

In Extreme 10.5 action Chuch Ulsch struggled in the first two sessions and then last night made it in with a 4.19 and lost the best on the run. Today is a different story however as he rocketed to the top of the field with a 3.95 @ 200 MPH, just three hundredths better than Gary White's turbo Scion who ran right behind him. Billy Glidden stepped it up from a 4.18 to a 40.8 to land fourth position.

Jenkins led early in Pro Nitrous qualifying and stayed on top today. Rickie Smith jumped up to second in the final session with a 3.89 @ 191 and Castellana was able to get by Auxier for third after running an identical ET with a slightly better MPH for the tie breaker. This is the second quickest Pro Nitrous field to date.

Pro Extreme is just flat off the chain this weekend here in Virginia with Frankie Taylor setting the ET record at 3.607 after running a 3.634 @ 207 to back up the record in the final session. Wes Johnston also set a record for MPH with a 211.69 MPH blast in a one two punch for Hanning Racing. Ellis Vial was able to put his band new car in the field with a 3.920 @ 180 on the bump spot.

KH was locked and loaded but he kicked the tires at the hit. He held second spot with his 3.649 @ 210 from last nights session.

Round One Elimination Notes

Bob Bertsch won his round on a hole shot against Richard Penland with a 4.108. Doug Kirk left first against Bert Jackson but shook the tires giving Jackson the go ahead win. Cary Goforth went down smooth with a 4.11 @ 175 for the win over Dobbons who broke on the line. Steven Boone got a bit holeshot on Pete Berner  and stayed out font, 4.12 to 4.16. Dean Goforth is also still in running a 4.11 @ 176 over Pluchino after he shook the tires. Brian Gahm took out Cale Aronson with a .015 tree ans 4.11 @ 175 to 4.15 @ 174. Mike Martino drove around Trevor Eman after getting beat by .02 on the tree. Elijah Morton fell of to a 4.11 in his match with John Montecalvo who had low ET for the round by .001 with a 4.107.

Texans Todd Moyer and Eric Stubbs were the first pair down in Extreme 10.5. Stubbs went red and Moyer ran a 4.26 @ 171. David Hance and LJ Wood Jr. were next out in a pedal fest but Hance was first to recover and got the win with a 4.66 @ 179. Kenny Doak popped the burst panel allowing local racer Donny Thompson to get around for the win. William Brown III had luck on his side after Michael Neal lost the blower belt at the line.
Billy Glidden took out Mo Halls camaro with an off pace 4.30. Gary White had low ET and the only three second pass of the round to take out Dwayne Wolfe. Chuck Ulsch got into tire shake right along with Sandy Wilkins who was also too early on the tree. 4.73 @ 164 takes the win.
Charles Carpenter and Jim Halsey left close with Halsey the slight advantage. At the stripe it would be Halsey first with a 3.91 @ 194. Next up were Elijah Rojas from San Juan and Stan Allen for the Bankston Boys representing Lousiana. Allen went red ending the race early and Rojas went on to a 3.97 @ 189. Number eleven qualifier Pat Stoken put up a 3.95 @ 191 to get by the tire shaking Weatherford in a super upset.
Terry Murphy took out Greg Godwin on the tree and on the top end running a 3.97 @ 187. Burton Auxier and Jim Lauria had a great race with Auxier .018 on the light and 3.94 @ 190 to 3.97 @184. Rickie Smith beat Todd Howard after a red light bhy Howard and 3.93 @ 189. Shannon Jenkins put up a 3.89 to drive by Steve Vick’s 4.00.
Gaylen Smith runs a 3.76 @ 203 over Quain Stott who made a move towards the center line and lifted. Jason Hamstra shook the tires in a loss to Mick Snyder. KH Al-Thani ran a 3.68 @ 209 against Brian Daniels for the win. Frankie Taylor put down a 3.64 @ 207 for low ET of the round in a win against Ellis Vial. Scruggs ran a 3.69 against Tommy DApril’s 3.87 getting the win without issue. Todd Tutterow got crossed up after shaking the tires and wound up in John Stanley’s lane. He did a great job driving to save the car from hitting anything. Stanley ran a 3.90 @ 196.
Zack Barklage got the win over Wes Johnston after a red light start, lucky for him as Johnston was way faster running a 3.72 @ 210.

Round three is in the books with Brian Gahm taking out John Montecalvo with a 4.100. Montecalvo was so close with a 4.108 and better MPH running 176 to Gahm’s 175.
The other pair in Extreme Pro Stock was Cary Goforth and Bob Bertsch. Goforth had a .019 light to Bertsch’s dead late .160. At the stripe it would be Goforth there first with his 4.12 getting the win over the quicker 4.08.
Brown did what he could killing the tree with a .006 light against Todd Moyer’s Texas turbo twister. Moyer gets the win with a 4.09 @ 192 to Brown’s 4.40 @ 162
Gary White and Jeff Naiser were the other half of the remaining Extreme 10.5 cars and another nitrous vs. turbo battle. White left first with a .019 lightto Naiser’s .044. Naiser was on his game running just of his qualifying pace with a 4.07 @ 179 but White was ready for anything, running a 3.956 @ 187 for low ET of the event so far.
Shannon Jenkins and Burton Auxier were the first pair down in the Pro Nitrous semi finals. Auxier left first with a .025 light to Jenkins .032. Auxier shook the tires and Jenkins ran a 3.885 @ 193.52 for the win.
Castellana left first but it was too early by a mere .001 throwing away his quicker 3.89 @ 194 to Rickie Smith’s winning 4.004 @ 164, shutting it down early after making a big move towards the center line.
Hernandez and Taylor were seperated by .002 on the tree, advantage Hernandez. At the finish it would be Hernandez again running a 3.646 @ 208 to Taylor’s 3.654 @ 207 in the quickest side by side match in ADRL history.
The match with KH Al-Thani and Jason Scruggs was uneventfull after Scruggs started to leak oil on the burnout and was pushed back and to the side. KH Al-Thani shook the tires just after the launch and shut it down. Aftterwards it was discovered that Scruggs had a loose valve cover causing the drip.

Final Results

Goforth and Gahm had a close run in the Extreme Pro Stock final with Gahm first on the tree and on the top end, 4.10 @ 175,07 to 4.12 @ 175.57. Gahm is the winningest driver in the ADRL.
Gary White takes out Moyer with a 3.95 @ 186 to 4.04 @ 194 for the Texan.
Shannon Jenkins gets the win over Rickie Smith with a 3.89 @ 194 to Smith’s losing 3.95 @ 188.
The Pro Extreme final was KH Al-Thani and Joshua Hernandez with Al-Thani running a 3.65 @ 210 to Hernandez’ off pace 4.00@ 183 after shutting down after half track.

We are here at Virginia Motorsports Park for the third event of 2010 for the ADRL Speedtech US Drags III. Round one qualifying begins at 11 AM today with subsequent sessions at 2 PM and 5 PM. Also some big news including  a new sponsor debut with Fightme.com for Joshua Hernandez.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires for allowing us to bring you latest race updates on site from around the country.

“Dave Wood, Tommy Lipur and myself were able to grow the ADRL from a non existent company five years ago to arguably one of the top one or two drag racing series in the world by using a creative business model and hiring great people. Introducing  Fightme MMA this weekend  we feel with the ADRL there is no better place to brand our new company.” – Kenny Knowling, President ADRL Take a look at the first shots af the fresh sponsor wrap on Joshua Hernandez Pro Extreme entry. The idea for the new mixed martial league was conceived in September of 2009 after Michael Knowling had started selling “fight me” T shirts out of his gym in Ft Meyers, Florida and local fights around the state. The first event is at St Charles Family Arena in St. Charles Missouri on July 17th.

I spoke with Scotty Filkins this morning regarding Ellis Vial's new ride. He is providing crew chief duties for the Pro Extreme car which was finished up by K&K Race Cars. The Glauster, Virginia based team runs a Brad Anderson engine assembles by Ellis and the crew chief from Bubba Stanton. They have not been down the track at this point with the new piece. It features extensive lightweight parts including titanium firewall, tunnel and body mounts.

Universal Tecnical Institute is a new sponsor to the ADRL for 2010. Randy Whitman is here for them this weekend and is the Houston, Regional Admissions Director and also is driving a car here this weekend. UTI is the largest provider of technical training in the country for transportation and motorsports industry.

A new car on the lot for Terry Leggitt. The new Mustang was finished just last week from Tommy Mauney and also has not seen any track time yet. It uses the same engine as the prior car, a Brad Anderson HEMI.
After sitting out the Hardees Drags at SGMP last month Billy Glidden is back at it here in Virginia. No changes to speak of from the Glidden pits.
People are allready lined on the fence to get a close look at round one qualifying action.
Bob Bertsch came out loaded for bear and laid down a stellar 4.06 @ 177 for an Extreme Pro Stock track record early in the session.
Lester Cooper drives the Lumbee Nation Extreme Pro Stock Mustang. The former IHRA car is now campaigned here at ADRL and Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association events and hail from Laurinburg, North Carolina
Extreme pro Stock had some very nice run i the first session with Bob Bertsch leading the way with a record seting 4.06 @ 177 followed by Elijah Morton's Jacksonville, NC based 07 Mustang.

Extreme 10.5 Q1 Notes

Gary White was one of the cars to run early in the Extreme 10.5 session. I think the 4 flat @ 186 MPH blast he laid down was a shock to everyone in attendance. The next quickest car in the field was Michael Neal's blown Chevy II with a 4.15 @ 184.
Kenny Doak put up a 4.164 @ 184.8 for third qualifier and second best MPH in my favorite Chevelle around, just .003 better than Jeff Naiser. It was far from a straight pass but I think they will take it.

Dave hance was next to Michael Neal but shook the tires and was forced to lift after getting out of the groove.  Billy Glidden seemed bog a big right after the launch but the car recovered quickly and went on to a 4.18 and the number four spot.

Pro Nitrous Q 1 Notes

Shannon Jenkins had more than enough to be the top car in Pro Nitrous, his 3.90 @ 194 was a solid .04 ahead of Greg Godwin who currently sits second.
Randy Weatherford sits in third right now but he was the first into the threes in today's first qualifying session.
Rickie Smith and Jim Halsey have the distinction of being the first three second paring today. Both running 3.98 with Halsey being just a tick quicker

Pro Extreme Q1 Notes

Andrew and Dina Parise were the first pair out in Pro Extreme with Andrew getting the better run of the husband and wife team with a3.96 @ 187 that put him in ninth. Dina is eleventh at this time.
Eliis Vial made the field on his first hit with the new car running a 4.33 @ 166, just good enough for the bump spot.
Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani laid a nice soft 3.90 @ 198 down and was the first Pro Extreme car into the threes. It was low ET but could not hold on. He is fourth right now. Brian Daniels matched his ET but was down on MPH so is just behind in fifth
Joshua Hernandez ran a late in the session and at that time KH had low ET. Hernandez ripped off a 3.69 @ 206 to take the lead and make a statement. Frankie Taylor ran soon after and landed second.

Round Two Qualifying Notes

In the Extreme Pro Stock qualifying second session there was a few changes to the order. The biggest news is that after being light by a few pounds in the first session Cary Goforth came back and made low ET for the round moving up to sixth behind team mate and father Dean Goforth with a 4.10 @ 175 for sixth. Berner and Dobbins improved to tenth and eleventh respectively and bumping Richard Penland to twelvth. Brian Gahm made it up to fourteenth in the Summit Racing sponsored 07 Mustang. Cale Aronson sits on the bump.

Extreme 10.5 Q2

Jeff Naiser moved up to second from fourth position after running a 4.141 @179
Sandy Wilkins also moved up to eighth from twelfth with a 4.39. Joe Schroeder made it in from outside and all the way to tenth with a 4.43. Texan Todd Moyer also made it into the field with a 4.44 @ 164.
David Hance is here this weekend with a new engine combo bue is not currently qualified. He did not make a pass in the second session. Another racer outside the field is Chuck Ulsch who has been unable to get a hold of the track after two tries.

Pro Nitrous

Shannon Jenkins still has the top spot on Pro Nitrous with his earlier 3.90 but behind him there has been some movement with Burton Auxier putting up a 3.94 to take second. John Decerbo gets his first threee second pass, however he fell three spots to tenth.
Dan Stevenson was able to improve two spots from the bump to fourteenth with a nice 4.04 @ 183. Pat Stoken put up a 4 flatt to land eleventh spot.

Pro Extreme

Jason Scruggs had a wild ride on his second run today using up about 700 feet of track on a 3.80 @ 202 MPH blast to put him all the way up to fourth qualifier.
Hernandez was unable to improve his performance. Gaylen Smith improved to a 3.81 @ 210 jumping two spots to fifth. Mick Snyder put his 63 Vette into the threes in his second ever ADRL pass, he is now eighth.
Wes Johnston jumped up from twenty-third to third with a 3.77 @201. Hamstra was paired with him but got loose was forced to lift.
Frankie "Mad Man" Taylor made a killer run to the top of the field with a stellar 3.65 @ 205 to knock Hernandez down to second qualifier. If he can back this up it's a record. Ellis Vial lost the blower balt around 330' feet out and still ran a 3.92 putting him in eleventh position. They are looking for .80's next round

Round Three Qualifying Notes

Extreme Pro Stock had some interesting news at Jeff Dobbins put the 2008 Chevy Cobalt "Black Widow" from eleventh right up to third with a 4.08 @ 176. Pete Berner jumped up from tenth to eighth and John Pluchino ran a 4.14 knocking Cale Aronson out.

Extreme 10.5

Dave Hance made the field on his third try running a 4.17 @ 186 putting him in sixth spot. Oh and didI mention the Hemi is back inthe car ? Looks like they are getting a handle on it now thanks to Don Bailey. Chuck Ulsch was also able to make it in with a 4.19 @ 146 clicking it early. Now it's Todd Moyer on the bump.

Pro Nitrous

There was lots of movement in the Pro Nitrous ranks in the third session with several racers improving their ET's. Jenkins and Auxier still are on top but now with a 3.87 and 3.89 respectively. Castellana jumped to third with a 3.89 @ 191.
Isaias Rojas is running well this weekend. The San Juan Puerto Rico racer laid down a nice 3.94 @ 190 improving his position to seventh.

Pro Extreme

The big news of the night is all about Pro Extreme with now one, not two, , not even three, but five cars in the 3.6 zone and Frankie "Mad Man" Taylor setting low ET with a 3.607 @ 208, more than enough to back up the previous 3.651 as the new class record.
KH also ran below the record on his last run of the day with a 3.649 @ 210. Just behind him is former record holder Jason Scruggs with a 3.66 @ 208.
Todd Tutterow ran a new personal best ET and MPH with a 4.70 @ 206 which earned him one spot up on the sheet to sixth and in front of Gaylen Smith. Zack Barklage managed to get in with a 3.83 @ 196.
Andrew Parise managed a 3.93 and sits on the bump. Bubba Stanton came from out of nowhere and landed in tenth spot with a 3.83 @ 205 just ahead of Barklege.

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