Sixteen qualified racers converged upon the South Georgia Motorsports Park last weekend with a two-fold mission in mind. Not only were they there to compete in the popular X275 category, but also for the TCI Pro-X King of X275 Challenge, for which they had earned a shot at the title based on their performance throughout the season. The winner would be determined by the racer who went furthest into competition, and would award that racer a brand new TCI Pro-X torque converter, a set of BAER front brakes or $500, and a tech card, entry for 3 crew members, and $250 in fuel money for the Snowbird Nationals from Bradenton Motorsports Park.
After the stellar showing of 86 cars attempting to qualifying in X275 was pared down to 32, the likes of Peter Harrell, Rich Bruder, Andy Manson, Clint Lonon, Trace Meyer, Jason Lee, Justin Smith, Bobby Flippin, and Jeff Wallace were still alive. As the field narrowed down to just four on Sunday, it was Smith, who had qualified on the basis of his win in X275 at the Radial Revolution in February, and Harrell, driving the ‘Vader’ Mustang and in the running based on his winning the Holcomb Motorsports Civil Wars X275 title, that were still in contention.
While a race for all the marbles in the final round would’ve made for a spectacular conclusion, both racers fell in the same round, leaving the title to be decided on a tiebreaker. With the quicker elapsed time of 4.81 that round, Harrell, team owner Eric McMillon, and the HED team were awarded the TCI Pro-X King of X275 Challenge title; the first such champion for the program created this year by TCI and X275 co-founder John Sears.
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