FISCUS AND KLUGGER DOMINATE ORLANDO WORLD STREET NATS

The two-car team of Kevin Fiscus and Josh Klugger stole the show at the famed Orlando World Street Nationals, claiming both the Pro Modified and Outlaw Drag Radial titles.

World Street Nationals

Teammates Kevin Fiscus and Josh Klugger walked away with plenty of hardware from the 23rd annual World Street Nationals in Orlando over the weekend. Fiscus emerged victorious in Pro Mod, compliments of a track-record-setting 5.89 and a final round defeat of George Williams, while Klugger, driving the brand new Racecraft Inc. Ford Mustang, put the car in victory lane for the first time in Outlaw Drag Radial with a defeat of Mark Kyger. Mike Freeman defeated Tony Alm in Outlaw 275 with a lap of 4.74, while Florida native Walter Drakeford took Ultra Street honors with a tight 5.10 to 5.12 win over Troy Pirez Jr.

Event Winners:

Pro Mod: Kevin Fiscus
Heavy Street: Ken Quartuccio
Pro Street Outlaw: Jeff Ensslin
Pro Street Bike: Walter Sprout
Ultra Street: Walter Drakeford
Outlaw 275: Mike Freeman
Outlaw 632: Rob Briscoe
Outlaw Drag Radial: Josh Klugger
10.0 Index: Mike Therber
8.50 Index: John Wallauer

California Hot Rod Reunion

Journeyman drag racing pilot Tony Bartone completed a clean sweep of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Nostalgia Top Fuel division Sunday at the California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, downing Rick White in the final with a lap of 5.86-seconds. In the wildly popular Nostalgia Funny Car class, Don Horan ousted John Hale by a 5.72 to 5.79 count, while west coast hitter Mike Maggio laid down a killer 5.69 in the final round to take Pro Mod honors.

Event Winners:

Nostalgia Top Fuel: Tony Bartone
Nostalgia Funny Car: Dan Horan
Junior Fuel: Don Enriquez
A/Fuel: Bobby Cottrell
7.0 Pro: Bobby Cottrell
7.0 Pro B: Jesse Adams
Nostalgia Eliminator: Jason Barta
A/Gas: Eric Bush
A/FX: Doug Hampton
Pro Mod: Mike Maggio

Holly Springs Fall Brawl

The annual Holly Springs Fall Brawl, now in its third edition at the eighth-mile facility in Mississippi, lived up to the billing once again, delivering world record performances over the course of three days of testing and competition. Although he wasn’t the quickest car on the property (that honor was bestowed upon Keith Berry with his crushing 4.04-second pass), Jamie Hancock rose to the occasion once again, driving his nitrous-fed Corvette to the Radial Wars crown over Berry in a pedal-fest final round. Shawn Pevlor grabbed Ultra Street honors, running low elapsed time of every round in qualifying and eliminations to win in convincing fashion.

NHRA Division 2

By less than one-thousandth of a second, Jim Kimbrough in his C/Dragster Automatic machine edged out Tony Mandella for the Competition Eliminator crown at the NHRA Southeast division finale at the Silver Dollar Raceway in Georgia over the weekend, running 6.97 for the win. In Super Stock, Tom Sheehan benefited from afoul start by opponent Ronnie Dutton in the final round to claim his fifth divisional Wally. The Stock Eliminator final ended much the same, as Greg Rowe took the win on Merrill Schrimscher’s red light.

Event Winners:

Competition Eliminator: Jim Kimbrough
Super Stock: Tom Sheehan
Stock: Merrill Schrimscher
Super Comp: Kevin Brannon
Super Gas: Steve Furr
Super Street: Matt Weston
Top Sportsman: Jeffrey Barker
Top Dragster: Bill Earnest
10.00 Index: Dean Mirra
11.00 Index: Corky Bumpus
12.00 Index: Ryan Mangus