Day three here at No Mercy V kicks off with Radial vs the World with the largest crown of the weekend rolling in this morning. We have cloud cover forecast which will play favorably this afternoon with track conditions. The racing action is unsurpassed this weekend with flying cars and personal bests coming up like clockwork. Stay tuned in to Dragzine for same day updates till we are done.
The manufactures midway has many vendors on hand including several new additions. from clothes to engines there is most everything you need for your race car, including full race cars from Chris Alston’s Chassisworks, Racecraft Inc. or TRZ Motorsports.Freak off my Leash clothing has a booth set up for their first time at a drag race. The line was founded in 2013 with the website going live in February this year. Dakota and Christine Routh came on board through Lenco Jim and normally market to fitness and street wear market including shirts, hoodies, hats ect. They are really enjoying the atmosphere and are already discussing designs targeted to the drag racing market.Wiseco has a display for the first time this year showcasing several different piston designs and coatings and their K-1 crank and connecting rods. I spoke with representative Victor Ellinger who ran off a list of racers that use their product, including Dewayne Mills, Steve Jackson, Brad Edwards and Team M&M. You can see the difference in the greenish hard anodized coating and the gold armor plating. They also offer a billet series piston for custom applications. Oscar Rodriguez from Precision Racing Development (PRD) and Jeff Cartain talk piston tech.Mark Woodruff (near lane) earned a round one win over Taylor Lastor running a personal best 4.104 at 192.33 MPH, scoring low ET to Lastor’s game 4.248.Frank Soldridge got a win over the quicker Steven Chrisafulli after his -.013 red light, running a 4.29 to Steven’s 4.23.A red light from Bubba Livingston (far lane) put Scotty G into round two. He got into a wheelstand and lifted slowing to a 4.79 while Livingston went down to a personal best 4.29 at 174 in his first event on drag radials.Jermaine Boddie took one for the west coast putting up a 4.29 at 185, upsetting The Kevin Mullins who slowed to a 4.46 after getting a bit too much air under the front tires.Jeff Cooner was paired with Roger Holder with both racers going red by .003 and .004 respectively, Cooner made a nice run with a 4.19 to Holder’s 4.27.Ultimate Street was the next class to run this morning with Josh Nesbitt and Bart Tobener the first pair of cars out. Tobener was late on the tree with a .139 with just .002 separating the ET, a 5.179 to Nesbitt’s 5.197.Number one qualifier John Keesey paired up with Eric Waters putting a .060 reaction and 4.09 at 139 to Waters’ sleepy .440 light and 5.47 ET.Thomas Cox from Spring, Texas qualified number three and matched up with Mark Buchanan from Taylors, SC. Both drivers were off pace with Cox getting the win with a 6.10 at 133.
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Radial vs the World and Ultimate Street were the first classes out this morning. We will have round results as we are able to get them posted today.
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I popped in Steve Jackson's pit after his 416 round one win. They were already buttoning up the engine after replacing two pistons. They are running the car hard this weekend and have had maintenance do to after nearly every pass. Number one qualifier is a lot of work.
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Round one sheets, Leafspring, Nitrous X, Outlaw Drag Radial.
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Round one sheets, Outlaw 275, Outlaw 632, X275.
Round Two Results
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Steve Jackson and Frank Meshaw were paired up for round two of PTC Radial vs the World. Meshaw has run consistent 4.20’s this weekend which can often go rounds but he fell off pace after spinning the tires early in the run against Jackson’s 4.15 at 179 MPH.Kyle Hutell and Jermaine Boddie met up in a Texas vs California matchup which went badly for Boddie after a -.019 red light. Hutell went on to a 4.30 clicking it early to just 169 MPH.Josh Klugger has the Racecraft/FKR Racing Mustang already in the 4.20’s at their race debut. He put a .013 light on Thrillbilly Shane Stack, going onto the win with a 4.24 at a nice 192 MPH.Mark Woodruf laid down a 4.10 at 193 taking high MPH for the round and the win over Frank Soldridge.The lovely round card girls are sporting stewardess outfits this weekend, certainly appropriate give all the flying cars at Duck X Productions events at SGMP.In X275 Turbo Todd Moyer had Chris Shortridge in round two who went red by .008. Moyer scored a 4.64 at 154 and the right to play on in round three.Jason Richards has been running well this weekend and had a single in round two. He laid one down with a 4.47 at 165 for the leaf spring equipped nitrous Camaro.Nitrous X Racer Scott Vestal hails from Bristol, TN running an 89 Mustang with 464 cubic inches under the hood. The car left hard scoring a 4.84 at 143 MPH.
Final Results
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Radial vs the World, Outlaw Drag Radial
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X275 Second Chance, Leafspring, Outlaw 632.
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Nitrous X, X275 Second Chance Once into the semi finals of PTC Radial vs the World it was Kyle Hutell and Brad Edwards wit the other pair being Jamie Hancock and Dewayne Mills. Word was Mills was hurt and he certainly was blowing smoke on his round 3 win over Jeff Cooner with a 4.13 at just 187 MPH. Edwards and Hutell were the first pair up and Texan Hutell cut the tree down with a .013 reaction to Edwards .041 giving the nitrous huffing Camaro a big lead. Edwards faltered at the start while Hutell started pulling the front end up and drifting right. He stayed in it as long as he could but crossed the center taking out the cones at the stripe recording a 4.30 at 154 to Edwards default win 4.33 at 154.Hancock was late on the tree but Mills was indeed hurt and simply took the tree and watched Hancock roll out to a 4.129 at 182 earning a match with Brad Edwards.In the final Hancock was again better on the tree with a .031 and a .033 advantage. Again Edwards was off pace and wasn’t close enough to catch Hancock even after a backfire just past half track. At the stripe it was Hancock’s 4.488 at 130 earning the win to Edwards’ 4.762 at 147.Scott Husted qualified eighth in Outlaw Drag Radial and ran consistent 4.30’s with a best of 4.34 at 178 in a round three win over Barry Mitchell’s 4.36 at 173. He faced off with Brad Bonnette in the semis recording a 4.37, earning the win after Bonnette’s -.001 red light.The other pair was Jeffery Barker and Brian Anderson with barker getting the win with a 4.38 at 169 with Anderson going red.In the final New Port Richey, Florida based Husted was on his game with a .005 reaction to Barkers dead late .372. Husted took home the cash, the trophy and the hat with a 4.370 to Barker’s quicker 4.356 at 170.X275 had some fantastic action this weekend with Todd Moyer, Dean Marinis, Ron Rhodes and Kyle Hand left in the semi finals with everyone but Hand showing 4.60’s or better in competition. Moyer and Marinis were first out with Marinis getting the reaction time advantage by about a tenth. He would lose traction however and Moyer went down clean with a 4.603 earning a spot in the final.Ron Rhodes faced off with Kyle Hand who had purchased the infamous white 77 Trans Am formerly owned by Ducky Johnson and driven by Patrick Clenney who exited first round in the teams Mustang in a loss to Shane Fisher. Rhodes took a small starting line advantage and went on to win with a 4.70 at 151 to Hand’s 4.77 at 147.Moyer and Rhodes was a great match on paper with Moyer having a better elimination ET by just .003 and lane choice for the final. Rhodes knocked down the tree with a .006 reaction but could not hold on down track as Moyer went on past with a 4.57 at 154 to the double entered Rhodes’ 4.69 at 152 ending his efforts at a double up win.In Outlaw 275 action it would be number one and two qualifiers meeting in the all nitrous final. Barry Mitchell had been running pretty consistent 4.30’s while Brian McGee’s best was a 4.44 on his round three single. In the semis Mitchell got the best of Kevin Scott’s twin turbo Chevy II with a 4.366 at 171 with McGee recording a 4.46 at 161 over Scotty Ray. Mitchell had been better on the tree all day and the final went the same way with Mitchell out first with a nice .007 reaction to McGee’s .074. A 4.385 at 171 for Mitchell sealed the deal as McGee fell off pace to a 7.36. Barry Mitchell shown.Ultimate Street umber one qualifier Shawn Pevlor and record holder had ran well all day and knocked down low ET in round three in his win over Robert Rogers with a 4.99 at 139 to Rogers’ 5.12. He met with Brian Keep’s flamed S-10 in the semi final running a 5.008 at 140 to earn the win over Keep’s game 5.16 at 136, his best effort of the weekend.Rob Corujo had lane choice over Thomas Cox in the other pair left and put up a .011 reaction time to Cox’s .050. He would need that holeshot as Cox went on to his best of event 5.078 at 138. Corujo would get the win despite his slower 5.091 at 137, also his best of event effort. Rob Corujo shown.The final saw Pevlor with lane choice, better reaction and low ET with a 4.900 at 144 as Corujo put up another 5.09 though he was caught sleeping at the tree with a .204 light.Ron Rhodes also entered Leafspring with his trusty 68 Camaro and took top qualifier honors with a 4.635. He faced off with west coast racer Armen Maghdessian’s gorgeous 57 Chevy who qualified in the number five position. Armen took a rare holeshot on Rhodes with an .018 but struck the tires early allowing Rhodes to get by with a 4.71 at 150.Bryan Marrow was the number two qualifier with his Procharged big block Camaro and faced Steve Wardlow’s Yenko style Nova in the other pair of semifinalists. Wardlow did his job on the tree with a .004 reaction and put up a respectable 5.046 at 141 it just wasn’t enough to hold off Marrow’s hard charging 4.908 at 149 MPH Camaro.Marrow would take the advantage in the final with an .020 reaction to Rhodes .080, also running his eliminations best 4.868 at 150. Rhodes laid down a 4.690 to get around Marrow and earn the class win.Nitrous X number one qualifier Darren Hilterbran faced off with Tim Knieriem scoring a come from behind win after a .072 reaction to Knieriem’s .014. At the stripe it was a 4.711 at 149 to Knieriem’s best effort in eliminations 4.795 at 145.Nitrous X didn’t get in under the curfer and made it to the semi finals where David Acker backfired big time at the hit against Shawn Pevlor.Outlaw 632 had a good mix of big and small tires cars with troy Pirez Sr. scoring to qualifier with a 4.593 at 157 MPH. Round three saw Lamar Swindell Jr. ride out a wheelie and spin across the center line right at the stripe taking out the MPH cone in a great save to keep it off the wall in his match with Gary Wright who moved on to the semi with to face off with Allen Ditto. Swindell Jr. shown here on the way up.The class made it to the semis before running up against the midnight curfew with Wright getting around Ditto with a 4.94 at 142 who fell off pace to a 5.18 after earning lane choice in round three with a 4.62 at 152 over Alan Gaulden. Pirez had the earned single running a 6.67 at 101 with Wright and Pirez splitting the win.Twelve cars took advantage of the X275 Second Chance race with Vince Polazzolo earning number one qualifier with a 4.687. Steve Wardlaw put his 69 Nova in third spot and faced off with seventeen year old Braxton Hopkins in the semi finals. Wardlaw took a .006 starting line advantage going on to a 4.933 at 142, just ahead of Hopkins’ game 4.941 at 143.14.Polazzolo ran a 4.695 against Kenny Hubbard’s orange Nova taking the win over Hubbard’s 4.820 to set up the final where Polazzolo put up a 4.68 at 156 taking the class with over Steve Wardlaw.
Today we are getting started with PTC Radial vs the World at 10 AM and will run the classes in reverse order in Friday qualifying. The forecast is overcast most of the day which will help keep track temperatures down. Stay tuned to Dragzine for updates through the day.
Jamie Hancock landed tenth in Radial vs the World qualifying last night in the first full pass on the car since changing to a lock up converter. The swap required a trans member cross member relocation due to the longer set up. The team was very satisfied with the run and is looking for an .11 or .12 this morning.Kyle Huttel’s team had some work to do last night after losing a piston in qualifying. It takes about 3-4 hours to pull one head and make the repairs Crew chief Billy Stocklin said they are “ready to go” this morning. He ran a 4.13 on Wednesday making him the quickest nitrous RVW car.
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Nathon Stinson owns this 1974 Nova running X275. It turned a lot of heads on the track yesterday and features a Bennett Racing small block Chevy topped with Brodix heads and a cast Brodix intake. Nathon has had this car for 20 years and took about two years to complete the build after running a nitrous combo for several years. The car was built by B&B Race Cars with help from KBX Perforrmance, John Kolivas and Pressurized Solutions. The piping were built by Nathon. Special thanks to his father RL and girlfriend Christy.
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Outlaw 632, Outlaw 275, Leaf Spring Shawn Pevlor leads Ultimate Street with a 4.98 at 141 MPH, the sole car in the 4’s so far this weekend.Arnen Maghdessian made the ride from California with one of the most recognizable car on the west coast. His flamed 57 Chevy is a familiar sight at NMCA West, PSCA and West Coast Hot Rod Association. He runs an AES engine with two systems. The paint and body was done by Robert Briggs at Steadfast paint in Huntington Beach.Mustang Mike Modest earned 4th spot in Outlaw Drag Radial with a 4.375 at 171.PTC Radial vs the World was the first class out this morning. Some struggled and some improved. Keith Berry was sitting outside the field and jumped in with a 4.138 at 186 landing fifth just behind Enzo Pecchini, who now sits fourth after improving to a 4.137 at 188.Bubba Livingston also jumped in the field with a 4.30 at 170. Livingston is based out of Pinewood South Carolina and has run the grudge circuit for some time and is one of several here this weekend stepping out into the public eye.
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Jermaine Boddie is another grudge racer though based out of Fairfield, California. The 63 Nova features a Pro Line engine fed by twin turbos and backed by an M&M TH 400 and currently sits 29th. He shared a trailer ride here with Roger Holder, who races NMCA, West Coast Hot Rod and PSCA. Roger is a top racer out west and put up a 4.26 at 185, good for 18th. Willard Kinzer sits 19th and rounds out the cars in the 4.20's. Thomas Finnegan took the opportunity to propose to his girl friend this afternoon here at No Mercy V. He was up in the tower talking to Al Tucci and a plan was hatched. In the center of the burnout area Thomas got on one knee and and presented Charlee Keen with an engagement ring and she accepted. The two have known each other since childhood and now look forward to spending their lives together.Taylor Lastor is here running two classes this weekend. He is entered in X275 with his Camaro and brought out a brand new Jerry Bickel NHRA/Pro Nitrous type chassis. Camaro that isn’t quite finished yet. The first runs on the car were this weekend and the TRE crew is working the bugs out. The engine is also a brand new piece sporting 903 cubic inches of TRE horsepower backed by a TH 400. The X275 car also has a new engine using new cylinder heads from Edelbrock. Shown from left to right: Brian Sandlin, Kenner Spears, Steve Benoit, James Kimball, Taylor Lastor and Reggie Richard.Burnsville North Carolina racer Donald Banks is running Nitrous Outlet Nitrous X this weekend and is part of David Pearsons crew. The car is a new build only out for a couple of test sessions. Special thanks to the crew, David Pearson, Darren Lowery and Tom Boggs who’s help makes this all possible. From left to right, Darren Lowery, Donald Banks and Tom Boggs.JR Akins made the trip up from Lakeland, Florida to run Outlaw 632 this weekend. JR is a local engine builder and has been running this Mustang for several years. New this weekend is an air shifted 5 speed transmission, a change from his manual shifted 4 speed installed by Jeff and Larry Ensslin. He currently sits outside the field with a 6.29, I’m sure once he is accustomed to the new clutch/transmission set up he will be right back in the 4.60 zone. Jeff Ensslin is also racing OL 632 this weekend in a 37 Chevy.Shane Fisher is currently 4th in X275 with a 4.60 at 155 MPH. He broke a transmission on Thursday and installed a spare but it’s not quite matched to the current set up. He has been trying a lot of new things this year and has struggled a bit this season. KBX Performance is on board along with Pressurized Solutions, Bennett Racing and Racecraft Inc.Joe Johnston own this first full build out of KBX Performacne, a joint business with Bennett Racing, John Kolivas and Pressurized Solutions. The car was formerly campaigned in NMRA Hot Street back in 2002.The build took just over four months to complete. During the build his grand daughter Ella Joe was diagnosed with Leukemia in July and that took a priority during the build. This is their first event with the car which is driven by his son Jared Johnston (right) with Johnathon (left) as crew chief. Mark Menscer shocks shocks handle the chassis, an M&M Turboglide with Racecraft Inc suspension.
Final Qualifying Results
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X275, Ultimate Street, OL 275
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Outlaw 632, Outlaw Drag Radial, Outlaw 275 Radial vs the World had 46 cars in the class until the final round where several racers bought in for some test runs. After two round the bump was a 4.716 with Big Daddy occupying that spot. By the end of the night the bump was a near unbelievable 4.371 with Michael Locklear from Raeford, North Carolina just making the field. The first pair out on round three was Keith Berry and Bad 9er Kyle Hutell.. Hutell put a tree on Berry taking the grudge win with a 4.253 over Berry’s 4.13. Stevie fast and the Golden Gorilla Dewayne Mills were up next with Jackson getting the edge with a 4.10 over Mills’ 4.11 in a great side by side match.Jamie Hancock had qualified earlier with a 4.21 and he really stepped it up for the final session posting a 4.104 at 184. Scotty G. was also making improvements through the day winding up in tenth spot with a 4.162 at 177. With a .17 at just 177 I think there is a bit more left in it.Frank Meshaw sits 17th in RVW improving on his earlier 4.219 to a .212 even after having to pedal the car after this wheelstand. Teens are in the works for Frank, racing partner Peg Fratena, TRZ Motorsports and the ATF crew.Charles Potter wowed the crowd with this spectacular wheel stand attempting to qualify for Radial vs the World. Potter hails from West Columbia, South Carolina and used Fulton power for his 1990 Mustang.Ron Rhodes and Dean Marinis stayed one and two from the first round with Todd Moyer jumping up to third in the final session. Ron Rhodes pictured.Kevin Capslock melted a trans cooling line on Thursday earning the scorn of many racers for the clean up time. Today that was all fixed up and Kevin managed a 5.60 at 125 on low boost due to a malfunctioning blow off valve. He has a new engine combo from Bob Kurgan using a Vortech 123mm blower mounted with Chris Alston drive on a 565 big Chevy. He sits ninth in the eleven car Leaf Spring field this weekend.Barry Mitchell is number one in Outlaw 275 with a 4.26 at 173 and Outlaw Drag Radial with a 4.32 at 172.Josh Klugger debut the FKR/Racecraft Mustang this weekend with good results after working through a few bugs. His best 4.30 at 188 put him 24th in RVW.Robert Rodgers runs this hard launching 93 coupe out of Apopka, Florida with Eric Kenward tuning the TRZ/AAPerformance built machine. He is qualified ninth in Ultimate Converter Concepts/Induction Solutions Ultimate Street.Robert Curujo hold down thenth in Ultimate Street with his familiar convertible 92 Mustang based out of Washington, NJ. Ultimate has a full 32 car field for No Mercy V.Troy Pirez Sr, is running Outlaw 632 this weekend and sits on top of the field with a 4.59 at 157 MPH taking both top speed and low ET. Right behind him is Rodney Campbell, a familiar 1-2 combination at Bradenton Motorsports Parks Heads Up Madness series.
Since Lights Out V at South Georgia Motorsports Park in February, the small-tire racing world has been gearing up for the season encore in the fall at Duck X Productions’ fifth running of No Mercy: Cleared For Takeoff. Records were broken in the spring, but have since been shattered as the premier radial teams in the country have dipped into the 4.0’s, setting the stage for what could be a barn-burner of an event this week in Georgia! As we have each and every year, Dragzine will be on hand bringing you all the news, results, and photos from the seasons’ biggest radial tire race, so keep it right here all weekend long.
Dean Marinas set low ET for X275 class cars yesterday with a 4.55 for the BES Powered, Racecraft Inc. Mustang. He was the number one qualifier at the rain shortened Yellow Bullet Nationals earlier this month. He should be a top contender this weekend.Rob Valden and the Alepao Racing crew put up a 4.17 today after some short test hits. They just installed a full floater rear and were making sure everything was ok. They will be looking for the 4.0’s this weekend along with several other racers. Car owner Andrew Aleppa is securing the window net prior to the run.Chris Tuten is running Outlaw Drag Radial again here at No Mercy V and ran a 4.31 earlier today. He is running the same combo with a new converter from Cameron at Torque Converter Specialties. He made a second pass later this afternoon spinning the tires in the lights which led to him spinning out. Luckily he was able to keep the car off the wall but will have some other repairs to take care of before coming back out. he ran a 4.28 on the pass, a new best ET.Martin Shows has a new Fulton 738 purchased from Barry Mitchell. So far Alex has been a 4.48, a 4.47 and a 4.45 testing yesterday. So far so good for the father and son team. Also on board is Pressurized Solutions who did the new Zoomie style headers, Induction Solutions, Team Z Motorsports, Pro Lite Batteries and Mark Menscer shocks and struts. From left to right, Dusty Right, Alex Shows, Josh Sullivan, Wesley Ashley and Josh Thorton. Alex’s father Martin is not shown.
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All eyes will be focused on several cars as they come to the line this weekend including Stevie Fast Jackson and Jamie Hancock. Neither got down in todays test session. South Florida racer Ronnie Wilson launched into a wheelie on his first run today, then again on his second attempt however the car got crooked and brushed the right side wall after coming down out of the groove.Dylan Voss is one of several racers running Outlaw 632 this weekend. Voss does their own engines and is one of only a few cars in the class using a manual transmission.We are getting into round one qualifying again after having a long delay due to an oil down in the right lane. The run order this weekend is as follows. Leaf Spring, Outlaw 632, Outlaw 275, Nitrous X, Outlaw Drag Radial, X275, Ultimate Street and Radial vs. the World. We will be running till 10 PM at the latest tonight.
Round One Qualifying
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Ultimate Street, RVW, Outlaw 632 and Outlaw 275
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X275, Nitrous X and Leaf Spring So far Outlaw Drag Radial has 22 cars entered with about one tenth separating the top ten cars.The PTC Radial vs. the World class had no less that 40 cars today for round one qualifying with Steve Jackson leading qualifying with a late session 4.11 at 182.13 MPH and Kevin Cram sitting at the bottom. A full fifteen cars are in the 4.20 range or better so far with many heavy hitter cars not having good luck this session. There are quite a few new cars, and faces including several cars from the grudge ranks and even a Pro Nitrous Camaro driven by Taylor Lastor.Dewayne Mills sits in second spot with his Golden Gorilla Camaro with a 4.120 at 194 while paired up with Mark Micke, who also was no slouch landing eighth with his 4.18 at 193. team M&M is working out the new, bigger engine and is readily clocking runs over 190 MPH.Chris Daniel laid down a nice pass to earn top MPH for the round with a 4.17 at 197 MPH. Whatever they are doing is working well so far after only a handfull of passes on the new combo.Enzo Pacchini blasted to a 1.14 at 184 to become the quickest car with a Procharger, landing 5th so far.Taylor Lastor not make the 32 car field after striking the tires. Things have come a long way to see this type of car competing in the class and it’s raised some chatter in the pits for sure.Barry Mitchell leads Outlaw Drag Radial qualifying after taking over the top position with a 4.324 at 172 from Marty Stinnett’s 4.364 at 179. They split low Et and top MPH for the round.Monte Smith and Chad Henderson have the car running well today with a4.367 and number three spot.Scott Husted put up a personal best ET in ODR running a 4.414 at 177, nudging Brian Anderson to seventh by a higher speed.Jason Richards is double entered in leaf Spring and ODR. Here he lays down a 4.72 at 157 earning thirteenth in the field.Chad Opaleski is back at it in ODR sporting a new Hemi combination. The car also underwent extensive weight reduction and chassis upgrades to handle the power and fit the engine to the chassis at Dan Neumann Race cars in Ocala, Florida.Ron Rhodes is again on top of the X275 field running a 4.53 at 154 with Dean Marinis sitting in second just three hundredths behind.Kyle Kirker drives this gorgeous 55 Chevy in X275 though is currently sitting outside the field with a 5.52 at 128.Kit Luong hails from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma running his 1989 Mustang. He sits fifth with a 4,62 at 154 MPH. Kit is shown at center with his wife Amanda.Ron Rhodes and the Rhodes Custom Auto crew are running two classes this weekend and need to make weight changes between classes. He is running Leaf Spring as well as X275 and is currently the top qualifier in both classes with a 4.63 in Leaf Spring with the difference being about 100 pounds. The team spent hours on the scales determining where to take the weight out so as not to upset the balance of the car.Brian Keep has made some consistent runs so far this weekend landing ninth with a 5.28 in the field of 28 Ultimate Street cars. He is off pace a bit but the flames sure are awesome.