This is the second race of the year for the ADRL as they move to Georgia at South Georgia Motorsports Park.  The first event was a rain out on Saturday and hopefully the rain will hold off this weekend for some great racing.  Check back to Dragzine.com Friday and Saturday, throughout the day as we will be bringing you updates from SGMP

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Friday Morning News to Come Next

Terry Hously drives that Balance Racing 53 Corvette hailing all the way from Sacramento California. The power comes from a 753 ci Hemi with 4 Speedtech nitrous kits.Frankie “Mad Man” Taylor drives the Pro Extreme Haning Racing Corvette. They ran a 3.71 in testing recently lifting at 3.3 seconds into the run at only 188 MPH. That is near record setting performance for the class. They changed from a clutch to a converter driven car for this year and are having good luck so far. They are running the lightweight aluminum version from Neal Chance.

Kirl Wilkes is making the jump over to ADRL Pro Extreme from NHRA Pro Modified with addition of a screw blower. They have no full hits either on the car in the current configuration.

Bruce Thrift is here trying out the ADRL Pro Nitrous jumping over from Top Sportsman. Hailing from Waycross Georgia they have some experimental Brodix heads and engine from PAR Racing. The combo is a single carb with a cast tunnel ram induction.

Barkledge Racing is here with a two car team for 2010. Big Brother Zack is behind the wheel of the new 67 Camaro originally built by G Force Race Cars with updates by Duncan Race Cars. This is the race debut for the car and no full laps yet.

Jeff Dobbins here this weekend driving Billy Dingman Racing’s 2009 Extreme Pro Stock 2009 Championship winning car.

Frankie “Mad Man” Taylor drives the Pro Extreme Haning Racing Corvette. They ran a 3.71 in testing recently lifing at 3.3 seconds into the run at only 188 MPH. That is near record setting performance for the class. They changed from a clutch to a converter driven car for this year and are having good luck so far. They are running the lightweight aluminum version from Neil Chance.

Burton Auxier tried some different combinations testing recently but have went back to a similar set up to last year here this weekend.

Thomas Myers out of Granberry Texas is here with a new 1970 Duster in Pro Nitrous, built by Andy McCoy from Washington Missouri. The car has a 5.2 bore space 800 ci engine from Reher Morrison. They have only three attempts on the car so far but had problems with the nitrous activation, so really this will be the first real runs on the car this weekend.

Qualifying Round 1 Notes

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Todd Moyer had a 4.08 @ 192 with the first X10.5 car down the track. Naiser has secons position with a 4.16 @ 178. No other cars ran in the teens in the first session this morning. Top five in X 10.5 are Moyer, Naiser, Pappas, Kenny Doak and L.J. Wood Jr.

Shannon Jenkins and Dan Stevenson had a nice match up during the first session with a pair of 4.08’s. John Deflorian ran a 4.00 on his first pass of the day. Ronnie Davis laid down a 4.21 @ 177 which is a personal best for the team.

Terry Housley got a 4.07 out of the Ballance Racing 53 Vette. Blake Housley’s car shut off about 100 feet out.

Another pair of 4.08’s were Weatherford and Mike Castellana.

Josh Hernandez laid one down early in the Pro Extreme class with a 3.78 @ 204. Frankie Taylor bested that with a 3.73 next to todd tutterow’s 3.76

Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani ran a 3.78 @ 204. Hossler got a 3.80 @ 200 out of his run.

Qualifying Round 1 Order

Courtesy of Dragracingcentral.com

Extreme 10.5

1. Todd Moyer                                   4.08       192.06Mph
2. Jeff Naiser                                     4.14       178.90 Mph
3. Spiro Pappas                                 4.31       174.53Mph
4. Kenny Doak                                   4.36       141.80Mph
5. Not On File                                    4.40       167.49Mph
6. Michael Neal                                  4.50       168.22Mph
7. Josh Peel                                       5.93       135.16Mph
8. Greg Buschmeyer                         10.38        60.72Mph
9. Gary White                                   13.28        30.67Mph

Extreme Pro Stock

1   71 Pete Berner, Crete IL, ’09 GXP                  4.096  177.60  177.60
2    2 Brian Gahm, Lucasville OH, ’07 Mustang          4.107  175.09  175.09
3    7 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’08 Cobalt        4.124  176.49  176.49
4  759 Jeff Dobbins, Willington NC, ’08 Cobalt         4.130  174.77  174.77
5    3 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, ’07 Mustang     4.131  175.07  175.07
6   26 Richard Penland, Gastonia NC, ’09 Mustang       4.140  174.55  174.55
7   10 John Montecalvo, Center Moriches NY, ’08 Cobalt 4.143  176.56  176.56
8  869 Mark Martino, Stoney Creek ON, ’07 Cobalt       4.156  173.83  173.83
9    4 Doug Kirk, Lenore WV, ’08 Mustang               4.163  173.90  173.90
10  431 Lester Cooper, Laurinburg NC, ’09 Mustang       4.186  171.99  171.99
11  290 Trevor Eman, Pos Chiquito AW, ’06 Escort        4.214  172.19  172.19
12  335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, ’07 Mustang             4.231  174.53  174.53
13  444 Cole Aranson, Chillicothe MO, ’10 Mustang       4.281  173.63  173.63
14  983 Steven Boone, Waeverville NC, ’06 Cobalt        4.325  144.15  144.15
15    6 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’09 GXP           4.335  137.58  137.58
16  647 Sylvester Barnes, Cleveland OH, ’04 Cavalier    5.611   88.81   88.81

Pro Nitrous

1    3 Jim Halsey, Havre DeGrace MD, ’68 Camaro        3.895  196.76  196.76
2 1957 Greg Godwin, Walterboro SC, ’63 Corvette        3.963  184.75  184.75
3  531 John Deflorian Jr, Arnold MO, ’06 Corvette      4.007  186.85  186.85
4   43 Rickie Smith, King NC, ’68 Camaro               4.027  184.32  184.32
5    8 Steve Vick, Mocksville NC, ’68 Camaro           4.037  183.62  183.62
6 1955 Charles Carpenter, Harrisburg NC, ’55 Bel Air   4.049  184.67  184.67
7 1940 Terry Housley, Loudon TN, ’53 Corvette          4.073  184.75  184.75
8 1903 Randy Weatherford, Danville VA, ’68 Camaro      4.080  182.23  182.23
9  151 Dan Stevenson, Bolingbrook IL, ’70 Camaro       4.086  179.02  179.02
10    4 Mike Castellana, Westbury NY, ’69 Camaro        4.086  170.43  170.43
11   77 Shannon Jenkins, Tuscaloosa AL, ’68 Camaro      4.087  179.95  179.95
12 2261 Lee Adkins, Linden TN, ’68 Camaro               4.098  183.12  183.12
13 1036 Keith Baker, Dothan AL, ’63 Corvette            4.107  179.18  179.18
14  111 John Vergotz, Erie PA, ’68 Camaro               4.187  177.16  177.16
15  284 Ronnie Davis, Suwanee GA, ’63 Corvette          4.215  177.46  177.46
16 4097 Doug Riesterer, Victoria TX, ’68 Camaro         4.231  175.96  175.96

Pro Extreme

1 69 Frankie Taylor, Dickinson TX, ’05 Corvette 3.733 200.92 200.92
2 1 Todd Tutterow, Yadkinville NC, ’68 Corvette 3.765 206.67 206.67
3 2 Joshua Hernandez, Conroe TX, ’57 Bel Air 3.784 204.51 204.51
4 9 Sheikh Khali Al-thani, Doha , ’68 Camaro 3.784 204.05 204.05
5 6 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, ’63 Corvette 3.794 201.73 201.73
6 151 Alex Hossler, Canton IL, ’70 Camaro 3.809 200.98 200.98
7 5 Cody Barklage, Lake Ozark MO, ’67 Firebird 3.832 193.88 193.88
8 21 Wes Johnston, Kaufman TX, ’53 Corvette 4.027 148.10 148.10
9 915 Kelly Martin, Pageland SC, ’63 Corvette 4.239 148.15 148.15
10 1130 John Stanley, Hagerstown MD, ’68 Camaro 4.623 168.14 168.14
11 4356 Kirk Wilmes, Altus OK, ’68 Firebird 4.623 112.99 112.99
12 8 Bubba Stanton, Potts Camp MS, ’68 Camaro 4.761 111.81 111.81
13 10 Brian Daniels, Jackson OH, ’63 Corvette 5.280 104.57 104.57
14 67 Zach Barklage, Lake Ozark MO, 5.731 115.37 115.37
15 4 Jason Scruggs, Saltillo MS, ’68 Camaro 6.206 86.46 86.46
16 488 Gaylen Smith, Mansfield TX, ’57 Chevy 6.329 73.47 73.47

Pit Notes

John Stanley broke a rocker and stand on their first hit today. They have replacement parts on hand and there was no damage internally.

Haney Motorsports have a two car effort here this weekend with number one qualifier Frankie Taylor and Wes Johnston who sits eighth. Here Wes adjusts the clutch between rounds. On their first hit a fuel line came loose on the pass, Wes lifted and still ran a 4.02.

John and Jim Salemi and Mike Stawicki make up the G Force Race Cars crew. Not currently qualified in the Pro Extreme field there are just three hits on this new car. They tested in Mooresville but broke the ring and pinion and had no spare on hand to make repairs so are just learning the new car. Stawicki also builds engines for Alex Hossler and Kirk Wilmes. Gotta love it when the kids are involved with workign on the car.

Ron Miller from Lebanon Ohio runs Extreme Pro Stock and they are changing the rear gear ratio between rounds in an effort to pick up some performance.

Trevor Eman improved his ET in the second round of XPS from a 4.21 to a 4.18 in the team Arubo Extreme Pro Stock entry.

Steven Boone is another XPS entry was fourteenth after round one and improved from a 4.28 to an .18 in round two. They came here untested and are working the kinks out after some off season changes in their 2006 Cobalt. Engines are by Allen Competition in Tennessee.

Qualifying Round 2 Notes

Pro Nitrous had three cars in the 3 second zone after two rounds of qualifying with Jim Halsey sitting on top of the field with the 3.89 from the first session. Burton Auxier put his Al Anabi sponsored ride in second ahead of Greg Godwin, both cars ran 3.96. Rickie Smith sits in eighth with a 4.02 @ 184. Lee Adkins is currently on the bump spot with a 4.09 @ 183

Extreme Pro Stock had eighteen cars in class this weekend before Sylvester Barnes crashed in the third session on the top end. It was a hard hit and he was shaken up and taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Extreme Pro Stock

Results Courtesy Dragracingcentral.com

1   71 Pete Berner, Crete IL, ’09 GXP                  0.000    0.00  177.60
2    2 Brian Gahm, Lucasville OH, ’07 Mustang          4.107  175.09  175.09
3    7 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’08 Cobalt        4.124  176.49  176.49
4  759 Jeff Dobbins, Willington NC, ’08 Cobalt         4.130  174.77  174.77
5    3 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, ’07 Mustang     4.131  175.07  175.07
6   26 Richard Penland, Gastonia NC, ’09 Mustang       4.140  174.55  174.55
7   10 John Montecalvo, Center Moriches NY, ’08 Cobalt 4.143  176.56  176.56
8    6 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’09 GXP           4.156  175.71  175.71
9  869 Mark Martino, Stoney Creek ON, ’07 Cobalt       4.156  173.83  173.83
10    4 Doug Kirk, Lenore WV, ’08 Mustang               4.163  173.90  173.90
11  335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, ’07 Mustang             4.173  174.84  174.84
12  290 Trevor Eman, Pos Chiquito AW, ’06 Escort        4.185  172.45  172.45
13  431 Lester Cooper, Laurinburg NC, ’09 Mustang       4.186  171.99  171.99
14  983 Steven Boone, Waeverville NC, ’06 Cobalt        4.188  174.91  174.91
15  444 Cole Aranson, Chillicothe MO, ’10 Mustang       4.210  173.01  173.63
16  143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, ’04 Grand Am            4.288  167.80  167.80

Extreme 10.5

1    7 Todd Moyer, Pasadena TX, ’04 Cavalier           4.087  192.06  192.06
2    4 Jeff Naiser, Houston TX, ’02 Grand Am           4.124  178.92  178.92
3    1 Spiro Pappas, Glenview IL, ’09 GXP              4.319  174.53  174.53
4  172 Kenny Doak, Pipersville PA, ’70 Chevelle        4.360  141.80  141.80
5  107 LJ Wood Jr., Chesapeake VA, ’07 Mustang         4.403  167.49  167.49
6 1095 Michael Neal, Pace FL, ’67 II                   4.503  168.22  168.22
7  331 Josh Peel, Chipley FL, ’41 Willys               4.715  156.53  156.53
8 6310 Greg Buschmeyer, Panama City FL, ’63 Corvette   5.904  138.20  138.20
9    5 Gary White, New Market AL, ’07 Scion            8.179   86.28   86.28

Pro Nitrous

1    3 Jim Halsey, Havre DeGrace MD, ’68 Camaro        3.895  196.76  196.76
2    2 Burton Auxier, Dixie WV, ’68 Camaro             3.961  190.70  190.70
3 1957 Greg Godwin, Walterboro SC, ’63 Corvette        3.963  184.75  184.75
4  531 John Deflorian Jr, Arnold MO, ’06 Corvette      4.007  186.85  186.85
5 1955 Charles Carpenter, Harrisburg NC, ’55 Bel Air   4.014  187.03  187.03
6    8 Steve Vick, Mocksville NC, ’68 Camaro           4.015  184.95  184.95
7    4 Mike Castellana, Westbury NY, ’69 Camaro        4.027  186.30  186.30
8   43 Rickie Smith, King NC, ’68 Camaro               4.027  184.32  184.32
9  360 Bob Rahaim, Goose Pt Park MI, ’68 Camaro        4.036  185.87  185.87
10   77 Shannon Jenkins, Tuscaloosa AL, ’68 Camaro      4.061  184.19  184.19
11 1940 Terry Housley, Loudon TN, ’53 Corvette          4.073  184.75  184.75
12    6 Johnny Pilcher, Chancellor AL, ’63 Corvette     4.073  181.96  181.96
13 1903 Randy Weatherford, Danville VA, ’68 Camaro      4.080  182.23  182.23
14 1036 Keith Baker, Dothan AL, ’63 Corvette            4.085  180.33  180.33
15  151 Dan Stevenson, Bolingbrook IL, ’70 Camaro       4.086  179.02  179.02
16 2261 Lee Adkins, Linden TN, ’68 Camaro               4.098  183.12  183.12

Pro Extreme

1   69 Frankie Taylor, Dickinson TX, ’05 Corvette      3.729  202.91  202.91
2    9 Sheikh Khali Al-thani, Doha , ’68 Camaro        3.754  203.34  204.05
3    3 Jason Hamstra, Demotte IN, ’69 Camaro           3.757  205.57  205.57
4    1 Todd Tutterow, Yadkinville NC, ’68 Corvette     3.765  206.67  206.67
5    2 Joshua Hernandez, Conroe TX, ’57 Bel Air        3.784  204.51  204.51
6    6 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, ’63 Corvette          3.794  201.73  201.73
7  151 Alex Hossler, Canton IL, ’70 Camaro             3.809  200.98  200.98
8    5 Cody Barklage, Lake Ozark MO, ’67 Firebird      3.832  193.88  193.88
9   21 Wes Johnston, Kaufman TX, ’53 Corvette          3.843  197.65  197.65
10  915 Kelly Martin, Pageland SC, ’63 Corvette         3.914  195.17  195.17
11 2007 Joey Martin, Milton FL, ’55 Nomad               3.964  191.21  191.21
12  277 Terry Leggett, Pinetown NC, ’40 Ford            4.068  180.43  180.43
13 1130 John Stanley, Hagerstown MD, ’68 Camaro         4.183  179.09  179.09
14  111 Michael Reece, Perry GA, ’63 Corvette           4.430  173.67  173.67
15  488 Gaylen Smith, Mansfield TX, ’57 Chevy           4.512  123.75  123.75
16 4356 Kirk Wilmes, Altus OK, ’68 Firebird             4.623  112.99  112.99

Cody Barklage Crash

Cody Barklage got loose and made a hard right turn from the left side lane and ran into the wall resulting in a burst fuel cell and fire. He jumped out of the car very quickly and is OK. the car is not so good.

Photo Courtesy ADRL.us

Pro Extreme racer Tommy D’APprile had an oil line break early in the run on a single pass, got under the tires and sent him into the wall. The car burst into flames and careened across the track. Tommy pulled the chute and got the car stopped and is out under his own power and OK. See the full sequence in the gallery.

After having issues building boost in round two on Extreme 10.5 Gary White laid down a 3.99 @ 182 int eh third session to become the fourth member of the Mickey Thompson 3 Second Club. Other inductees include Todd Moyer, Spiro Pappas and Chuck Ulsch.

Round Three Results

Courtesy Dragracecentral.com

Extreme Pro Stock

1   71 Pete Berner, Crete IL, ’09 GXP                  4.095  177.67  177.67
2    2 Brian Gahm, Lucasville OH, ’07 Mustang          4.102  176.19  176.19
3    7 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’08 Cobalt        4.105  176.63  176.63
4   10 John Montecalvo, Center Moriches NY, ’08 Cobalt 4.113  170.06  176.56
5  759 Jeff Dobbins, Willington NC, ’08 Cobalt         4.114  175.96  175.96
6    4 Doug Kirk, Lenore WV, ’08 Mustang               4.118  175.87  175.87
7    3 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, ’07 Mustang     4.131  175.07  175.07
8  335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, ’07 Mustang             4.135  176.40  176.40
9   26 Richard Penland, Gastonia NC, ’09 Mustang       4.140  174.55  174.55
10  444 Cole Aranson, Chillicothe MO, ’10 Mustang       4.151  175.50  175.50
11    6 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, ’09 GXP           4.156  175.71  175.71
12  869 Mark Martino, Stoney Creek ON, ’07 Cobalt       4.156  173.83  173.83
13  431 Lester Cooper, Laurinburg NC, ’09 Mustang       4.157  173.16  173.16
14  290 Trevor Eman, Pos Chiquito AW, ’06 Escort        4.185  172.45  172.45
15  983 Steven Boone, Waeverville NC, ’06 Cobalt        4.188  174.91  174.91
16  143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, ’04 Grand Am            4.288  167.80  167.80

Extreme 10.5

  1   5 Gary White, New Market AL, '07 Scion            3.996  182.45  182.45
  2    1 Spiro Pappas, Glenview IL, '09 GXP              4.008  188.04  188.04
  3    7 Todd Moyer, Pasadena TX, '04 Cavalier           4.087  192.06  195.87
  4    4 Jeff Naiser, Houston TX, '02 Grand Am           4.124  178.92  178.92
  5  172 Kenny Doak, Pipersville PA, '70 Chevelle        4.360  141.80  186.46
  6  107 LJ Wood Jr., Chesapeake VA, '07 Mustang         4.403  167.49  167.49
  7 1095 Michael Neal, Pace FL, '67 II                   4.484  180.40  180.40
  8 6310 Greg Buschmeyer, Panama City FL, '63 Corvette   4.667  164.11  164.11
  9  331 Josh Peel, Chipley FL, '41 Willys               4.715  156.53  156.53

Mike Castellana ran a 3.91 in the third session putting him in third spot behind Halsey and Auxier, 3.89 @ 196 for Halsey, 3.97 @ 193 for Auxier. John Deflorian Jr also improved from a 4.00 to another personal best run 3.94 @189. Greg Godwin put his 63 Vette in fourth position improving to a 3.96 just ahead of Johnny Pilcher’s 3.97 rounding out the three second zone for qualifiers today in Pro Nitrous. The bump is a 4.08 after three rounds of qualifying.

Todd Howard jumped all the way to ninth from eighteenth in his 2009 Mustang.

Charles Carpenter got crossed up early on his last run and had to abort the run.

We had several cars in Pro Extreme with record setting performance tonight here at SGMP. Early in the round Alex Hossler ran a 3.76putting him in fourth at that time. Jason Scruggs came from out of the field to set low ET with a 3.70, not to be out done Mad Man Frankie Taylor laid down a 3.65 for the fastest pass in Pro Extreme. Then Todd Tutterow and Quain Stott made side by side pass with Tutterow running a 3.71 @ 208.70 next to Stott’s 3.70 @ 203

As if a sting of 3.7’s was’nt enough Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani knocked it out of the park with a stellar 3.63 @ 212 MPH pass to take the poll. There is one more session in the morning though and it’s anyones guess what will happen next.