Chickenhawk Motorsports’ Thomas Jones debuted his DMC Racing-built, 1967 twin turbo Xtreme Pro Mod Mustang at the Ross Racing Pistons Muscle Car Mayhem season opener on March 12-13 in Bradenton, Florida.
With Jones’ previous racing experience, it’s no surprise that the first outing with his car was a success, and resulted in capturing the event’s top speed in the Xtreme Pro Mod class at 204 mph. Jones qualified fourth and lost in the second round to Richard Cohen with a slowing 4.34s.
Jones utilized ProTorque’s new EV1 converter for the new machine, sharing that he was “very happy with it,” and that”it works perfect with my combination.”
Pro Torque has been a contributing factor to many record-setting passes in both 1/4- and 1/8-mile racing, with the EV1 as a cornerstone in its continued success.
“This whole EV1 project has taken us a very long time to develop,” stated Joe Rivera of ProTorque. “When considering the amount of power that we’re putting through these torque converters, I wanted to create the safest possible bolt-together kit on the market. This kind of development takes a lot of time, energy and money.
“Many of our racers have asked for this numerous times over, and I am very proud of the product that we’ve created. Even more exciting is the stator development that’s coming down the design pipeline,” he continued. “This is not only a safe bolt-together design, but it will become the venue for a lot of improved stator designs to come, and offer even more adjustability for our customers.”
Jones’ 1967 Mustang and team, based out of Somerset, Kentucky are sure to continue moving up in, and making their mark, on NMCA Xtreme Pro Mod, and we are excited to see what numbers come out of this formidable new contender.
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