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- Cale Aronson debuted a new sponsor on his Extreme Pro Stock Ford Mustang, the Kansas National Guard. Aronson and team will be set up in the middle of an interactive display set up by the Kansas National Guard. The Kansas National Guard is not only supporting Aronson Motorsports, but also the ADRL as the Title Sponsor for the Independence Drags V
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- Duane Rister has retired his Larry Jeffer’s 2004 Pro Extreme Corvette and replacing it with this ’68 Camaro built by Terry Murphy Race Cars. Though this will be the ADRL debut of the car, Rister has made laps with the car in Holly Springs, AL. earlier this year. The runs did not go as planned and Rister ended up making contact with the guard rail, however, the damage was mostly cosmetic.
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- Grant McCrary is back on the ADRL Tour behind the wheel of his new 2007 Fast Forward Innovations Dodge Stratus. G-Mac has teamed up with former outlaw street car racer, Rick Thorton, to put together a two car team for the Extreme 10.5 class. Both cars will feature 500 cubic inch power plans with twin 108 mm Percision Turbochargers. Thorton had made some promising passes in testing but hit the wall, and looks to be out for about a month. G-Mac’s car hit the track for the first time last week and testing did not go as planned, but the team believes they are moving in the right direction.
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- Suggs Jr. brought out his fan favorite Timberland Racing ’41 Willys. The ride has been painted inside and out with “No Guts No Glory” painted on the dash. We will have photos posted of this beautiful ride once it hits the track shortly in PX for round one qualifying.
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- The Midwest is well represented, with this Plymouth Cuda, built by Larry Jeffers, making its ADRL debut with Jon Stouffer behind the wheel. Stouffer has recruited help from the Barklage Racing crew including brothers and former ADRL competitors Zach and Cody Barklage.
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- Josh Hernandez will be making making his competition debut of the B1 C5 Corvette. The car is already making waves with the “Funny Car” styled spill plates that direct airflow over the spoil and will add stability to the car down track. The car will hit the track shortly in Q1.
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- Dan Saitz will be hitting the track for the first time this season in his Hyperformance Motorsports Ford Probe. Under the hood the Probe is a 108 mm turbo providing the air for a 400 cubic inch small block Ford. Saitz will be hitting the track in the Extreme 10.5 class and is no longer campaigning his ’08 Ford Mustang that he has run in the ADRL PX category.
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- Cary Gofroth is currently sitting atop the Extreme Pro Stock field after Q1 with a 4.15 second-run at 172 mph. The Holdenfield, OK., resident leads Pete Berner’s ’09 Pontiac GXP who posted a 4.16 second lap at 171 mph. Also in the field is nearby resident, David Schorr, who is currently qualified 14th in his Ford Escort.
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- Larry Jeffer’s made his ADRL debut as a driver. The respected chassis builder struggled on his first pass of the weekend and had to abort his effort.
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- Muhana Al-Naemi grabbed the top spot in the Pro Nitrous field in his Al-Anabi sponsored ’69 Camaro with a 3.87 second effort. Al-Naemi’s teammate, Burton Auxier is second with a 3.89 and Jeff Naiser rounds out the top 3 with a 3.94 second effort.
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- KH Al-Thani posted the top time in the first round of Pro Extreme qualifying. Al-Thani posted a 3.75 second lap with Alex Hossler in the other lane. Hossler went to the fifth spot with a 3.79. Todd Tutterow posted a 3.76 second lap at 201 and Frankie Taylors 3.77 second pass rounded out the top 3.
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- Qualifying order of Round 1 of the Pro Extreme Category
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- Pro Nitrous qualifying, round 1.
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- Qualifying round 1 of Extreme 10.5
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- Pro Extreme Motorcycle round one results.
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- Extreme Pro Stock qualifying results from round 1.
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- Josh Hernandez puts his Corvette into the field on it’s first trip down the track in competition. The Texas resident posted a 3.82 second-lap for his maiden trip down the track in the Murf McKinney creation..
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- Al Suggs Jr.’s second round qualifying effort did not go as planned with a bang at the top end of the track followed by some smoke. The effort will not be enough to get Suggs into the show. Suggs will be behind the 8 ball as he passed on the first qualifier.
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- The run started fine enough for Suggs, who slowed at the top end with a little smoke. The crew is working feverishly to repair a reported burned piston.
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- The missing piston in this photo of John Stanley’s power plant was found on the opposite side of the motor. The entire crew is working to get it put back together for third round qualifying.
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- John Montecalvo moved up the qualifying ladder in the third and final qualifying round to be contested on Friday. Montecalvo’s 4.159 would not be enough to take Cary Goforths 4.152 off of the top spot.
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- John Stanley’s run looked good early on.
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- However, with a small puff of smoke and the motor silent, Stanley slowed to just 156 mph.
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- Montecalvo stepped up later in the session with 4.159 that put him even with Montecalvo, but Berner’s 172.63 to the 172.52 would give him the second qualifying position going into the final round, held on Saturday morning.
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- The Joey Martin piloted “Lomad” faced heart break in the third round of qualifying as he would be pushed off of the track. The conditions for this round of qualifying are likely to be the best of any for the Pro Extreme cars and this may play into the final qualifying position of Joey Martin.
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- Von Smith Struggled in the third qualifying round. After making a strong launch, Smith’s ’58 Camaro darted to the right and nearly crossed the centerline. Smith lifted out of the throttle and kept the car out of trouble. Following Smith, both Alex Hossler and Josh Hernandez each struggled getting down the track. It appears that with the better conditions, teams are trying to step a little harder on their cars and probably getting just a bit too aggressive.
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- Gaylen Smith took the top spot away from KH Al-Thani in the third qualifying session with a 3.687. Frankie Taylor matched the time, but as is the case in Pro Stock the position was decided by speed and by a few tenths of a second, Gaylen Smith remained on top.
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- Mahana Al-Naemi reset the track record for Pro Nitrous with a 3.84 second run at 195 mph. Al-Naemi praised crew chief, Shannon Jenkins, for the cars performance.
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- Todd Tutterow and crew made some changes to the engine last night to prepare for today’s final qualifying round and eliminations. Tutterow is currently qualified fifth with a 3.73 second qualifying pass.
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- Jim Laurita’s crew stayed busy overnight working on their Reher-Morrison 860 ci power plant. Laurita will be looking to pick up from their 12th place qualifying effort of 4.22 seconds at just 166 mph.
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- The father and son duo of Mike and Aaron Hodges had a late night as they thrashed on the Hodges & Son Racing ’63 Corvette’s transmission. The team is qualified 15th going into the final qualifying hit this morning.
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- Todd Tutterow’s crew made some minor changes to the motor last night and will be attempting to improve. The team is qualified fifth currently with a 3.73 second pass
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- John Montecalvo grabbed the top spot from Cary Goforth in the final qualifying hit for XPS. Montecalvo posted a 4.12 for the top spot and will be your top qualifier for XPS.
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- Joey “Hero” Martin qualified his ’55 Nomad Wagon at the top spot of the Pro Extreme qualifying order. Martin’s 3.65 at 204 mph took the top spot away from Gaylen Smith’s 3.685. Frankie Taylor qualified his ’05 Corvette third.
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- A very noticeable miss in the qualifying order is Todd Moyer. Moyers ’63 Corvette missed the eight car Extreme 10.5 field. The 4.69 qualified Moyer in the tenth and final position in XTF.
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- Stan Allen’s Bankston Boyz ’68 Camaro got a bit out of shape during his burnout on his final qualifying attempt.
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- Also a surprise miss here at Heartland Park Topeka, in the Pro Extreme Eliminator is Von Smith. Smith qualified 24th with a best effort of 5.03, missing the 3.92 second bump.
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- Larry Jeffers also missed the show in his ’70 Camaro. Jeffers posted a quick time of 4.30 seconds in his first outing in the Pro Extreme category. Jeffers struggled early in the weekend with his Camaro lifting the front tires to monster wheel stands, forcing Jeffers to lift.
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- Though this appeared to be a burnout for John Stanley, it was infact his final qualifying attempt. Though, on this pass it did not appear Stanley broke anything else in his motor, as the team was struggling with motor problems most of yesterday.
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- Dan Millen reset the track record for XTF in the final round with a 3.92 second pass at 195 mph. Lamar Swindell Jr., however has the fastest pass of the weekend in XTF with a 204 mph pass on his 4.00 second effort.
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- British Columbia resident, Terry Schweigert, took the top spot in PXM with a 4.16 second lap at nearly 170 mph. Noticeably absent in the 12 bike PXM field is Schweigert’s teammate, Ashley Owens.
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- Both these drivers, David Schorr, near lane, and Ron Miller, photoed left. Schorr has taken the last two years off of racing and returned this weekend near untested. Ron Miller in the forlane just missed the bump by a margin of seven thousandths of a second. Miller’s ’07 Cobalt featured the first Chevrolet “Wedge” motor in the ADRL XPS field. Miller’s goal this weekend, but he should be happy putting together that close of an effort with no testing on the new motor.
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- Mike Recchia, qualified 8th, in an upset victory defeated JR Todd. Both cars ran into shake and were forced to peddle, but Recchia won with a 4.00 second lap.
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- Terry Legget had an exciting run in the first round of Pro Extreme as his Ford Mustang darted from the left lane to the right and crossed the centerline. Leggett was able to get the car back under control and only faced disqualification for crossing the centerline with no other consequences.
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- Todd Martin in a major upset defeated KH AL-Thani. Both cars ran into tire shake, which has been very consistent in the first round of PX eliminations.
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- This is where the Jimmy Dean themed ’59 Corvette of Smith came to rest. Smith is out of his car under his own power and appears to be OK.
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- Gaylen Smiths motor let go and it appears the car got into its own oil and had a small fire and also made contact with the left wall.
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- Gaylen has confirmed that he is mostly OK, though he did admit to having the wind knocked out of him and that initially it rung his bell. The team is going to evaluate the car when it is back in the shop and is going to evaluate whether or not the car will be ready for the next ADRL race which will be held in Martin, MI.
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- Racing is back under way, and we’re into Top Sportsman, after just a few pair we will be moving into the Extreme Pro Stock Eliminator.
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- Trevor Eman with the drive of the weekend! Eman was racing Dean Goforth in round 1 eliminations of XPS, he got a large holeshot, but fought the car from then on. Eman’s Mustang shot right towards the centerline, and he muscled the car to keep it from crossing and get it back to the groove. Then the car slide left and crossed the stripe with a 4.29 for a holeshot win over Dean Goforth.
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- Round one of XPS featured just the one upset of Trevor Eman over Dean Goforth. All of the other pairs of round one were taken by the top qualifier.
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- The bike field which had initially only qualified 12 motorcycles was drastically shorter by the first round of eliminations. Four bikes were unable to return to competition due to parts breakage. Top qualifier, Terry Schweigert, elected to pass on the first round pass as his competition, Blaine Hale, was among those who were unable to return to first round.
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- G-Mac Grant McCrary lost round one in XTF, but he can leave with his head held high after posting a 4.07 at 189 mph. Not too bad for the cars first competition passes. McCrary was taken out by Lmar Swindell who posted a 4.02 second pass. Swindell will be joined in round two by the other top four qualifiers, Dan Millen, Frankie Taylor and Billy Glidden.
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- Rickie Jones defeated Aaron Hodges in a peddlefest during round one eliminations. Both cars were off the throttle by the 330 foot marker. Jones got back in the throttle quicker and will advance into round 2.
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- John Montecalvo advances to the semi-final round in his quest to become the first no. 1 qualifier in XPS to get an event win. Montecalvo defeated Tony Gillig with a 4.155 at 173 mph. Montecalvo will be lined up against Scott Hintz in his next run.
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- Kim Morrell stepped up again in the second round to run a 4.17 second pass to bring her within a hundredth of a second of Terry Schweigert. Schweigert has a bye to the finals, while MOrrell has to face Carlos Wilkerson in the semis to get to the final round.
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- Dan Millen squeaked out a win over Billy Glidden (pictured above) in the semi-final round of XTF. Glidden had the holeshot, but with a puff of smoke the motor went silent and Dan Millen took the win with a 4.03 second pass.
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- Mike Castellana (picuted in the far lane), defeated Jeff Naiser in the second round of Pro Nitrous. Castellana posted a 3.85 to go low for the round. The ultra-competitive Pro Nitrous category had an average winning ET of 3.87 seconds in the second round.
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- Odessa, TX., resident, Scott Hintz has advanced to his second final round appearance in the ADRL XPS category. Hintz ended John Montecalvo’s attempt to win the event from the no. one spot. Hintz will meet Pete Berner in the final round of XPS..
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- We will see a rematch of the PBIR final round in Pro Extreme as Joey Martin in the “Lomad” take on Jason Hamstra’s Plymouth Duster. Hamstra defeated Frankie Taylor, who ran into traction issues, with a 3.74 at a track record speed of 206.20 mph. Joey Martin defeated Mick Snyder in a close race, Martin posted a 3.67 at 203, while Snyder posted a 3.68 at 204.
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- Mike Castellana will meet Mahana Al-Naemi in the final round of Pro Nitrous. Al-Naemi defeated Burton Auxier on a holeshot with a margin of victory of just six thousdanths of a second, with both drivers posting 3.84 second laps. Auxiers 3.840 was slightly quicker than the 3.846 of Al-Naemi, but Al-Naemi had a .010 advantage on the starting line. Castellana defeated Rickie Jones by an even slimmer margin, two thousandths of a second. Castellana trailed by .028 on the starting line, but ran .030 quicker with a 3.814 second lap to the 3.844 of Jones. We have seen some great races in the semi finals and the finals certainly look promising!
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- Terry Schwiegert defeated a red lighting Carlos Wilkerson in the final round of PXM. Schweigert lifted to a 5-second pass while Wilkerson posted a 4.27 that was all for naught because of the red light start. Schweigert’s win marks his first ADRL win.
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- Scott Hintz defeated Pete Berner in the final round of XPS. Hintz posted a 4.14 while Berner left before the tree was activated. The win marks the first for Hintz.
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- Dan Millen collected his first ADRL XTF win over Lemar Swindell Jr. Swindell may get the nod for ride of the weekend as the car darted towards the centerline. Down track the car finally overpowered Swindell and quickly crossed the centerline, collecting both 1/8th mile timing cones. Swindell was very close to Millen, but the drivers avoided contact and Millen advances to victory lane with a 3.95 second pass at 195 mph.
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- Joey Martin defeated Jason Hamstra in a very tight final round in Pro Extreme. Martin’s “Lomad” posted a 3.65 second et at 206.98 mph to defeat the 3.736 second lap at 204.94 mph of Hamstra. The result is the same as it was in PBIR for the rematch with Martin taking the win for his second event win this season.
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- Mike Castellana won the Al-Anabi affair that was the final round of Pro Nitrous. With Shannon Jenkins standing on the guardrail between two cars that are both tuned by him. Castellana was slow out of the gate with just a .133 reaction time, but Muhana Al-Naemi got out of shape down track, but still driving hard and never lifting, ran a 4.05 second elapsed time at 192 mph. It was not enough, however, to defeat the 3.83 second pass at 194 mph posted by Castellana.
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- Terry Schweigert collected his first Minuteman at Heartland Park Topeka. Schweigert has been in four other final rounds, all where he was defeated by the absent Ashley Owens. Tonight Schweigert defeated Carlos Wilkerson. Wilkerson turned on the red light and Schweigert lifted to a five second pass.
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- Well ADRL’s Brian Olsen has moved to the winner’s circle (seen here interviewing XTF winner, Dan Millen) so that means we have officially ended this race weekend. It’s been a great weekend of close racing and new event champions. ADRL is back on the track in Martin, Michigan July 15 and 16.
